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| VegasRacer |
 Aug 27 2003, 08:46 AM
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ELVIRA  Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,527 Joined: 27-March 03 From: Between Scylla and Charybdis Member No.: 481 Region Association: None 
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What can you tell me about this car?
Was the conversion done the right way? Is it more than just an auto-x monster? Attached image(s) 
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| nine14cats |
Aug 27 2003, 08:51 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
The car you mention is owned by a PCA-GGR owner who ended up moving to hawaii. He's got the car up for sale for ~$20K...Brad knows the car and I've seen it up close at both auto-x's and TT's. The car is very fast and seems to be sorted. It has a 3.6 993 in it and a 915 box.
I believe Brad mentioned that the conversion was done right, but to clean up the car an make it sweet, you would need to pull everything out and go through it. But if you want to have a fast car out of the box, this thing seems to be a great deal given how much I have spent on my car (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) Bill |
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| drew365 |
Aug 27 2003, 08:57 AM
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These are the good old days! Group: Members Posts: 2,004 Joined: 29-December 02 From: Sunny So. Cal. Member No.: 37 |
Does the targa top fit on that car? The roll bar looks pretty high. In our POC events we have to run with the top on.
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| nine14cats |
Aug 27 2003, 09:00 AM
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Bill Pickering -- 914-6 GT aka....Leeloo Group: Members Posts: 2,618 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Campbell, CA Member No.: 287 Region Association: None |
I've seen the top locked on the car. In TT's they run it with the top on. The car hauls ass on the tracks...and I think when it was running auto-x's it recorded several TTOD's. (That's hearsay, I wasn't running when it was being auto-x'd....) but I can believe it.
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| Randal |
Aug 27 2003, 10:22 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,446 Joined: 29-May 03 From: Los Altos, CA Member No.: 750 |
I've watched it secure many TTOD and even up close it looks good. Very fast.
Tobias Olney is the owner. He was running LM class and it was either him or Larry Sharp, in his 914, that typically won TTOD. Nice thing about the car is that ithe engine is mostly stock, but has gobs of HP and Torque. |
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| Dave_Darling |
Aug 27 2003, 10:37 AM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 15,002 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California 
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Yup, that's Tobias' car. It's an original Six, and had a warmed-over carb'ed 3.3L motor in it when he bought it. Nobody could get the carbs working correctly, and the motor burned itself up in short order. So he threw a whole lotta $$ at it and had a stock Vario-Ram equipped 993 3.6L motor installed. ("A whole lot" means more than he's asking for the whole car now.) I think Bauer in Oakland did the installation.
That thing is wicked fast! He let me take a fun-run in it once, when he only had 215s under it. Not nearly enough tire... I'm the only one I know of to ever start an autoX run backwards!! --DD |
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| richardL |
Sep 6 2003, 04:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 713 Joined: 27-January 03 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 201 Region Association: None |
Here is the ad:
http://www.craigslist.org/eby/car/15763805.html (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wub.gif) Richard |
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| seanery |
Sep 6 2003, 05:11 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
That looks like a helluva car for the price!
If only I had some dough laying around! |
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| machina |
Sep 6 2003, 06:07 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 2,030 Joined: 21-June 03 From: Miami Beach, FL Member No.: 848 |
drew,
my main hoop is high like that as well and the top fits perfect. The panel actually sits on top of the targa bar which is why the hoop looks so high when the panel is removed. If the car ever does roll you will be glad the fabricator knew what he was doing. dr (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ph34r.gif) |
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