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Originally Posted by jac1976
For what it’s worth, I like yours much more.
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Thanks. I'm enraptured fo'sho'! I would LOVE an '89 tho, with all their unique features and being the last of their kind and all.
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Originally Posted by tributeventures
Frank, great article. Question - since your car does not have front and rear spoilers is it a M471 or did you take off the spoilers on a M491.
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M491 = turbo look
M470 = turbo look with spoiler delete
Hence, all M470s are M491s, but not all M491s are M470s.
(As an aside M471 is the code for flared 914s a la the 914-6 GT)
So, Gemini was ordered in '87 as a factory widebody turbo look, without spoilers. Somewhere during the ensuing thirty-one years, it sprouted a tea-tray spoiler. It retained its original front spoiler delete front fascia.
I re-deleted the rear spoiler (
https://www.instagram.com/p/BybB8G5FjxT/?igshid=s6njrgcl9p05) but added the 930 rubber lip spoiler in conjunction with a fog light delete...
https://www.instagram.com/p/BzBsUStl7AR/?igshid=15lfixpv2t3z7
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Originally Posted by ted
Nice Frank were those the seats in it last Rennsport?
They look great, bummed Jae Lee shut down.
I think a black M491 is not flamboyant enough for you. 
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No, I had sport seats in during RR VI. I just installed the Pole Position Classics over the past couple weeks.
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Originally Posted by NickP
Really enjoyed this article like everyone else. Great car indeed, but the owner is one heck of a good guy.
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Originally Posted by johnkszabo
Very cool car! Enjoy John Szabo
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Aw jeez, thanks Nick and John (and everyone else) for the kind words and well wishes.
I really love these cars and the M491s are my jam / personal Porsche rabbit hole.
I'm thinking about organizing an M491 National Meet one of these days (summer '22), until then, keep the stories coming here. I'd like to hear the stories of your searches / hunts.