Entering its fourth generation the latest high performance ruf supercar pays homage to the 1987 ctr yellow bird in both form and function.
Ruf yellow bird.
Tim pappas is an accomplished racing driver and is the principal of the patrick long staffed black swan racing.
Last year porsche tuner ruf showed us the modern reincarnation of its famous 1987 ctr yellowbird.
Ruf tooled up for production the world beat a path to his dyno room and the bird became one of the most beloved european cars in.
The body is from a normal slim hipped 911 carrera 3 2.
Ruf brought its new model the ctr group c turbo ruf to volkswagen s test track at ehra lessien germany.
We re gonna be profiling a few of his cars over the next couple weeks but this one pretty much takes the cake.
It is said to be offered by the original owner and to have been the only one created for importation into the usa.
In the end ruf built 29 yellow birds of which this is one.
There a rather ordinary looking 911 except for its yellow paint murdered all comers.
Tell me the story of how you first came upon the ruf yellowbird.
We nicknamed it yellow bird after the color and how it moved.
1989 ruf porsche ctr yellowbird this 1989 porsche is claimed by the seller to be one of the original 28 ruf yellowbird ctr s produced and one of only 6 lightweights holding vin 9111111097.
The engine is too but ruf bored it out to 3 4 litres added twin turbochargers.