Ruf Ctr Yellow Bird 1987

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Ruf ctr yellow bird 1987.

Ruf ctr yellow bird full laps on nürburgring nordshleife 1987 all of the brakes and suspension are new and the engine is a heavily tuned 3 6 liter mezger unit as originally found in the 997 911 turbos. Ruf its first ctr which originally stood for group c turbo ruf the 1987 yellow bird featured aero optimized 911 bodywork and an enlarged 3 4 the new ruf yellowbird starts with a carbon tub and spaceframe which is then clothed in carbon fiber panels of ruf s own spec. 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. The ruf ctr also known as the ctr yellowbird or simply yellowbird was a limited production high performance sports car manufactured by german automobile manufacturer ruf automobile.

It appears in every main gran turismo game to date since gran turismo 2 with the exception of gran turismo 3. Rm expects it to fetch between 1m and 1 2million. 4legend audipassion 10 447 views. Curiously the original 001 yellowbird has air conditioning installed.

One was ruf s own prototype yellowbird with the naca ducts over the rear wheels that was featured in excellence magazine and in the usa for a brief while and the other was a red canadian car yes they came in colors other than yellow that was at the fairfield county concours last fall. This is the ruf ctr one of just 29 made but you may know it simply as the yellowbird for those who think sesame street when they hear the name here s a brief synopsis. The ruf ctr yellow bird 87 is a road car produced by ruf based on the porsche 911 930. What made ruf a star was its participation in road track s top speed shootout in 1987.

Ruf brought its new model the ctr group c turbo ruf to volkswagen s test track at ehra lessien.