Ultimate R thread

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Prototype series VINs
305876 R1
306681 R2
307670 R4
307671 R3
Production series VINs
11899001 to 11899020

Production engines type 901/22 with serial #'s from 5080001, up to 5080022 is known.

The majority were painted Light Ivory, however it is believed that none got paint badges.

Ernie Wilberg's Galleries on pbase:
http://www.pbase.com/911r/root&view=tree
R3 http://www.early911.co.uk/historic/html/911r.html
11899008 http://www.johnstarkeycars.com/pages...1967_911R.html
11899017 http://www.toadhallracing.com/toad-060.html

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Originally Posted by davep

The majority were painted Light Ivory, however it is believed that none got paint badges.

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The badge weighed too much :D

Is Ivory paint lighter?

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Originally Posted by varunan123

Not kidding

But ivory or white base paints are lighter-i am not joking-i forget the source but will look in my files.Believe it or not it is a significant weight savings when you paint the entire car.

Raj

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I wasn't kidding (about the color). I suspected as much. The pigment in other colors would be heavier.

I would suspect that Porsche's racing color being white was probably more of a factor...althought they were nutso about weight, eh? :D

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Originally Posted by varunan123

Not kidding

But ivory or white base paints are lighter-i am not joking-i forget the source but will look in my files.Believe it or not it is a significant weight savings when you paint the entire car.

Raj

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This is my new favorite obscure bit of Porsche info.

Raj, Ernie or anybody,

What ever happened with our two Scandinavian (?) friends (I'll have to look up their names) that were going to do a fully documented reference book on the 24 (?) R cars...... :confused:

They first contacted me about 8 years ago then again about 2 years after that....... :rolleyes:

They said the book would be constructed like the 250 GTO book dealing with the 36 of those through all their known history and iterations, then full photo spread on each.

Sounds like a good idea to me.... :)

Is there a rollover bar available currently, that matches the one inside Revenlows' blue R?

Vic

Yes, I believe TRE ( Dave Bouzaglou ) sells one that comes pretty close.

JZG

Thanks for sharing the pics Raj. Love that car!