Porsche 911 RWB (993), Gulf #13, leather base

Gulf Oil's light blue and orange became racing colours through John Wyer's team, whose Ford GT40s won Le Mans in 1968 and 1969 and whose Porsche 917s carried the same scheme in 1970 and 1971. On an RWB 993 the colours sit on a very different kind of Porsche: Akira Nakai's widebody conversion of the last air-cooled 911, with arches riveted on by hand, a deep front bumper with open mesh intakes and a tall wing on swan neck supports. This one is dressed as a period race car, with the number 13 in a white roundel on both doors, PORSCHE spelled out in blue on the orange sill band, and Goodyear, Shell, Brembo and Sabelt logos on the flanks.

The model is finished in gloss light blue, with the orange stripe running over the roof and down the bonnet into the Gulf roundel. The wheels have black five-spoke centres inside polished lips, on tyres lettered idlers, and an orange roll cage fills the cabin behind two Recaro seats. RAUH-Welt runs across the top of the windscreen, and an RWB plate is fixed between twin tailpipes. The Gulf graphics are a livery only and imply no link with the company. It stands on black leather stitched in orange over an orange plinth, and the brushed plaque carries the ivymage logo, 993 RWB and the edition, one of 20. It is made by IVY under its ivymage name.