Ninco Porsche Jagermeister 934 - RARE Long Out of Production - $190.00

This is my personal racer.  Used, modified and RARE.  I'm willing to part with this rare collectible that was manufactured in Spain.   I have the original NINCO unlabled box.  This has a powerful NINCO NC-5 motor and with the mods I made, it is a very controllable and fast racer on the Scalextric track.   The car came stock with Ninco's 'Pro-Shocks'.  The car is meticulously detailed and beautiful.  I have added magnets on the exterior rear where it is visible in the photos.  However, (if a buyer were interested, I would remove the magnets, without any marring of the model restoring it to the original condition).

"Is the Porsche 934 Jagermeister of Ninco discontinued?" 

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The following dialogue is an answer and discussion posed by the Spanish enthusiast website slotcar adictos in March 2005  

"If  you have a question about any car from Ninco, the best way to clarify is send an e-mail asking for information. (ninco.com),  The only answer that I give is this: It is the company policy not to report the units manufactured.  It's easy to guess why, NINCO reserves the decision to produce more units depending on the success they've had in that car in a particular market".

Front View -Note the details on the headlight glass by clicking on the image.

What NINCO does is tease out small batches of this model, especially exports and do so through very specific distributors and areas.  The policy is different in Spain since it is Spain's domestic market.  Spanish collectors all know the story of the famous white Subaru Prorace that disappeared in it's day, and was practically impossible to find.  

But it  reappeared abroad, disappeared again, and now it's back in the Spanish market, again. (03, 2005) 

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Note wheel details - click on image

"These cars cost over 50 euros for their initial release, and now are worth over 100 euros. 
How is this possible?  A car so sought after, with so few units available, now cost 150 to 200 euros".

Crisp printing details

"There was a great demand for this car in Spain, which made Ninco.   Then everyone was talking about a car that has been discontinued, the proof is that the first release was the small box and outer cardboard, which were then discontinued.  The new box design no longer wore the outer carton, but carried the plastic wrap inside".  The (Porsche Guatemala), was Ninco's first small box, and also the last in the big box.   It is also true that Ninco's first printing brought no more cars to market in this configuration."

You can see evidence of the Hot Glue attaching the necessary magnets in the photo, above.  Click on image for detailed view

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Ninco is certain what it does for certain models gains the acceptance by the public.  For example, their are two versions of the White Clio, a green and yellow Mercedes Classe C, a red and silver Alfa Romeo clio packaged in crystal display boxes.  What make these cars hard to find is the fact that Ninco no longer produces these units, making it popular and reach fame levels among collectors.  A company policy which Ninco knows intimately.

"It is company policy not to disclose the units produced."   Fly makes a number of units and no more are built.   If you ask Fly by e-mail, they will tell you that, Fly company's policy are not hiding the data.  Other manufactures produce many more models while limited model offerings are produced by Ninco.  Fewer models offered, but Ninco makes up for it on longer production runs."

A company can not afford to make fewer models per year and generate large production runs, due to risking acceptance in the marketplace.   It would have to eat half of the production, so it's going to manufacture what is selling.  In the event that a car has a lot of success, such as the Porsche Jagermeister, if the stores run out of inventory and their is not enough time to replace it, unhappy retailers abroad is the result.  It is a rare occurrence domestically since you will see more samples in retail outlets here in Spain.  

Editado por slotcar , Viernes, 4 de Marzo de 2005, 02:09 slotcar , Friday, March 4, 2005, 2:09

 

Leads to the 997 RS

For the 1976 season, the FIA devided sportscar racing in six classes; Group 1 through 6, with Group 6 being the full-bore prototype racers. Porsche had been the dominant force in what was now known as the Group 4 class, but a new car was needed to continue the success. To be eligible for Group 4 at least 400 road cars had to be built within 2 years and the dimensions of the racing version could not be different from the road car it was derived from. Very few modifcations compared to the road car were allowed, except for those to increase safety like the installation of a fuel cell and a roll cage. To even the competion, displacement was tied to a minimum weight, from 495 kg with less than 500cc to 1270 kg for over 6000cc.
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Porsche's entry in GT-racing in the first half of the 1970 consisted of the 911 RS and RSR models. These were powered by Naturally Aspirated engines of up to 3 litres. However, these models were unlikely to be homologated, because of their limited production numbers, so a new car was needed. In 1975 the new 930 (911 Turbo) model was launched and this would form the base for the new Group 4 racer, aptly named 934. The displacement of Turbocharged engines are multiplied by 1.4 to get the normally aspirated equivalent displacement, this mean that the 3 litre Turbo engine placed the new Group 4 car in the 4000 - 4500 cc class. When Porsche designed the 930, the competition version was already anticipated and many components like the clutch and gearbox were made much stronger than needed for the 260 bhp 930, an ingenious way to evade the non-modification rule.

To comply with the regulations, the 934 would have to weigh at least 1120kg. This was easily achieved by removing most of the interior and weight was brought down to 1090kg even with the electric windows still in place. In race trim it was balasted to 1120 kg. Major modifications to the engine were not allowed, but due to the nature of Turbocharged engines, a higher output is fairly easily achieved. In Group 4 trim the 3 litre engine was good for a tarmac blistering 480 bhp and equipped with larger valves in 1977 over 550 bhp was reached.
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In competition, the 934 picked up where the 911 RSR had left off, by winning the European GT championship in the hands of Toine Hezemans and on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, George Follmer was TransAm champion with a 934. Although Porsche's interests wandered from Group 4 racing to Group 5 racing where the 935 was decimating the competion, the 934 kept on winning in the last years of the 1970s. Most notable are the three successive class victories at Le Mans from 1977 to 1979.

Pictured is a Valiant livered 934, it seen here on the Spa Franchorchamps track where it took part in the Group C revival race which was part of the 2003 RMU Classic weekend.

Article by Wouter Melissen 

  Courtesy of Ultimate Car Page