1984 RUF 930 Turbo Cabriolet

[SAY - 642]

Other Makes : RUF 930 Turbo Cabriolet in Other Makes | eBay Motors

[speednme1]

I have the 1985 Autoweek article on that car...very cool

[onboost]

Hmmm,

Beautiful Turbo Cab.. However,

Listed here on Pelican as 84 Turbo cab,

- On Ebay with heading and description as "1980 Other Makes RUF 930 Turbo"

- Then then further described as "1984 RUF 930 Turbo Cabriolet" In the body of this description it then states "Starting with an '81 body"...

- Then the VIN plate states imported as 12/31/81 and has a very different serial number.

- Car in magazine article has Ruf wheels

Oh, and before someone says it.. Ruf did not get "bodies in white" prior to the 89 -91 timeline which is when they received there TUV certification as a manufacture as opposed to a tuner.

Also, I assume this car was a Targa cut into a cab as there were not 911 cabs prior to 83.. possibly 82 in Europe.

So I'm just curious about some of these details.

[SAY - 642]

I was looking at the Red Car on the right

[voitureltd]

That is a all aluminum RUF special ordered built the Chicago distributer back then, according to the info I got from the RUF convertible ebay lister a few months ago. Call him his name is Cameron, I think he will sell it. I think the original high HP motor needs finish work.

[speednme1]

Originally Posted by onboost

Hmmm,

Beautiful Turbo Cab.. However,

Listed here on Pelican as 84 Turbo cab,

- On Ebay with heading and description as "1980 Other Makes RUF 930 Turbo"

- Then then further described as "1984 RUF 930 Turbo Cabriolet" In the body of this description it then states "Starting with an '81 body"...

- Then the VIN plate states imported as 12/31/81 and has a very different serial number.

- Car in magazine article has Ruf wheels

Oh, and before someone says it.. Ruf did not get "bodies in white" prior to the 89 -91 timeline which is when they received there TUV certification as a manufacture as opposed to a tuner.

Also, I assume this car was a Targa cut into a cab as there were not 911 cabs prior to 83.. possibly 82 in Europe.

So I'm just curious about some of these details.

Car in the article has Fuchs wheels, this car was pre-yellowbird. Ruf did not have a version of his own wheels when this car was offered.

I can try to take a photo(and post) the the article that I have at home.

[onboost]

Originally Posted by speednme1

Car in the article has Fuchs wheels, this car was pre-yellowbird. Ruf did not have a version of his own wheels when this car was offered.

I can try to take a photo(and post) the the article that I have at home.

Speedme, no worries.. I have the article too, just hadn't looked at it in a while and you're right, it does have Fuchs as you've mentioned. I remember the pre-Yellowbird cars well.. both boosted and N/A. The forest green SC and the Nato development car both come to mind. The black cabrio also has the pre-yellowbird style front spoiler.
I bought a totaled pre-yellowbird SC many years ago.. I got lucky, nobody really knew what it was, they were about to part it and I bought the whole car specifically for the goodies it had!

Originally Posted by SAY - 642

I was looking at the Red Car on the right

Thanks for the pic.. I like that one too and tried to find another picture of it.. she's hot!