True Yellowbird for £50k?

[Rico]

LINK

This is a yellow CTR up for £50k on mobile.de... 26k km...

Is this a different car to that advertised on RUF and mentioned in the Autocar article on Adamt's cars...

ADAM!!!! know anything?

[Marki]

Seems a lot of dosh for an old Porker ok 469 ps , and a rare car but its still an oldie .

[AJLintern]

Not when you consider the price of say, a Ferrari 250 GTO...

[MOD500]

It may be an 'oldie' but it will whip most of todays performance cars.

[Marki]

Sure ,,, i understand about the Classics and prices for them but maybe this is not old enough ,,, and when you think what you can get for 55k , in another 10-20 years who knows what this will be worth

[lemon yella rs]

since when has age had anything to do with how much a car is worth! £50k for a genuine numbered CTR is the starting point for one of these cars. Drive one and then see why they still hold there money.

[clubsport]

lemon yella rs said:

since when has age had anything to do with how much a car is worth! £50k for a genuine numbered CTR is the starting point for one of these cars. Drive one and then see why they still hold there money.

what are they like to drive ?

[rubystone]

I personally think that any genuine RUF product (as opposed to a 3.2 with 964 wings, RUF wheels and a RUF badge) is going to acquire collector's status. I'd imagine the 'Ring yellowbird would attract a serious premium if it came up for sale.

I met a guy at a Husbourne Crawley autojumble some years ago who had a Ruf SC - in green with the 3.2 engine conversion. I'd have liked that car.

[GuyR]

This is a conversion into a CTR, not a RUF chassis numbered CTR, which does lower its value, although it still performs the same.....

[rubystone]

Guy - then I'd not want to buy it for a major premium.

RUF are recognised by the TUV as a manufacturer in their own right aren't they?

[adamt]

We were very interested in buying this car before we got ours.

It is a converted car as Guy said, but from the outset the owner was selling it as an original, it was like getting blood from a stone when we were asking for the VIN and history. The car had previously done a lot of miles before the conversion also which is not listed.

It is no doubt a great car, but it is not the real thing.

all the best
adam