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RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 12:42 pm
by Darren65
This looks delicious and apparently sold very quickly. Does anyone know the car and details?....

http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/73 ... ra_RS.html

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Cheers,

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 1:28 pm
by yoda
I saw that and thought what a perfect spec / colour etc. Love it.

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 1:39 pm
by 210bhp
Darren

There was only one Rhd gulf blue RS lightweight in the first 500 cars, chassis number #397.

I don't know anything about the car but it strikes a chord with something James Hot66 once told me about a one family(?) owned example somewhere in North Yorkshire that he knew about. Maybe it's the same car?

Regards
Mike

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 2:09 pm
by Lightweight_911
I know/knew the car well - sourced it for the previous owner & drove it quite a bit (plus did some work on it) in the early 90's.

Here it is alongside my 924 Carrera GT outside my unit back then:


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RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 3:54 pm
by hot66
210bhp wrote:Darren

There was only one Rhd gulf blue RS lightweight in the first 500 cars, chassis number #397.

I don't know anything about the car but it strikes a chord with something James Hot66 once told me about a one family(?) owned example somewhere in North Yorkshire that he knew about. Maybe it's the same car?

Regards
Mike
Different car and different blue mike :)

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 4:39 pm
by Slope330
THE DK CAR wa painted by tony littlejohn ,reassembled by Steve Winter of Jaz ,mechanically totally done by steve
it is every bit as good in the flesh and it is what it says it is ...........what a change !
oh and yes its sold somewhere in the region of 7 figures

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:28 pm
by 210bhp
Lightweight_911 wrote:I know/knew the car well - sourced it for the previous owner & drove it quite a bit (plus did some work on it) in the early 90's.

Here it is alongside my 924 Carrera GT outside my unit back then:


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Did it still have all its lightweight panels at that time Andy?

Regards
Mike

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 5:57 pm
by Lightweight_911
It was a long time ago Mike (!) but I'm fairly sure it did back then.

At the time Josh Sadler said it was the 2nd most original M471 model he knew of (in terms of its original panels & equipment) in spite of the fact that it had been re-painted & had 7 & 8 in wheels.

However, last time I heard about the car (a couple of years ago) it was quite rusty ...

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 6:15 pm
by 911hillclimber
Was this the baby blue car on the PCGB stand at the NEC last weekend?
Those small yellow fog lamps ring a bell.

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 8:49 pm
by 210bhp
Lightweight_911 wrote:It was a long time ago Mike (!) but I'm fairly sure it did back then.

At the time Josh Sadler said it was the 2nd most original M471 model he knew of (in terms of its original panels & equipment) in spite of the fact that it had been re-painted & had 7 & 8 in wheels.

However, last time I heard about the car (a couple of years ago) it was quite rusty ...

Thanks Andy. Was this RS ever in Wales if not in North Yorkshire then? ( thanks James)


Regards
Mike

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:00 pm
by Lightweight_911
Yes, it was in Wales ...

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:13 pm
by Slope330
it was in wales +1

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:39 pm
by 210bhp
Thanks. I'm hooked up now.......


Regards
Mike

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 9:41 pm
by Darren65
Sounds like a wonderful car.....I have the big fat zero, just a shame I don't have the other six figures to go with it! :?

Re: RS Lightweight

Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:13 pm
by shoestring7
Lovely colour!

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