Tom W

This is cross-posted from the 964 site, but since the Turtle now looks more like a 993 than a 963, I though you might enjoy a couple photos. I get to enjoy the real thing! (Still can't stop smiling ...)

Ok, I picked up the Turtle on Thursday afternoon and headed to Sears Point/Infineon to go for a sedate Sunday drive...

My first reaction to seeing the completed car was a simple "DAMN!". It was a good thing. The car is beautiful and runs a 'tad faster than you might expect out of a Turtle. I took the digital camera with be, but as fate would have it, the battery was dead and I had not packed a spare. The good news is that David Wong was there to photograph the events (TrackMasters on Friday and PCA/GGR on Saturday and Sunday). Some of David's photos of me follow.

Top of Turn 2:


Turn 11:


Heading down the carousel (Turn 6):


Just putt-putting along


Eating a Miata for lunch:


One down and one to go ...


So, some promised information. If you strip out most everything you get to about 2500 lbs. The car is 2535 with 1/8th of a tank of gas and no driver weight added. The body work came from Getty Design and was installed by the folks at Jerry Woods. The old paint work was in sad shape and the repainted Amazon Green was almost too nice to take out onto the track - it's been broken in now. The guys at Jerry Wodds did an incredible job and Rich Walton came out Friday and Saturday to ensure all was going well. It did and I still haven't stopped smiling.

Oh, I have never managed to get to an event at Sears Point before. My loss as it is superb and that's an understatement. I have no comparison to the "old" Turtle since I'd not run there before, but I was running 1:54's on Saturday as I got used to it.

Rennlist was very well represented, there were at least a dozen of us there!

chris walrod

Tom, WOW is all I can say!! Great looking car with some serious sneaker on her!!! WOW!

Thanks for the great pics in anger

viperbob

It looks grat Tom... Congrats. I know the old turtle spirit is still there though....

FisterD

The turtle looks awesome! Wouldn't even recognize it as the same car. Great pics , also!

Air Kuul TT

OMG... Tom. The Turtle looks very mean. I think you might have to come up with a new name. Congrats.

c993k

Tom, your car looks stunning! I really like it. Chris

Bradford

Congrats Tom...the car looks great!

Bogwan

Beautiful, agressive look!

DJF1

damn Tom, that is a far cry from the car I rode in a couple of years ago! awesome!

pcar964

what a transformation!! Prepare to catch some flak from the guys in the 964 forum though, you took a perfectly good 964 and gave it 993 plastic surgery - that's akin to heresy over there

The Turtle is dead... long live the Turtle!

Tom W

Guys: Thanks for the kind words.

Tony: Think your lovely wife will want another ride? I look forawrd to seeing you both agin soon (hopefully).

Danny: It is a very different beast. While it's fatter, it's sooo much lighter and responsive. I was politely chastised for lack of smoothness in my driving and told if I wold clean up my act and be smoother and stay on the line better, I'd drop from 1:54 to 1:48 by a guy I'm going to have to trust.

Bob: Cosmetic surgery doesn't affect the heart (but it does have effects).

Kim: That was a great day (as was Saturday)! Will you be at Thunderhill in early March?

Wreck Me Otter

Tom: You mean with TM? No, I will be racing at LS as a support race to the A1GP that weekend. Very few DE's once racing season starts.

Tom W

Kim: I meant racing with NASA. I forgot you already had told me about the LS race. I look forward to a race date in common.

mooty

dayum. that 's nice tom.

Edward

"Wow" is an understatement! "Superb" is an understatement! "You've got a real gem" is an understatement! I am in awe. Nice!!!

Edward