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im confused though, its not a RUF car just has all the RUF parts, 993s are absurdly expensive but i feel like someone paid a bit more for it thinking its a RUF car
 

1959 BMW 507 Series II w/Hardtop.​

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1959 BMW 507 Series II w/Hardtop

Bid for the chance to own a 1959 BMW 507 Series II w/Hardtop at auction with Bring a Trailer, the home of the best vintage and classic cars online. Lot #195,392.
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That same exact car sold for 82k in 2016! :eek:
 
Nomar06 said:
I thought a "bid to" does not equate to a sale.....perhaps if they got a deal after the auction ended?
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Oh you’re right! It didn’t meet reserve in 2016. My bad
 
Nomar06 said:
It's because it was a model year 1999, 6 spd, black color with tan leather interior chrome rims, with fog lamps, built on a Tuesday and sold on a Saturday. :giggle:
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I mean, if you really want to break it down Corvette style:
1 of 16,352 3000GTs built in black (some of the early production numbers are not known so there may be more)
1 of 5,204 3000GTs built in Solano Black Pearl (1996-1999)
1 of 3,267 3000GTs built in 1999
1 of 3,033 3000GT VR-4s in black (1991-1999, there were 3 shades of black were used)
1 of 964 3000GTs built in 1999 in Solano Black Pearl (it is the 2nd most abundant color that year)
1 of 479 3000GT VR-4s built in Solano Black Pearl (1996-1999)
1 of 287 3000GT VR-4s built in 1999
1 of 103 3000GT VR-4s built in 1999 in Solano Black Pearl (it is the most common color for 99 VR-4s)
There was a way to break it down by production cycle each month (there were 3 production cycles per month) based on the VIN; however, that database doesn't seem to be available at the moment.
 
So dude man messed up and should have said 1 of 103. Prob missing out on and extra 10g’s on the potential sale price

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webby said:
I found this on a forum

https://www.3sgto.org/threads/12247-The-Complete-3000GT-Production-Numbers-by-Color
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Yeah, I used that in some of the numbers from this post:
AlmosN8kd said:
I mean, if you really want to break it down Corvette style:
1 of 16,352 3000GTs built in black (some of the early production numbers are not known so there may be more)
1 of 5,204 3000GTs built in Solano Black Pearl (1996-1999)
1 of 3,267 3000GTs built in 1999
1 of 3,033 3000GT VR-4s in black (1991-1999, there were 3 shades of black were used)
1 of 964 3000GTs built in 1999 in Solano Black Pearl (it is the 2nd most abundant color that year)
1 of 479 3000GT VR-4s built in Solano Black Pearl (1996-1999)
1 of 287 3000GT VR-4s built in 1999
1 of 103 3000GT VR-4s built in 1999 in Solano Black Pearl (it is the most common color for 99 VR-4s)
There was a way to break it down by production cycle each month (there were 3 production cycles per month) based on the VIN; however, that database doesn't seem to be available at the moment.
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Most of these numbers were pulled from the Mitsubishi Computer Aided Parts Search (CAPS) program back in the day by running VIN strings through it and getting the applicable models (or looking at the back end database, not sure); here is a graphical representation showing the top tier trim productions which supports the numbers presented on that 3SGTO Forum post:
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Source: https://joeg.3sg.org/3S_Production.html

And, here is another:
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Source: https://www.stealth316.com/2-production.htm

Which, again, still states there were 287 99 VR-4s produced.


webby said:
@AlmosN8kd prob knows best. No clue if those forum numbers are accurate
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So, overall, I think they're reasonably accurate (or, at a minimum, it is the same data just recycled into a different format); but, there isn't much to go on to actually cross reference them other than the CAPS or ASA (ASA = Aftersale Support Application - it replaced CAPS) databases. But, if you do add the numbers up for the 99 model year for VR-4s on the 3SGTO page that you linked, you'll still see, there were 287. So, even with the most 'limited' number of 1 of 103 in Solano Black Pearl, I'm not sure where the guy got 212. Maybe it was a typo or fog of memory. Maybe it is because this is 1 of 212 Z16A cars (I think there were a few produced with the Z15A chassis (no All-Wheel Steering) but I don't know that for sure, just kinda guessing on that one). Or, perhaps he wants it to seem more 'rare' than it actually is. Regardless, even with all of that, it is still not the most rare VR-4 (that would be 1998 with 231) nor the most rare 3000GT/Stealth (that would be 1996 with 57 Stealth R/T Twin Turbos (fun fact, these are all Z15A cars)); but, it is one of the most desired since it was the last model year and had a facelift at the end that most folks like the look of (myself included).
 
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