e-Brake News: Road & Track tells the story of six 959s built from spare parts

Published: Tue, 05/31/16

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May 31, 2016
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Ed.: It's not often a 959 is offered for sale, but one will be auctioned in June if you're in the market.
PCA—Porsche’s 959, built in the late ’80s, was the most technologically advanced vehicle in the world at the time. A handful more than 300 Komfort and Sport models were built during the regular production cycle that ended in 1988, but did you know at least six more were sold as 1992 models?
 
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PCA—How does four Grand Prizes sound? Enter today and help us make it happen! Members have a choice between the new 718 Boxster S or the Macan GTS should they buy a winning ticket. All entries submitted by the June 1 deadline will be accepted.
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PCA—Phase 2: Event Registration to PCA members is still open. All registrations made later than May 21 include a $60 late fee. Registration closes June 5. Everyone attending Parade will need to participate in Phase 2 Event Registration to select their meals and activities for the week.
 
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​​​​​​​Michelin—Please take a moment to give us your feedback. Complete the survey for a chance to win a Michelin gift pack (three members will be randomly chosen). Michelin is a proud supporter of the Porsche Club of America, and we value member input such as yours. Please take a moment to answer the questions at the following link. The survey should take less than five minutes to complete.
 
PCA—If you’ve been waiting since last year for the North American version of the Porsche Classic Radio, rejoice: Porsche announced today that it’s now available at a Porsche dealership near you.
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PCA—The next Porscheplatz will be at the Chevrolet SportsCar Classic on Belle Isle in Detroit, Michigan, on June 3 and 4. Our Porscheplatz will feature a “Porsches Only” Car Corral parking and a Hospitality Tent where you can relax, watch the races on cable TV and hear presentations by Porsche Motorsports and Park Place Motorsports.
 
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Barrett-Jackson—1956 Porsche 356A: This is a very original 356 in Lagos Green, the first metallic color offered by Porsche. This car is in concours condition and includes Porsche Certificate of Authenticity. 4-speed manual transmission. From the Wilson Collection.
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PCA—The competitors of the PCA Club Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Trophy East series are heading to Watkins Glen International (WGI) on June 3-5, ready to face the challenges of the iconic circuit with more experience under their belts.
 
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Automobile—It doesn’t look much different from the standard Porsche Cayman GT4, at least at first glance. Yes, the factory-built race car is slammed to the ground and carries safety pins on the body work, but a wannabe owner could easily make those changes to their road car. (Ed.: The above picture is of a GT4 Clubsport taken at the PCA Club Racing Porsche Cayman GT4 Clubsport Trophy East series' first race at Road Atlanta. Automobile's test was done on Pirelli slicks, the same tires used in Trophy East.)
 
Road & Track—Is Santa Claus German? Or Dutch? I can never remember. But this particular morning it looked as though he might be German, or at least have manifested his spirit in the hearts of a few German car enthusiasts.
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Motor Trend—If you have gone a day too long without some gratuitous drifting footage, we have you covered. Usually, when we see drifting videos in any capacity, the eloquently smoking cars are Japanese or American, but we have dug up a Swabian treat for your consumption.
 
PCA—Described as a museum springing to life, the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion is the largest event held during the famed Monterey Classic Car Week, and is the only event where cars are doing what they were originally intended to do…race. Approximately 550 race cars are invited to compete in the world’s premier motoring event, and are accepted based on the car’s authenticity, race provenance and period correctness.
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Car and Driver—While Britain and Italy enjoyed great success during the 1960s with front-engined, four-cylinder, rear-drive sports cars such as the MGB and the recently revived Fiat 124 Spider, the Germans had done without. BMW was without such a machine entirely, and Mercedes-Benz retired the 190SL in 1963, replacing it with the more stately Pagoda. Meanwhile, elsewhere in greater Stuttgart, Porsche was cycling through variations on a theme at a furious pace.
 
