1990 Uwe Gemballa 911 - 964 Slant-Nose Cabriolet RARE - AUTHENTIC - ORIGINAL Manual Transmission Power Windows Power Top Sound System and,, Of Course,,, Gemballa's Performance and Cosmetic Touches. You may go your entire life and never see another. This is a One of One bild as Gemaballas typically were very individual builds and limited to a few produced by the famed builder. Defining refining Since 1981, the name GEMBALLA has been synonymous with bespoke tuned cars based on Porsche vehicles. Prior to that, the firm worked on a small handful of other premium brands by special request. In the ensuing years, innovative milestones were laid down by GEMBALLA, whose visionary ideas set the tone for the burgeoning luxury car personalisation industry. No other name is so strongly linked to the early days of aftermarket tuning, particularly working on Porsche vehicles. 1989 Developing programmes for the Porsche 964 and 965 model lines Development and production of the first 964 Turbo-look cars, leading to the complete GEMBALLA aerodynamic and technology programmes for the 964 and 965 models. Special requests from specific countries, especially the United Arab Emirates, resulted in GEMBALLA carrying out development work on uprated air conditioning systems, and the bespoke installation of multi-media systems, fax machines and other specialist equipment. During the 40-year history of GEMBALLA, the standard for an entire industry was in many ways set by this company, particularly in the areas of design, aerodynamics and performance. Latterly, new model designations like MISTRALE, TORNADO, AERO, and GT have joined the legendary AVALANCHE and MIRAGE, and are also instantly recognised by car enthusiasts all over the world. Their common bond is GEMBALLA, and their birthplace is the town of Leonberg, near Stuttgart. Gemballa " A Brief History So who are Gemballa? What do they do? And what the hell ds the Marsien have to do with anything? Well thats what were here to explain Uwe the top Gemballa was founded by Uwe Gemballa in 1981 in Germanys automotive heartland; Stuttgart. Or rather in Leonberg, just outside the city. Home to Porsche, amongst other world-renowned car-makers, Gemballa Automobiltechnik (Gmbh) was established when Uwe was in his mid-twenties, his history prior to that very much under-wraps (seriously, Google Uwe Gemballa and see what you get). The remit of the company, as far as we can see, was to offer upgrades to cars that went far beyond a simple re-tune. Focussing on wealthy, oft-eccentric clientele, the early years were dominated by one-off custom works for Porsche & Mercedes-Benz owners. Yet Gemballa were just getting started. 1985 brought two rather more eccentric conversions to the worlds attention, the Gemballa BMW 635CSi and the Gemballa Avalanche. The former, in near-Canary yellow form, was purchased by someone in the UAE and was later discovered in the palace of Uday Hussein, one of Saddam Husseins two sons. With bodywork more-representative of what would soon become a Gemballa signature, featuring hugely inflated rear arches, aggressive intakes, new lights and bumpers " front and back " and a lavishly revamped interior, it was everything the BMW wasnt; extravagant, unapologetic to the point of garishness, it was a car for standing out, for drawing attention. But it was nothing in comparison to the Avalanche. Mainstream There is nothing about Gemballa, past or present, thats mainstream, lets be clear about that. However, with the launch of the Avalanche, an evolution " if we can call it that " of the Porsche 930 Flachbau (Flatnose), already an evolution of the Porsche 911 Turbo, and a production run that produced 15 of the beasts, Gemballa had announced themselves on the world stage. Though they also produced the Cyrrus, a non-turbo convertible variant, it was the $500,000 (more than $1 million in modern money) Avalanche, with its huge rear haunches, wild intakes
