Yahoo Autos The World's Only Convertible Porsche 959 Is on Sale for $1.1 Million
Porsche never built a drop-top version of its first supercar, the legendary 959, but as the saying goes, where there's a will and a wrecked Porsche, there's a way. One German shop decided to turn a crunched 1987 959 into a cabriolet, and now it's for sale at a dealership in Italy. The price? Reportedly, a little over $1.1 million.
Top Gear reports that German race driver Jürgen Lässig owned the car up until he had an accident on the Autobahn. From there it was bought by a company called Auto Becker, which chopped the roof off and fit a folding soft-top in its place while restoring the car. Hilariously, the original roof comes in a (hilariously huge) box and can apparently be installed, should you desire, and the sale includes two windshields-a regular one, and a lower, "speedster" version.
Other than the roof modification, this 959 appears to be entirely stock, and in great condition. That means it has the original 2.9-liter twin-turbo flat-six making 450 horsepower, and a wildly complex all-wheel-drive system.
While this is certainly an interesting car, it's sort of a shame to see this treatment applied to a 959, of which fewer than 300 were built. The conversion appears to be high quality, and it might very well be the only 959 cabriolet in the world, as the listing claims. But it's hard to imagine a collector wanting this over a regular 959.
