08-30-2007, 11:32 AM
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Flash Back to 1993
Factory Photograph from the Proto unveiling
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08-30-2007, 11:35 AM
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WOW...very nice 
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08-30-2007, 11:41 AM
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With the exception of the side vent, it's nice they stayed true to the original design.
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08-30-2007, 11:49 AM
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I wonder where that car is today? That would be a collectable worth owning. The story is the vents were moved up due to debris issues. Beautiful car...thanks for the post!
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08-30-2007, 11:58 AM
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What a beauty. When is it going into production again? 
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08-30-2007, 12:02 PM
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As I recall, it was designed to have a much larger engine than the 2.5 it received in 1996 when it finally came out.
Too bad.
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08-30-2007, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by RandallNeighbour
As I recall, it was designed to have a much larger engine than the 2.5 it received in 1996 when it finally came out.
Too bad.
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Is that why the 3.4L fits in it easily?
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08-30-2007, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by rdancd816
I wonder where that car is today? That would be a collectable worth owning. The story is the vents were moved up due to debris issues. Beautiful car...thanks for the post!
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If that were true, then how is it that RUF's RK spyder has them in that same area with no problems. Make you wonder. 
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08-30-2007, 01:50 PM
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Pretty sure they were eliminated due to winter testing, clogged with ice and snow. I doubt Ruf worries about such things as evident by my Ruf front bumper inlets to the rad's clogging up in snow storms.
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Originally Posted by porsche986spyder
If that were true, then how is it that RUF's RK spyder has them in that same area with no problems. Make you wonder. |
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08-30-2007, 02:01 PM
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If you haven't read "Porsche Boxster" by John Lamm, it's a great story on Boxster history. The original prototype had NO engine, all the PR shots taken of the car in motion were taken on a slope... with the car coasting!
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08-30-2007, 04:58 PM
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That is gorgeous. Perfect for TT inlets, cool dense air down low  ...some day.
Last edited by boxsterz; 08-30-2007 at 05:04 PM.
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