80,s porsche icon, Gemballa avalanche Turbo in the wild on the streets of Miami

[@anthonybryantmedia]

The Gemballas were wild. The story of Gemballa even wilder. No better backdrop than Miami for this video.

[@JM-cs1nc]

The video the internet needed! Everything is period correct

[@MindDezign]

Smirks. Great comment ..

[@gamby16a]

Man, the stance on this Avalanche is nailed. The ride height is perfect. The 15s look so good on it. Tiny car, huge rubber.

[@markusjuenemann]

Now I wanna play GTA Vice City again...

[@fredericnanni5405]

I serviced vanilla Ice’s car at champion back in the early 90’s. Car was a cab and had the ruf btr engine in it. Was one of the loudest street cars I’ve been around. It had white carpet under the bonnet and it used to blow out hood shocks front and rear.

[@MindDezign]

Hood shocks,they were an 80's thing They still are unreliable

[@overbuiltlimited]

I was a valet at The Chart House in Coconut Grove in the early 90's. One night Vanilla Ice pulled in with his Gemballa. I still remember the sound. At idle the car sounded like an off shore speedboat. So over the top. He gave me $20. Best tip I ever got. Very nice guy.

[@robmoore9741]

@fredericnanni5405 how was that motor to work on? I imagine beautifully clean & tight?

[@Marcustx23]

I love how you drove and parked the car on Ocean Drive, where they shot Scarface (1983). Literally down the street from that great scene where Tony Montana’s first cocaine deal went completely sideways.

[@hectorn.6137]

The exact spot and building is where the cvs is. @5:47

[@Apolloneek]

@@hectorn.6137really ? Wow that’s the exact spot now ? Crazy how time fly’s and it looks almost exactly the same

[@sprintermaximus]

I used to ogle over Gemballa's in Dupont Reg mags back in the day. These and Vectors. Man, so cool to see this one. And John's as well. Rad.

[@martylee9035]

This is John's

[@misterdre]

the musics on point!

[@RacingItalia46]

So cool and the scarface link 🎉

[@supervette9953]

my fav car of all time! OMG when you opened it up a bit.....that sound is badass........

[@Leathersladekitchen]

Avalanche was tin top, Cirrus was cabrio. Avalanche being a ground groused thing, Cirrus being a type of cloud and hence sky based. Probably the most logical thing about these cars!

[@MindDezign]

I used to live in Atlanta Ga in the 80's when slant nose Porsches were a thing off and on Track This brand car was the magazine queen...for sure!

[@ArkadiaII]

Watching the rear wheel and tyre move around in that rear fender; that's 80s business, right there!

[@JPD617]

Damn, that brings back memories. I remember buying a magazine back when I was a kid, when these were new. They did a spread of the Gamballa Porsches. They also did a piece on MC Hammers. Wish I still had the magazine lol

[@hardcoreep]

Another piece of Automotive history. I remember seeing these in Miami.

[@HerbertTwack]

Someone once described 'cool', as "something that expends zero time or energy defining itself". Amazing how good it looks; it's like it exists in its own dimension, where our rules of style, fashion and taste don't exist. It just bypasses all that.

[@sidbobby3233]

Car sounded epic enjoyed the video, but struggled to hear u talk when u was talking about it whilst u was driving. Looking forward to next vid mate. 😎🙏👊👍✌🇬🇧

[@ianhardin1148]

Two of my favorite car people! Magnus and Temerian!

[@blkporscheboi9844]

Sir Mix A lot had one of these! Love these cars!

[@BT05003]

Loved the Gemballa's and Koenseggs of the 80's !! A great Video showcasing Miami. Thanks for the collaboration between Magnus and John.

[@martylee9035]

Koenigsegg and Konig are 2 different companies and different generations! Konig was like Gemballa tuning/body conversions in the 80's. Konig mostly did Ferrari's though.

[@BT05003]

@@martylee9035 Thanks for tyhe clarification I did mean Konig, Cheers

[@stephenabril7084]

Love the matching interior gauges and all. 👍

[@turbovids]

Oh nice, one of my favorites!

[@trance9158]

What a sound from this exhaust

[@DougSlmon]

❤😂😢😢😢😢😮😮😅😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 Magus you’re lucky to drive all those awesome fast and nice Porsches. I am so jealous. I wish I was in one of those Porsches keep up the good work bro and have a good week and take care and I love all your videos what you do with Porsches and keep on collecting with your Porsches.

[@michaelmckernan9882]

I have a Gemballa1984 Cyrrus in ireland for the last 32 years in blue and wow does it turn heads here and the sound amazing

[@hankshobbies]

I worked for a stereo company back in 1987 and Pioneer car audio had one for a demo vehicle I have pics of it at the shop….what an awesome time and car…the stuff dreams are made of.

[@BT05003]

I had the poster of the Pioneer car audio Gemballa !! Great memories and thanks for the share.

