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Posted by KitCarMan on Samba
Here's a video walk around of a 359. It features the rare pine engine lid prop available at extra cost! Matching fine wood battery box. Must be original gel coat finish too.
WOLFGANG posted:Here's a video walk around of a 359. It features the rare pine engine lid prop available at extra cost! Matching fine wood battery box. Must be original gel coat finish too.
Car looks nice...will have to hone up on my wood working skills in order to replace my mechanical hood prop rod, engine cover lift strut and battery box! Lol!
WOLFGANG posted:Posted by KitCarMan on Samba
Body looks like 359 missing rear spoiler. Mold looks like 356. I also saw a 356 early CMC Speedster mold recently advertised on the Samba for sale!
PS: what is that white body parked on it side? Looks interesting?
Around 1992 CMC had a Cobra kit too. I've never seen one but hear they were very difficult to build. Apparently Street Beasts - CMC follow-on company - sold them too. That's the upside down blue body. Not sure what white one is - looks like a 550 Spyder but don't think CMC made one.
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Not sure what white one is - looks like a 550 Spyder but don't think CMC made one.
Someone identified that white car body mould last year. I've been looking everywhere for it but so far I haven't been able to find it.
Yup- a rare CMC Cobra Coupe - the 2 what looked like rear vent holes threw me - the window was not yet cut out!
More shots of CMC Cobra -
Re "wood battery box": Fun fact: Porsche used a wood battery hold down on the original 550 to isolate the battery from the metal strap holding it down.
WOLFGANG posted:Yup- a rare CMC Cobra Coupe - the 2 what looked like rear vent holes threw me - the window was not yet cut out!
I knew someone had identified it. Thank you Greg.
I found some more info on the authentic 959 Speedster:
In 1987, Porsche delivered a Porsche 959 to German race driver Jürgen Lässig; who, owned the car up until he had an accident on the Autobahn in 1988. The 959 had flipped over and was severely damaged in the collision with an Audi 80 on the A 81 at Singen on the top, right front and on the side. From there it was bought by a company called Auto Becker. The damaged car went to Auto Becker in Dusseldorf where it was converted to convertible. The engine technology and the complete electronics remained untouched; Stiffeners were welded in. Becker chopped the roof off and fit a 911 Speedster windshield. They also fit a folding soft-top. Afterwards, the 959 Speedster was shown at the IAA show in Frankfurt. A collector from the US bought the car for allegedly 3 million D-Mark. The car can also be converted at any time to a normal Cabriolet, or hard-top configuration. Becker preserved the original roof to be installed if so desired as a removable hard-top - by way of a few handles and the exchange of windscreen and hood. This original style roof was supplied in a very large custom made padded box. The 959 Speedster was tested by Sports Car International in February 1992. From the waistline down the car looks like the original 959 which it is. From the waistline up the 959 in Speedster mode looks like a 911 Speedster.
It is interesting that the CMC replica 959 Speedster debuted in 1989. Reference, Peterson's Kit Car Magazine; issue, March, 1989. Therefore, CMC was likely inspired by Auto Becker 959 Speedster and got the idea to create the 359 Speedster from their replica Speedster. By then, CMC had vast experience with Speedster replicas and they wanted to make their own flag ship car for the US market since at that time all original 959's were prohibited from entering into the USA. The 359 was layed up in its own molds, and is not a 356 with extra pieces grafted on. It was certainly made with single layups. The body shape is very different from a 356's,, and the wheel base is 89.5 inches like the original 959.
A real 959 convertible - so the CMC 359 doesn't look so bad after all?
https://www.topgear.com/car-ne...sche-959-cabriolet#1
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Offered for sale for $1.1m recently! (or 1m Euros)!
I never liked the 959 aesthetically.
Bill Prout posted:I never liked the 959 aesthetically.
I can understand that!
I know I am in the minority here and I have owned a 57 Speedster too as well as several 911's and P-cars. But, I always liked the 959. Never really liked the 356 Speedster all that much. i know they are worlds apart. The first time I ever saw a Speedster in person I thought it looked like a upside down bathtub! Lol.
Clark
57 356 Speedster replica, 69 Porsche 912, 72 914, 73 911 RS replica, 81 924 Carrera, 82 924, 83 944, 88 928S4, 91 911Carrera 2, Dino Ferrari replica with 455 V8, 959 Speedster replica
Nice looks!! The red Dino that I built with a 455 V8 ! it got all the looks it was crazy! Although, my fav was my speed yellow RS!
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WOLFGANG posted:Interesting Blog by guy that worked for CMC in the era. He says the 359 uses thicker fiberglass than 356 shells. Hence, heaviest shell CMC produced. Engine bay was made to fit larger, more powerful engine to compensate.
https://classickitcars.wordpress.com/about/
https://classickitcars.wordpress.com/
Check this CMC mod - bonding 356 body parts to a 911 to create a 959.
And a 959 Targa conversion.
Trio of cars (Targa, Cab, and Coup) built on Real Porsche’s built at Classic Motor Carriages in the late 1980’s.
They were called the “Ultima” and for a modest amount your Porsche 911 could be fitted with a fiberglass body kit that would make it look like a real Porsche 959.
