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Message: This thread brings back great memories
Changed By: jfarris
Change Date: November 30, 2012 12:49PM
This tthread brings back great memories
Change Date: November 30, 2012 12:49PM
This tthread brings back great memories
I was stationed with the Air Force in Frankfurt Germany from 1981 through 1985. It was a fun time to be in Germany, the dollar was strong, the Germans were friendly and the cars were fast. We decided to take our 914 to Germany with us and soon sold it an bought a 911SC. The Germany Region of PCA was very active at the time and one of our primary supporters was Alois Ruf. He usually sponsored an auto slalom each summer, occasionally a Concours at his shop in Pfaffenhausen, Christmas party door prizes and even attended several events. As others have said, he is truly a gentleman and friend of Porsche. The picture below was taken at the 1984 Concours where my wife and I garnered a 2nd place trophy. BTW, that baby is now 29 years old, not the car, the one my wife is holding.
The fun stuff - at that time Ruff was primarily engineering upgrades to older 911s, 912s, and 914s and going worldwide with his services. His most popular conversion was the SCR that took the 3L motor to 3.2L and added about 25 HP. It was legal in the German TUV inspection system. We had one club member that had a 73 RS lightweight with a highly modified 3.4L and a 914-6 with a 3.6L, they both had military tags and weren't subject to TUV inspection. Another member had a 911SC factory prototype, odd sized sunroof and pictures of being towed in off the Sahara desert by a camel, with a modified 3.2L. The difference in RUFs modifications were that an average 911Sc could go 135-140 mph on the autobahn and the last car I mentioned was good for 165 mph.
[img]http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn120/jaydeefar/RufConcours78911.jpg[/img]
The fun stuff - at that time Ruff was primarily engineering upgrades to older 911s, 912s, and 914s and going worldwide with his services. His most popular conversion was the SCR that took the 3L motor to 3.2L and added about 25 HP. It was legal in the German TUV inspection system. We had one club member that had a 73 RS lightweight with a highly modified 3.4L and a 914-6 with a 3.6L, they both had military tags and weren't subject to TUV inspection. Another member had a 911SC factory prototype, odd sized sunroof and pictures of being towed in off the Sahara desert by a camel, with a modified 3.2L. The difference in RUFs modifications were that an average 911Sc could go 135-140 mph on the autobahn and the last car I mentioned was good for 165 mph.
[img]http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn120/jaydeefar/RufConcours78911.jpg[/img]
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Author: jfarrisDate: November 30, 2012 12:48PM
This tread brings back great memories
I was stationed with the Air Force in Frankfurt Germany from 1981 through 1985. It was a fun time to be in Germany, the dollar was strong, the Germans were friendly and the cars were fast. We decided to take our 914 to Germany with us and soon sold it an bought a 911SC. The Germany Region of PCA was very active at the time and one of our primary supporters was Alois Ruf. He usually sponsored an auto slalom each summer, occasionally a Concours at his shop in Pfaffenhausen, Christmas party door prizes and even attended several events. As others have said, he is truly a gentleman and friend of Porsche. The picture below was taken at the 1984 Concours where my wife and I garnered a 2nd place trophy. BTW, that baby is now 29 years old, not the car, the one my wife is holding.
The fun stuff - at that time Ruff was primarily engineering upgrades to older 911s, 912s, and 914s and going worldwide with his services. His most popular conversion was the SCR that took the 3L motor to 3.2L and added about 25 HP. It was legal in the German TUV inspection system. We had one club member that had a 73 RS lightweight with a highly modified 3.4L and a 914-6 with a 3.6L, they both had military tags and weren't subject to TUV inspection. Another member had a 911SC factory prototype, odd sized sunroof and pictures of being towed in off the Sahara desert by a camel, with a modified 3.2L. The difference in RUFs modifications were that an average 911Sc could go 135-140 mph on the autobahn and the last car I mentioned was good for 165 mph.
[img]http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn120/jaydeefar/RufConcours78911.jpg[/img]
The fun stuff - at that time Ruff was primarily engineering upgrades to older 911s, 912s, and 914s and going worldwide with his services. His most popular conversion was the SCR that took the 3L motor to 3.2L and added about 25 HP. It was legal in the German TUV inspection system. We had one club member that had a 73 RS lightweight with a highly modified 3.4L and a 914-6 with a 3.6L, they both had military tags and weren't subject to TUV inspection. Another member had a 911SC factory prototype, odd sized sunroof and pictures of being towed in off the Sahara desert by a camel, with a modified 3.2L. The difference in RUFs modifications were that an average 911Sc could go 135-140 mph on the autobahn and the last car I mentioned was good for 165 mph.
[img]http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn120/jaydeefar/RufConcours78911.jpg[/img]