Ian Comerford Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I’ve always liked the Porsche Sports Purpose ethos which may explain why I also like RGruppe. I’ve just noticed an NZ website with both of the manuals available for download. Enjoy. http://early911nzdownloads.yolasite.com/sports-purposes-manuals.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WP0ZZZ Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Am I right in thinking that those "sports purposes" 911s from the late 60s and early 70s were used mainly for racing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndglynn Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 On 18/12/2020 at 05:14, WP0ZZZ said: Am I right in thinking that those "sports purposes" 911s from the late 60s and early 70s were used mainly for racing? Yes, mainly competition. Race and rally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WP0ZZZ Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 17 hours ago, johndglynn said: Yes, mainly competition. Race and rally. Then I guess the "sports purpose" moniker has evolved from mainly racing to mainly sporty driving on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndglynn Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Well it always included both - the idea of the early sports purpose cars was one car to do both - drive there/race/drive home. The big change is no one really drives their 911s to race/rally events these days - if they even race now - due to asset values and cost to maintain and all that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WP0ZZZ Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 08/01/2021 at 22:36, johndglynn said: Well it always included both - the idea of the early sports purpose cars was one car to do both - drive there/race/drive home. The big change is no one really drives their 911s to race/rally events these days - if they even race now - due to asset values and cost to maintain and all that. Maybe now there are better options for racing. I imagine that in the late 60s buying a 911 S and racing it for a season cost more than a house at the time! The idea of driving to a race made me think of the PR stunt from Porsche with the 997.2 GT3 RS that they drove to the Nurburgring and raced in the 24h! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlySurdi Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 On 16/12/2020 at 21:03, Ian Comerford said: I’ve always liked the Porsche Sports Purpose ethos which may explain why I also like RGruppe. I’ve just noticed an NZ website with both of the manuals available for download. Enjoy. http://early911nzdownloads.yolasite.com/sports-purposes-manuals.php Unfortunately the site has been disabled now. SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Comerford Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 Let me have your email address, I will forward a copy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SurlySurdi Posted April 14, 2023 Share Posted April 14, 2023 Thanks Ian pm sent SS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Comerford Posted April 14, 2023 Author Share Posted April 14, 2023 1 hour ago, SurlySurdi said: Thanks Ian pm sent SS You have mail 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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