Green Cup Car for sale
- Thread starter Damen
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I think the BIG offers came in when 9M believed it was THE championship winning car. According to the Rennlist thread 9M now think it is likely it was one of three cars driven by Manthey in that season.
Was anyone at the auction when 9M took a punt on it?
I saw the car a couple of times during its restoration and the level of work/detail looked incredible.
Was anyone at the auction when 9M took a punt on it?
I saw the car a couple of times during its restoration and the level of work/detail looked incredible.
I was there at the Auction .... with Tomas Smitz who said it could be an early Trophy Car, it looked a bit of a state, gavel fell about £25k if I remember .... great buy by the Fencemeister!
£25,000 for the car at Auction, then well over £50K to restore it, not including engine/box. You get what you pay for, especially at Ninemeister. I ve been well served there any time I got work done on my Race RSR 993 or the 2.4S they ve restored.
edited because I now see the light through the fence !!!!
edited because I now see the light through the fence !!!!
Sorry David think you have totally wrong end of the stick .... As Rich explained above the nickname which Colin has embraced and is legendary in these circles was for his brave and heroic thrust into a field of sheep through a five bar fence at North Weald a few years ago .... His 993RS left the bumpy tarmac strip and took off closing down his ABS (driver excuse 43b-89/324.911) as it was normal RS and NOT Cup ABS which is programmed to work while in flight ... he is a legend and comes back for more!
Look forward to having a pint at Oulton if you are there.
all the best ... Des.
Ninemeister
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Alas, they know me too well. Fencemeister indeed.
I can't deny that I took out a fencepost big time and earned my nickname. Actually, what impressed me the most about the hishap was not my reaction to press the brake pedal harder when the ABS tripped out to "snow mode" (no front weight transfer before lock up causes the AS to freeze) but the Dual-core Pentium processing speed that my brain went through to decide that it would be easier on the car to nail a fencepost smack in the middle of the front bumper rather than aim for the too small gap between the posts. Said post flew up over the roof taking the fence wires with it and all I was left with was a few scratches down the side, chip on the bumper and a gearbox stuck in gear. Lucky? Nah. Planned it mate......
I can't deny that I took out a fencepost big time and earned my nickname. Actually, what impressed me the most about the hishap was not my reaction to press the brake pedal harder when the ABS tripped out to "snow mode" (no front weight transfer before lock up causes the AS to freeze) but the Dual-core Pentium processing speed that my brain went through to decide that it would be easier on the car to nail a fencepost smack in the middle of the front bumper rather than aim for the too small gap between the posts. Said post flew up over the roof taking the fence wires with it and all I was left with was a few scratches down the side, chip on the bumper and a gearbox stuck in gear. Lucky? Nah. Planned it mate......
Hacki
Active member
"Being owned and run by an Austrian team the car was never issued with a Wagenpass."
As an original Cup car from the first series it must have had a Wagenpaß at the beginning in 1990.
And the story of the Championship winning Cup car is long. We know, there are three cars, two green, one white.
Apart from the history, a Cup car in perfect condition is a great toy and def worth some money.
Hacki
As an original Cup car from the first series it must have had a Wagenpaß at the beginning in 1990.
And the story of the Championship winning Cup car is long. We know, there are three cars, two green, one white.
Apart from the history, a Cup car in perfect condition is a great toy and def worth some money.
Hacki
paul howells
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Hey mate,we have all had our fair share of fences when trying hard,the worrying part was you chasing the sheep!
] regards,PH.
] regards,PH.
Hacki
Active member
Given what they seem to have done to the car (looks like a full restoration including all the technical bits) half the money they ask is not enough. I think a fair price will be between 90 and 100 k GBP. It´ll be a great car then, although the market for a car like that will be very limited. You´ll get faster cars for half the money, you´ll get real classics for a little more. And for those who pay attention to provenance - there´s no guarantee (and there won´t be) this is the Championship Winner.
AFAIK Thomas Schmitz is offering an original Cup car at the moment.
http://www.germansportscars.net/GB/cars-for-sale/detailview/porsche-911-964-cu/352/
Does anybody know the price the top dollar guy is asking for?
IIRC he also had a Cup car restored right from the shell - is that still a project or am I wrong?
Rgds,
Hacki
See he has a BMW CSL, think soMeone else here (Pink RS) has just bought one ....
DSCBoy
New member
Am well aware of restoration costs on cars... learnt that the hard way a couple of times... and I'm sure it's beautifully restored etc.
BUT I cannot see the current market paying £155k for a cup car... not like it was run by the factory etc...
Happy to be proven wrong... but this feels like a £100k car tops to me... not more.
IMHO
Rick
BUT I cannot see the current market paying £155k for a cup car... not like it was run by the factory etc...
Happy to be proven wrong... but this feels like a £100k car tops to me... not more.
IMHO
Rick
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