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Old 04-16-2017, 01:55 PM
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Originally Posted by G55amg
Hello Colin
I was not following the forum for a while, today I was looking around and stubble into this thread and what a big surprise.
The more I look at the pictures of the 9m64ST the more I love the car.
I'm really looking forward the #2 car photos and special #3 car is going to be an epic dream car!!
Thank you
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Well, I'm so glad you're getting to like it more and more. Like anything of value, the details, fit and finish grow on you the more you look at it - and that's the view of the owner as well.

9m64ST#2 (photos below) is going off to be paint stripped next week ahead of the fabrication. Hopefully we will be starting on #3 real soon!
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Old 04-21-2017, 10:29 AM
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Lots of focus on "longhood" backdates, but I think I'd be tempted by this kit instead....






Old 04-21-2017, 11:03 AM
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Singer stepping it up!










nice finish on the intake system


With oil tank feeder...


without oil tank feeder...
Old 04-21-2017, 11:51 AM
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Loving that DP '74 3.0 RSR.

I think what DP gets right that many others miss is putting period-correct wheel diameters on their cars.

It's bad enough that 964s (especially narrow cars) can't properly pull off a nice lip due to offset, then folks double down on the suckage by using a 17" or 18" wheel.
Old 04-21-2017, 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Vandit
Loving that DP '74 3.0 RSR.......
Love it too, but it needs the correct whale tail for me......
Old 04-21-2017, 11:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Earlydays
Love it too, but it needs the correct whale tail for me......
Don't the aero mirrors also seem an anachronism? With those sorted and the right tail, very cool !!

EDIT: More like this...tail and mirrors...







Or, HERE !!


Old 04-22-2017, 12:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Super90
Don't the aero mirrors also seem an anachronism?
A bit, along with the 996 seats. But I actually think the duck tail is the one universal tale that can look good on literally any generation. I would be more bothered if it were a newer tail than an older one.
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Originally Posted by tjb616
A bit, along with the 996 seats. But I actually think the duck tail is the one universal tale that can look good on literally any generation. I would be more bothered if it were a newer tail than an older one.
To my mind, Earlydays has it right. Matching the 1974 RSR flares and all with the earlier RS ducktail just looks odd. They were not longhood, narrower bodied cars any longer.




Everyone has different tastes though...
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Sacrilege, maybe. But I actually enjoy ducks more on wider cars than narrower ones. Especially 964s.
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Here is one that we made earlier (which is now racing in Malaysia).

Based on a 9m64RS, all carbon fibre bodywork just do a search on 9m11RS to find the full build thread.
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Originally Posted by NineMeister
Here is one that we made earlier (which is now racing in Malaysia).

Based on a 9m64RS, all carbon fibre bodywork just do a search on 9m11RS to find the full build thread.
Spot on!!! Very nice!!
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Originally Posted by Super90
Don't the aero mirrors also seem an anachronism? With those sorted and the right tail, very cool !!

EDIT: More like this...tail and mirrors...








Or, HERE !!


Great picture,
The body of the red car is my favourite, no guter, flush rear windows, no side pods trims, and that rear bumper with the exhaust going through is really well though .
Thanks for posting the picture .
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Originally Posted by NineMeister
After reading every page of this epic thread (64 and counting) I figured that it would be OK if I posted photos of the Ninemeister 9m64ST. Clearly the 9m64ST is our interpretation of a "retro-styled" 911 based on the 964 platform, number 1 shown here was built to a customer commission and was recently featured in GT Porsche magazine. Since then we have been commissioned to build another three 9m64ST which are all currently on-going in the workshop, each one uniquely tailored to suit the requirements of the individual owners. Our aim is simple. To build great looking and driving early bodied 911's that will be used for its intended purpose - a real, honest driver's car that demands to be driven and enjoyed.

The ethos behind the car was a simple one. Whilst I believe I've got a good eye for design and instinctively know what looks "right" and what doesn't, as long as I live I will never be as good a designer as Butzi, so from the get-go I was absolutely clear that we had to avoid any temptation to re-interpret the classic 911 lines which Ferdinand Alexander got so right back in 1964. That said, what I think we are good at is engineering, hence we focussed our talents at how we could re-engineer the 964 chassis to achieve the perfect long hood body look without losing the delicacy and proportion of the early 1970's design. We also made the decision not to make superfluous attempts to disguise the 964 origin of the car - much in the same way that the Weissach engineers prepared and developed the original ST and subsequent RS models for their life in motorsport.

Anyway, enough of my ramblings for now, here's the car, let me know what you think:
It looks right, ac pipes and oil pipes out in the open and in black but tucked in great to the eye proportions good. It´s wide but looks good! Great job!!
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Originally Posted by 911Jetta
Singer stepping it up!










nice finish on the intake system


With oil tank feeder...


without oil tank feeder...
.....PERFECTION.....FINE ART
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