Porsche GT1

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g4ry13

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18,533 posts

262 months

Monday 15th April
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I was driving in my local area on Friday and to my surprise saw a GT1 sitting in a queue of traffic.

Sadly I didn't manage to snap a picture as I was driving. It was silver and left hand drive.

Doubt i'll ever see one again in the wild, but how rare are they? The valuation for GT1 these days seem to be anything from £2M - £10M?

TIGA84

5,298 posts

238 months

Monday 15th April
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If it was a genuine Strassenversion I think they made a couple with the 993 style front and 20 with the 996 style lights.

Fairly sure a PH'er has one in blue that's been on various channels (I seem to remember Tiff driving it on one) and said it was £10m worth.

Cheib

23,759 posts

182 months

Monday 15th April
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I saw one last week under a car cover at a well known Porsche specialist with a “Do not photograph” sign on it. It was silver and on UK plates.

g4ry13

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18,533 posts

262 months

Monday 15th April
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Cheib said:
I saw one last week under a car cover at a well known Porsche specialist with a “Do not photograph” sign on it. It was silver and on UK plates.
Might have been the same one. Can't imagine there's many in this country.

ImbackYo

308 posts

19 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Cheib said:
I saw one last week under a car cover at a well known Porsche specialist with a “Do not photograph” sign on it. It was silver and on UK plates.
I've never understood this. Why no photos, will it melt?

P1983

16 posts

8 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Presume DK already had a buyer lined up for it. What a car!

CLK-GTR

1,223 posts

252 months

Tuesday 16th April
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Supposed to be 2 993 headlight cars, 20 with 996 lights, and one with bespoke lights to homologate the GT1 Evo that lives at the Porsche Museum. At least one racer was converted to road spec though and as far as I know all are LHD. Most were silver. The last one through a public auction fetched $6m in the mid 2010s, they usually get sold privately. Maybe $10m by now? That's about what the equivalent CLK-GTRs are up for.

There is a bloke in the UK with two of them.

Edited by CLK-GTR on Tuesday 16th April 10:46

SRT Hellcat

7,106 posts

224 months

Wednesday 17th April
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I have seen the light metallic blue one at Reading after they repainted it. I have a feeling that this was originally yellow and if so it is the only GT1 I have ever seen on the road. That must be back in maybe 2005 in the South of France. I have seen two race car GT1's in a two different friends shops.

993rsr

3,492 posts

256 months

Wednesday 17th April
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SRT Hellcat said:
I have seen the light metallic blue one at Reading after they repainted it. I have a feeling that this was originally yellow and if so it is the only GT1 I have ever seen on the road. That must be back in maybe 2005 in the South of France. I have seen two race car GT1's in a two different friends shops.
Correct, the yellow one originally from France was sold via Trofeo Cars.

Now it's Cobalt Blue and owned by FossilFurious.

WCZ

10,810 posts

201 months

Thursday 18th April
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used to see these occasionally at track days around 2000-2010 before the car market went nuts

993rsr

3,492 posts

256 months

Thursday 18th April
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Yes there was often one in silver (early car with fixed windows 993) that is/was owned by Harry Laventis, used to be at the 'ring and Spa on the Wheel torque days with their 288 Evoluzione and silver F50 on slicks.

Yellow491

3,045 posts

126 months

Thursday 18th April
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993rsr said:
Yes there was often one in silver (early car with fixed windows 993) that is/was owned by Harry Laventis, used to be at the 'ring and Spa on the Wheel torque days with their 288 Evoluzione and silver F50 on slicks.
I was going to should have bought that car,but went cgt instead.It was chassis number 001!
I looked at the car at reading and saw the estimated rebuild invoice from weisach for the engine,gearbox and brakes,made running a cgt look cheap.

freedman

5,909 posts

214 months

Friday 19th April
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We shared the circuit with one at Spa in 2012

As can be seen from the pic, he had a minor off


Dimebars

927 posts

101 months

Friday 19th April
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993rsr said:
Correct, the yellow one originally from France was sold via Trofeo Cars.

Now it's Cobalt Blue and owned by FossilFurious.
Doesn't he own a silver one too now?

markcp

231 posts

250 months

Friday 19th April
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993rsr said:
Yes there was often one in silver (early car with fixed windows 993) that is/was owned by Harry Laventis, used to be at the 'ring and Spa on the Wheel torque days with their 288 Evoluzione and silver F50 on slicks.
I can remember popping in to Donnington on the off chance when I was passing in the early 2000s and those three cars were having their own private trackday. Staggering considering the combined value now!

DMC2

1,885 posts

218 months

Friday 19th April
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freedman said:
We shared the circuit with one at Spa in 2012

As can be seen from the pic, he had a minor off

I was there that day, I've got an almost identical pic!

Cheib

23,759 posts

182 months

Sunday 21st April
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GT1 on Uk roads…that’ll be the same car then.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4bgsbQifhA/?igsh=d...

g4ry13

Original Poster:

18,533 posts

262 months

Sunday 21st April
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Cheib said:
GT1 on Uk roads…that’ll be the same car then.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4bgsbQifhA/?igsh=d...
I don't remember it having the red decals on at the time.

CLK-GTR

1,223 posts

252 months

Sunday 21st April
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Cheib said:
GT1 on Uk roads…that’ll be the same car then.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C4bgsbQifhA/?igsh=d...
Isn't that the car that was sold to Australia?