Vintage Porsche Speedster Is Hoisted 58 Stories into Luxury High-Rise
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One of the most iconic Porsche models ever made has recently completed a dramatic journey as it moved into its new home. That home appears to be on the 58th floor of The Butterfly luxury high-rise tower in Vancouver, British Columbia.
A video, posted by TikTok user billy.langan, shows what appears to be a 1957 Porsche Speedster being hoisted by a crane 58 stories in the air. It is an incredible, and nerve-racking sight to see the irreplaceable sports car soar high above the city of Vancouver. The man taking the video seems to be dumbfounded by what he is seeing. All he can manage to say as the Porsche soars by is, “And so that just happened.”
Porsche built about 1,170 Speedster models in 1957. Far fewer than that remain intact today. The best examples can be worth over half a million dollars. Seeing one dangle over 600 feet above the Earth will have Porsche fans all over the world covering their eyes. That is assuming this is an original 1957 Speedster.
Like the Shelby Cobra, the iconic Porsche Speedster has spawned an active replica industry. It is possible that the car we see in the air is not an original car, but that doesn’t make the sighting any less dramatic. And replica or not, what is the owner going to do with the car once it is on the 58th floor? It will not be very practical to get this car out every time you want to take it out to the local cars and coffee. Of course, most owners of these rare cars don’t drive them anymore anyway, so parking it in a luxury high-rise is not much different than storing it in a ground-level garage.
It is also possible that the car was hoisted into the tower for a marketing photoshoot, and quickly returned to the ground where it belongs. No matter the reason, seeing a Porsche Speedster soaring through the air is not something you see every day.
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