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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

Something else I found tonight...some quick Googling didn't turn up much info...yet...

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Maybe924 · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: New London, CT

Man, that first picture is nice. Gives the 931 some serious visual muscle. Good find Dan!
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ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

I found this website:
http://www.poli-form.com

Sent 'em an email thru their inquiry form. Nothing on the site that says anything about Porsches, but it does mention doing work "for contract". It will be interesting to see if they still have those molds, eh?!

I kind of like that kit...it's sort of a cross between the D-Prod and the GT. In fact, they remind me a lot of the GTS Rally car:

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stevekat · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 719 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Wasn't the Automotion car in the brochure for sale for many months recently, up in the bay area or $5K or less. I may be mistaken it is the same car, but I think so. The car for sale was dark grey metallic.

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

You may be on to something there! As I recall, somebody who looked at it mentioned that the F/G was cracked (which wouldn't surprise me given the vintage).

I'm also now wondering if Automotion licensed or outright bought the rights to sell that wing:
http://www.automotion.com/productpage.aspx?pid=100451
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emoore924 · Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 2815

I agree. I think that car was f/s in so cal recently -- several times actually within the past year. Touted as an "automotion project" or something like that. Yes, dark silver. It was on CL I think. Kind of interesting but IIRC, I think the consensus was that it was neat but expensive. I think if you search for "automotion" here on the org you'll find a couple of threads about it.

Might have been a production run of one. Not that this means anything but I've only seen the one car ever.

Neat brochure. Never see that either. Might want to reach out to the automotion car buyer and alert him to its existence. Always good to have documentation on some of these more unusual cars.

Oh, and it looks to me like the wing in the brochure is different than the wing on automotion's site. It is kind of hard to tell from the brochure but that wing looks more curved up to me than the GT wing.

Maybe924 · Joined: 14 Aug 2007 Posts: 412 Location: New London, CT

Looks like its still available.

http://www.porschatrader.com/details.php?id=1651
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1985 911 Targa Carrera (Sold)

stevekat · Joined: 19 Jan 2008 Posts: 719 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Looks like the price doubled, from what I recall.

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15548 Location: Spring Lake MI

Maybe because it has 250 HP

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Peter_in_AU · Joined: 29 Jul 2001 Posts: 2743 Location: Sydney, Australia

Dan,

I'm starting to get a bit concerned about the amount of spare time you seem to have

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v8carreragts · Joined: 05 Sep 2003 Posts: 665 Location: Tucson, AZ

That kit was made by Polyform. I used the rear spoiler on my first 924. Automotion used the kit on their car. They designed this kit in 1981 (If I remember correctly) before the 944 came out. I thought about putting the whole kit on my first 924 but couldn't swing the cost of the kit and wheels/tires together then.

Polyform makes street rod bodies (still) so they may still have the molds. I talked to the owner some years ago (6-7 ish) and at that time he was willing to make up a kit. Somewhere I have a how to article on how to install this kit.

FSMITH010 · Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 101 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Cars for sale:
http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=29202

FSMITH010 · Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 101 Location: Los Angeles, CA

Making me wondering where the other converted cars are?
There are at least two others in the brochure.

flosho · Posted: Thu May 28, 2009 6:11 am Post subject:

That looks like the one on ebay currently.
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FSMITH010 · Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 101 Location: Los Angeles, CA