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redridge this is what its behavior is.
There was a clamp that wasn't seated right on a coolant hose right under the p/s and engine harness connection lines. The hose popped open but not off. When it popped the engine immediatly shut off. It then acted as if the battery were dead. The voltage isn't even registering 12v.
Jumping it from the battery, or the engine compartment?
There is a big ground wire from the P/S side that degrades overtime
Could be your problem in the MY99
there is a mode where the car thinks its been in an accident and will shut the fuel pump off.
Regarding the fuel pump shut off... based on my experience there may be a shut off in the case of an accident, but after my Cayman S was hit (and declared a total loss -- impact sufficiently violent to cause both air bags to deploy) when I was at the body shop talking things over with body shop owner his helper went out and started the engine to move the car out of the way of an incoming delivery. I was surprised that the engine started.