1972 911 found hidden away....what else do you do with a non matching car. Build it!

Well I have had this car tucked away for sometime. In 2013 I got a call that a friend of a friend knew a guy, you know one of those type of calls. :)
Rumor had it there was a 72 sitting away in a garage for years. Car stopped running and the owner had no money or real interest in finding out what the issue
was.

After chasing the owner down I made the trip about an hour north of Toronto to take a look. Owner didn't know what engine was in the car, or much about the car for that matter.
He was a younger guy who had bought the car 15 years earlier on a whim. After looking the car over hoping it was some mythical beast it turned out to be a non matching 72 T with a 2.7 CIS. That being said all was not lost as the chassis was near perfect and the car was complete. Sitting there covered in dust with four flats and non running the owner and I agreed on a price and the car was slowly rolled into my trailer.

Back at my garage I got to looking the car over, Cobwebs removed and washed off the car had potential to be honest the chassis was a solid as any I had seen. After a few hours I realized the issue was a simply a bad ignition switch. A bit of maintenance and it fired up. Listening to that 2.7 rumble was not too exciting as it coughed and sputtered.
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From here racing season started which takes up most of my time. Believe it or not I have a full time job so this car sat in the corner for another year.
Flash forward to early 2015 and my father came to me looking to find a hotrod/outlaw. Well sitting in the corner was the car, he has deeper pockets then I.
Where the 2.7 was ok for me ,it would not due for a proper build. To be honest the chassis deserves better.

So late in 2015 I spoke to Dave Margolese at EuroTune as to ideas. I had a thought of building a period correct smaller displacement screamer. I'm all for the 3.0-3.6 builds but it wasn't for this car. After chatting with another local racer he mentioned a complete 2.4 E engine he had on the shelf. Over to his garage I went to find a very complete E with MFI. Perfect, I'll take it!

VIN 9112100449

JE Pistons where ordered with a slight over bore 2.5 10.5/1 comp
Heads were sent out for machine work and twin plug work.
Pauter Rods ordered
S Cam
and the list goes on...
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I can't simply build the engine and leave the transmission, so out it comes for a fresh rebuild.
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Now its winter 2015/2016
so it makes perfect sense to look over suspension upgrades, look for details on my next post.

Now for the suspension, I wanted something track oriented but not too aggressive as to shake my dad's fillings out. This is the ultimate conundrum and being that my father and I are both going to be driving this car it has to be set up a little softer and user friendly. If I really want to pound the hell out of myself I can use one of the race cars. So after speaking with Elephant racing I think/ hope we found a good balance.

Poly Bronze control arm and spring plate bearings
Turbo tie rods
Front and rear Monoballs
Quick change spring plates (not that I'm going to be doing any real changes)
23/31 Hollow bars
22 Front Hollow swaybar
WEVO Blue mounts
Bilstein HD's

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As work started on the suspension Dave mentioned that the original brakes could use some attention. Instead of dealing with the original
calipers we upgraded to a Bilstein raised spindle. This was two fold as it allowed an upgraded 3.5 caliper. Carrera calipers have since taken the place of
the originals.

Now on to somewhat present time (X-Mas 2016)

As the engine gets sorted I took the time to touch up the paint in the engine bay.

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The interior will get a slight refresh/upgrade in the near future.

Neat find and looks like it will be a blast once you've finished it!! Just love the '72 cars...

John, i wouldn't exactly call that set up "soft"!

Great find and good luck with it....love the color, don't know why ;)

Thanks guys, hoping to get this finished by April.
Paul very true. I may have pushed it a bit. After pops drives it there might be some tweaks :)

Well this project took a few turns along the way. Had an issue with a leaking cylinder that slowed thing down by months. Dave Margolese did a great job! Had to pull the engine and have the cylinders replaced as one bore was off. Engine is a gem now! Also added raised spindles. Every single suspension component was upgraded during the build.
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Nicely done; love those seats. What kind of flares in the rear?

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Originally Posted by Veronica87911

Nicely done; love those seats. What kind of flares in the rear?

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Thanks, basic RS flares in the rear and OMP classic buckets