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Der Flamingo: A Pink Porsche 911 that Roars

What started life as a green Porsche 911 Turbo has been reborn as a bubblegum-pink 911, affectionately nicknamed Flamingo. But don’t let the playful paint job fool you. Beneath the surface lies a fire-breathing beast powered by a 3.8-liter turbocharged flat-six. With more than enough oomph and a featherweight 1,020 kg curb weight, this car is less Flamingo and more wolf in sheep’s clothing.

Commissioned by none other than Jean-Pierre Kraemer, the Flamingo now resides in his own Pace Museum in Dortmund. While JP is known for his hands-on approach to car projects, this time he entrusted the experts at AP-Car-Design.

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The story began in 2021 when JP visited AP-Car-Design’s workshop in Göttingen, Germany. That visit planted the seed for what would become his ultimate 964. The base was a green 964 Turbo, stripped to bare metal before being painstakingly rebuilt. The centerpiece of the transformation? A newly minted 3.8-liter turbo engine, ensuring this Porsche is as fast as it is striking.

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Porsche RWB “Kimera” at the Essen Motor Show

Do you remember seeing your first RWB kitted Porsche? I do, it was the Porsche Stella Artois named after Nakai-Sans favorite beer. In my blogging days even before we started the Speedhunters project in 2008 there was a blog called Auto Otaku run by Mike Garrett. He was the man in Japan who showed us the car culture first hand. He had access to a scene we could only dream of. Mike showed us the RWB cars while they raced on Tsukuba during the numerous Idlers events. And one of those cars was Nakai-san’s personal 1985 Porsche 930.

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