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Originally Posted by javadog

I’ve seen that same statement repeated in many places but I don’t think that’s true. Every RUF car with a RUF VIN that I have seen has also had a crossed out Porsche VIN, implying that it was a completely built car when RUF acquired it. It seems to me that RUF bought finished cars, then dismantled them and rebuild them.

FWIW…

I believe Ruf gets body in white and builds cars from them. I believe Ruf ALSO gets full cars and builds them, maybe that was back in the beginning. I also remember reading that if you had a 911, you could send it to Ruf and they would "upgrade" it. I don't know if they change the VIN in those situations, but that's also possible.

I suspect the VIN plate is added to the body early in the process, which would explain the crossed out Porsche VIN.