The Rocky Aoki Porsche Limo Condition Revealed! 

The seats are e30 BMW sports seats, worth decent money in nice condition

I would refabricate the rockers with heavier gauge steel ( you could also run tubing inside of them) the body kit can cover and hide all the work. Replace the homade floor section with a new factory pan, and make a hoop hidden in the centre section with it all tied in together.

The ‘74 front end is so they could used the shorter ‘74 and later hood and hood latch for the 959 kit.

" It's relatively un-molested." Did I hear that right. ? Almost lost my India Oven...😂

This brings me back to my tow truck days. Some guy had a 1978 Smokey and the Bandit Trans Am converted into a limo. I had to tow this hot mess but before I hooked it up to my tow truck I had them sign a liability contract that I am not responsible for anything is something happens. I also told them that this thing will fold in half as soon as I pick it up. They were assured by the body shop that created this mess that it was stretched the right way and had all steel rockers and plates in the floor. Well as soon as I picked up the front end it folded in half. The rockers were made out of wooden 1x3 planks hidden in body filler. The roof sagged right in the middle even before I picked it up. There was zero plates in the floor holding it together. I tried to warn them that this was not a safe car and had no business even being on the road. What is the sad part is the owner paid the body shop $33.000 Canadian for the unsafe car. I am glad it folded in half on the back of my truck and not under its own power killing how many people on the highway.

This vs jared pinks honda rousey limo would be a cool show down

I would weld pipes inside sills front to back to stiffen it. You can build your cage starting from it. You are not going to use original way of heating in this any way.

An internet legend and a Porsche limo 😂

The #2904 is a sign from Brock that the tradition needs reborn!

"I'm not gonna put a WRX Subaru motor back here, I just can't do that." I'm literally putting a Subaru 3.6 in my '77 Targa🤣🤣

Looks like pacific blue, gorgeous colour on an SC targa. Not a massive Porsche fan but had to sub for this.

Please put a protective "scrape" plate over the transmission number to preserve it. Silly request, I know, but you probably have it laying in a scrap pile.

Would the engine from a Boxster (986) work in it?? It's both modern enough and yet old enough for this project to be cheap and readily available.

I got a feeling the reason they blocked in the front targa was because of chassis flex.

Interesting. I love the beautiful 928's in the background. I really hope that this limo is rebuilt much better than it was. Looks like it's in good hands. Thank you.

I'm assuming they sheeted in the front targa top for rigity reasons, especially if it was going around a track, even minimally

Just amazing. Thank you for all the content you’ve provided.

If you do cage it keep the targa sections open. Please do put back on the road, wall art a replica

What as awesome machine. I’d like to see it restored, wrap and all.

I am sure you could strip to body shell and make space frame under it , its how much time and money do you want put into it ? To make it safe and run ! but amazing project love the rothmans livery idea would look lush with 4 spotlight on the nose

Love this car and the whole idea of it. You will do this car justice...

LOVE IT! Whateva ya wanna do, is good. Ya ask for ideas, so here goes: Keep it air cooled 6; late gen, N/A & EFI. It's simple Run cage thru midsection & do a T-Top; rather than a full Targa. Heaps more rigidity and no cage; at the door entry

I think that it would be VERY COOL, if you end up re-doing the stretch, if you made it longer by the amount of a full length of the front doors and if you could make it work...flip the back doors to the opposit side and have coach/suicide doors on the back, then you might be big enough to have 4 conference style seats in the back which would make it more limo like as a 6-8 seater.

21:44 damn! this was always going to be yours, i guess.. that is trippy!

Tavarish just took a 911 motor out of a car, might be worth asking him if he needs a home for it

Lady Liberty you got from Baron belongs on the backseat when you finish this thing up and present it.

Hi John 👋 I've been patiently waiting for this.

The Rothman’s livery would be cool but my vote is recreating the original Kirin livery

That metal used to stretch it looks like the roof of a van.

I’m so excited to see the results for this project 🤩

It's like a Grass valley CSI mystery. I don't know how many times I emailed my friends this car and had it emailed to me as well. Can't wait to see what the end results are.

saw it in Rocklin on a car carrier. Thought “that’s weird”

U need to fix this beast up she needs love and you are the right person to get it or give it .

I think it would be really sick to make it a slant nose, I realize then it wouldnt be like Rocky had it but the front end doesnt really look like a 959 to me anyway so a Slant Nose conversion would be sick.

Cool vid! I look forward to seeing it being done,

Wonder if a Cayenne V8 would be feasible.

You bought a challenge, it's not going to be easy to put back together, almost Freddie like 😀

2904! It is a sign!!

I love this history of cannonball 😊

If not an LS...maybe a Subaru H6, Boxter 6, Audi V10, VW 5L TDI V10?

This thing is begging for a Whittington brothers race livery if you ask me

Maybe get Benihana sponsorship great promo tool for them

Good luck with that hot mess! I’m excited to see the progress.

Man John I wish I could show you this SRT MAGNUM that this guy put a RR front end on it and he put these weird suicide doors on it then left the wagon back part on it .

