Cogito_Ergo_Zoom

Hello gents,

First post on Rennlist and hoping to get some advice from some of the knowledgable folks here.

Some quick background: I'm an American that's been living and working overseas for the last 10 year in Singapore. I'll be returning to my home state of Texas in about a month and I have an opportunity to pick up a 74 911 from a friend for a pretty decent price.

It's not an all original car (it's got a 3.2 in it), so I thought it would be fun to make it a project car and maybe turn it into an RS/RSR clone or something similar. Something like this is what I'm thinking: http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/pr...36l-dme-clone/

I have two questions I hope you can help me with:

1) What's a reasonable budget to do something similar? (Assume the chassis doesn't require a lot of rust repair, etc.)

2) Does anyone have a recommendation for a shop in the Texas area with a good reputation to do something like this? Who's the best for this kind of job?


Thanks in advance!

Marc

User 4221

In what part of TX are you located?

Cogito_Ergo_Zoom

I'll be in Austin.

llangston1

Take it to Mike Callas at Rennsport in Sealy Tx. He does some good work on the older cars.

Cogito_Ergo_Zoom

Thanks, Llangston. I've heard they have a great reputation and are top flight air-cooled gurus.

Do they also have the capacity / desire to do ground-up restoration or "hot rod" projects as well, paint / bodywork, on-site machining, etc?

User 4221

There is another small shop in San Antonio..... If my brain cooperates and remembers the name, I will post back.

He does service work, restorations and race cars.

Cogito_Ergo_Zoom

Thanks, Scott. Is it Jones Autowerks you're referring to?

User 4221

Yes, it is Jones. Here's their info.

If they cannot do the work I'm sure they know somebody who can.

Bob Jones
Jones Autowerks
San Antonio, Texas
jonesautowerks@sbcglobal.net
(210)-657-1111.

scott watkins

Yes, Mike and Warren can help you. I would plan a drive down to Mike's shop to look around and discuss your project.