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Just two years after RUF’s ‘Yellowbird’ grabbed headlines in 1987 with its 211-mph top speed run, engineers in Zuffenhausen presented a thoroughly rethought Porsche 911.

With the 964-generation 911, RUF had the opportunity to build upon an icon.

In addition to its cleaner lines, the 964 boasted coil springs and ABS.

The 964 was not so much a milder 911 as it was a 911 with higher limits ready to be explored.

RUF’s RCT upgrade boosted output by 120 bhp to 370 bhp via a turbocharger and put that to the wheels via a tightened, adjustable suspension.

The narrow-bodied RCT was aerodynamically more favourable to the wide-bodied cars.

So popular was the RCT that a version of it can still be ordered today.

While no RUF RCT is ‘ordinary’, the example offered here has an especially unique history.

As a 911, it started life as a right-hand-drive 1993 Carre...