Sad end to a 959.

The thread's title derclares "sad end" but I feel certain this is far from the end of this car's life, perhaps just the end of the first chapter.

As it stands, this car would be a nice candidate to go back to Porsche Ag's restoration department and come back better-than-new.

 

agreed. that can be fixed, and likely will be.

 

My only questions is how did the airbags not go off????

 

No airbags to go off

Car does not look too bad. Easily repairable

 

Didn’t notice no airbags.

Send it to Germany and it’ll be perfecto

 

Looks limited to the front clip/bumper crash module. Best would be to send back to the factory to be repaired properly and restored. Great opportunity to explore some new options such as a color/trim change, power upgrades etc. Would be legit if done by the factory. Not cheap though!

https://newsroom.porsche.com/en/products/porsche-classic-project-gold-vision-unique-piece-individualized-15877.html

 

You do realize that one of the designers involved in the 959 project at Porsche has replied to this thread I would have no hesitation in having this car repaired by Porsche Classic and you can be sure that it would be 100% when finished. Last time I was there they had 12 959’s there! I’m pretty sure they know what they are doing.

 

Car wasn't even running. It was being hauled in an enclosed trailer when the trailer somehow separated from the tow vehicle. Trailer with 959 in it went crashing into a tree. Pics and story in this link. https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22800074/this-porsche-959-was-wrecked-in-a-freak-trailer-accident/?src=nl&mag=rdt&list=nl_rdt_news&date=082218

 

Wow, half a mill dollars in that condition at Mecum is projected.

 

Wow that is sad. I'm surprised it was shipped via enclosed trailer like that with a conventional hitch. I would've guessed people ship their cars to auctions like that via semi trailer by the big names. Or if they drive themselves, they would opt for a 5th wheel towing setup as it's more stable (weight distribution and towing in bad weather like higher winds).

 

sold for estimate at $467,500 ($425k hammer)
https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a22800074/this-porsche-959-was-wrecked-in-a-freak-trailer-accident/

 

airbags are electrically armed usually by a switch in the seat... the car was being transported in a trailer, without driver or passenger;s weight to arm the air bag switch, no deployment

 

Ok so there are in fact airbags.

 

Most of the 911’s didn’t hit the lower estimate...or just barely.

 

not necessarily correct, one would assume so, if regulations were in place at the time requiring airbags... any one have definitive info about the regulations requiring airbags for the car in 1987...also the car was not certified for road use until statues expired in recent history

 

U.S. or ROW 1987-89 3.2 Carreras never had factory airbags. The U.S. 964 and 928 received airbags for the 1990 MY. The U.S. 944 started receiving them for the 1987 MY. Production 959’s never had airbags from the factory.

 

Thanks.

 

I'm trying to figure out if the accident happened enroute to Mecum for this auction?

 

Negative.

 

There was an accident at Mecum! Caddy resto-mod took out a Diablo