jnr356 Posted 13July, 2011 Report Share Posted 13July, 2011 yes turbo protoype at 74 frankfurt motor show with wooden engine owned by graham stockley for the bulk of it's life,then by a pilot(not sure of his name) who had it totally rebuilt about 7 or 8 years ago who then sold it overseas graham stockley definately like to actually use the car,running it in the old porsche cup for a few years i did an engine rebuild in the late 80's one of the most awesome sounding cars at full noise ,when in it it recently was up for sale again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 13July, 2011 Report Share Posted 13July, 2011 Thats great info Jnr. I saw that car many times and the sound was awesome. Did that car have a 3L Turbo or a N/A engine? I was only 12 at the time and cant remember. I know it was a turbo prototype, but I dont think Graham ran it with a turbo engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 13July, 2011 Report Share Posted 13July, 2011 3.0litre mechanical injection with slides car was transformed into an rsr after the motor show the noise at 8000 was pure bliss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdc911 Posted 13July, 2011 Report Share Posted 13July, 2011 I suspect that there is another 959 around, as I saw a burgundy 959 in a Canberra auto electrician's shop 8 years ago. And best road Porsche, the Carrera GT. There is a white one comfort in Queensland owned by a prominent collector (Peter H.), that 'burgundy' one you saw left the country some time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdc911 Posted 13July, 2011 Report Share Posted 13July, 2011 my favourite http://www.autoblog.com/2010/06/12/this-is-what-the-first-ever-porsche-911-turbo-looks-like-today/ One of my all-time favourites as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 14July, 2011 Report Share Posted 14July, 2011 Yes Jnr. What a great looking car. Was this the car that was for sale a few years ago. I remember a silver one in the early 80s,that was a prototype doing porsche club events. The story was that it was a show prototype with an engine made of wood. I think it had Carrera turbo on the doors. I saw it for sale at the Porsche stand at Phillip Island Classics a few years ago. Jnr or anyone know more about that car? I think Vince Smart may have owned the car. apparently vince smart owned it before stockley before my time there were 2 959's in melbourne fox's silver one and bartels dark metallic brown one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 14July, 2011 Report Share Posted 14July, 2011 Thanks Jnr. Its good to get these things cleared up. It keeps me sane. I remember Vince driving the car. I think he may have sold it to Graham, then it was sold a number of times. Any idea what it sold for last time? Do you know anything about the engine made of wood? Did it end up at Porsche Germany? Hope to meet you one day Jnr, sounds like we can have a fair old chat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 14July, 2011 Report Share Posted 14July, 2011 all i know is when stockley sold it it was 150k and took a while to sell was an absolute bargain. yeah will catch up one day vas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 16July, 2011 Report Share Posted 16July, 2011 http://www.supercars.net/cars/4932.html 1974 turbo Prototype with wooden engine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnr356 Posted 16July, 2011 Report Share Posted 16July, 2011 don't recall this car being in jag livery? isn't that tartan lovely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest vas930 Posted 17July, 2011 Report Share Posted 17July, 2011 More on this Prototype with wooden engine{not all wood]. http://www.madwhips.com/1974-paris-motor-show-porsche-turbo-prototype/image/1974-paris-motor-show-porsche-turbo-prototype-3.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michel Posted 26July, 2011 Report Share Posted 26July, 2011 the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monzta944 Posted 30July, 2011 Report Share Posted 30July, 2011 For me, GT3RS in Vipergreen, James May talks about the "fiz", for me this car does that. Saw one in the metal in Brisbane, just pure automotive pornography.. Only my opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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