I still remember hearing the 1998 variant at Road Atlanta at the first Petit Le Mans: despite watercooling, it still had that air-cooled snarl, and it sounded like a pipe organ on boost. A shame that it flipped on the back straight.

 

Yes, a shame.

 

I love this car! As far as road versions go, I've tried to gather a bunch of information from various sources, anybody want to correct or confirm any info here:

1996 there were just 3 road going versions made.



One's in Germany, another is in a garage in New Jersey (owner used to be active on TS), and the other has been seen at Porsche parades.

Then in 1997 I believe there were 21 of these built:



And only one of these built in 1998:



That makes 25 cars, but like I said this is based on conflicting information.

 

That's the same info I have about it Carrera.

 

 

I spent hours and hours drawing the 98 car when I was a kid. That was really the first year I really got into racing. The first year I watched F1 - I still remember Schumi's drive in Hungary and the fiascos at Spa. I went to Petit with my dad that fall, and I remember begging to leave after the Porsche crashed about halfway through - I had zero interest in staying to watch the 333 SP win. Since the corner workers and marshals at Road Atlanta are often Georgia good ol' boys, dad chatted a few of them up while I "borrowed" the right mirror from the piled up wreckage at the beginning of pit lane (I was 9). You definitely couldn't get away with that now.

 

That's such a cool story. Do you still have it? You should post up a pic.

 

Rare 1996 model in yellow:

 

Somewhere, maybe at my parents' house. I'll try to, although I'm a terrible photographer and have never owned a camera (apart from phones, and the current one is broken).

 

Cool thread. I saw the polka dotted one that was for sale in Houston a few years back. They took it to the Texas Mile and ran the car of all things. I believe they are cool at a distance. Some of the lines are awkward compared to the sex of the CGT. But it's an awesome car.