Needs more wing!

I think it's awesome.

I'm inclined to hate it only because if I see it I'm going to fall for it, and the car will have made an ass of me yet again.

This guy officially hates money.

I love the little exhausts on the wastegates! Atmospheric dumping is a big no-no though.

There's a similar vehicle over on race-cars.com for sale right now:

[www.race-cars.com]

Not as whole hog as this one, but the same concept. Unfortunately he only provided one picture, but the price ($37k) is prety reasonable.

I bet that things sounds like a bat outta hell and runs the same.

Wow.

As Darrell Waltrip would say, "that car is all ate up with motor."

I like it. It's kind of a reverse resto-mod. Taking something new and putting vintage suspension and powertrain (however modified).

P.S. don't let the Honda Civic guys see that wing.

must know more about the wastegate exhaust and why it is a no-no. doubt this thing has ever sniffed the platinum in a catalytic converter so it can't be for environmental reasons. is it a rule in racing? do tell. oh and if atmospheric dumping is a no-no then where do wastegates dump to?

kthxbye.

The 69 is the first year of the long wheelbase models...a 68 would be a short wheelbase car. (I have a 69 S)

I dig it. I'd hate to think about the cubic dollars this guy's sunk into it.

@threewheel: Yeah I know; I'm saying that this is a shorter wheelbase than a standard 996.

I don't think "Novelties" is the correct tag for this... just sayin'.

How delightfully insane.

I'm pretty sure that if you gave a VW Beetle and $1,000,000 to Top Secret or one of those other Japanese tuner companies, you'd end up with one of these.

That said, the very heavy rear end of a 911 means that the Boeing-grade spoiler might not be just for show.

@MasterShake:

Wastegates dump back into the exhaust so they can be treated by the catalyst and other emissions equipment as well as be muffled by the silencer.

As for this car you are correct, it wouldn't have originally had any emissions equipment and hence dumping to the atmosphere would not be any worse than the usual exhaust for enviro reasons. The modern body caused the age of the engine to slip my mind!

I love the crazy turbo plumbing. I want one.

@racerx: I don't think that a not street legal race car like this needs to have catalytic converters anyways, so the wastegates dumping to the atmosphere isn't a big deal. But yeah, you are correct, on a car where a catalytic converter is required, the wastegates need to be plumbed back into the exhaust.

@badco/LoJ: Just more proof that how fast you can go is only limited by how much money you want to spend. And I'll probably never be able to do it, but I love to look at cars where the owner has invested a huge amount of cubic dollars. That's where you tend to get the high-zoot parts and fancy custom work.

SWEEEET.....

Sweet, I'm gonna install some scuff plates made from exhaust piping and blow off valves on my car too.

Man, why a 996? I mean, I'd gladly take one, but the classic 911 looks SO much better, as does the 997.

Roundeyes 4 lyf

He has no sence. It is like rebuilding an classic Thunderbird into the last one...But it looks super and I want it...I want to be like him

It works. Much better than a Fieroborghini.

@EndlessMike: My thoughts exactly. The '69 looks soooo much better than a 996.

In any case, Ass-Engined Nazi Slot-Cars FTW!!!

I give this guy some credit for building the track toy of his dreams. You really can't argue with someone pouring blood, sweat, tears and way too much money into their dream car. But why did they use a '69 911 instead of a later one? The car's basic structure and many body panels stayed the same through the '97 993, so I really don't see the use in chopping up a chrome-bumper example.
One of my sick little automotive fantasies-- there are many-- is to take a late '80s 911 Carrera and backdate it with chrome bumpers and a ducktail spoiler. It's already got the same fender flares as a 2.7RS, and with a 3.2 liter motor it'll go as well as a full-race early 911. If I could get it titled as an old one, I could even put carburetors on it. I guess I'm just a little jealous that this guy has done the opposite with his Porsche.

One might assume that this car has been modified, though not in it's current form, for a number of years. It may have started it's journey way back in '69, and just have evolved to what you see now. It's not uncommon.

@Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant: I saw a magazine article on a 964 converted to the '73 look.

Here is the company that does the conversion.

[www.psautoart.com]

@Armand, Star-Spangled Pedant: Not at all remotely related, but in the MGB world, folks will take the newer ugly rubber bumper ones and back-date them to chrome bumpers.

This is....well...I like the idea, but I'll echo what Armand said...take something later and 80's-er.

For the record, '69s, or for that matter all 911s, are monocoques. Looking at the pictures, there is nothing left of the '69 anyway.

Last summer, Classic Motorsports Magazine drove an original 2.7RS and a bunch of replicas built off of other 911s. I couldn't help but think that new Porsches pale in comparison. Next to an old 911 (or the 356 from yesterday's DOTS), a 996 or 997 just looks like a fat pig.

Now I want to see a 996 dressed up as a VW Beetle.

You could put a Pontiac G6 body on it or even a GTO or Mazda RX8 and race it in the Rolex Sportscar Series. They're all tube frame cars anyway....EXCEPT the Porsches.
Which is why the ALMS is the real road racing series in the US.

DethPorsche. Pure metal.