I was worried when it was discussed to cannonball it and where was I going to get and sort out a limo. But now seeing this not so worried I have plenty of time lol.

I would remove the floor pan they added look at the stretch job closer and see how it can be improved.

What an interesting project.

Can’t wait to see what the limo experts and fabricators say about making it safe and strong. Besides “run away”. I think this is a super interesting project! The engine needs to be beefy, can’t wait to see this unfold

The Ed Bolin Special 😂😂😂

Put a 928 V8 in it 🤣🚀❤️

I thought I heard you mention that you didn't think this was made by a limo company, but I remember reading it was an Ultra Limo from Vini Bergeman?

“Relatively unmolested” is what I did not think I would hear about this.

Interesting video. Looking forward to seeing the inside with the interior out. The 959 tail looks out of place on that car. The whale tail would be better, in my opinion.

Engine ideas, late model VW diesel Tdi, Grind hard plumbing swapped one into a Westfalia from Boxeer who make conversion kit/mounts. Or maybe a Porsche V8 out of the Cayenne?

The back floor pan looks more like wood than metal, probably the camera 😀

The prime example of can't see it from my house. But glad to see it.

I would keep the build wild and resto mod it..maybe put a turbo s awd

Those wheels are epically cool!

This is awesome. Please keep us updated. I love this build.

"We have the technology to rebuild it. I want it done no matter the cost!"

Those Gottis have to be pretty high dollar items. Ended up watching bits of the earlier video just because of the wheels and now this, again, to see the wheels.

Indeed BMW E30 leather bucket sport seats worth some money 💰

Make Big Daddy proud...i would say purple or gold, crazy metalflake,...oldskool insanity is dissappearing.But it only takes a few people to revive the weird,i think. Preserving history is great...making a great new creation is better. The Baron would approve✌️😁🥳🌴I know you want it...you are buying these crazy things for a reason.And i dont think its money😉. Ps.visiting a purist Porsche meeting is gonna be fun with this!!

I remember an Austin Healey in the Belleville lot and the police cars I forget the movie.

I've googled sunrise autobody in CA be nice if the company that did the stretch still existsq

So the front car is a long hood 73! Wonder what the back half is?

If you can’t keep it a limo I would love to see you put it back to a two door. And then turn the stretched portion into a period correct wet bar for your shop or maybe a small tow behind travel bar for RADwood (that way if it can’t be a “structural” part of the car it can still be a indispensable piece of its history and story). Maybe some marbleized mirrors, dark wood fold out bar with vinyl padded armrest, some of the artwork on display, maybe a custom mixtape playing in a period correct head unit or videos from the VCR. Really, the kind of place where a red crushed velvet smoking jacket or a Miami Vice rolled sleeve wouldn’t look too out of place. Maybe even show your moves with some Tom Cruise Cocktail bottle tricks….lol I look forward to seeing the progress in whatever form Sir! Thank you for taking the time to share.

I wonder if the front clip donor was also the center section, second targa donor

Air-ride and 959 style wheels. 959 style headlights.

Benihana has to live on it somewhere if it comes back from the dead

Going from my comment from the debut video, how about a Tyrrell-like 6-wheeler using a 996 engine?

got to have a porsche engine.. loads of power to

Its relatively unmolested? It would make the blind flinch!

Twin Turbo Twin Targa! lol

Looking forward as to where this goes

Car could end up being pretty cool. Take a lot of time n patience, but worth to save it.

1:39 have we looked at it? No 20:40 we looked at this earlier

I think my main take away from this video was "caulk" and the bawls you have for standing underneath it.

Crazy car needs z crazy dreamer to get it right again...or maybe the first time it will be right.

2904 . Unreal

It needs a turbo rotary for power!

Jaguar V12 is obviously the correct power plant.

Rothmans livery and lifted! :)

Condition: Ed approves.

Get a Subaru H6 3.6R from a Legacy way cheaper to build than a Porsche motor

Love This!!!!!

You could LS swap it.... or if you really wanna get funky.... 928 V8 swap it.

Love watching your videos and your vinwiki cant wait for more limo content !!! Need to definitely do it Dakar style !!!!

Looking forward to see what you do with this. The Fake Dakar Livery idea is Perfect

'This all Gotti go.'

Exo cage it! Make a safari Porsche limo, since that's the only way it can be more ridiculous. And it would preserve interior space.

Cage would spoil it - just do the floor structure properly. Please lose the sink and VCR.

PS2: Rothmans YESSSS!!!!

Go Rothmans!!

Everybody Wang Chung 2Nite🤙🏁

Engine? What engine? (I recognized this vid-clip was the better place to put this idea) Put in one of the many V8 Porsche 928 engines You store in Your driveway with all those 928s surrounding 'em ...

O.G Panamera

Rocky was a pretty interesting cat! Just the history of him and his cars and boats, I would respect what it was.. If I was King, I would build it as a “tighter” version of itself.. before I went with the Rothman delivery I think I would go a full on Benihana livery… and like a couple of people of said, I think a roll bar would diminish the crazy cool limo vibe.. just my $.10.. good luck on the build. I look forward to watching….

I have a set of those wheels tires are too expensive for the rear.

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