A Porsche 959 with an fascinating historical past is developing for public sale.

Broad Arrow Auctions plans to supply this 1988 instance of the Porsche supercar at its sale operating March 1-2 and coinciding with the 2024 Amelia Island Concours d’Magnificence.

Based on the itemizing, the all-wheel-drive 959 was initially bought by Nissan for use as a benchmark automobile throughout improvement of the R32-generation Skyline GT-R, a standard follow within the trade.

Nissan allegedly tried to buy a 959 immediately by way of Porsche however was declined, so as a substitute the automaker bought the automotive by way of Belgian dealership D’Ieteren Brothers after the automotive was first registered with a Belgian nationwide. The automotive initially left the manufacturing facility as a 959 Komfort completed in Polar Silver.

1988 Porsche 959 SC – Photograph credit score: Broad Arrow Auctions

After Nissan was completed with the automotive, it was allegedly bought to one of many engineers engaged on the R32 GT-R. The engineer held onto the automotive for a variety of years, although by no means drove it.

The engineer in the end bought the automotive to a resident within the U.S. and its most up-to-date proprietor in 2019 had the automotive submitted for conversion to SC specification by the 959 consultants at Scotts Valley, California-based Canepa. Based on the itemizing, the automotive had simply 1,400 kilometers (roughly 870 miles) on its odometer on the time it was acquired by Canepa.

Canepa’s SC conversion is not any easy restomod. The entire course of for this automotive took 4 years at a price of $950,000, in line with the itemizing. Canepa plans to supply the SC conversion for 50 vehicles solely, and accepts solely low-mileage, extremely unique 959s for the job. The vehicles are utterly stripped of each panel and system, right down to the final part half. Every part is then restored or upgraded.

1988 Porsche 959 SC – Photograph credit score: Broad Arrow Auctions

The proprietor who commissioned the SC conversion for this 959 selected an Oak Inexperienced exterior together with an inside trimmed in tobacco brown leather-based.

Like all 959s, the automotive is powered by twin-turbocharged 2.8-liter flat-6 engine mated to a 6-speed handbook transmission. A part of the SC conversion sees energy output dialed to over 800 hp by way of Canepa’s Stage III improve bundle. The brand new output is near double the inventory 959’s 444 hp.

The pre-auction estimate for the automotive is between $3.25 million and $3.75 million.