Some guy from I think Michigan bought it when his daughter was at the teen horse-crazy age, sold it when she outgrew it. Just to visit a few times per year.
A lot of years ago, I stopped by the Porsche dealership on my commute home, one rainy grey mid-Fall evening.
My wife had pointed out an article in a local paper, about a 959 in the showroom.
Dead quiet night, I walked in with my 35mm slr, and politely asked if I could take pictures. Answer was Yes, so I did so while never once touching the car.
Got the story...... a guy from England brought his family over for holiday, and wanted something to do while he was here, so he aired over his 959, so he could go play at Mosport.
Car ended up at the long-established dealer because the clutch wouldn't engage once off the trailer at the track. NOBODY outside of Germany was allowed to touch those cars at the time, so it took the very legit local dealer about 2 days to get permission from the factory to just remove the clutch inspection plate.
All that had happened was that the 959 sat so much in storage, that the linkage was binding...... Permission to Lube from Stuttgart...... all better.....
I drove away thinking "
For that guy, that was about the same as me taking a beach-ball with me on holiday....".
Getting slightly back on track........ IIRC, Sam Walton's fav vehicle was an old Chevy PU...... (meaning later in his life......)
Rgds, D.
