Porsche 959 "Reimagined" tour with Bruce Canepa
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- The Porsche 959 upon release was the most sophisticated road car ever created. Designed by Porsche, the 959 went down in the automotive history books as an era-defining car which paved the way for many future technological advancements.
Canepa has been known for 30 years for taking Porsche 959s and upgrading them in order to improve upon the original design. Now, after 33 years since the car was first introduced, Canepa now has created the Porsche 959 "Reimagined", the Porsche 959SC. Armed with the technological advancements of the 21st century for better power, handling, and driver appointments, while retaining the charm of the original car first introduced in 1987, the Porsche 959SC is the definition of an era-defining supercar brought into the 21st century.
Join Bruce Canepa, owner and President of Canepa, as he talks about the history of the Porsche 959, and why Canepa continues to preserve and enhance the platform through the Porsche 959SC program.
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Given there were less than 340 ever made, the purist in me wants to hate this... but the sheer level of passion, engagement and development that has gone into this is remarkable... and given those updated power figures, it suddenly becomes very difficult to hate!! If I ever win the lottery, I may well be giving Canepa Motorsport a call...
that green 959 is absolutely gorgeous- great specs!
2 legends, the 959 and Mr. Canepa. Respect.
The one thing I didn’t like about the original 959 was the wheels. They looked undersized and lost in the fenders. Now I learn there was a reason for that. I’m not usually a fan of large diameter rolling stock (no bigger than 16” on a 911, please!) but Canepa’s wheels make the 959 look like it should have all along. This project is mind-blowing - WOW!
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I have known Bruce since about 1978 when I left Peter Gregg's company in Jax, FL and opened a new car franchise for Mercedes-Benz in CA. He was in Santa Cruz then but the shop you see here is in Scotts Valley, CA a huge shop that was a Seagate Technology Factory. I have been around new and used cars professionally for more then 50 years with some of the best people and business's in the field and NO ONE does the quality of work that he does on so many different cars strictly "cost-no-object" quality work that is startling sometimes it is so amazing. He does drive one of the 959's everyday -- last time I saw him was by accident in Los Gatos, CA he was driving a red/black 959 and we chatted a bit he looked sounded great! BTW he is very very good race driver and has raced all manner of particularly Porsche's but Pikes Peak Hill Climb and Trans-Am Javelin's as well. I have driven his actual 959 as well as Bill Gates and Paul Allen's and several others which were having work done on them @ Euro-Tech Grant Miller's electronics prototype Co. that was near my Porsche / Mercedes / BMW & Bentley dealership in Fremont CA. They are & were astonishing cars that he has developed to a level that is UNimaginable to touch, see and drive. His shop in Scotts Valley is filled with that kind of work all the time and has a great little museum as well in the showroom. If you want to challenge him to do some creative work bring a heavy wallet & patience the result will stun all who see the car! Tom C. / Las Vegas, NV
Bruce I think you have the best Porsche 959's in the world.
Thank you so much Bruce, I really enjoyed this. You're a fantastic ambassador, custodian of the 959. To see a 959 featured on TH-cam is a rarity. Would be really cool if one of your customers did a full review of what it's like owning a re-imagined 959.
100% what Joe said. I could listen to Bruce all day
@Joe Campbell, @Oliver O'Shea .. +1 .. 100% what those guys said. .. Watch the Canepa shop tour episodes at the post starting line..
It would be great to do a video where you take some of the original 959 engineers through the car and get their feedback.
They'd tell him to get his act together and stop wetting himself at night.
To get an electric motor and make an electric car.
Redising a 959 is like putting a mustache on the Monalisa . 8 (
@@Zzus321 It's not redesigned, rather updated & upgraded, something porche would have done anyhow if it was still in production. Look at the cayenne.
@@team3383 Electric car cultists are insufferable
Porsche, if you’re listening, please PLEASE bring back the 959 extended rear end on a modern Porsche. I’ve always loved it and have wanted to see it on another model since the 90s. Bring it back!
