How Many Challenge Stradales have the Racing Stripe ???

I understand there were 1200 CS cars made for world-wide market, and I heard 353 to 360 CS cars came to USA (or maybe North America). Please offer correction if this is not accurate.

Does anyone know how many USA CS cars had the factory Racing Stripe option?

Or, do you know who to contact with this question?

Trivia: on my CS window sticker the option is called: THREE COLOURED RACING STIPE $5,479. (COLOURED is their spelling)

Racing Stripe in question shown next under.
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Hi Jodi, Yep same CDM. In the past, in addition to a bunch of Porsches, I briefly tracked a Honda S2000 (Red, of course) and a Lotus Elise (Red, of course).

I still am drawn to both of those cars and continually toy with the idea of getting one or the other again. I think a Red S2000 with a stripe similar to the Stardale would look cool. Instead of a Red and Green stripe, I would do a Red and Blue stripe within the white stripe.

Editing this post, I just realized, I could buy both a S2000 and Elise for about 1/2 the cost of a 1999 360 Modena. Hmmm, something to think about.

Jodi, I see you have a Boxster. I tracked one of those as well. Great car but my engine froze at 3,400 miles and I moved on. I'm sick that I sold my 1998 C2S. Silver/Black with all options and low/low miles. Tried to buy it back. No luck. The new buyer knew what he had.

Hey, wait a second, AM I HIJACKING MY OWN THREAD!!!!!!!!

Please, someone tell me how many USA Challenge Stradales have the factory option Racing Stripe. After-market decals don't count. There. We are back on point.
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If you came out of Porsche Concours, you'll know IT MUST HAVE BEEN PUT ON BY THE ZUFFINITES, IN ZUFFENHOUSEN, or you won't be welcome at lunch.

If you came out of any rice machine (is it rice or Rice?) and you fail to lower, add double stripes and a straight pipe, you'll be shunned at the Arco AM-PM lunch stop.

If you came out of Corvettes, after-market stripes are OK, but only in conjunction with fender flames. More important is: If you used just one non-OEM screw from Pep Boys under a carpet deep in the bowels of the trunk , you'll be drummed out of the club.

If you came out of Lotus, you might get by with it, but only if you paint the wheels black, and BTW, they must be after-market wheels.

Jags and MG. It's really academic as they seldom venture beyond garage display. It's not the owners fault they won't run. Show some sympathy.

If you purchase a fiftyish 250 GTE and spend 2 million on a Scagletti or Bizzarinni rebody, that's fine, cool, no problem.

BUT DON'T F--K WITH MY STRADALE STRIPE.

In future, carrying a certified copy of your original window sticker showing the Racing Stripe will become mandatory.

PS My apologies if I failed to p-ss-off any particular motoring group. The omission was unintentional.
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I predict, down the road, the 2004 Challenge Stradale will have become a highly sought after collector car.

And furthermore, as the Brit politicians like to say, I predict an original OEM Racing Stripe will add substantial value to the price of the car. Even in 2006, I would only buy a CS with a stripe. Years hence, collectors will pay a big premium for striped cars. It is THE SIGNATURE of the car in terms of collecting.

As a collector car, like the Porsche 1973 RS, and only a few other lightweights, the limited edition Challenge Stradale with all options will hold good value over lesser CS cars.

I'm not real current on the '73 RS, but I think some cars go for 100K while others go for 200K. I'm told the optional Carrera decal is essential to bring all the money.

The CS, like the '73 RS, will take awhile for the great unwashed to realize how special this car is. I bought one, and didn't realize how special it is until I read the hardback brochure.

Yes, yes, I know. If there is a F430 CS, all bets are off.

 

Note: everything is correct on my car except paint.
The paint is Corsa Red


VIN: correct: ZFFDU57A140137862
Rosso Scuderia: wrong my car is Corsa Red
Stripe: correct: Yes
Calipers: correct: Yellow
Interior: correct: Black Leather
Stitching: correct: Red
Mileage: correct: 1,403