View Full Version : Porsche 959 Cabrio by Auto-Becker
ldaragos
01-23-2008, 03:29 AM
one off?
Birdman
01-23-2008, 04:18 AM
I didn't think they would have even considered this.
ribatejo69
01-23-2008, 04:42 AM
Porsche 959 Cabrio#2
ribatejo69
01-23-2008, 04:47 AM
Porsche 959 Cabrio#3 (some are not hi-res... :( ... and have more, also not hi-res. can I...? :confused:)
Ferrer
01-23-2008, 04:57 AM
Pic 4 and 5 from post #4 isn't a 959.
Leo_Ant
01-23-2008, 05:14 AM
Yeah, some 911s disguised. But still a bad idea. Monuments are not to be ruined, and a 959 is a monument.
NSXType-R
01-23-2008, 07:28 AM
Wow. Never knew they made this car. Would have been strange. Must be way heavier too, to make up for the lack of a roof.
Savage912
01-23-2008, 08:18 AM
I think Porsche only made one of those, but I might be mistaken.
faksta
01-23-2008, 08:24 AM
As far as I can judge from the scanned article above (on French, pity), this wasn't built by Porsche.
Savage912
01-23-2008, 08:31 AM
Sorry, my bad! Porsche never made a 959 Cab, but a Swiss pilot built 959 replicas of 912s I think :)
McReis
01-23-2008, 08:57 AM
A hideous Becker production. And it's a one-off.
bruxell
01-23-2008, 02:26 PM
Porsche didn't make any of these, but I do remember the car in the first pics from an article at the time, and it IS a 959. But worry not, no one actually chopped up a perfectly good 959, the car was crashed by its owner and rebuilt as a speedster. As I recall, they managed to salvage most of the roof to make a hard-top, and even made two sets of mirrors, one for the coupe, and a set of speedster mirrors.
Erez_Avital
01-23-2008, 04:39 PM
replica..
fisetdavid26
01-23-2008, 05:05 PM
Porsche didn't make any of these, but I do remember the car in the first pics from an article at the time, and it IS a 959. But worry not, no one actually chopped up a perfectly good 959, the car was crashed by its owner and rebuilt as a speedster. As I recall, they managed to salvage most of the roof to make a hard-top, and even made two sets of mirrors, one for the coupe, and a set of speedster mirrors.
You are right. Translated from the article:
Jürgen Lässig, a driver (notably at Le Mans) had a 959 and crashed it. Apparently he was doing 300 km/h when he saw an Audi 80 in front of him. Someone bought the car and asked Auto-Becker to work on it, using only genuine Porsche parts. It's a genuine 959. The windshield and retractable roof are from a 911 Speedster.
If anyone wants the article entirely translated let me know.
tobi666
09-15-2009, 02:31 AM
how can i see pics#?
pimento
09-15-2009, 02:52 AM
how can i see pics#?
I hereby bestow upon you the ability to see pics!