Took the 911R to the mountains.

Took the 911R to the mountains.

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Cheib

23,112 posts

174 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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throt said:
Dr S said:
The R has no right to look so utterly fantastic in Guards. Never would have thought it works this well
It’s Lava Orange, buddy hehe
He's in good company !

IIRC correctly Porsche built a limited number of Lava 911 R's...not PTS but a batch of cars other then the normal white or silver. Don't think I've seen a pic of one in Guards!

CarCrazedFool

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291 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Cheib said:
He's in good company !

IIRC correctly Porsche built a limited number of Lava 911 R's...not PTS but a batch of cars other then the normal white or silver. Don't think I've seen a pic of one in Guards!
Correct.

They built a batch of “Sonderfarbe” cars. The special colours were Lava Orange, black and yellow.

Of the Sonderfarbe cars, 12 were built in Lava Orange, only two of those were RHD. The second one is in Japan and doesn’t have the lightened flywheel.

AFAIK, mine is the only orange one with white stripes from the factory and it’s the only U.K. car that wasn’t silver or white from the factory.



CarCrazedFool

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291 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Rich.H said:
Where was the first picture taken?

Thanks

Rich
Top of the Timmeljoch, Italy.

They’ve resurfaced it and it’s awesome!

Dr S

4,995 posts

225 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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CarCrazedFool said:
Cheib said:
He's in good company !

IIRC correctly Porsche built a limited number of Lava 911 R's...not PTS but a batch of cars other then the normal white or silver. Don't think I've seen a pic of one in Guards!
Correct.

They built a batch of “Sonderfarbe” cars. The special colours were Lava Orange, black and yellow.

Of the Sonderfarbe cars, 12 were built in Lava Orange, only two of those were RHD. The second one is in Japan and doesn’t have the lightened flywheel.

AFAIK, mine is the only orange one with white stripes from the factory and it’s the only U.K. car that wasn’t silver or white from the factory.
That explains the shade in the pics - did not know the extra colour was Lava not Guards. Looks fantastic and proves - as with Cheib's car - that Lava looks fantastic on the non-RS GT cars.

ellroy

7,005 posts

224 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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Great looking car, fan of Starsky & Hutch by any chance...?😉

Any more pictures of the car in situ? Stunning area and roads from the look of it. How long did it take to get down and any particular route you’d recommend?

CarCrazedFool

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291 posts

256 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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ellroy said:
Great looking car, fan of Starsky & Hutch by any chance...???

Any more pictures of the car in situ? Stunning area and roads from the look of it. How long did it take to get down and any particular route you’d recommend?
I’ll post some more pics soon. We had the cars taken to Lake Garda by truck. Just a much quicker way of getting them down there and pretty comparable on price.

Rich.H

101 posts

79 months

Tuesday 18th September 2018
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CarCrazedFool said:
Top of the Timmeljoch, Italy.

They’ve resurfaced it and it’s awesome!
Thanks - added to the list for my next trip....

Rich

Todd Bonzalez

2,552 posts

161 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Think I spotted this on one of the owners groups on FB.

Fantastic pics fella. Any more? smile

anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Epic pictures, thanks for sharing.