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SKATTERBRANE · 11-27-2007, 11:21 AM

I have not heard of or seen a 1993 R8. The first R8s came in later 94 and only 50 were made and all painted by Murphy. Murphy painted the first 15 R7s in 93 and the first 25 R9s in 93 and all the 94 R7s and R9s until he left Nov 2, 1994, of which there are only 200 R9s that he finished in 1994. The remaining 150 (or so) R9s of 94 he did not paint. This was back when it was a CUSTOM shop and not just another manufacturing division, which now makes over 2000 R9s a year alone.

11-27-2007, 11:21 AM	#18 (permalink)
SKATTERBRANE V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,137	Re: History of Historics I have not heard of or seen a 1993 R8. The first R8s came in later 94 and only 50 were made and all painted by Murphy. Murphy painted the first 15 R7s in 93 and the first 25 R9s in 93 and all the 94 R7s and R9s until he left Nov 2, 1994, of which there are only 200 R9s that he finished in 1994. The remaining 150 (or so) R9s of 94 he did not paint. This was back when it was a CUSTOM shop and not just another manufacturing division, which now makes over 2000 R9s a year alone.