[@DarinNederhoff]

Interesting seeing this car resurface again after a number of years. I last saw it in Chanhassen, MN back in 2015 when my friend Joe Jeppesen had it in his shop for some service work. Car had a black interior and some deep dish five spoke wheel on it at the time. I know I shared a couple of photos of the car with John when I first saw it pop up on his Instagram.

[@bradfoster8146]

I'd lose my mind if I saw one of these in person. Absolutely beautiful 😍

[@karlchristensen43]

The true test of anything and anyone is time.

[@trance9158]

There was a Gemballa Pioneer Avalanche Porsche I fell in love with in one of the many car mags I got back in the day.

[@2kostasd]

What a great video! Wow, it brings me back to the 80s when these came out and the Miami Vice scene. Great production here - thank you!!

[@buickgnx007]

Wow wow what an iconic car! One that will never go out of date! Just a side note, less music, more roar from the engine

[@alk3myst]

So many memories this video brought, Vanilla Ice and my 1966 Mustang GT met at a red light in Wellington I think around 1989-90 along with my friend that drove all those cars I mentioned and we sort of clowned on him since we were into rock (Rush, Zeppelin, etc). However; I respect his music now and enjoy it for what it is.

[@wavecatcher]

The Dupont Registry issue with the Avalanche on the cover in the early 90s was the first issue that I've owned. Back then, not many people knew what I was talking about when I mentioned Dupont.

[@ESJvR]

This is hands down one of the best cars ever produced, but it’s a shame we didn’t get to see the pop up headlights

[@DF-zf5ws]

Love it❤

[@sydney4814]

still can't believe I got to see one of these in Vancouver, the owner drove all the way from Alaska to be at the event.

[@roadmantop3769]

How I miss the 80’s pure style❤

[@MindDezign]

Style.......80's excess,it was fun for sure....

[@neilperry2224]

I remember reading about Gembella, bib, gender, sbarro in the 90's in a Belgium magazine which had one of the best journalists Mike McCarthy .

[@AliasHSW]

I remember sbarro too - especially the hubless rims that debut at I believe the Geneva Motor Show

[@MindDezign]

Sbarro... Way ahead of his Time .....

[@berniesutton7277]

Put your seatbelt on properly

[@MW-uy3np]

It looks like the color of Sand. Perfect car for Miami in more ways than one. It’s hideous and I love it

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

Welcome to the 80ties Opulence ....very fitting color choice white....we over here know Miami vice - that was their car kinda. (I know a white Testarossa and black Daytona). It looks very baroque for me today, the real Turbo of this era looks much better to me. But great testament of this time.

[@sprig6043]

That music 🥰

[@pavelsuslov]

Perfect Miami Vibes 🌴

[@hardiscodata]

that’s the one !

[@JoseTorres-zc6ln]

A drive through a tunnel with no engine sound??? Come on 😊 Aside from this, the video is awesome!

[@afoolandhismoneychannel]

This.

[@DogtaInc]

When I first saw the pictures of the Avalanche many years ago, I absolutely hated how it looked. It was tacky and rather eccentric. But these days it grew on me BIG TIME. This car instantly brought me back to the old days.

[@alk3myst]

I saw one of these at a car stereo show showing off Pioneer speakers. I live near Boca Raton, Fl.

[@bentleygambino]

Might of been pierino verrelli in boca ❤

[@BennoSpecs]

The Puerto Rico car! Rumor has it that there still one hidden in the Island. The same guy that imported this brought another one and stayed here.

[@kurtpuntacana]

sad story how Gemballa came to an end, you could say he was on the extravagant level of porsche tuning

[@odl21]

The brand still exists.

[@kurtpuntacana]

@@odl21 yes Gemballa GMBH and the son of Uwe Gemballa ,Marc Philipp Gemballa GmbH 2 different companies

[@Hipsterhugger]

Love your videos. This car is amazing. You don’t happen to have any video of it with th le lights on in the tunnel, do you? :)

[@randominternetuser2888]

Couple of Gambella 911's for sale recently, but this one is the full build real thing. Many are just body kits so this one is sweet. 930 scene in Miami is 11 out of 10

[@Split_Routine]

I have owned a 2005 Gemballa gt750 for ten years now, I have finally got around to uploading a walk around and some hard acceleration.

[@michaelreed8540]

For a minute there I thought I was watching Miami Vice and I’m pretty sure that 64 Cadillac convertible belongs to Tubbs.

[@eddie7167]

Saw an article in Octane magazine last year that featured a Gemballa Testarossa. Never realised that they had done a Ferrari

[@michaelfraser5723]

From co-vid sausage and mash, to German gin and corned beef hash, Magnus is the petrol head demigod

[@toffvs]

I love this but PLEASE fix the audio levels (and the video title) ❤

[@hawaiihardy7285]

Wow you couldn't put the lights up ? Even in the dark tunnel? Must be broken ?

[@ChrisPBacon198]

Super Rare Slantnose

[@GrooveTasticThang]

Back then we made do either Mags and posters now we have Magnus and YT on south beach 👌

[@alk3myst]

HAHAH Auto Toy Store, I used to drive their in my 1966 Mustang GT in my teens and dreamed.

