The Porsche 959 Paris Dakar _ Part 1: the restoration begins 

How cool!! I've recently fully restored two Tamiya 959's (And a celica grb)!! One is a runner which I still drive, and the other is a total 'as new' restoration in the 86 rally livery! Like you, had one in my childhood, so great to have this awesome model on display again.... Tamiya got the detail spot on with this one! 👌 If you are interested seeing them please check out our RU-vid channel @ Green Hawks RC! You can see the restored car here, along with the black one in action racing against the General Lee, monster beetle and lunchbox! 👍

@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC I will definitely check it out buddy, I have given mine a few light runs but given how fragile and quick the thing is it spends most of its life in a display case 😬, I always wanted the GRB Celica to go with the Porsche but at the time I couldn't afford it and now they are so rare and impossible to buy 👍

@@onkouth With you 100% there fella! The 959 was always a weak design, but after nearly 40years the ABS plastics have become so brittle. Finding new old stock parts is extremely difficult..... It took me over a year to source the parts for my 'as new' restoration of my rally livery one. Total rebuild costs for that car touched £1000,and had to import parts from USA, France and Japan! This one now stays on the shelf totally mint! I then done the celica, which came to another £900,she also stays on the shelf. I then had so many worn but usable parts left over so I built a 'runner' from them (the black one) I soon found all the hubs, wishbones etc shattered after just a few runs so I imported some aluminium replacements from USA. These work a treat, and she's a joy to drive and race! There is lots of stronger reproduction parts now available for them from MCI racing amongst others if you wish to run them. But, it sounds as if yours is a perfect little 'time capsule' of sentimental value.... Best left on the shelf, as so much pleasure can be had just from looking at this superb model! Cheers for checking my ones out fella, I think you will like them! Just find 'Green Hawks RC', click on 'View channel', then click on 'videos' and you should find the 959 restoration and the GRB, along with a few videos where the black runner in action! 👍 👍 👍

@@yodadarksideGreenHawksRC I have been over and checked out your channel and the 959 run video, it's great, I've Subbed and will definitely be going over your other videos, your channel has great vide, loving it 😎

@@onkouth Many thanks matey, and cheers for the kind words! 🙏 Lots more vintage stuff in store, including a planned record jump of the General Lee over a full scale shed.... Lol, could get messy! 🤣 👍 👍 👍 👍

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Bruh, Porsche almost didn't keep existing a few times the last few decade. The Cayenne and Boxter sales literally saved them, and recently they had to develop and sell the Macan to keep existing. Do they not sell the 718 Boxter and Cayman anymore? An entirely new platform even with shared parts is prohibitively expensive(maneuver) to even consider when the benefits are near zilch, people don't buy sports cars anymore. I consider it a miracle work that they even bothered to offer the thousand variants of the type 991.1/991.2 and to keep that up with the newer 992 that even selling limited numbers of the Dakar variant is just insane.