We nicknamed it yellow bird after the color and how it moved.
Ruf ctr yellow bird.
The ruf ctr yellow bird 87 is a road car produced by ruf based on the porsche 911 930.
The ruf ctr yellow bird certainly presents a compelling case against singer and gunther works creations not necessarily as something better but rather something different with a history all its.
A spec and gran turismo sport.
And during the tests they come to the point that the ruf ctr yellow bird had much more than the claimed power they belived north of 500hp.
Ruf tooled up for production the world beat a path to his dyno room and the bird became one of the most beloved european cars in.
It is said to be offered by the original owner and to have been the only one created for importation into the usa.
Ruf brought its new model the ctr group c turbo ruf to volkswagen s test track at ehra lessien germany.
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.
There a rather ordinary looking 911 except for its yellow paint murdered all comers.
The body is from a normal slim hipped 911 carrera 3 2.
The engine is too but ruf bored it out to 3 4 litres added twin turbochargers.
Introduced for the 1987 model year and based on the porsche 911 the ctr featured an enlarged and highly tuned version of porsche s 3 2 litre flat six cylinder engine lightened body panels an integrated roll cage upgraded suspension and braking systems a custom designed transmission and several unique trim pie.
In the end ruf built 29 yellow birds of which this is one.