I am torn.. Beautiful, mind blowing work. Taken an amazing car to another level.
But it's not how the car left the factory.
But still amazing work.
'Reimagined' is definately Singing praise to someone!!
Just love what Bruce is doing with these legendary cars , the man is a genius and passionate about his work .
Thank you for keeping these beauties alive. The world needs more 959s...
Ho-lee smokes, dude.
Stunning work. Speechless.
I could listen to Bruce for hours, his knowledge of these cars is remarkable!
Years ago I saw a vintage race from Laguna Seca. Bruce had a great drive , I had no idea who he was sooooo I called his shop, asked to speak to him , so he took my call and I gave him a attaboy for his drive !!! Didn't know he was such a big deal in the world. Of Porsche !!!!😄😄😄😄😄😄😎😎🚘🚘🚘🚘🍺🍺🍺🍺🇺🇸🇩🇪
@@artmchugh5644 ... +1 .. Pure class act, both of you!
Still struggle with this "reimagined" movement. There still is nothing like an original.
Coming straight from JP Performance's video series of you and your facilities. What a great place to be!
Absolut faszinierend ja
Gigantic money to have one built but I'm quite certain the driving experience would be priceless.
I can see your shop is passionate about the superb quality of services you offer. Very nice
So basically it is now a 35 year old car that can eat modern supercars for breakfast. I absolutely adore the concept of giving bringing old cars up to date with modern components and performance.
How does that reimagined 959 affect its value in the collector car market. I absolutely love it!
Mr Canepa is an absolute legend! If only I had the $millions! Wonderful stuff, I could watch all day
Having seen these builds in person... WOW! Another Canepa winner.
I was in love with the 959 ever since it first came out. Had all the test drive articles, books and even have one of Lewandowski's limited print books. Knew all the specs, performance figures, options etc. Then finally had a chance to sit in one in 1993, and it was magic! If I ever win the lottery this is the first car I buy!
An insane car, brought to amazing insane level, with todays top notch technology. What a dream car this is, if I had to choose 1 car, this would be it, you can't sell it, you have to use. I don't need an F1, this is usable in real public road conditions easy.
If I could have any vehicle, it would be one of these. Always loved the 959 and the meticulous upgrades from Bruce and the entire team... make it even better.
Normally, I prefer to keep things totally original but this... keeps all the character but is next level.
amen
Good lord,this car was expensive when it first came out. I can’t imagine what these upgrades run the price up to. I’m absolutely in lust with that Green one. Magnificent job Bruce!👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
@fw1421 ... +1. When my ship comes in or a Lottery calls my name the first call is to Bruce Canepa to discuss 959 Reimagined color possibilities...
Bruce Canepa is my HERO,one of the best race car drivers i have ever seen,especially in a 935..And a man i inspire to be like.
It's always great to listen to passionate people. Bruce is doing some nice work to an absolute legend of a car.
I had a poster of a silver 959 on my wall in the 80's .... still the grail car for me. But can I afford one ... no hehehe. But mesmerising video . Really like the calm and knowledgeable presentation.
I saw about 10 or 15 of these cars parked together at Rennsport. I briefly studied each one late in the evening with no disturbance which was a very personal experience. I wonder if one of those 10 to 15 cars was a Canepa Special. -- I really enjoy, and appreciate, the way Bruce describes the process in broad terms but with enough detail to keep everyone interested. You have developed a well-honed art-form Mr. Canepa.
Bruce, thank you so much for sharing such a special Porsche, I hope to see one in person some day !
What Bruce and his team is doing here is really impressive. In my mind this is the ultimate expression of respect to Porsche.
I could listen to Bruce talk about these projects all day. Fantastic video.
Nice eb110 flex in the background
Outstanding!!! I love your interpretation of a restomod. I saw one of these in person once and it was breathtaking. You got Singer, Ruf, Guntherwerks and now Canepa. If you think about it, you were one of the first. Well done sir, well done!!!
