Ruf Yellow Bird

Tell me the story of how you first came upon the ruf yellowbird.
Ruf yellow bird. Entering its fourth generation the latest high performance ruf supercar pays homage to the 1987 ctr yellow bird in both form and function. It is said to be offered by the original owner and to have been the only one created for importation into the usa. The engine is too but ruf bored it out to 3 4 litres added twin turbochargers. Now for this year s posh californian car garden party the quail both new and old yellowbirds.
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. 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 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. A weight to power ratio of only 3 46 lbs per horsepower a first ever rear wheel drive bespoke carbon fiber monocoque chassis and an incredibly powerful engine are only some of the ingredients that make the latest ctr such a compelling work of automotive art. We re gonna be profiling a few of his cars over the next couple weeks but this one pretty much takes the cake.
There a rather ordinary looking 911 except for its yellow paint murdered all comers.