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^Turbo with RS front fenders? Didn't think they'd make those available.
Both the other cars are gorgeous.
Yes,it was the new 991.2 Turbo. I'll look to see if I have some pics from the back,but I remember it had a bunch of stickers from a tuner I believe. So the fenders were probably added by them to make it look more aggressive. I doubt it's a factory option.
"No engine" would be even more radical and purist, making it the lightest RS in existence (not to mention weight distribution) hence absurdly desired and expensive, killing any incentive to drive it which is how "no engine" comes in play. Plus nothing ever blows up.
Originally Posted by unotaz
Didn't you know? The 911R is all about driver feedback and sensations. Sweating profusely is one of the key features and that's why it deserves the 400K over in markup!!
Originally Posted by Pokerhobo
It's for the purist who doesn't want these mechanical aids. Use your feet just like Fred Flintstone for the most feel of the road.
Oh, one other thing. If you're really serious about getting samples of the precise 3M products, you can buy sample cards with them. Here is a link to a vendor that sells one from the UK. I didn't go this far, since I had the free sample card from Gerber already.
Thanks bud, I found the sample cards locally so i can actually compare to the paint samples in the store. I'm finding the names of the wheel options confusing, can you clarify which wheels are the more silver ones (like the black car with silver stripes). Do you know off hand if the light orange stripes come in a matte color? Lock date in 8 days!
bartron, the default wheels (aluminum) are the lightest silver. (Beyond this, there is a darker platinum finish which for reference was also available on the 991.1 GT3 as its default, and there are also the gloss black wheels.) AFAIK, there is no orange colour available in matte from the regular palette of 3M 100 series colours. Counting down to awesomeness!!
The orange hood evokes the famous 1967 911R that won the 1970 Tour de France. But I don't know if the orange hood was a reference to anything (for instance a sponsor (BP), or country (Switzerland), like the green and red stripes on the R) in that car. That one was car #3 and is part of the Ingram Collection. I'm not sure if it was painted like that originally (I suspect it was all white from the factory), but it already had its orange hood by 1970 when it competed in and won the Tour de France race. It was also previously on display at Quail (see Eduardo's post below).
Chassis #3 was again on display at Road Scholars when the new 911R bearing the similar orange hood was recently shown. The Instagram account (where I saw the photos) comments that this 991 911R had its hood painted orange by the factory. Clearly it also had a bunch of other CXX custom work on the inside too including the seats, and perhaps some leather. (I believe the brown leather lining the top of the door by the window sill on this car is CXX; usually this is black, as shown on the configurator.)
Here are the photos I posted earlier for comparison.
Originally Posted by lessthan3mph
Here is a photo of the #3 car from its historic win.
Here is Eduardo's post after he saw it at Quail.
Originally Posted by Z356
Thank you for the correction, GVA-SFO. Indeed I picked the wrong 1967 911R from the Ingram Collection. The #017
has apparently been since sold by the Ingrams. This car was
owned formerly by Warren Eads, then Peter Kitchak, both of
whom I know personally.
So indeed the car in display is #003, currently in the Ingram
Collection:
10-12-2016, 05:28 PM
