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There are still more questions than answers when it comes to this car. Brakes and wheels are not period correct, so RUF bought a body, and sat on it for 10 years? I think realistically this is probably a conversion where RUF may have added some of their parts to a car, but that doesn't account for the A pillar vin tag. How about providing pics of the rest of the vin sticker in the door jamb as well as a pic of the VIN on the right side of the engine bay where the factory vin is stamped into the frame? Being secretive only comes across as sketchy. share the pics and shots of the paperwork from RUF. That will go a long way in establishing legitimacy. Personally I don't trust info just because it's on insta-twit-book.
If the car was at a Porsche dealer in Puerto rico, I believe the family that owned that dealership sold it and moved to miami and started Ruf North America.
Thank you for bringing this car to our attention and welcome to the Shark Tank! Hope you do not mind the bit of flack that was thrown up while you brought this thing through to landing. I have had to maintain a thick skin through a few of my discoveries.
Moving forward with documentation, we are hoping you can share the serial number and RUF (or the owner) will share RUF's build sheet. Quite a few of us would love to know more about the car and the modifications that RUF has done, plus the timeline.
Regards,
Dave
The "Shark Tank", that was a good laugh. I'll defintely strive to gather futher information on the vehicle & post it. Reason for being restrictive to a certain degree is just as some consideration of privacy for Ruf. I'll reach out soon to Ruf NA friends and see what they further tell me about it. Again thank you & if ever in Miami, I would love to give you a tour of Zweck.
There are still more questions than answers when it comes to this car. Brakes and wheels are not period correct, so RUF bought a body, and sat on it for 10 years? I think realistically this is probably a conversion where RUF may have added some of their parts to a car, but that doesn't account for the A pillar vin tag. How about providing pics of the rest of the vin sticker in the door jamb as well as a pic of the VIN on the right side of the engine bay where the factory vin is stamped into the frame? Being secretive only comes across as sketchy. share the pics and shots of the paperwork from RUF. That will go a long way in establishing legitimacy. Personally I don't trust info just because it's on insta-twit-book.
Next time you should come down to DRT in Miami and go into the RUF pop up store & ask them personally questions about that car and many others.
Next time you should come down to DRT in Miami and go into the RUF pop up store & ask them personally questions about that car and many others.
I did, both at DRT and the previous weekend at the Ruf NA event I was invited to. They maintain it was a body in white delivered to Ruf and also mentioned that it was recently restored/updated. I expected to see the car at the Ruf NA HQ but when I asked about the car, I was told it was part of the Ruf NA private collection and was put away in storage.
I remain skeptical about this car. In regards to this cars authenticity and its origins i’ll defer to the Gomez family’s (owners of Ruf NA) reputation and long standing relationship with Ruf. I can’t see how they would be dishonest about this car.
The "Shark Tank", that was a good laugh. I'll defintely strive to gather futher information on the vehicle & post it. Reason for being restrictive to a certain degree is just as some consideration of privacy for Ruf. I'll reach out soon to Ruf NA friends and see what they further tell me about it. Again thank you & if ever in Miami, I would love to give you a tour of Zweck.
Wow! Sorry I missed this! What a treat that will be!!!
I'm hoping to pick up a painting that I have had on loan in Florida for about fifteen years one of these days. I'll PM you if I can extend the trip further south!
Plus, I was checking in on the thread to see if there were any updates. This does have my interest!
Jeff,
Per my PM, I have carved out some time to tour Zweck and possibly check out the RUF 928 as I'm heading to Florida.
Regards,
Dave
For those of you that are following this thread, I hope to get photos and get the owners permission to respectfully share some details about this "RUF 928's' origins and the restoration.
Most collectors at this level keep things private. I've tried to be an exception...
Jeff,
Per my PM, I have carved out some time to tour Zweck and possibly check out the RUF 928 as I'm heading to Florida.
Regards,
Dave
For those of you that are following this thread, I hope to get photos and get the owners permission to respectfully share some details about this "RUF 928's' origins and the restoration.
Most collectors at this level keep things private. I've tried to be an exception...
Looks like they took the easy way out and slapped some excessively low offset front wheels on there. Im assuming they used their 911 wheels. Tires definately stick out past the fenders, which is rather disappointing for a builder with such a reputation as RUF.
So, the complete VIN is W09ZZZ50ZKPR06001 and this car was actually produced by Ruf in September 1989. The K indicates a 1989 MY as we suspected.
I wonder what the original configuration was, as the car car rims and brakes were since modified. Also, is there anything specific from a mechanical point of view, otherwise?
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