Spotted yesterday at Castle Hedingham.
An 05 reg 993? There had to be a story, and there was.
The guy who was showing the car was over from California, The way I understood it, it wasn't his car but belonged to a client.
The story: The client ordered the car from RUF, who the built the car from the ground up using ALL new parts including a brand new chassis purchased from Porsche. It was fitted with a twin turbo 500+ BHP engine and a custom (but very subtle) interior.
To qualify for the 05 plate the car had to meet all the regulations applicable to that year and had to be constructed from all new parts. If there was one single second hand part it would have to had been registered as a Q plate like a kit car. The guy showing it told us it was actually registered as a Ruf 993 and not a Porsche.
It was one of my favorite cars of the show, but there again, there were a lot of those! :grin:
An 05 reg 993? There had to be a story, and there was.
The guy who was showing the car was over from California, The way I understood it, it wasn't his car but belonged to a client.
The story: The client ordered the car from RUF, who the built the car from the ground up using ALL new parts including a brand new chassis purchased from Porsche. It was fitted with a twin turbo 500+ BHP engine and a custom (but very subtle) interior.
To qualify for the 05 plate the car had to meet all the regulations applicable to that year and had to be constructed from all new parts. If there was one single second hand part it would have to had been registered as a Q plate like a kit car. The guy showing it told us it was actually registered as a Ruf 993 and not a Porsche.
It was one of my favorite cars of the show, but there again, there were a lot of those! :grin: