The Porsche 911 is mostly seen doing two things: driven in anger on the race track or cruising city streets or highways with a calm yet appealing flat-six soundtrack. But this iconic sports car can be more than that.

To the folks over at Kelly-Moss, a company building 911-based race cars and road-legal custom builds or restorations, the 911 is also a capable off-road machine. Not the kind that you can climb mountains with, but safari-spec models that you can use to tackle frozen lakes and sandy dunes.

Kelly-Moss has been modifying Porsche 911s for years now and it's a cool company if you want a race car or a bespoke road model. But while there's no shortage of builders that deliver modified 911s, Kelly-Moss is one of the very few that can make you a safari-spec 911. As seen in this video by Hoonigans AutoFocus, Kelly-Moss' mods remain true to the original 911 used as a base, but sports a much higher suspension, off-road tires, additional protection for the bodywork, and lightbars. And they seem to be quite capable on both snow and sand. But this concept isn't new. Porsche actually built safari-style cars.

Codenamed 953, these cars were entered in the 1984 Paris-Dakar Rally and won. These cars were raced again with 959 bodies in 1985. In 1986, they became full-blown 959 safari-spec models and once again won the Paris-Dakar Rally. Other 911 models with higher ground clearance were raced in various events in the World Rally Championship in the 1980 with notable results.

Although Porsche will never build a production 911 on stilts, it could become a popular model in this day and age when performance SUVs are selling like hot cakes. Luckily enough, we have companies like Kelly-Moss that are happy to convert any 911 out there.