[@bentleygambino]

Pierino verrelli was uwe customizer and stash boxs for these cars 😂 if you seen them in boca or pomapno 80 90s legends

[@alk3myst]

My best friend in High School had a 328 GTS, 930 Turbo, New 1986.5 Supra, Countach, quite a few super bikes. Police came into our art class one day to arrest him (the cars were owned by his father's Cali based company and we were in Florida so thought he stole it).

[@ksteak27]

John: Is this your personal car?

[@gprojectnoob4779]

Still cool as shit. I still have a couple of the old Pioneer car stereo catalogs that featured the Avalanche.

[@lowe749]

Love your videos :) - but turn the background music down from volume 11 please.

[@lbco5229]

LOL. They were sooo cool back then, but in general haven’t aged too well. As time capsules; still pretty fun though.

[@mAthXjAzz]

Coolest White ever

[@lukeskywalker1574]

Like the front and sides, but the rear is fugly to the point its a train wreck of a design. Loving the music :)

[@fredericnanni5405]

He owned it for sure in 1993-1994 because that’s when we had it in. You can reach out if interested in my recollection of it

[@just2watch1clip]

Great video, but the vocal levels are a bit too low. On the flip side, it does make the Porsche sound meaner

[@fredericnanni5405]

Also the car had come out of an Illinois dealer. That much I remember and cost a ton back then and over a million in todays dollars.

[@brokensmilephoto]

Nothing says I sell cocaine like a white on white on white Gemballa 911. Not normally my thing but it all just works perfectly on this particular car.

[@MrRoyck10]

The Gamballa is rarer than a snake’s ass, hard to find!

[@rennstreetpodcast]

Really cool! But how did u NOT flip the headlights on the front roller hot in the tunnel?! Other than that, great vid, oh and awesome synth 😂

[@MW-uy3np]

They are likely broken

[@b2o7_url]

👍👍

[@NZotyoka81]

That is the real cocaine tuning. I prefer the original look and only Euro spec naturally with a set of Ruf speedline wheels.

[@martinvonpetzinger6063]

Gemballa ist 12km von meinem Haus entfernt in Leonberg, Porsche Zuffenhausen 4km, aber was macht Catweasle noch vor der Dusche in dem Video 😎

[@stephenabril7084]

Needs a curvy road and more speed.

[@brunodealmeidajabrayan5563]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👊👊

[@alk3myst]

People don't realize how small these older 911's are compared to the newer ones.

[@stephenabril7084]

Where are you Magnus. Need more content! 👍

[@NoCanMan]

the videos are great, but sound is not that good, interviews could be better I think (sound)

[@DougSlmon]

❤😂😢😮😅😅😊😊😊😊😊 have a picture of a magazine of the Gambia Porsche is magazine. It is red. That’s an awesome car too. I wonder what liter is the engine?

[@Wesley_C]

I going to wait GTA6 next year...So soon.

[@fastsupernova]

Vanilla Ice raced Pablo Escobar in the street of Miami in his heavily modified Gemballa Cyrrus Convertible

[@DougSlmon]

❤😂😢😮😢😮😅😊😊😊 the Porsche better than a testarossa

[@rayrodrigo3999]

Whats the name of the song?

[@TheS197King]

Someone said it looks like the basterd child of a 911 and a Testarossa that they refuse to talk custody about, and now i cant unsee it🤣🤣🤣

[@83j049733rfe4]

...Someone actually out-snorted the Countach.

[@iKone911]

haha. I don't think anyone will get this comment. I was gonna say, you gotta be high.... LOL

[@ChrisSaddlerSam]

NO THANX!!! :)))

[@Samson518]

Too much drugs are bad. Ask Richard Pryor.

[@EricAndonian]

Really bad microphones on the exhaust notes... and no headlights in the tunnel? Come on!!

[@jamesdash1906]

Rich people patting each other on the back on how rich they are 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@bngr_bngr]

Doesn’t look like it’s 40 years old. It looks very contemporary.

[@stephenabril7084]

Fins on the side reminds me of a Testarosa.

[@bavariancarenthusiast2722]

Yeah almost sure that the Testarossa was the inspiration for Gemballa :)

[@trance9158]

I think a Strosek front end would look better on this.

[@kurtpuntacana]

its gembella if you want a strosek you have to buy a strosek one , maybe an IDfor Magnus to do a video about a 911 and 928 porsche Strosek

[@trance9158]

@@kurtpuntacana I thought he already had done some Strosek stuff... In regards to my original comment... I'm sure if you had the money you could incorporate both designs.

[@Rednospunk]

ugly but freaking stylish!

[@RichardCalder67]

I really wanted to watch this, being a teenager in the 80s but man the audio mix is awful. Voices are so low but the music so loud that you can't find a balance.

[@4esttube]

This video reminds me of why I love living in Miami! But wow, that thing is ugly lol