Spy Game 911 Back on eBay

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

Remember the 'Spy Game' thread several months ago?

911 in the movies

I thought it was determined that it was actually a 912 in the movie? Oh well, Kruse Int'l has got a Spy Game 911 on eBay right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1828189341

Saffs · 05-11-2002, 06:49 PM

Hmmm.... It's the hastily resprayed one that was on Ebay at the time of that thread. As I remember, the 912 was used mostly, and that 911 at the end. Now I've seen the movie I notice that, particularly at the end, the 912/911 sounds like a 911 - dubbed perhaps?

jbailey930 · jbailey930's Garage

Hmm, too. I thought Kurt from Potomac PCA provided his 912 for the movie. We took to callling him Hollywood :
http://www.pcapotomac.org/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=000496

Turns out they needed two cars for the picture. Makes sense. Alway need a body double for those stunts!

Wayne 962 · Wayne 962's Garage

Hey, I'll sell my 356 for $20K - it was seen in Almost Famous. I guess that makes it...

-Wayne

craign · craign's Garage

This was on the 912 registry (interactive owners section), sounds like the guy is from the UK.

So who owns the mystery car.............

Porsche 912 in the movies!
From: Gavin Joule ; Saturday 14, 2001; Hi Rick, My car was used for the upcoming movie 'Spy Game' starring Robert Redford (he drives) and Brad Pitt. So for all 912 spotters worldwide there is a trailer where you get a glimpse towards the end! Heres the link.. http://www.spygame.net/ It would seem the film is out Stateside in November.

Also I don't know if you know but I run the 912 register for PCGB here in the UK. So if you get any UK inquiries send em my way! A website is coming... watch this space.

... and just one last thing, our sympathies go out to all register members
across the USA we are thinking of everyone stateside.
Cheers
Gavin Joule

Charley Dog · 05-13-2002, 11:49 PM

The bid is up over $12K!! That's insanity!! This car must have the cheapest paint job ever applied to a 911 (any car?). Can this possibly be anything but a beater? Who's bidding on this thing?

Rick Lee · Rick Lee's Garage

This debate was settled long ago. The Spy Game-mobile belongs to a Pelicanhead, username Green912. Kurt's a PCA Potomac guy and his car looks far better than that respray on eBay. He has a lot of MacGyver-like gadgets on it too.

Saffs · 05-14-2002, 08:37 AM

Well, everyone is a bit right. Here's Kurt's words form the original thread:

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Originally posted by Green 912
Kurt here...Three pages in so I guess it’s time for me to weigh in. Most of you are correct except for the number of cars used. The car that was the close up and benchmark car was a 68 912 that was filmed in the U.K. The car you see in some overhead shots and some of the wide shots leaving the CIA is a rusty 68 912 with a respray that caused some of the other cars to be in the movie. (More on this later) The car you see in Georgetown flying up P street and in ground shots around the Jefferson memorial and some of the overhead shots was a white 68 911 with a rough respray. (The production company bought it up North on the day the "problems" started and had it resprayed and dried it overnight on the flatbed ride down) My car, an Irish green 69 912, was used in some of the low angle road shots in the end of the movie where Redford is leaving the CIA. Frankly I am surprised that my car was in the movie at all. It is, in my opinion, very different from the benchmark car, but then again, I don’t make movies. So I think the total number of Porsches is four. The 68 912 Redford drives on a set in the U.K., the rusty 68 912, the 68 911 and my 69 912.
The production studio that was used for the DC location work, Think Productions, had a 68 912 that they rented from a company that supplies cars for movies and other film uses. It was to be used for the outside DC shots but on the day of filming, as they had a chopper with a gyrocam and film crew waiting, (Major $$$ burn rate) The car, a total rust bucket, developed clogged arteries from a (surprise!) rusty gas tank and conked out. They hastily installed a portable boat type gas tank but the rust had infiltrated the carbs. The car was ALL rust. The front suspension was held together with some badly welded in angle iron and the pan was shot.
That night I got a call from the head of Think Productions. She got my name from the local 356 grapevine and wanted to know if I had a green 912. I informed her that I had heard some time ago that a studio was looking for a 68 but I had a 69. She said no problem. She asked me if it was Kelly green and I told her no, it’s Irish green and Porsche didn’t make a Kelly green in 68 or 69. She said thanks but no thanks so I told her to also look at 67s and 911s as well. They look the same and there are a lot more of them left. The next day they come to Summit Point during a Potomac PCA driving clinic looking for a 67 or 68 911 or 912. After looking at my car they realize that their Kelly is really my Irish and now they REALY want me to come back to DC. After some preliminary negotiation$ I did. They looked it over and thought it was OK to use so we worked out the compensation. I worked with the art director to hide the track stuff and to make it look more like the benchmark car. (He sprayed men’s bald spot paint on the exposed aftermarket sway bars and rear swing arms) :-)
The next day they filmed it at a location not 3 minutes from my house. When I told production manager how close I lived he laughed and couldn’t believe it. Come to find out they spent weeks looking all over the east coast for, in his words, “A (expletive) green 912”
I have no idea why a 912 was called for. Perhaps it was in the book or something. Absolutely no damage to my car (the bald spot paint washed right off) and some good $ to boot. All in all it was a blast to do. Everyone I dealt with from the art director to the grips to the director was friendly. Tony Scott wanted to chat about what he called “The race car” A 912 race car...Now that’s funny!

Porchebrothers, Sorry, the $ is proof enough for me. I’m not much of a “story teller” and if you think that rough resprayed 911 is “over restored” then I got a car and a story to $ell you!
ScotMclean, The car had already been filmed prior to it’s injestation of the speed clip that obliterated the #1 Piston and cylinder. The heads machined up well and the car is back on track. Thanks much.

(Shameless plug to follow) Duane Spenser has published the follow up to his excellent book on 356 performance with the all-new “Porsche 356 Performance Guide” (RPM Auto books 888-237-4359) This one is geared towards the 356 (and 912) owner that is looking for more performance without going to a full race motor. Lots of good info on suspension, step-by-step motor building and converting a 912 motor to fit into a 356. Included is an extensive listing of where to get almost anything you might need to keep your 356 happy. As an added bonus on the back cover there is a photo of a 912 that is rumored to have been used in a recent movie as well as a 2 page article on it’s motor and the motor build project.

Saffs · 05-14-2002, 08:44 AM

Also, wouldn't it be an awful thing to email the highest bidder a link to this page.

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....and in ground shots around the Jefferson memorial and some of the overhead shots was a white 68 911 with a rough respray. (The production company bought it up North on the day the "problems" started and had it resprayed and dried it overnight on the flatbed ride down)

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

"...had it resprayed and dried it overnight on the flatbed ride down)"

Yikes!!

-- Curt

cegerer · cegerer's Garage

Well, high bid was $15,600 and that didn't meet reserve!! Now it's been relisted.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1831611738