Vehicle Description
1999 Porsche Boxster Convertible
The prancing horse on the Porsche badge is very similar to the
Ferrari prancing horse? For Porsche, it makes sense: it's actually
integral to the coat of arms for the city of Stuttgart, Porsche's
home. Ferrari only uses it because an Italian fighter ace shot down
a pilot over Stuttgart in WWI, and the ace's mother told Ferrari to
use the horse as good luck.
For consignment, is a Boxster convertible from 1999. The name comes
from its engine configuration of flat or a box, and the ..ster
coming from roadster. This beauty has menacing black paint,
polished wheels and is in great condition for the miles and age. A
convertible that pulls no punches, and a power plant that floats
like a butterfly and stings like a bee. This James Dean era Porsche
inspired design is ready to drop its top and go for an exercise
session on a winding road. Auf Wiedersehen.
Exterior
From the outside, the Gen 1 1999 Boxster features a front apron
with two air-intakes on the sides. It was considered that the
centrally-mounted one was useless. Indeed, it was useless unless it
looked good. But the manufacturer discovered that later. The small
air-intakes on the rear fenders were considered enough for the new
engine range. A big improvement was the introduction of a glass
rear window instead of the plastic one and on this car it is
inserted into a black canvas convertible in very nice condition. A
rounded oval shaped exhaust is placed in the middle of the rear
apron which has a very bulbous appearance, along with rounded tail
lights that wrap to the rear quarters, and dual rubber bumper pads
in the center flanking the plate mounting. Above is a pop up at
speed spoiler and the car is bathed in miles deep black paint. A
few scuffs are on the lower portion of the car, possibly a losing
encounter with a high curb. Also noted are chip offs throughout
these areas as well. 18-inch cast 911 wheels adorn the corners and
are wrapped in deeply treaded staggered width rubber. The wheels
are slightly curbed on the fronts.
Interior
With top down we can examine every German engineered detail of the
leather interior which is covered in striking Porsche charcoal
anthracite black leather. European high back buckets with their
"thin" styling and integrated headrests flank a padded and sculpted
Porsche black center console. The dash is original and has a trio
of overlapping gauges within an eyebrow overhang from the dash top
to shade the instruments. In the central dash, a peppering of more
Porsche black is on either side of the central cluster which
contains an AM/FM/CD digital stereo, a backup camera screen and is
Apple CarPlay capable. A small insert storage space, and a digital
readout climate control panel just in front of the shift lever in
the console. Clean black Porsche carpeting covers all the floors
including the small rear stowage areas behind the buckets. In back
is a dual paperclip styled roll bar with a new wind which would
come in handy on this soft top if you had a wheels up incident!
Drivetrain
In the mid section towards the back of this car we see a 2.5 Liter
flat 6 cylinder engine. It is fitted with EFI and a 5-speed manual
transmission and 3.889 geared rear axle. All is looking good under
this rear hood with the consignor stating it is a replacement
engine which has 70K miles on it differentiating it from the cars
mileage of an actual 106,575. Also our consignor notes that the IMS
bearing and clutch were both replaced about 6,000 miles ago.
Undercarriage
Totally rust free due to the use of plenty of stamped steel floor
pans and cast aluminum suspension parts. 4-wheel independent
suspension along with 4-wheel disc brakes are seen in this clean
and well preserved environment. Fisker dual exhaust makes the short
trip from the engine to the back of the car and produces a
wonderful Porsche exhaust note.
Drive-Ability
This car fired right up and on the test track it performed
well...like a Porsche Boxster! It had wonderful neck snapping
acceleration, rail like handling, bias free and short distance
panic stopping, and all was working to greatness. The AC is not
charged so it does not blow cold. While Classic Auto Mall
represents that these functions were working at the time of our
test drive, we cannot guarantee these functions will be working at
the time of your purchase.
A very reliable skate out just prior to the start of a new
millennium. Faithfully maintained and enjoyed, this black blaster
from the past is ready to perform and is just a hoot to drive. Turn
the key and take it home...Schnell!
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and collectible vehicles in the country is located in Morgantown,
Pennsylvania, just 1-hour west of Philadelphia off Exit 298 of the
I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. For more information visit
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