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factory GT bracing in the passenger footwell? |
bradtho |
May 22 2015, 05:52 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
I had the pleasure of going to Amelia Island this year and have a ton of pics of the cars that were there. They cycle through my desktop backgrounds. Anyway, today this shot rolled by and I noticed the additional box section along the floor in passenger footwell.
This particular picture is of #2 which was part of the 1-2-3 nurburgring finish Anyway, just curious if the GT experts knew what this was about, was this added to strengthen the chassis? |
bradtho |
May 22 2015, 05:53 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
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bradtho |
May 22 2015, 05:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
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rgalla9146 |
May 22 2015, 06:32 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,545 Joined: 23-November 05 From: Paramus NJ Member No.: 5,176 Region Association: None |
Check the Beetle hand brake in pic #1 ..... center mount !
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SirAndy |
May 22 2015, 07:46 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,606 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
I mounted my fuelpump in that exact spot, maybe that's what they were doing too ...
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pete000 |
May 22 2015, 10:02 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,885 Joined: 23-August 10 From: Bradenton Florida Member No.: 12,094 Region Association: South East States |
Notice the cigarette lighter in the #1 pic. !
I heard the drivers would smoke during the long straightaways at LeMans, they were so bored running flat out getting lapped by the 917s. |
Dave_Darling |
May 22 2015, 10:21 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,981 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
This particular picture is of #2 which was 6th overall at LeMans (first in its class) and was part of the 1-2-3 nurburgring finish... Those are two separate cars. The Le Mans car was sponsored by Sonauto (mostly white paint scheme) and is owned by a private party in Southern California now. The VIN is 9140431020. The Nurburgring (Marathon de la Route) car is orange, and the VIN is 9140432542. I think it is still owned by the Collier Collection? Some photos: Sonauto car Collier car --DD |
bradtho |
May 23 2015, 11:07 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 266 Joined: 22-December 09 From: Seattle, WA Member No.: 11,165 Region Association: None |
Those are two separate cars. The Le Mans car was sponsored by Sonauto (mostly white paint scheme) and is owned by a private party in Southern California now. The VIN is 9140431020. The Nurburgring (Marathon de la Route) car is orange, and the VIN is 9140432542. I think it is still owned by the Collier Collection? --DD Thanks Dave, you're absolutely right. I make no claims to be an expert on the GT's. I misread the placard in front of the car at Amelia. I didn't catch that the first several sentences were about 914's in general. I updated the original post for correctness. the morning sun was reflecting off the signs so I had to purposely put my shadow on them to get the text! note that the bumper is painted black (and chipped) but the red is like a bedliner. |
Jeff Hail |
May 23 2015, 11:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,141 Joined: 3-May 07 From: LA/ CA Member No.: 7,712 |
The second car with the Sebring placard on the dash. That's not bracing, its where the bulkhead was modified to squeeze an oil tank in behind the sway bar.
Its very effective since you do not have a high spot in the line flow to hump oil over. Attached image(s) |
EdwardBlume |
May 24 2015, 06:37 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 12,338 Joined: 2-January 03 From: SLO Member No.: 81 Region Association: Central California |
Many race 914s built by enthusiasts would have a roll bar brace forward bolting into the floor. This was less than ideal for two reasons: the floor isn't strong enough not to compromise in a roll over, second, the floor doesn't adequately brace the chassis.
My old gray 914 AX car had its forward brace into the long. During a hard corner sometimes I would hold onto it. I swear I could feel it tense up and lighten back in a straight and suspension wise, that car was dialed in. Otherwise, I know nothing. |
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