The big 4 helps keep older 911s in people's minds
@@allensaunders449 Ha...The Big 4. I like that !!!
@@immanueldarjean5050 maybe you are right
Thank you! We have been working on Porsche 959s for over 30 years, and we've been doing development work since 2000. We were responsible for the first emission-legal 959s in the United States. We also helped pass the Show Or Display law that let the cars come into the country in the first place.
Don't forget Tuthill Porsche, should be the big five!
Wow! Total dream machines. And top level work. Who'd have thought there's another level above Singer!
959 had been my favorite Porsche since laying my eyes on it knowing your doing this makes me very happy ill be a client in just a few years .
Thank you, Bruce for the tour of the amazing Porsche 959sc, restoration and updates. I'm sure your customers will get great pleasure from their car.
Thank you for taking credit for the reinvention of the wheel. Such a modest guy.
Fantastic video. 959 is my favorite Porsche. I've had so many die casts and models of them I lost count. This was a real treat.
Because of this car I got a 993 turbo when I grew up 😁
Still a stunning testamony of the level of the craftmanship , and dedication to excellence of porsche.Bruce recognizes that and obviously matches that commitment to only make a great thing even greater .thank you sir!
Bruce well done for your passion and determination to build up your deam cars. Canepa is a name that comes eather from Italy or possibly from the south of the Alps in Switzerland where I am from. Again hat’s off to your projects and great professional set up company. Kind regards from Switzerland.
One of my all time favourites along with the f40 , improving on perfection so this car must be unreal off the hook AWESOMENESS. 😎
Incredible artistry...thank you, sir!
The man, the car and the story are all equally stunning.
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hats off to you for your vision and commitment! This is a special program... what a moment in history you’re creating!!! Bravo!!
I still have my poster from when I was a kid the 959 is my DREAM car!!!!
WOW.My favourite is the green one.Magnificent work by you and your team.Thoroughly enjoyed this.Cheers.
This is a just a hole new level, reimagined a 911 is one thing to do that on 959 you really need to be a real expert on the matter. It's not the same thing to get a donner 911 and donner 959 is absolutely different thing, they are so rare and there are not many as well. Bruce I'm astonished about this massive project, this is clearly the best tribute you could do for this supercar. Huge congratulations you really deserve it, there are two legends the 959 and Bruce Canepa👏👏
deep down inside I want to say "no, don't modify 959s" but I can't! amazing style and engineering. PS- as someone who can't afford one, I also am not even allowed to say "no, don't..."
Great treat stumbling on this video, having just read the story about the cars in the latest issue of Road & Track. Well done!
Absolutely breathtaking! I would love to just sit in one of these four hours .gives you something to desire for ,To keep working hard For .I have an 86 Targa I tell you I do fall in love with this thing more every time I drive it and I am so grateful for it ! I just want to make it better update things .One day it would be a dream to have you guys reimagine mine .love it Keep putting out videos awesome content thank you.
Thanks Bruce for doing what you do. I grew up in Santa Cruz in the 80's and would walk your lot on Water street and imagine myself owning some of those amazing track ready Porsches. I think I saw Seinfeld and Cosby on the lot some days and I heard your aero packages for the transport semis is what kept the business afloat. From one gearhead to another, I salute you sir.
Wow beautiful rendition. Thanks for keeping them alive. Very good and excellent looking.
Next time, please, take out the background music. By the way, you did a superb job with those cars.
Amazing, thanks so much for the tour and the insight. I was like many others in the comments and sceptical at the idea of restoring a 959 but after hearing the details and seeing the passion I was quickly converted. These really are something special
All my friends had posters of Ferrari F40s, Testarossa's, Countach's etc, i had those too, but i was the only one with a poster of a silver 959. It's the dream car i always wanted, and it still is, but in a dark silver or metallic midnight blue.
