You Need This: Drop-Top, Slope-Nose Gemballa Porsche 911

David S.
By David S. Wallens
Sep 3, 2017 | Porsche

The ’80s didn’t exactly keep things on the down-low: big hair, popped collars and loud colors. This 1986 Gemballa Cyrrus, being auctioned by RM Sotheby’s on September 6, captures the entire scene. If you always dreamed of being chased by Crockett and Tubbs, then this is the car.

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David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
9/3/17 10:09 a.m.

By the way, JG and I totally combining our pennies to buy this.

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/3/17 11:46 a.m.

I had forgotten how bad 80s supercars looked and how much I loved them as a kid

nocones
nocones GRM+ Memberand UltraDork
9/3/17 12:27 p.m.

This is how 30 year future us will talk about RWB 911s and Liberty Walk supercars isn't it.

dculberson
dculberson PowerDork
9/3/17 12:48 p.m.

Just stay out of South Africa.

Danny Shields
Danny Shields GRM+ Memberand Reader
9/3/17 12:57 p.m.

Once again, we see just how hard it is to improve the look of a Porsche.

aircooled
aircooled MegaDork
9/3/17 1:51 p.m.
David S. Wallens wrote: By the way, JG and I totally combining our pennies to buy this.

Is he planning on becoming a cocaine addic or dealer?

mad_machine
mad_machine GRM+ Memberand MegaDork
9/3/17 1:52 p.m.

well, the slope nose or "flat nose" was done by the Porsche factory for aerodynamics in racing, so I give that a pass, but the Gembella bits.. nope, there was a lot of coke going into that design

Two_Tools_In_a_Tent
Two_Tools_In_a_Tent Reader
9/3/17 2:20 p.m.

Yeeeesh ! !

BlueInGreen44
BlueInGreen44 SuperDork
9/3/17 2:48 p.m.
nocones wrote: This is how 30 year future us will talk about RWB 911s and Liberty Walk supercars isn't it.

Pretty much.

Crackers
Crackers HalfDork
9/3/17 3:14 p.m.
nocones wrote: This is how 30 year future us will talk about RWB 911s and Liberty Walk supercars isn't it.

No, I think they were all equally hated during their inception.

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