997 gt3 rs cat c

[kleonard]

Bidding on a cat c fixed gt3 rs in orange at mo...! 10k miles with steel brakes...! anyone remember a car that was smashed at brands in 09 i think...?? the car is meant to have been fixed proper...? what u recon it worth gang..?

[simon clark]

Yes I was there if it's the same car - it rolled at Graham Hill/Bottom Bend.
I'm afraid I have nothing to add, but it was certainly a mess at the time - I understand the driver was knocked unconscious for a couples of minutes.

[kleonard]

im told it got a roof skin and a basically a new side... everything at a price i supose...if fixed well should be ok ...!

[kleonard]

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt...


wonder is that it...cant be 2 many crashed rs's in orange...??

[simon clark]

Could well be - I do remember a rumour going round the pit lane that it was an ex Jenson Button car.

[Dave 321]

kleonard said:

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt...


wonder is that it...cant be 2 many crashed rs's in orange...??

Are you taking the piss? More orange sold than any other colour

[Dan7357]

kleonard said:

Bidding on a cat c fixed gt3 rs in orange at mo...! 10k miles with steel brakes...! anyone remember a car that was smashed at brands in 09 i think...?? the car is meant to have been fixed proper...? what u recon it worth gang..?

Was this car not then sold by an OPC with the new owner finding out on here what he had paid his hard earned money for?

[anonymous-user]

simon clark said:

Yes I was there if it's the same car - it rolled at Graham Hill/Bottom Bend.
I'm afraid I have nothing to add, but it was certainly a mess at the time - I understand the driver was knocked unconscious for a couples of minutes.

I wouldn't touch a rolled one with a bargepole.

[DiscoColin]

Dave 321 said:

kleonard said:

http://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/images/view;_ylt...


wonder is that it...cant be 2 many crashed rs's in orange...??

Are you taking the piss? More orange sold than any other colour

Indeed - perhaps he meant rolled as not many TD accidents seem to involve being upside down. Someone else brought this to my attention as despite the roll the asking would reputedly make it the cheapest RS in the country and at the right price it could be value. However in my little search I found the full set for the image above and even though it may well be entirely straight and very properly put back together and set up, I am left wondering how much less structural integrity that has left it with. It really does seem to have been grounds for a reshell if this is indeed the one... http://www.salvagesparefinder.co.uk/PORSCHE%2B911%... Eventual buyer might want to put the full front cage into that just to be certain...

[BertBert]

I thought that the "rolled at brands then sold as an OPC approved car" GT3 didn't appear on the register as it hadn't been subject to an insurance claim. That's how the person who bought it was done over.

Bert

[Gibbo205]

Id be livid if I purchased that and later found out it had been crashed to that extent. The whole car looks mangled.

[anonymous-user]

BertBert said:

I thought that the "rolled at brands then sold as an OPC approved car" GT3 didn't appear on the register as it hadn't been subject to an insurance claim. That's how the person who bought it was done over.

Bert

That is scary unless the car was completely re-shelled. Regardless I'd be totally livid if I was the buyer and hadn't been informed of the car's history.

[Jollyclub]

There's a thread on here somewhere. (if it's the same car..) It was reshelled outside of the OPC network.. Then cruised through their 111 point check.

Only came to light when the owner noticed some odd rattles and paint runs, while on a european road trip..

found it..

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

Edited by Jollyclub on Tuesday 8th November 11:35

[anonymous-user]

Unbelievable thread!!!

[cragswinter]

Search for member greatpretender if I remember correctly?

[Diesel130]

kleonard said:

what u recon it worth gang..?

On the basis that a couple of 7.1RS's have been advertised/sold for £60K recently, then I'd say £45K max. i.e. 25% discount for CatC, assuming all else is in order.

[mrdemon]

simon clark said:

Could well be - I do remember a rumour going round the pit lane that it was an ex Jenson Button car.

Have you any info as jb orange rs is up for sale at full price

[Steve Rance]

Karl! Mikko! How the devil are you??!!

[austinpowers69]

Quite a few damaged ones

http://wrecks2riches.co.uk/2008/07/porsche-911-997...
http://www.salvagesparefinder.co.uk/PORSCHE+911+GT...

[Steve Rance]

Karl! Mikko! How the devil are you??!!