I have one of these posters! It came with a box of original Rothman Turbo Cup paperwork that the original driver of my car in the series, Claude Gou, kindley sent to me when I purchased my car from Barney Gardner.

John

 

I think one of the cars pictured in the poster is currently in my garage napping for the winter. And I think it is still for sale.

 

Do you have an idea of the price ?

 

The guy is looking for around Euro 1750.00 for the set, they have been recently refurnished and are in great condition. I could get you a freight price from here if interested.

 

Thanks Johnny,

On my own, i have enough rims (i have 4 full sets + 2 spare magnesium wheels) but it could interest a friend of mine. I will tell you if he's interested

Seb

 

Thanks your car looks fantastic

 

It is

 

Paul,

Thanks for the decals, they look great! With the mechanicals and the wheels done I will be spending the winter having additional decals made and laying them out on the car, as you did. I should be ready for a great 2012 season.

 

1986 Turbo Cup car one of 18 amazing Porsches being auctioned at Amelia Island event.

http://www.sportscardigest.com/porsc...a-island-2012/

 

All cars
http://www.goodingco.com/auction/2705?per_page=96

86 Turbo Cup offered at no reserve- it will be interesting to see what it sells for.
http://www.goodingco.com/car/1986-porsche-944-turbo-cup
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That is one heck of a collection. Amazing Porsches owned by 1 person, incredible.

 

I didn't see the whole listing, but is that decal on the fender correct? It claimed "professional restoration to as-delivered specs", so ??? or ????

 

I don’t believe Paul’s car came with the Euro fog lights, would also guess no for the decal and red hazard switch. Gorgeous car regardless.

 

That 86 US Cup/Clubsport/Escort is somewhat unusual.

I had spoke w/ Bob Bogan some years ago about the various Clubsports he owned/raced in the Escort series. That car actually came up in discussion. It was originally sold by PMNA/Holbert to George Follmer, who did not race it. Bogan bought the car from Follmer at the end of the 86 season, preparing to race it in 87. But then the factory introduced the upgraded 87 Cup/Escorts, so Bogan sold the car to Dan Hightower and bought an 87 Turbo Cup and 944S Clubsport (currently ahetzel's car).

This one showed up on ebay several years ago w/ some additional race history. The claim was that it was raced by Hawk Motorsports (Lloyd Hawkins) in the Firestone Firehawk series as an S2. Apparently it had an S2 driveline installed (then the turbo driveline was replaced at some later point).

Honestly, I was very skeptical of that whole story. Why would a pro race shop go to that effort? Unlikely that the IMSA Firehawk rules would have allowed a converted car to run. Claim just made no sense at all. And having watched the races at the time, I am certain that Murry and Hawkins raced a 968 in ’94, not an S2.

Found the old ad for it:


Anyway – the restoration on the car also leaves some questions. The 86 cars did not have strut tower bars, this one does. It also has the 87+ type Matter cage with the additional rear cross bracing (86 Matter cages did not have this). From previous pictures of the car, it does not have the correct M637 Clubsport double adjustable koni suspension parts. It had 968 M030 koni single adjustable rear shocks installed.

Certainly a very clean and probably big $$ restoration. But w/o seeing the car in person, and looking under the carpet and a few other places, hard to tell exactly what is original/correct. And would probably need to talk to Lloyd Hawkins to get some insight or explanation of the previous owner’s claimed race history.

 

Is this car actually a Firehawk car? When I saw the car at RR, I tried to ask one of the crew but didn't get an affirmed answer.