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Originally Posted by nthfinity
pretty cool you recieved a responce from the boys down at Ruf 
i imagine during thier early days, records werent so maticulously kept. props finding such a rare model |
Specials always seem to have skecthy records form the factory.
When we were trying to account for the true total number of RC45's produced, Honda reply was "about 1100 in total - we never kept track of either frames produced, engines assembled or "VIN numbers" assigned - toher than matching shipping records to customs documents of the the day"
To this day you will have a Swedish or German or Swiss or UK RC45 serial number X show up for sale, maybe even with Honda paperwork for the frame and engine number, but it will be a duplicate number to what someone else has.
It seems that Honda would send replacement frames and engines to the country where the team nneded spares, then the numbers would be stamped on the frame and engine to match the existing race teams bike so that they were legal as "road going bikes".
So unless you had an unraced still street chassis like i had, you never quite know which bike it is...
No wonder RUF can't tell you which car is which - they only made a few street going versions.