Another in our series of special automobiles being offered at RM Sotheby’s 19th annual Arizona taking place 18-19 January in Phoenix.
Invoiced by Porsche in September 1987, this 959 was delivered new to Germany finished in the iconic color scheme of Silver metallic over a Grey leather interior and powered by engine number 65H00087, just as it is presented today. At some point, the 959 was sold to a collector in Japan, where it remained for a number of years, before being purchased and subsequently imported to the U.S. by Bruce Canepa.
Upon its arrival stateside in 2001, the car was acquired by its current owner who immediately sought to have the car made road-legal and registered in his home state of California, a process not for the faint of heart or the impatient! This procedure took nearly six years to complete and today, it remains as one of the very few 959s to have been fully federalized and road-legal in the state of California.
Nothing short of revolutionary to Porsche as well as the automotive industry, the 959 affirmed Porsche’s status as the most innovative sports car manufacturer on the planet. It introduced a dizzying array of features that had never been seen in an automobile before, many of which would become mainstays in production cars around the world in the years and decades to come.
Arguably the perfect enthusiast’s 959, this example is offered in fully road-legal and road-worthy condition, a rarity amongst 959s currently residing in the U.S. The next lucky owner will be afforded the opportunity to enjoy one of Porsche’s greatest road-going cars exactly as its creators intended, at speed and on the open road.
