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Bring A Very Big Trailer For This Stretched Porsche 356 Auction

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A Porsche 356 with acres of rear legroom is up for auction. The stretched 356 was built in 2001, has rear-hinged rear doors. Power comes from a 1.6-liter boxer-4 from a later Porsche 912. That distinctive bob-bob-bob-bob sound of a Porsche flat-4 is one of the defining characteristics of an early Porsche . But in this one you’ll probably struggle to hear it at all, because the engine’s almost in the next zip code. We’ve see plenty of stretched Porsches before, mostly Cayennes and Panameras, but also the odd 911. But none were as odd as this 356 coupe that’s currently up for grabs on Bring a Trailer. Related: Porsche Mission S Supercar Picks Up Where The 918 Left Off The listing doesn’t give an exact length, but a stock Porsche 356 measured 152 inches nose to tail, and this thing must be almost twice as long. It looks stock up to the A-pillar, and also from the D-pillar backwards, but everything in between ...

This Bright Orange Ruf Might Sell For $8 Million

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The Ruf Project Dragon is based on the final CTR2 body-in-white. Power comes from an upgraded twin-turbo 3.6-liter flat-six with 621 hp. Gooding Christie’s believes this one-off will sell for between $6 million and $8 million. A one-off Ruf , known as Project Dragon, is being auctioned off in late November and could be the most expensive Ruf ever sold. So, what makes this car special, and why is it so extraordinarily valuable? The Project Dragon, expected to sell for between $6 million and $8 million, is a modern reimagining of the iconic CTR2 Sport, which Ruf built in limited numbers between 1995 and 1997. It was built around the final body-in-white, which Ruf retained from the CTR2 era and designed by Tony Hatter, responsible for designing the original 993 Porsche 911 . Read: This Ruf CTR Yellowbird Sold for $6.1 Million, 41 Times Its Original Value Fitting for the name, Project Dragon is painted in a striking shade of Dragon Fi...