Sooo... I found the Hankook 993 GT2 drift car for sale in Lithuania.

"Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion" (herrquattro)
05/13/2020 at 23:00 • Filed to: None

In reality, I’m really excited I found this thing, I just had to share it with someone. Already tipped Bradley Brownell about it, aswell as JIC (builder) and Tyler McQuarrie (driver) . I’m really f-ing excited about this, since nobody else has seem to realized that this is THE car.

Here’s a parts list Jon Kaneda (owner of JIC/builder of the car) posted on a forum before he sold the car in 2011:

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and here’s the current listing from a shop in Lithuania called TRT Motorsport:

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The parts list is a dead ringer- the suspension has been changed to be track focused, but the engine (despite TRT claiming to have overhauled it- I doubt it) and everything is still there.

IMO it kinda looks like TRT is being really shady. The car is a 1996 Eurospec RS, not a real GT2... And they look like they’re taking credit for parts JIC custom fabrication, and they’re not properly disclosing the cars history. I mean- despite them claiming the car was overhauled only 3 years ago, they haven’t posted a single picture on their IG of it being worked on.

But here’s the custom intercooler on the JIC:

And heres the “custom” Intercooler on the TRT listing:

I mean even the creases are the same.

Even the order of the parts list is pretty much identical save for the suspension, which had been changed out for Ohlins, and 997 cup brake calipers.

DISCUSSION (11)

RallyWrench > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 03:04

Really excellent sleuthing here, certainly looks convincing. Wonder what the story is from 2011 to now? Even if it's "just" a 993 RS instead of a GT2 it's worth a serious chunk.

feather-throttle-not-hair > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 03:59

Damn, well done!

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > RallyWrench
05/14/2020 at 07:36

I suspect that there was likely an intermediate owner between 2011 and 2017, and they’re the ones who did all of the work on the car. The listing is throwing some red flags for me.

Then again I’ve never bought a race car before, so I wouldn’t know what to expect.

ihm96 > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 07:48

Love it. Bradley couldn’t be bothered to do any legwork haha, he just went in slamming commenters stating that it’s def been restored

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > ihm96
05/14/2020 at 10:21

Really the worse part is- if he had just looked up JIC Porsche 993, the very second result o n google was from Speedhunters (which he used a video clip from), with an interview with Jon Kaneda who owns the car. In the interview he says it’s a converted 1996 euro spec 993 RS.

Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t expecting him to spend the 3 hrs it took me to find the car (most of that time was just finding the forums), because I’m aware that they have article quotas and shit. But it was just the pretentious way he came off as automatically knowing better.

I did send him a polite email tip saying I found the car, but I have a sneaking suspicion that I won’t hear back.

ihm96 > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 10:45

I usually can just ignore this type of stuff but he really gets me worked up with how shit some of his takes are and how he just stubbornly has full confidence with zero thought out response or actual discussion.

It’s either agree and be a yes man and he comments or you critique it slightly and he just slams whoever it is as dumb, selfish, a jerk, etc.

Hardigree, ballaban, etc used to respond not with name calling but with actual discourse and I loved it! As a high schooler it was my favorite site to visit. Now we have this guy who claims cars shouldn’t be allowed to be sold that can go past 100mph. How does that fit the ethos of drive free or die?

Yes I drive a 240... Sort of > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 10:49

Sweet.

It’s pretty much the same car still which is cool to see.

Olego > ihm96
05/14/2020 at 10:53

OH YA MAN, NONE OF YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE PORSCHAH BUYERS ARE LIKE, I, THE AUTOMOTIVE JOURNALIST WHO IS OFTEN CRITICIZED FOR BAD TAKES, KNOW THEM MUCH BETTER THAN YOU!

In all honesty, though, Bradley can be a bitch about stuff pretty often. Like the car’s been beaten on, no shit collectors will figure that out and not pay up for it. Besides, drifters often keep their cars, as the original commentor who “started” the argument (Yes... I drive a 240... sort of (great name btw)) mentioned. The Yes I Drive a 240 guy also often posts photos of ultra exotics and says he lives and works in an uber rich area, so I’m trusting him more than a mediocre journalist.

Olego > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 10:54

I have a sneaking suspicion that Bradley will write a new article and not mention that he was wrong in the first one.

Bradley Brownell > Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion
05/14/2020 at 15:08

Well, you sent it at 9:30 last night, so I saved it to reply today. I guess no need now.

Herr Quattro - Has a 4-motion > Bradley Brownell
05/15/2020 at 07:12

Tbh, I figured you didn’t check your email because of how difficult it was to find (relatively, compared to other emails which are listed in the author box). Plus ur DMs on Twitter are closed. It comes off as u don’t want tips or info.

As far as everything else, my issue is that you spent more time arguing your claim, then you did actually researching your claim.

You’re right, if it was a real GT2 it would have been restored. But you didn’t even know if it was a real GT2. You (as-well as everyone else In the comment thread) jumped the gun in assuming what it was and wasn’t.

And I’m an asshole for automatically assuming the worse of you. And for that I’m sorry for that, it’s not fair.

As I said, I really wasn’t expecting you to track down the car like I did. I spent several hours tracking it down, because I have nothing better going on. But to double down on a claim you had no backing on is what I take issue with.

Ultimately, you can do with the info I sent you as you please. If you don’t want to run it because I’m an asshole, I get it.