CONTEST: The UGLIEST 964.

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02-14-2007, 01:02 PM

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Do you see the guy holding his elbow ?
Who is that person ?

Not sure, but that pucture is in Adrian's book

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02-14-2007, 01:12 PM

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Yikes! That's a great argument for a roll cage.

It must have landed pretty hard straight downward on the roof. I always thought the 911's had pretty good structural integrity in a "normal" roll-over from what I've read.

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02-14-2007, 01:14 PM

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Yikes! That's a great argument for a roll cage.

Not too much work now to turn it into a speedster....

Ouch... I don't like this thread...

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02-14-2007, 01:25 PM

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"Not sure, but that pucture is in Adrian's book"
I bet Adrian knows the story behind this , I'd love to hear how this came about .

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02-14-2007, 02:34 PM

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Well this scared me...

http://forums.rennlist.com/upload/ugly_copy1.jpg

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02-14-2007, 05:06 PM

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This was easy, I just searched "Gemballa" and knew I would find the answer. It is a "Porsche Gemballa Mirage Evolution (1990)". $375,000 well spent.

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02-14-2007, 05:35 PM

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I have never seen an ugly 964

But I can't get this 944 out of my head

Ugly 944 - 1
Uglu 944 - 2
Ugly 944 - 3

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02-14-2007, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by 993TurboS

This was easy, I just searched "Gemballa" and knew I would find the answer. It is a "Porsche Gemballa Mirage Evolution (1990)". $375,000 well spent.

That design indeed is quite bad

Most of the other pics posted so far are from wrecks, but this Gemballa is a self-induced wreck of a different kind.

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02-14-2007, 06:20 PM

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Was that really a beautiful 911 before Gemballa got to work? Wow, that should be illegal.

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02-14-2007, 07:06 PM

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Mine was ugly

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02-14-2007, 07:56 PM

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Pimp my 964

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Originally Posted by parsecnc4

That design indeed is quite bad

Most of the other pics posted so far are from wrecks, but this Gemballa is a self-induced wreck of a different kind.

Yes, the wrecks are good, but I too was thinking in terms of "self-induced" ugliness imposed on perfectly wonderful stock 964s--you know, how NOT to do "up" your 964. For example, check out what was done to this 924 (ha!):

http://www.random-good-stuff.com/ind...luffy-porsche/

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02-14-2007, 08:12 PM

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Ugliest Porsche ever has to be that Gemballa Avalanche from the 80s. Not a 964, but definitely the worst 911 I've ever seen.

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02-14-2007, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by etom

I checked out the 924 and I can appreciate and respect that approach more than the Gembella 964 from above. To me, that 924 was more of an art/function exercise to the fullest and I think the wilder the better. On the contrary, the Gembella was likely borned from someone's interpretation of "enhancement" to the 964 design, which I would imagine most on Rennlist to find less than tasteful.