And people think the Singer project is cool.. This is whole new level.. Noticed that Bugatti EB110.. soooo cool
I like your work you build them like they should to be
Bad to the Bone....Bruce and team keep up the awesome work
I love those old silver white multi tone seats
when I was a kid , i car had this car calender.. The 959 was the main focus , it was 1990 ish.. Favorite porshe to this day.
Tastefully done. Add another restomod to the wish list.
Am I missing something .... but a 959 is a super collectable and rare car... do you REALLY want to "re-imagine" this car? it's like putting a smile on the Mona Lisa, no?
I think we have reached the point where you prove your wealth/exclusivity by buying and repainting the Mona Lisa😂
That was my first thought as well. Though the re-imagined car is stunning it seems sacrilegious to destroy a holy grail vehicle.
My thought exactly. The smarter move is to keep it stock. Thank to these the stock ones will go up in value even more.
I'm all up for a full refurbish and deep restorative maintenance but this is weird.
@@gafrers right? That's like taking a 1956 356 or a 1965 Ferrari Dino and dropping a Chevy V8 into it....
This car really deserves to be updated, but does it need to, no. This car has lots of 1980s “first-gen” electronics: engine management, AWD, suspension, etc. it also had special tires and it is extremely hard to get parts for (being so limited in production). All this makes it a pain to live with. It is no Mona Lisa. It looks like they basically “fix” all of the stuff so that you can use the car semi-normally... older analog things like 50s ferraris and mona lisas have held up better over time than 1980s supercars. They double the power, improve drivability, modernize the electronics, and service every single thing on it, while it essentially is not changing form. Same 2.85L TT air/water engine, AWD, dual shocks, magnesium centerlocks, composite carbon/kevlar body...all that did not change. The only thing I dont get is why they are changing the colors from how the cars came, and putting 356 vintage carpet inside (wtf? This is blade runner, not a vw beetle)...
the 959 was my dream car when i was a kid in the 90s when I first saw it. It's still my dream car today. It will probably be my dream car when I'm old and grey.
Amazing work. When doing rebuilds do you do anything to improve safety such as crash protection, air bags, seat belts etc?
Thank you, Bruce. I completely understand the obsession. Bravo.
I was in high school when this car came out and I literally dreamt about these things. How far advanced this car was for its time can not be overstated. In fact, I don't think any other car has been produced that has been so far advanced as thr 959. This guy is brilliant. I wouldn't even be able to change the altenator in a 959, let alone strip off literally every bolt and rebuild it.
They were expensive back then, at roughly 250k USD, when a countach was roughly 100k. And they are really expensive now, fetching between 1 to 2 million I beleive. So can you imagine what it would cost to buy one and then have all this done to it?
Awesome, when my Lottery ticket comes around I'll be getting my order in. Thanks for sharing
I had a little toy car of the 959 and always loved it. In the late 80’s around 89 I would play with the hot wheels
Very interesting Video. Everybody loves the 959.
I love the 959 and remember having a Testors metal bodied model. Painted mine Kiln Red Metallic. Beautiful in a classic way. So far ahead of everything else. Wouldn’t mind having a 992 Turbo S as a consolation if I can’t get a 959!
While every 959 you do will no doubt be spectacular, that beautiful green car looks the best. Those 959's look better in the brighter or more unique colors. Even Porsche has to be proud of the work you are doing to preserve these incredible machines. These Porsche's (among many other Porsche models) will no doubt be around for hundreds of years to come due to the preservation work and superior upgraded materials being used. There aren't many car manufacturers today who can say that. It's a testament to how good Porsche cars are. There is probably no other manufacturer in business that has such a loyal following of preservation (other than the Hypercar manufacturers) than Porsche.
Such a clean shop.
This Video is gold!
Really amazing work, much respect for resto-modding 959s, we’ve just finished a similar project on an E30 M3.
