How much 'em I looking at a rolling chassis fer?
Addict
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 37,754
Likes: 15
From: Alta Loma Alone
Just google image search "911 backdate" for ideas. There is always a thread or two going on Pelican too.
My interior cues include the MOMO Prototipo wheel, RSR door cards, Perlon felt carpet, backseat delete, tilted gauges, clock delete/warning light, adjustable gas pedal, and not much more. Gives the impression of being a purpose built and period correct euro touring car. Once the center console it out she will be good to go. Unfortunately my wife loves the stock seats or I'd have rusnak's old Racaro seats installed already.
Go with what you like. If there is one thing Mangus Walker has done for the hobby it's give license to the rest of us to go with whatever moves us.
My interior cues include the MOMO Prototipo wheel, RSR door cards, Perlon felt carpet, backseat delete, tilted gauges, clock delete/warning light, adjustable gas pedal, and not much more. Gives the impression of being a purpose built and period correct euro touring car. Once the center console it out she will be good to go. Unfortunately my wife loves the stock seats or I'd have rusnak's old Racaro seats installed already.
Go with what you like. If there is one thing Mangus Walker has done for the hobby it's give license to the rest of us to go with whatever moves us.
Rennlist Member
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 12,312
Likes: 10
From: Roseville, CA
Not the first thread I've posted 911 #1 in, but what I was doing when I was 19. Many, many PCA and POC time trial cars were the inspiration, as well as an old IROC that had been cast aside into SCCA Club Racing that happened to get towed in by some stoner dude on an open trailer behind a beat up '60s Chevy pickup down at Willow one race.
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,740
Likes: 2
From: Belmont Shore in Long Beach CA
I found the Longhood Friday: 964 backdates and other retro ideas thread but that's the wrong model; yet provides inspiration none the less. Some awesome kit going on their!
Further, I would like to know where Moal he got the upholstery done for that fighter plane inspired rod he did. For doing hot rods, Coddington and many others have absolutely nothing on his designs.
Oh and the comment on the 915 Gearbox, isn't that because they are pretty much the standard, comparatively easy to work on in comparison to newer trannys and just plain cheaper new and with core exchange?
Oh and on a side note it seems I want to vomit each time I hear Retro and Mod in the same sentence. It's even tougher to see the crap with them, that is on TV, compared to hotrods nowadays. For instance when watching Mecum Auctions - sometimes I feel they need to be more selective on what they let in their auctions.
Further, I would like to know where Moal he got the upholstery done for that fighter plane inspired rod he did. For doing hot rods, Coddington and many others have absolutely nothing on his designs.
Oh and the comment on the 915 Gearbox, isn't that because they are pretty much the standard, comparatively easy to work on in comparison to newer trannys and just plain cheaper new and with core exchange?
Oh and on a side note it seems I want to vomit each time I hear Retro and Mod in the same sentence. It's even tougher to see the crap with them, that is on TV, compared to hotrods nowadays. For instance when watching Mecum Auctions - sometimes I feel they need to be more selective on what they let in their auctions.
Last edited by Tacet-Conundrum; May 23, 2014 at 09:23 PM.
Rennlist Member
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 12,312
Likes: 10
From: Roseville, CA
Yes. '68 Coupe with a faux 2.0S engine that failed on me during one of those "Cannonball" type 12 hour road rallies we used to run. What's an 18 year old with no prior mechanical experience to do? Said here many times, Woods, Anderson, Pasha, and an old German who would get drunk and tell me stories about being on a tank under Rommel all encouraged me. Oh, and said German had a 2.8L RSR engine that came from somewhere in a '72 Targa. So I got the bug on what fast was. Back then, anyway.
Scrounged up a 2.0S engine in pieces, the case of which was needed for a Daytona effort in a GTU 914-6, and had at it. Then a 2.7L core came along for what we'd all come to know as the generic RS engine upgrade. Wrap the best LA chopper gun fiberglass you could get at the time around that short wheelbase chassis, plop in some Recaros that were excess from the Mustang Turbo in '80 (this guy in Berkeley bought probably 50 pairs that we put in everything from my 911 to the lowliest 510), mount some Gotti wheels (what that IROC car had)......and a $400 paint job later I had a really fun car for my college days.
Scrounged up a 2.0S engine in pieces, the case of which was needed for a Daytona effort in a GTU 914-6, and had at it. Then a 2.7L core came along for what we'd all come to know as the generic RS engine upgrade. Wrap the best LA chopper gun fiberglass you could get at the time around that short wheelbase chassis, plop in some Recaros that were excess from the Mustang Turbo in '80 (this guy in Berkeley bought probably 50 pairs that we put in everything from my 911 to the lowliest 510), mount some Gotti wheels (what that IROC car had)......and a $400 paint job later I had a really fun car for my college days.
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,740
Likes: 2
From: Belmont Shore in Long Beach CA
Wuuh Boy, 510 Datsuns are now very rare even for southern California.
I remember when the hoodlums use to steal Fieros for their seats because they had the speakers in the headrest. 99% of the time those seats would end up in VW Bugs in the early 90's. At least Socal...
I remember when the hoodlums use to steal Fieros for their seats because they had the speakers in the headrest. 99% of the time those seats would end up in VW Bugs in the early 90's. At least Socal...
I haddah Google dat
Rennlist Member
Rennlist Member
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 11,501
Likes: 5
From: Fresno, CA
Yeah the "Outlaw" thing has been going on since the 1960-70s. Anyone recall the name Gary Emory? http://www.partsobsolete.com/index.p...ask=view&id=19
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
Rennlist Stories
The Best Porsche Posts for Porsche Enthusiasts
Every Era of 911 Owner Explained in One Sentence
Verdad Gallardo
Thinking of Buying a Porsche? Do These 10 Things First
Joe Kucinski
Pixar Pals Turned Into 1-of-1 Porsches!
Michael S. Palmer
Theon Goes Full Carbon Fiber With Stunning New Build
Verdad Gallardo
Genius Porsche-Themed Gifts That'll Make Any Dad or Grad Smile
Joe Kucinski
10 Used Porsches Are Selling for Way Too Cheap
Joe Kucinski
Tuner Is Converting Porsche 911s Into Shooting Brakes
Verdad Gallardo
This Coachbuilt Creation Is A Modern Take on the Legendary Porsche 917
Verdad Gallardo
Is This Convertible Cayenne A Steal, Or A Returnless Investment?
Verdad Gallardo
Addict
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 37,754
Likes: 15
From: Alta Loma Alone
Yeah the "Outlaw" thing has been going on since the 1960-70s. Anyone recall the name Gary Emory? http://www.partsobsolete.com/index.p...ask=view&id=19
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/pts/4483707749.html
Thread Starter
Drifting
Joined: Jul 2009
Posts: 2,740
Likes: 2
From: Belmont Shore in Long Beach CA
Yeah the "Outlaw" thing has been going on since the 1960-70s. Anyone recall the name Gary Emory? http://www.partsobsolete.com/index.p...ask=view&id=19
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
Not to lecture anyone here, but it's a real injustice to give credit to Magnus for that, although he does sort of fit the R-Gruppe motif.
Have fun Saturday morning y'all, I have my weekly meetings to attend as well.
Last edited by Tacet-Conundrum; Jun 3, 2014 at 04:23 PM.
Rennlist Member
Joined: Feb 2004
Posts: 12,312
Likes: 10
From: Roseville, CA
Can't specifically comment on what was going on in So Cal, but I bumped straight on into it when I'd made my way into the POC scene when I moved to AZ to finish college in '83.
