Nice thing here Larry, once a car is old enough, they just come in as is, no need to chop things up and make various mods. Oh yeah, I'd love a 959 too. I'm really just a want-a-be closet engineer, so for me, the 959 was the automotive Concorde of its day. I like the concept of the RUF CTR, and I think the 911 platform is one, if not the most entertaining drivers cars ever made. The CTR just bumps all the things that make the 911 so much fun, into the stratosphere. :-)
There was an article in Excellent awhile back, comparing the 959 to the TT I believe. You may have the article. Did I send it to you, or just the few Forca mags, I can't remember ? You could also get a TT, and put a RUF CTR2 wing on the rear, which has a similar look to the 959s. The GT2 wing of the same era looks pretty hot too! Ed 300E On 12 December 2010 13:02, <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: > EM - > IMO it's a German thing. Look at the German tanks of WW2 - awesome and > terrible machines but hell to keep running. Very complex systems required a > lot of maintenance. > > But of course I'd love to own a 959. And yes they are legal here in some > settings - but they must meet NHTSA safety reqmnts. - but a crash test is > not mandated. The owner of Pelican Porsche Parts bought one last year. > There's a guy in Ca who bought 6 and made the needed mods. His name escapes > me at the moment - it'll probably come to me after I hit send. Start with a > C perhaps. Canepa! That's it! ;-) > > IMHO a 996TT or 997TT is the reincarnation of the 959. Twin Turbos, AWD > and great looks without the rarity and ultra high cost - would love to one. > Unfortunately, the 911/997TT doesn't have that great looking 959 rear wing, > Now, a McLaren F1 is another kettle of fish! > > LarryT > 91 300D > > > -----Original Message----- From: relng...@aol.com > Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2010 12:44 AM > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Subject: Re: [MBZ] 959 > > > ...What was the saying about the old Porsche 959. The Porsche engineers >> see no >> reason to make it simple, when they can make it with 3 times the number of >> parts, and cost 10 times more, and do the same job... >> >> Well but, that was 1987 and what other cars could do 200mph then? Never > certified here but the rest of the world bought them all. > > RLE > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
