993c2cab

Co-workers sister obtained this car in her divorce settlement.

97 993 turbo'd cab.
13k miles
zero records from the ex.!!
Vin# wpoca2998vs341116
She has no desire in keeping the car and is not sure of the value.
I told her I new of a great group of guys who could give a fair assessment.

My interior shots will need to be redone as the lighting was bad. Car looks good but not sure of the history. does have a roll bar in the back. Any help is appreciated. I can certianly put you in touch with the owner if you desire.

Spidey 993

Divorce is always tough. It really hurts the ones we love.

In this case, it was the car itself that suffered the most.

Quadcammer

Car looks good.

If the turbo work is real "ruf" then that will help the value...cab is a detractor.

With modified cars, its always tough, but I'd put the value at high $40s.

rsr91128

If it is real there can't be many BTR-2 cabs built.

A google search turned up this old post from 2002 of a car for sale on Ebay.

Sound familiar? http://www.carforums.net/showthread....l=1#post184309

1997 RUF C-2 BTR TURBO CAB. TRIPLE BLACK WITH ONLY 7924 MILES. BUILT PERSONALLY BY LUIS RUF. ONLY ONE BUILT FOR THE UNITED STATES! SPECS: 563.2 HP/435.2 ft lbs TORQUE POWER OUTPUT, TUNED TRANSMISSION WITH SHORT-THROW SHIFTING, UPGRADED COMPUTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS, UPGRADED FUEL SYSTEM, UPGRADED DUAL PORT EXHAUST SYSTEM(BOOST/EXHAUST), WIDE-BODY CONVERSION, PORSCHE GT2 FRONT END WITH TOW-LOOP, PORSCHE 911 TURBO BRAKES & RED CALIPERS, FUNCTIONAL BRAKE VENTS IN ROCKER PANELS, 18x10" KINESIS GT2 FRONT WHEELS WITH 245/40/ZR18 MICHELIN PILOTS, 18x12" KINESIS GT2 REAR WHEELS WITH 335/30/ZR18 MICHELIN PILOTS, PORSCHE FACTORY TURBO "S" WING, CENTRAL MOUNTED BOOST GAUGE, BUILT-IN VALENTINE RADAR/LASER DETECTOR, FULLY UPGRADED SUSPENSION SYSTEM, DOUBLE ROCKER PANELS(STRUCTURAL SUPPORT), FACTORY FULL LEATHER, POWER SEATING & MIRRORS, RUF LEATHER WRAPPED ROLL-CAGE FOR STIFFNESS & SAFETY, BLAUPUNKT AUTO-VOLUME ADJUSTMENT STEREO WITH CD, FRONT MOUNTED BUILT-IN TRIPLE CD-CHANGER! 0-62mph= 3.6 seconds, 0-100-0= 11.8 seconds, 1/4 MILE=11.8 seconds, 207mph TOP SPEED! OVER $185,000.00 INVESTED! ALL RECEIPTS AVAILABLE! ONE OWNER CAR! FINANCING AVAILABLE AND WILL CONSIDER TRADES! PLEASE CALL JACK JR. @ 1 561 703 0028 OR JIM @ 1 954 214 1140! SERIOUS INQUIRES OMLY!

Damien Lewis

I'm sure a quick phone call to RUF in Dallas would clear up any mystery that surrounds the RUF bodywork and engine mods. They can also provide you with documentation if this indeed is the car mentioned in the 2002 EBAY ad above.

Good Luck! What a great find if it's indeed the real deal!

JPP

Very interesting little 'vents' in the nose and the rockers at the rear quarter ... with the forum discussion mentioning the center tow-hook, looks like it is the same car. I wonder what it finally sold for ....

993c2cab

Thanks so far, I'm not interested in the car or making a buck. Just trying to help out a co-worker. I met her for the first time this past sunday and she really know very little about the car. I can put serious inquiries in touch with her if you'd like.

rsr91128

The replies in that thread had the bidding at $80,000 in 2002 dollars

If it checks out with RUF Germany and gets a fresh service, detail, tires, history etc, I would think the current selling price would be at or above $85K

That is a WAG though.

JPP

I would agree. If it is a documented RUF conversion, it's quite valuable. Even if it were just a triple black Cab with 13K miles on it, it would be quite valuable .... Think of how Sloan, Holt or RPM would market this car. If it were me, I would look into a consignment with one of them and go for the collector money.

930slantnose

put it on ebay you will get the market price and if not satisfied dont sell end all this nonsense

bbs993tt

The real Ruf BTRs had those but not the Turbo R conversions. Hard to tell which it might be from the info provided.

JPP

Ha. Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin' ??

bbs993tt

Of course!!!

993c2cab

If it's not a real ruf conversion, which it probably isn't, could still use some help with an apx. value. Or is ebay the way to go. Anyone run a carfax and see some history on this car?

JPP

Dude. We are a sick pair of puppies ... talk about a 'one of a kind' :-)
Alois Ruf spent about 20 minutes looking over SpeedArena and talking with Marc at Rennsport... He was very impressed and I know he would approve :-)