In a little more than a month the following 10 Porsches will cross the block as RM Auctions lifts the gavel on the distinguished Don Davis Collection. As Davis prepares to ‘downsize’ the collection, more than 50 automobiles, each impressive in its own right, will be offered ‘without reserve’ on April 27, 2013 in Fort Worth, Texas. Included within the collection are the following 10 …
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I remember when this Porsche 911 Limo first came up for sale back in 2011. Well, apparently it never sold (I can't imagine why) as it's back for sale again.
How do we know it's the same one? Well, besides the fact that the pictures are the same, the description matches word for word. According to the listing, this is a 1983 Porsche 911 Limousine that was being built for the late Rocky …
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A Japanese Porsche enthusiast by the name of Takeshi Kitano decided to take his love of the 959 and transfer it onto a Porsche 997 Turbo. The result, what he calls a Porsche 979, leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Details are kind of sparse on the mechanics and updates to this "enhanced 959". For all we know it's just a body kit. Check out the pictures below.
It seems to me, …
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When we first reported on this 959 Prototype for sale we weren't sure how much it would sell for. We knew that "regular" 959s sold in a range of $450,000 to $600,000 depending on condition, provenance, etc. We figured a rare factory prototype like this would command a significant premium over that. Boy, were we wrong. With just under 4 minutes of bidding one of the last two remaining running …
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For the past few months I have written a post titled "Reader's Rides". This generally consisted of cars that readers of FlatSixes.com wanted to show-off or in most cases were looking to sell. Today, I'd like to change things up a bit. As the site continues to grow and the number of monthly readers has eclipsed the 12,000 mark I thought it might be nice to help some readers find cars as well as …
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