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Car of the Day: February 28, 2016; Baravelli '73 Porsche 911 Carrera RS
Topic Started: Feb 28 2016, 04:17 AM (670 Views)
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Today's car of the day is Baravelli's 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS.


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The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven) is a two-door, 2+2 high performance sports car made since 1963 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany. It has a rear-mounted six cylinder boxer engine and all round independent suspension. It has undergone continuous development, though the basic concept has remained little changed. The engines were air-cooled until the introduction of the Type 996 in 1998, with Porsche's "993" series, produced in model years 1995-1998, being the last of the air-cooled Porsches. RS stands for Rennsport in German, meaning race sport. The Carrera name was reintroduced from the 356 Carrera which had itself been named after Porsche's class victories in the Carrera Panamericana races in Mexico in the 1950s. The RS was built to meet motorsport homologation requirements. Compared to a standard 911S, the Carrera 2.7 RS had a larger engine (2687 cc) developing 210 hp with Bosch mechanical fuel injection, revised and stiffened suspension, a "ducktail" rear spoiler, larger brakes, wider rear wheels and rear fenders.



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Here's one that should appeal to the Auto World and M2 aficionados. Or not. This ugly little Porsche isn't much to look at, but nothing that came from Baravelli was. Baravelli toy cars were made in Italy in the early 1980's, and the cars were definitely not collector quality models. This crude Porsche has a plastic base, which also forms the seats inside, although it is not easy to see the interior behind the tinted windows. Baravelli and Giodi, another Italian toy brand, both released the same crude castings, separately, but it is not known what the relationship was between the two brands and how the castings came to exist under both brands.


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The 911 traces its roots to sketches drawn by Ferdinand "Butzi" Porsche in 1959. The Porsche 911 was developed as a more powerful, larger, more comfortable replacement for the Porsche 356, the company's first model. It originally was designated as the "Porsche 901" (901 being its internal project number). 82 cars were built as 901s. However, Peugeot protested on the grounds that in France it had exclusive rights to car names formed by three numbers with a zero in the middle. So, instead of selling the new model with another name in France, Porsche changed the name to 911. Internally, the cars' part numbers carried on the prefix 901 for years. Production began in September 1964, the first 911s reached the US in February 1965 with a price tag of US$6,500.



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zzziippyyy
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That one had a lot of play love, awesome!
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pjedsel
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:wave: Lovely, well played with Porsche. I haven't heard the Baravelli name in years - tried to get some years ago but never succeeded. This is a nice one for your collection Dean.
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craftymore
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Support your local demo derby.

I had to consult Dave and Kimmo's book. Is this the 1st model from this company ran for COTD?
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Dean-o-mite
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Good catch! Yes, this is the first Baravelli to be showcased as COTD. Giodi has yet to be represented here, as well, but I don't recall having any Giodi cars in my collection.
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Interesting that they chose to accentuate the tailpipes on this one and you can tell they used a simple 2 piece top and bottom mold since the spoiler drops straight down.
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cody6268
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Never heard of this brand before. Guess I learned something today.

Looks great! One I should get.
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
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Ford1965
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Those are some large mufflers! LOL
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