floggin' motahs (1993)

[I-am-the-reverend]

Christ, is that a real 959??

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5_7kPmwUsw

[Puddenchucker]

I don't think so.

Headlamps & rear spoiler look wrong and as far as I'm aware 959s did not have sunroofs.
Also is that RHD? All(?) 959s that the factory produced were LHD.
Therefor it's probably a modifed 911.

[Dapster]

Puddenchucker said:

I don't think so.

Also is that RHD? All(?) 959s that the factory produced were LHD.

That's the giveaway. Plus the fact that a genuine 959 was still a half million pound car pre crash so seems an unlikely item for these guys to stock

[LotusOmega375D]

Real 959s were never worth half a million quid in 1993. They cost about £145k when new in 1987. The collectors car investment bubble burst in 1990, so they would have been a tough sell as a technically complex 5 or 6 year old LHD car in 1993. I am pretty sure you could buy one for 5 figures.

[Dave Hedgehog]

i will have the MK1 MR2 please

great find, i will enjoy watching this later

my fav car documentary from a year later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dh359S3Eg1U

[BEP]

I was watching this yesterday, it's fascinating. The dealer with the '959' very obliquely says it's not real.
It's funny but I don't remember the World looking like that in 1993 , it all looks far more mid 80's to my eyes. I was 15 then so thought i'd have a decent memory of what the World looked like.

Has the main chap in it been in something else? He seemed oddly familiar ?

[Dapster]

LotusOmega375D said:

Real 959s were never worth half a million quid in 1993. They cost about £145k when new in 1987. The collectors car investment bubble burst in 1990, so they would have been a tough sell as a technically complex 5 or 6 year old LHD car in 1993. I am pretty sure you could buy one for 5 figures.

I agree ! I said they were worth half a million "pre crash", I meant in the heady days of the late 80s

Tornado Red Ur Quattro at 18:00 https://youtu.be/u5_7kPmwUsw?t=1079

Edited by Dapster on Monday 8th September 21:01

[InitialDave]

To be fair, he does say it's a lookalike.

Really interesting watch though. Nice little time capsule.

Edit: still got a car dealer on the same site!

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 8th September 22:03

[Risonax]

InitialDave said:

To be fair, he does say it's a lookalike.

Really interesting watch though. Nice little time capsule.

Edit: still got a car dealer on the same site!

Edited by InitialDave on Monday 8th September 22:03

London Road Southend (ok Hadleigh), wall to wall dodgy used car dealers, selling cars with pinstripes.

My dad brought a 1980 3500 SDi in Persian Aqua metallic with gold wheels from a London Road wideboy/trader, so it looked like a V8S. To 15 year old me, it was a fantastic upgrade compared to his previous car, a Middle Eastern spec Datsun 140J. But I think poor old dad was goaded into buying the blingy Rover, because a year later the big end went, and I think it nearly bankrupted him.