RUF RGT (RHD)

 

Wow, We are delighted to be offering a right hand drive RUF at Border Reivers. This is a company Ive personally admired. I was delighted when our clients at 911 Assistant in Bangkok had been awarded the RUF franchise for Thailand.

For those unfamiliar with RUF the company/manufacture.

The history of Ruf goes back to 1939, when the founder, Alois Ruf, Sr. opened a repair garage in 1939. They didn’t really start to become synonymous with tuning Porsches until the son, Alois Ruf, Jr., took over the company in 1974. He became known for modifying stock Porsche 911 Turbos that delivered more power and performance than any stock version. In 1981, they officially became RUF Automobile Gmbh, a manufacturer of automobiles. This is crucial to their history because it’s what would differentiate them from the Tech Arts and Gemballas of the world, and later Singers, Guntherwerks,. When you bought a Ruf, you didn’t own a Porsche, you owned a Ruf. Your vin and title did not say Porsche on it anymore.

Initially, Ruf bought bodies in white from a Porsche dealership just like anyone would buy parts from a dealer. Buying a body shell or chassis is something you used to be able to do if your Porsche was so damaged that it was cheaper to replace the shell than fix the bodywork. From the bodies in white, Ruf would modify most every aspect of the car, including the suspension, the engine and transmission, and, of course, the interior. Even the body received enough changes that you immediately knew you were looking at something special when you saw a Ruf. To give you an idea of how special, the CTR Yellowbird was, it had a 3.2-liter turbocharged flat six that produced 463 horsepower. In 1987, Porsche’s own 911 Turbo in 1987 made only 282 horsepower. Furthermore, due to the fact that it used a narrow body instead of the Turbo’s wide body, was lighter weight, and had a unique five-speed manual instead of the four-speed, it was able to reach a top speed of 213 miles per hour. Contrast this with the factory 911 Turbo’s 157-mph v-max and you can see how Ruf established itself in the lexicon of limited-production, high-performance Porsches.

While an enthusiast may see the relationship between a “tuner” and a manufacturer as a positive thing, the manufacturers see it differently when it has no control over what the tuner does. In 2013, Porsche purchased a controlling interest in Manthey-Racing GbmH. This is why you will see Porsche dealers selling and installing the Manthey-Racing kit for Porsches, as well as Manthey-Racing 911s entered in GT classes as factory efforts.

Porsche does not own Ruf. In fact, it’s safe to say that they look at Ruf as a competitor of sorts. While Ruf’s production numbers are miniscule compared to Porsche’s, they do compete when it comes to exclusivity, which Porsche offers its customers with both the Exclusive Manufaktur and Sonderwunsch programs. They allow customers to have their Porsches individualized while still retaining the Porsche brand.

This car was sold new by Chapelgate Porsche 01-01-2000 (C16) as a GT3 However a chance meeting with Alois Ruf Jnr which led to a lunch date & the start of a long friendship with the RUF Family. As a result of the meetings & the forming of the new friendship Alois agreed to take the GT3 & convert it to a RUF RGT on its existing chassis.

The history file contains a letter from the owner telling of his relationship with Alois Ruf & the adventure he had with the car.

FYI for all the early gamers the 911 was not sanctioned by Porsche to be used in games so most with remember the RGT name, well this is the car for real.

The car looks very similar to a stock GT3 to the untrained eye however to those who know …………

Exterior

Its been stripped of any Porsche badging & replaced with RUF badging

Revised front end  €4250.00

RUF Alloy wheels  €2200.00

RUF wheel centres €66.00

RUF Engine lid

RUF Door mirrors with RUF badged glass €1293.00

RUF RGT Brakes 370″ & 350″ with 6 piston callipers €9800.00

Under Hood/Bonnet

Adjustable air ride suspension €600.00

The most incredible sound system (I don’t know how to start describing this ….. so I won’t)

Interior

The most wonderful hidden roll cage again difficult to describe hopefully I can capture it in the images, its covered by the head cloth & finished in Alcantara all boxed in (its a work of art) I didn’t notice it until it was pointed out, its that good.  €9500.00

RUF embossed steering wheel €1080.00

RUF embossed gear shift €250.00

RUF floor mats €300.00

RUF Pedals €155.00

RUF foot rest €130.00

Full leather  €4900.00

6 point seat belts €1410.00

Engine 

Engine upgrades inc

Exhaust system

Air filter

Remaping of ECU

100 Cell catalytic converter

Higher RPM Limit €14100.00

Clutch €500.00

Gearbox New gearing 8:32 leaving the 5th & 6th gear longer with light flywheel €6500.00

Service/Mileage history

Supplied new by Chapelgate Porsche 01-01-2000

1st Service 3894 miles Lindbrook Porsche 30-04-2001

2nd Service 7902 miles HR Owen Porsche 17-12-2001

Parr Porsche 7978 miles 18-12-2001

3rd Service 10431 miles RUF Automobile (Pfaffenhausen) 24-05-2002

4th Service 12675 miles Parr Porsche 12-07-2002

Porsche AFN Chiswick 16977 miles 29-10-2002

Mot 18138 miles 10-12-2002

5th Service 45993 miles RUF Automobile (Pfaffenhausen)  08-07-2003

Bob Watson Engineering 47879 miles Full Engine rebuild 29-10-2003 (invoice wrongly states 2004) £11117.43

Mot 51200 10-12-2003

6th Service 54069 miles RUF Automobile (Pfaffenhausen) 16-02-2004

Mot 60789 miles 28-07-2006

Bob Watson Engineering 63484 miles 12-01-2007

7th Service 64635 miles Bob Watson Engineering 31-07-2007

Mot 64638 miles 07-08-2007

Bob Watson Engineering 67113 miles 16-08-2008 Full engine rebuild

Mot 67539 miles 09-09-2008

Mot 69823 miles 26-08-2009

8th Service 69996 miles Porsche Centre Cardiff 02-09-2009

Auto tyre wheel alignment 70558 miles 09-04-2010

Mot 71061 miles 04-09-2010

9th Service 71013 miles Porsche Centre Cardiff 12-04-2011

Mot 71398 miles 15-06-2012

Mot 71652 miles 05-10-2013

10th Service 71883 miles Porsche Centre Sutton Coalfield 12-12-2013

11th Service 72581 miles Porsche Centre Cumbria (Parker & Parker)

Mot 73291 miles 29-08-2016

12th Service 73381 miles Porsche Centre Glasgow 14-12-2016

Mot 73467 miles 28-08-2017

Motortune 73742 miles 07-12-2017

13th Service 73746 miles Porsche Centre Glasgow 03-03-2018

Mot 73841 miles 05-12-2020

14th Service 73900 miles Porsche Centre Glasgow 02-04-2021

Mot 74032 miles 25-03-2022

15th Service 74040 miles Porsche Centre Glasgow 29-08-2023

The car has a Certificate of Authenticity,Large A4 history folderol mots/tax discs etc

 

 

 

£ 225k