Thank you for keeping these cars updated...there is nothing worse than keeping a car 'standard' because of originality, but then being too afraid to drive it, there will always be a 'stock original' version at the factory museum, should one wants to see such a specimen...I especially like the green car with the saddle coloured interior....good job folks, keep it up.
AWESOME! Just AWESOME!!!!!!!!
I was fortunate enough to attend the Frankfurt Auto Show in the mid-80's and saw a 959 in the Porsche booth that was cut down the middle into a cross section view. I was about 21 at the time and couldn't believe the technology that went into the car and then cutting it in half.
Outstanding. Porsches are the best!
Gee Porsche in Germany would / should be Super Impressed with what u & ur team have put 2gether Bruce. Wish l had the $$$ 4 one . Xcellent
Helmet Bott would be so very proud of the work you have done to refresh these cars! (Met him back in the Gruppe B days)
Subscribed!! Thanks for sharing your workshop and story, and the joy of the 959!! some of us long-term Porsche fans have followed bits and pieces over the years on the forums and enjoyed your input 👍 sharing the video is inspiring as I'm building a 'reimagined' VW Corrado on my channel. Not the same level admittedly similar principles!
I love the 959.. but when I see the EB110 I go nuts.. made 25 minutes from where I was born.. stunning..
Not many would recognize that car. I remember a press version in light blue in many photos. The wheels caught my eye, then the camera moved and the headlights were shown.😎
God that green 959 is perfect. That’s the spec I would definitely go with if I managed to win the lottery twice. Stunning.
Thank you Bruce, great video and very interesting on the 959 and how you upgrade them. Rode in one in the UAE a while back and that car ended up in Bahrain with the Crown Prince. Quite a few in the Middle East, as I recall, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, but I am sure that you know where they are. Best regards from BC, Canada
I am in love!!!! I simply do love the 959. So what a surprise to discover that you bring it to the sky. 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Cant imagine your complete redesign will ever be valued over what some owner paid initially for the car.
My question is shouldn’t they be kept original to retain there historical and financial value ? Or will modification and enhancements increase their value.
Fun to drive or invest? Utility value.
historically significant examples should be kept that way, but the rest just driven and enjoyed and i feel they will be more driven and enjoyed by the owners going through this process.
He was instrumental in getting these federalized for import before being 25 yrs old. The modifications started there to meet emissions. Guess it just stuck and he wanted to continue to improve upon them. You could import a completely stock one now for registration since they are greater than 25 yrs old though.
@@floydcoppage1499 50 of these (~1/6th the production run) is far too excessive given the ~300 total produced.
If you think these cars are worth less than an original, you haven’t tried to buy one…
Once in my life as a child I saw one driving for real (Werchter, Belgium), something I will never forget!
cool video. never seen this many 959"s in one place. these upgrades are incredible!!
That green is beautiful, looks like Brooklands green
Because it is. Germans wont call it like that. WW2 and all.
As a big Porsche Fan, from the story behind it and the piece of Art it became it’s definitely my favorite and most desirable Car to own… ever! Big respect 🤝😍
im amazed, beautiful to see so much love for cars
What a great story. The thing that I'm in love by far and away is taking this truly great old car (in its time) and bringing it into a new car with all the latest updates (or as we like to say, TRICK) . If anyone can do this it's your company. But like the racer you are, you just can‘t put old tech back in when you can replace it with the latest technology. Example, you need to replace all old style houses with the latest silicon hoses. There is no way on earth you could as a true racer are you going to replacing anything with the same old equipment. Your whole body is itching to replace everything with the latest and see how much faster the car is going to be. No racer ever worth anything hasn't drempth how much quicker he will be (also new technology just looks faster”) Racers aren't poses, leave that up to guys who want to crome everything. Ted
When the word “thanks” is an understatement. My fav car the almighty 959 !! Jerry Seinfeld has one but I believe an original one. If only God allow me to have one ! I subscribed to your channel. Thanks
Excellent, 959 was my dream car as a kid. Still an awesome car.