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mass_havock · Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 8 Location: McIntire,IA

I just bought a 924 and I think it might be a Martini Rossi. The car's in kind of rough shape. The reason I think it's a martini is that it has the plaque on the center console, the goofy stripe which is compleatly faded, red and black interior, and white painted wheels. I was wonding if any one could prove it with the vin #.
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Lizard · Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject:

the 924 martinni was just a detailing package, it should also have a 4 speed tranny in it, w/ red/black checkered interior cloth
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TMB-Racing · Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 160 Location: Tacoma,WA

Martini's had red carpet and red seat inlay's. the Sebring had the red,and purple check Lizard.
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924RACR · Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2004 12:41 am Post subject:

The Martinis do tend to fall into a VIN sequence, which you should be able to see by browsing the Register for '77. It certainly does sound like one.
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mass_havock · Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 8 Location: McIntire,IA

well thanks for the help then. got a long project ahead. already put a tranny, hatch glass, and had to rework the wiring harness for the turnsignals and such. now i know this has been talked about before on this board but has anyone found someone to make the stripes because my car came from arizona and the paint and stripes are compleatly shot?
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1977 Martini Rossi 924

TMB-Racing · Joined: 13 Nov 2002 Posts: 160 Location: Tacoma,WA

Mikri184-had a very nice set of front and rear martini seats if you are interested email him. The red inserts usually fade very bad. They would be perfect if you want to restore. Andrew
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1 of 100 Sebring M471's ( G-prod racecar)
1977.5 GTU (Autocross/hillclimb car) 2006, 2007 ITB lap record holder-Larison rock Hillclimb

If speed kills, why am I still alive?

Roger · Joined: 06 Jan 2003 Posts: 1235 Location: Cordova, TN

The Martini was somewhat unique and migh make the car more desireable for some people. However from the pictures I have seen I think the carpet is damn ugly.
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mass_havock · Joined: 15 Feb 2004 Posts: 8 Location: McIntire,IA

Thanks. I'll have to get ahold of him then because the seats that are in there are shot. Almost all of the red fabric that is where your but sitts is gone on both seats. Got the trusty ol' black sheepskins on her now. As i said the car is rust free but the arizona sun just killed the interior and paint.
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1977 Martini Rossi 924

denis durrell · Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2004 4:41 pm Post subject:

hey guys...

Yeah, I sure like those Martini-Rossi editions too. I am sure most of you have seen the site of the person in Austria (?) who is a Martini-Rossi fan and goes nuts decontructing and completely rebuilding his own version of Martini-Rossi, at the same time taking much liberty with the stripes and interior. I see that the car is for sale on www.mobile.de for around 11.000 EUR. It's been there for a while (over a year+ ?).

The guy's site...
http://www.klauskother.de/porsche/html/body_bau.html

from mobile.de:

http://www.mobile.de/SIDHnGWNg4JaU-zObw5.Xun8w-t-vaNexlCsAsK%F3P%F3R~BmSB10LsearchPublicJ1077867117A1LsearchPublicCCarY-t-vctpLtt~BmPA1B41B20B53j-t-vMkMoSm_X_xsO~BSRA6E20100C924C924A2A0A0/cgi-bin/da.pl?bereich=pkw&top=50&id=19600651&
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