What cars would you pick?
12-06-2005, 06:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott@S-Squared
er.. I was talking about the Enzo.. I guess I forgot to quote
I suck at the intarweb
but.. thinking about it as well.. the 959 would be one hard to come accross as well I would think
I suck at the intarweb
but.. thinking about it as well.. the 959 would be one hard to come accross as well I would think
12-06-2005, 06:13 PM
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Originally Posted by jvick125
Are u serious? With all the money in the world this is what you'd get? The only one I could actually see is the Tc.
12-06-2005, 06:16 PM
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Originally Posted by PURIST
There are 399 Enzo's built. There is only 1 street legal 959 in the USA, that I know of. It belongs to Bill Gates. Importation laws didn't allow the car to be shipped here. It was the first AWD turbo, Porsche came out with. Today the car is still considered to be the greatest porsche ever built. 400 hp today is still Supercar status, imagine back then. Trust me I'm an expert on the Internets.
Aaron said there was a place down in Santa Cruz that was bringing them into the country as well
maybe he can follow up with that ...
12-06-2005, 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
The size of our checking account would make basically anything we wanted street legal. 
http://erntheburn.tripod.com/autos/959/95911.htm
I guess even Gates' is illegal.
12-06-2005, 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by PURIST
There are 399 Enzo's built. There is only 1 street legal 959 in the USA, that I know of. It belongs to Bill Gates. Importation laws didn't allow the car to be shipped here. It was the first AWD turbo, Porsche came out with. Today the car is still considered to be the greatest porsche ever built. 400 hp today is still Supercar status, imagine back then. Trust me I'm an expert on the Internets.
a buddy of mine in the bay sent me a few picks he took of one he saw on a flatbed leaving there:
pic #1
pic #2
you can arrange your purchase thru Carlsen Porsche up in Redwood City.
they had a few on display at the last PCA meet.
here is a link to the autoweek article in regards to the 959 availability in the states thru Canepa.
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12-06-2005, 06:25 PM
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Bruce Canepa, of Canepa Designs, would beg to differ with your claim that only Mr. Gates has a 959.....and Bill's isn't street legal, it's here under federal Show & Display legislation only (which Canepa helped push through as well)
http://www.canepa.com/SportsLuxury/S...m/959Main.shtm
Bruce and his team have reengineered the original Bosch electronics to incorporate cats and O2 sensors into the 959, including ECU reworking and reconstruction, to the extent that his conversions are recognized by CARB, EPA and all 50 states as fedralized, emissions legal, and street legal.
Bruce is a great guy, with a passion for motorsports and classic Porsches, and has given quite a gift to the Porsche community with all his work. I discovered his conversion shop by accident, walking by and seeing 8 959's in the midst of being rebuilt, and he was always running up and down Hwy 1 in a burgundy 959 with black wheels. The Canepa cars are running near 600hp and still represent the ultimate in Porsche supercars, with considerably more exclusivity than the new CGT's.
Without Canepa, Gate's 2 959's that sat in crates in Oakand customs for nearly 10 years would still be sitting there.....
http://www.canepa.com/SportsLuxury/S...m/959Main.shtm
Bruce and his team have reengineered the original Bosch electronics to incorporate cats and O2 sensors into the 959, including ECU reworking and reconstruction, to the extent that his conversions are recognized by CARB, EPA and all 50 states as fedralized, emissions legal, and street legal.
Bruce is a great guy, with a passion for motorsports and classic Porsches, and has given quite a gift to the Porsche community with all his work. I discovered his conversion shop by accident, walking by and seeing 8 959's in the midst of being rebuilt, and he was always running up and down Hwy 1 in a burgundy 959 with black wheels. The Canepa cars are running near 600hp and still represent the ultimate in Porsche supercars, with considerably more exclusivity than the new CGT's.
Without Canepa, Gate's 2 959's that sat in crates in Oakand customs for nearly 10 years would still be sitting there.....
12-06-2005, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by N600
mmm...RSR
if you can find one, good luck getting your hands on one of these!
my dad would cry if i could ever get him one...he's an old school porsche fan.
speaking of which, i'd def buy him an old porsche if i hit the jackpot...
something to replace his old 912 1700cc autoX car he built in the 70's.
if you can find one, good luck getting your hands on one of these!
my dad would cry if i could ever get him one...he's an old school porsche fan.
speaking of which, i'd def buy him an old porsche if i hit the jackpot...
something to replace his old 912 1700cc autoX car he built in the 70's.
Thanks for the backup on the 959 stuff
12-06-2005, 06:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Scott@S-Squared
oh man..
tripod = ROCK SOLID EVIDENCE !
tripod = ROCK SOLID EVIDENCE !
12-06-2005, 06:48 PM
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
The size of our checking account would make basically anything we wanted street legal.
