914.043.0945 - IMSA Race Car, From roller to racer Options

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Back in April 2009 I bought a real 914/6 that was raced in IMSA in 1979 and 1980.
This car was in storage since the late 1980s, in fact I had considered buying it back in 1990. Here is the car as it sat in Mark Kinnaman's (Bartlett 914) shop after I bought it.

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A little history on this racer… it started life as a standard 914/6 delivered in New Orleans LA in its original Light Ivory exterior color. It was damaged by a fallen tree and then acquired by Robert Overby. Sometime in the late 1970s it was sold to Sidney Smith, who was looking to build a race car to race in IMSA and SCCA.

The chassis was prepared by Chuck Gaa of GAACO, he was an accomplished fabricator of USAC, NASCAR and IMSA race cars. In 1981 Chuck took a 1972 911 and built the John Paul 935 (JLP-3) that won both 24 hrs of Daytona and Sebring in 1982.

This Photo was taken by Jan Hettler at the 1980 24 hrs of Daytona