Although I think that Bird’s long Done Flowin the
Coup!
“White bird
In a Golden Cage,
On a Winter’s day
In the Rain, alone.
White Bird must Fly
Or She will Die!”
Hey, aren’t’ white Doves Snowbound during
winter? Or hanging out in a Partridge tree, or something to that effect, eh?
Yeah, Y’all know its that time of the year.
When we send our wish list to Ye North Pole.
Although I know ‘Ol Saint Nick will struggle to
find room in His sleigh for this item. Nonetheless, I’ve always been fascinated
by this long ago Ruf Yellowbird, ever since I bought the original 1987 Road & Track magazine it was featured in.
Some of the Supercars involved in that Road
& Track “Shootout” included a pair of Porsche 959’s, a Lamborghini Countach
LP5000 QV, (Quattro Valvole) a Ferrari 288 GTO and Testarossa. Along with an
unheard of Isdera Imperator 108i, say what? A Mercedes AMG Hammer, two Koenig “Tuner”
Porsche 911’s. And a Yellowbird Ruf 911 CTR in that Damn tree!
As here’s the long forgotten article from road
& Track’s July, 1987 issue on their World's Fastest Cars run at Volkswagen’s
Ehra-Leissen test track in Germany, written by John Lamm.
In
1987, the Worlds Fastest Cars couldn’t catch a 211mph twin-turbo Ruf
As the chauffeurs of these precious Supercars
on the 15-mile high speed test track with two seven mile straights. Were none
other than Phil Hill and Paul frere, both being highly accomplished drivers.
Will Hill being America’s first Formula 1 Champion. Whilst Frere won the 1960
24 Heurs du Mans with fellow compatriot Olivier Gendebien. Whom Hill won Le
Mans with three times. Making Gendebien the first four-times winner…
As perhaps I’m giving this Porsche 911, that
really isn’t a Porsche Cult-like status. But hey, how can you not want one of
Supercars Holy Grail Santa?
1987
Ruf CTR Yellowbird Porsche 911 Turbo Driven!
Or if you cannot find me one of these ultra
rare Yellowbird’s, then perhaps something from Alois Ruf’s latest offering, Eh?
Ruf’s
new 225mph Yellowbird has 700bhp, Carbon Fibre chassis
Partial Song lyrics from: It’s A Beautiful Day’s White Bird; 1969 Band’s Self titled Album.
