nigel benn's "959" cabrio

[cragswinter]

wasn't there one of these built years ago? a white one that had been smashed up or is that another one of those old wifes tales?

any road, watching the amazing documentary last night "the fight of their lives" (about the ill fated benn-mclelland fight, superb film even if you only have a passing interest in boxing) it showed benn in what apperaed to be a 959 cabrio tooling around marbella.

my guess is a 3.2/964 with a body kit-any ideas? not sure if his snidey plate will unearth anything with a reg search?

Edited by cragswinter on Saturday 10th December 09:54

[Crimp a Length!]

Yeah i was wondering.
Great documentary by the way "fight of our lives" very sad though.

My guess is a 964

[Ray Singh]

The distance between the rear wheels doesnt look right.

I would guess its a 911 (probably a 3.2 carrera/SC with a kit on it.

IMHO - horrible....

[RZD]

I remember the car well as it was converted from a 964 C4 targa at a local (Beckenham) back street Porsche specialist around 1997.
I have more pictures of the car but they are not digital so will have to scan them.
The car was painted pearl white with a very pale blue interior.
It carried the number plate H1 NGB at the time.

[cragswinter]

Ray Singh said:

The distance between the rear wheels doesnt look right.

I would guess its a 911 (probably a 3.2 carrera/SC with a kit on it.

IMHO - horrible....

i've got to admit the camera angle is sort of looking down on the tv making it appear worse than it is. on the move on the tv show it actually didn't look that bad-it'll be interesting to see some more pics of it

[schwarz993]

Looks completely wrong.... And look at the right wing mirror!

[Johnboy Mac]

cragswinter said:

tooling around marbella.

Where else would you get such a 'yoke', it's no 959 that's for sure

[madala]

....but based on a 993 Cabrio is my guess from the wing mirrors.....

[993AL]

I heard that he only bought it because it had a boxer engine but sold it when he found out he couldn't actually take it to the ring.

[freedman]

RZD said:

I remember the car well as it was converted from a 964 C4 targa at a local (Beckenham) back street Porsche specialist around 1997

Westons?

[RZD]

[freedman]

Warren is still there, well sort of, I'm not sure if he trading actively as an indy

Still a number of 911s outside in various states of disassembly!

[thegoose]

schwarz993 said:

Looks completely wrong.... And look at the right wing mirror!

My (964) race car the same! We worked out that it had a LHD passenger door fitted, rather than a RHD driver's door - the mirrors mounts in different places on each. Same here I guess.

[rlw]

freedman said:

Westons?

Indeed - and what a strange firm that was/is?

[Matt Seabrook]

It's a 1990 911 CARRERA 4 CABRIOLET

Edited by Matt Seabrook on Sunday 11th December 11:45

[jackal]

wished i had seen that .. what side was it on ?


i vividly remember watching that fight unfold in a pub in kensington ... shocking stuff

[Callughan]

Good programme and like the look whatever it is.

[reedman]

It's a 993.

01/07/1996
PORSCHE
911 CARRERA 4 CABRIOLET
CARRA 4 CB
2 dr CONVERTIBLE
PETROL
3.6 (3600 cc)
268 BHP
Transmission
MANUAL 6
Body Colour
White
Chassis No.
WP0ZZZ96ZLS472089

[gtphile]

that's a 964 chassis no!

1990 MY

[thegoose]

reedman said:

It's a 993.

01/07/1996
PORSCHE
911 CARRERA 4 CABRIOLET
CARRA 4 CB
2 dr CONVERTIBLE
PETROL
3.6 (3600 cc)
268 BHP
Transmission
MANUAL 6
Body Colour
White
Chassis No.
WP0ZZZ96ZLS472089

That's a 964 - see the chassis number, specifically a Turbo Coupe according to the VIN decoder on Renntech.