Henry Catchpole looks back to evo issue 13, where a chance encounter saw a 911 Carrera upgraded to a 2.7 RS for a milestone-marking evo gathering -
, because why not? Although he did look a little crestfallen to discover it didn’t come with Farrah Fawcett in the passenger seat. And, this being, of course we had a road-going rally rep in the shape of a 22B, thanks to the late, great Russell Bulgin. You can spot what’s missing though, can’t you?’‘Well, not exactly. In fact not at all. The car I wanted to select was new and it felt a bit of a cop-out, but I really wanted to pour my £2.
. I was still new to 911s – the 996 Carrera was the first I’d ever driven – and the GT3 had blown my mind when I’d driven it earlier in the year.’‘Well, things got worse before they got better.
‘And that’s how I got to drive Viscount Linley’s Carrera 2.7 RS for issue 13, which very much was the correct 911 into which to pour your last gallon of fuel. ‘I took the 996 home, though, which was fortuitous because someone used it as a brake when I was stationary at a set of traffic lights.’
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