One colour.
Many chapters.

From a childhood memory
to a living archive.

For Laurenz, the founder of Coppaflorio Registry, the colour has a personal history. As a child, he rode in a Coppaflorio Blue 964 Turbo S Lightweight owned by his neighbour. The neighbour had bought it from its original owner, Christoph Fartak, a close friend of Laurenz’s family. The Fartaks’ collection included several remarkably individual cars in this same shade of blue.

Years later, Laurenz rediscovered Coppaflorio Blue and began learning more about Christoph’s cars. He got back in touch to ask about their configurations, the decisions behind them and the stories he remembered. Those conversations gave his childhood memories a deeper context.

In February 2024, Christoph lent Laurenz original Porsche photographs of the 993 GT2, then gifted them to him shortly afterwards. Laurenz also recalls receiving part of the car’s handbook. The photographs became the beginnings of an archive, with a separate folder for each car and a growing collection of images, specifications and correspondence.

Finding a subject of his own

Laurenz wanted to share something distinctive online. By then, he had already spent considerable time researching Coppaflorio cars and tracing their histories and custodians. He had also learned from Porsche about a tribute car to the 1996 911 GT (993). What began as a personal interest was becoming a subject he could document and share with others.

The photographs, conversations with Christoph and exchanges with fellow owners became the foundations of Coppaflorio Registry.

A thread through the Turbo generations

The Fartak family’s Coppaflorio Blue 930 Turbos form an early chapter. OG-CY 101 — CFBR No. 25, featured with P1 Cars — stands out for the dark blue pinstripes around its painted Fuchs wheels. Laurenz identifies it as the only family example with that detail. The recollections associate the idea with Anatole Lapine, although memories of the other cars’ wheel finishes vary.

The story continues through a beige-leather 964 Turbo, a 964 Turbo S Lightweight with Can-Can Red leather and the Can-Can Red 993 GT2. The later 996 Turbo adds another carefully considered combination: its order dated 15 February 2000 specifies Leather to Sample Rasant Blue, Metropol Blue carpets and Paint to Sample Coppa Florio. The accompanying special-wish documentation includes painted seat rails.

Conversations that
became friendships.

Finding the cars was only part of the appeal. Sharing their stories and getting to know the people behind them made the work on the registry personally rewarding.

From the Christmas markets to the Autobahn

When Ryan Campelson, the owner of CFBR No. 18, planned a family visit to Cologne’s Christmas markets, he and Laurenz arranged to meet. Laurenz invited the family over for coffee. Their time together ended with a midnight drive on the German Autobahn in a 992 Turbo — a fitting conclusion to a meeting that had begun with a shared interest in a colour.

A photograph opens another door

For the post introducing CFBR No. 4, Laurenz used photographs he had received from Christoph. He knew the 1991 964 Turbo belonged to Ferdi Porsche; its bespoke beige leather interior made it unmistakably one of the Fartak cars.

Some time after the post, Justin Roeser contacted Laurenz to explain that he had taken those photographs. Known in Porsche circles for his knowledge of colour, Justin became a valuable source of insight. Their conversations covered details such as Paint to Sample references on specification sheets, including L998, and grew into shared research on significant cars in many colours — well beyond Coppaflorio.

27 November 2025 — the 930 reappears

Justin shared two photographs of a Coppaflorio Blue 930 with Laurenz, asking that they remain private. Laurenz’s immediate reaction was disbelief: could this be the family car with the painted Fuchs wheels? Further conversations established that it was.

Pepe Massot of P1 Cars then contacted Laurenz to help clarify the car’s history and specification. Period photographs, research and close correspondence with Christoph helped the team bring OG-CY 101 back to its former presentation, including the distinctive finish of its Fuchs wheels. The original owner’s recollections and the surviving configuration documents helped reconnect the car with its story.

Pepe invited Laurenz to see the 930 in person. Their research became part of the P1 Cars collaboration, The Hidden Legend. A Shade. A Story. For Laurenz, a car once known through family memories and photographs had become a car he could finally encounter for himself.

A personal account by Laurenz, informed by family recollections, correspondence and archive research. Individual vehicle records distinguish documented specifications from recollections and historical ownership references.

Care in every record.