Looking for info on the Carrera Cup
 

Any information anyone might have on the '92 Carrera Cup USA Edition would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott

Scott:

I own one and have a notebook of information. What exactly are you looking for?

Jim Newman
92 US Carrera Cup
88 Rothmans Turbo Cup
99 996

You'll also find some good information in Volumes 9 and 10 of the Up-Fixin' series, reprinting technical articles from the PCA Panorama magazine.

Bill:

Where can I find these?

Jim

Jim,

Volumes 9 and 10 are available from PCA (www.pca.org). The articles are:

Vol 9:

"Carrera Cup for America", Don Spaulding
"Driving the Carrera Cup Car", Michael Cotton

Vol. 10:

"Lightweight Carrera Confusion", Bob Gagnon

Hi Jim,

I am considering one and am looking for any information I can find. I looked through all of my reference books and cannot find much on the Carrera Cup model.

Thanks, Bill.

Scott

This site has some good pic's and tables for comparative notes;

<a href="http://p-car.com/porsche/gary/cup.html" target="_blank">http://p-car.com/porsche/gary/cup.html</a>

Good hunting

Thanks! I was looking at Gary's site yesterday and found out his had been sold some time ago.

Very good information.

Scott

Jim... just noticed in your signature that you have a 996 also. How do you like the differences in the 996 and Carrera Cup? I just sold my 996 a couple of weeks ago.

Thanks,
Scott

FYI, this is supposedly #1 of 45 964 cup cars. Local place wants $85k for it. They have a certificate of authenticity as #1.

<a href="http://www.dupontregistry.com/search/srDetails.asp?itemid=75505&sessionkey={03734529-C3EF-4403-A1E3-CD92DE77C187}&modelid=&makename=PORSCHE%27s" target="_blank">http://www.dupontregistry.com/search/srDetails.asp?itemid=75505&sessionkey={03734529-C3EF-4403-A1E3-CD92DE77C187}&modelid=&makename=PORSCHE%27s</a>

Track down Feb 93 issue of Excellence for a seven page article on the US Cup Car.
J

Scott:

The are hard to compare. The 996 is a comfortable daily driver. The Cup Car is harsh and uncomfortable. I like the Cup car for the track. The steering is precise, the poerband is wide and with the old style suspension, it is a blast to throttle steer.

I like them in different ways.

Jim

Scott:

I forgot, I know where one is for sale if you are interested. 7k miles and O think he wants $69,500.

Jim

Scott-

The serial number (last 4 digits of VIN) of the first American Cup Edition built was 0392. So check this to see if it really is #1. <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" /> <img src="graemlins/burnout.gif" border="0" alt="[burnout]" />

Thanks for the link Jon!

John... found a link to a website that has the article posted, thanks.

Cupcar... it appears, from the picture to be that number.

Thanks for all of the assistance guys!!! Looks like I have a few to choose from now.

Scott