{"id":36198,"date":"2020-08-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/ruf-the-limited-edition-2\/"},"modified":"2020-10-08T17:29:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T17:29:57","slug":"ruf-the-limited-edition-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.secret-classics.com\/en\/ruf-the-limited-edition-2\/","title":{"rendered":"RUF – The Limited Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Parallel to the gigantic trend in model cars (if the current 1\/8th scale models don’t have to be called ‘sculptures’), there is also a flourishing of extensive, in-depth and opulently equipped monographs and type and model series histories in Porsche literature. Now spring has arrived in the orchid garden: Bart Lenaerts, author and publisher, presents a two-volume work about the RUF manufactory, closely associated with the Porsche brand and yet always independent in every respect. RUF is often referred to as a “tuner”, which negates the fact that it was granted manufacturer status by the German Federal Motor Transport Authority as early as 1981, because after initially attempts at detail optimization and refinement of Porsche production vehicles, Alois Ruf and his small team of excellent specialists came up with ever more in-depth modifications and increasingly self-designed parts and assemblies.

Lenaerts designed his book in two volumes: Volume one, entitled “Alois and friends”, is the biography of the company and its owner in the form of an annual chronicle. Each chapter opens with a double-page title, designed and typographed by Art Director Tom Hautekiet in a manner typical of the time. The author tells the story of the company’s foundation by Ruf’s father in the post-war years, in small steps and with meticulous attention to detail. It is ‘narrated’ because Lennaerts had very direct access to Alois Ruf and instead of a series of facts, he presents a conclusive and enlightening story of daring, inventiveness, unconventional ideas and their (almost always) successful implementation, rounded off by numerous original quotations from Mr. Ruf. The work doesn’t leave out any side path, no matter how small, and the author also presents in detail even waypoints completely unknown to the aficionado.<\/p>\n\n\n

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