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PCA—Werks Reunion, the premier Porsche event during “Monterey Car Week,” is back on August 19. The concours and car show at Rancho Cañada Golf Club is free to spectators and will have a field of up to 1,000 Porsches, with 924/944/968 and 928 as the featured model ranges.
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AutoEvolution—If you ask Porsche, the Cayman GT4 can lap the Nurburgring in 7:40. And while Zuffenhausen prefers a conservative approach when it comes to performance numbers, official lap times and what the chronograph on your dashboard will show are usually two different things.
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PCA—Porsche Club of America's newest event, Treffen North America starts this September with Treffen Lake Tahoe, Sept. 7-11. The website is now live and contains information about upcoming and future Treffen's. Registration has been pushed back to June 15.
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Car and Driver—When Porsche launched the Panamera four-door hatchback in 2009, it was a shock to enthusiasts. Although the Cayenne SUV had already tested Porsche loyalists’ patience, at least vehicles of that type convey a whiff of adventure. But a large hatchback, engineered to serve as a chauffeur-driven limousine for Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking?
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Autocar—The next-generation Porsche Panamera is undergoing testing in the extreme heat and dust of South Africa ahead of its unveiling later this year - we've hitched a ride in a test car. 

“We’ve kept the name,” says Panamera model line director Gernot Döllner, when discussing the differences between the original G1 and new G2 versions of Porsche’s luxury sports saloon.
 
Road & Track—There's a lot of good news about the next-generation Porsche Panamera. The U.S. will get the wagon version, which promises to both look amazing and be seriousy practical. And there's also a chance we'll get a coupe version that's sort of a 928 revival. But that's all just gravy, because according to Porsche's Panamera boss, the new sedan will be ridiculously fast.
 
evo—This is your entry point to open-top Porsche motoring, the new 2-litre 718 Boxster. Where once you had a sonorous naturally aspirated flat-six boxer engine, you now have two fewer cylinders, a single turbocharger and the second smallest engined Porsche you can buy after the base model Macan.
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AutomotiveIT—Porsche is broadening its business goals from merely building premium sports cars to becoming a “leading provider of digital mobility solutions in the premium automotive segment.”
 
MultiBriefs—As the advocate for the PCA 968 Register, I often receive membership applications from current owners looking to become part of the group. A few months ago, an application came in from Spenser in Maryland.
 
PistonHeads—As last hurrahs go, the 968 was a rousing cheer Porsche's models derived from the 924's front-engined, rear-drive platform. It may have sold only 12,776 units during its three-year production life, but it helped keep the firm afloat during a difficult period.
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NBC News—Volkswagen's underlying profit fell less than expected in the first quarter as demand for upmarket Audi and Porsche models helped to offset a hit to VW sales from its emissions test cheating scandal.
 
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Robb Report—Give people their pick of the top sports cars, including ones costing well over $150,000, and a surprising number will choose the new Porsche Cayman GT4. It seems to be the most practical choice, and it still has the signature attributes of a Porsche sports car.
 
Petrolicious—How do you film a legendary car like the Targa Florio-winning 1960 Porsche 718 RS 60? Well, cameras, coffee, memory cards, and some cannoli come in handy—as does a man named Derek Bell—but that’s not all.
 
Road & Track—In July of 1985, Commodore launched the Amiga home computer. To hear journalists wax nostalgic over it, and to read the initial reviews, it basically blew the entire world away. Nobody had built a computer with such incredible graphics capabilities.
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PCA—Want to get published in PCA.org and e-Brake News and be part of the new, volunteer-fueled PCA Media Gruppe? Send us your original PCA or Porsche-related content and we'll consider it for publication. Contact Editor Damon Lowney at damonl@pca.org with submissions and story ideas, and he will help with writing and editing as needed.
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Porsche of the Week
Photo by Susanne and Terry Waite. Sequoia Region. “We were enjoying our drive, top down, through Yosemite National Park, leaving at Sunset in our 2006 Boxster S.”

Got a stunning shot you want to share? Submit your pictures to potw@pca.org. Be sure to include your contact information, your region name, and a few sentences about your picture.
 
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