Who would do this to a Porsche?

[Mike 1017]

[JollySipper]

Porsches are meant to be handling cars, not drag racers...........

[Ace-Garageguy]

928s, like most sports cars, got to the point where they were so cheap, particularly after having heavy mechanical failures or body damage, that many of them ended up getting gutted for parts, or rodded.

There's one here in town with an alloy big-block Chevy in front and a Ford 9" out back.

Though the drag car may seem to be sacrilege, I'd personally rather see it like that than put through a shredder to be melted down for its steel content.

[stitchdup]

it makes perfect sense, have you seen the price of porsche v8 parts?

[NYLIBUD]

Pretty insane car.It amazes me some of the cars that people turn into drag cars…While we are on the subject,any idea what that thing runs in the 1/4?I see by the windshield sticker,that the car raced in Florida’s Sick Week(kind of like Drag week,except it’s all in Florida)From what I know,there are some outrageous drag cars that compete during Sick week,and they are all street legal.

[iamsuperdan]

I've been a long time Porsche fan. And I love the 928, but depending on the year and condition, these can be 6-figure cars...or scrap.

If it's an early model (pre-86) and the engine has failed, then it's pretty much junk. Might as well do something interesting with it, to keep it from the junkyard.

  

[slusher]

Something more tasteful could have been done..

[espo]

There was a time not too long ago the 928, even a running and driving one, was going for far less than what they should have been worth. Not sure they ever got the respect and acceptance that it deserved since it was a front engine, water pumpers. 

[stitchdup]

[TransAmMike]

I'd be willing to bet the body is not real Porsche.  Kit body.

[NOBLNG]

9 hours ago, NYLIBUD said:

Pretty insane car.It amazes me some of the cars that people turn into drag cars…While we are on the subject,any idea what that thing runs in the 1/4?I see by the windshield sticker,that the car raced in Florida’s Sick Week(kind of like Drag week,except it’s all in Florida)From what I know,there are some outrageous drag cars that compete during Sick week,and they are all street legal.

Here’s a video on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PrB0LDzVKA

Edited July 1, 2024 by NOBLNG

[Ace-Garageguy]

3 hours ago, TransAmMike said:

I'd be willing to bet the body is not real Porsche.  Kit body.

If you're referring to the 550 Spyder, well...yes.

A REAL 550 will go for north of 2 million bucks even as a basket case, whereas a fiberglass replica can be had for around $30 thousand in kit form with no guts, cheaper if it's been bodged.

Far as 928 replicas go, far as I know there has never been one...other than this horrible mess...

https://www.carscoops.com/2014/11/darling-i-shrunk-porsche-928-brazilian/

Edited July 1, 2024 by Ace-Garageguy

[1930fordpickup]

2 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

Far as 928 replicas go, far as I know there has never been one...other than this horrible mess...

https://www.carscoops.com/2014/11/darling-i-shrunk-porsche-928-brazilian/

Is this a Palmer kit car? 

[stitchdup]

5 hours ago, Ace-Garageguy said:

If you're referring to the 550 Spyder, well...yes.

A REAL 550 will go for north of 2 million bucks even as a basket case, whereas a fiberglass replica can be had for around $30 thousand in kit form with no guts, cheaper if it's been bodged.

Far as 928 replicas go, far as I know there has never been one...other than this horrible mess...

https://www.carscoops.com/2014/11/darling-i-shrunk-porsche-928-brazilian/

does it come in a pair?

[89AKurt]

Someone with money to burn, keeping the economy going is a good thing.  My first issue of Road & Track was the introduction of the 928, on the cover of course.  I was bummed, and I never wanted to get a kit of it either.

G00gle's AI: Porsche built just over 61,000 928s worldwide. Porsche stopped making the 928 after the 1995 model year due to poor sales and the fact that it didn't share components with other models.

Chevy built over 220,000 of my '68 Chevy C-10s, the value of perfect restorations is ridiculous.  The 928 just isn't a cult vehicle, so don't be upset.

[John M.]

On 6/30/2024 at 9:11 AM, JollySipper said:

Porsches are meant to be handling cars, not drag racers...........

I'm 100% with you on that. 

[NitroMarty]

I would.... In a friggin heartbeat!!!!

[JollySipper]

I wouldn't have done this to this poor Thunderbird either...........

 

[stitchdup]

18 minutes ago, JollySipper said:

I wouldn't have done this to this poor Thunderbird either...........

 

me and my friends made one of these into a beach buggy in our early teens, if only we knew what we had as it was in pretty good condition when we got it. we drove the engine out of it (literally, we hit a bump and the engine fell out)

 

[webestang]

On 6/30/2024 at 7:42 AM, Mike 1017 said:

That's my idea of money NOT spent well. 

[rattle can man]

No offense to Porsche lovers, but I never thought someone could make them even uglier.

[StevenGuthmiller]

Same reaction I have when I see someone butchering an American car from the 50s or 60s.

Why should Porsche be immune?

 

 

 

Steve