Porsche Picture of the Day !!

[curtisaa]

Day hundred-thirteen

For today, recalling the warm, sunny days of summer with a couple of shots I happened to catch of a freshly restored "Softie".

Thats an interesting combo. 1967 911 SWT with 72' front valence, and 74' mirrors , and later rocker deco.

[edmayo]

Thats an interesting combo. 1967 911 SWT with 72' front valence, and 74' mirrors , and later rocker deco.

Not to mention the MFI engine!

[Harvey Weidman]

Not to mention the MFI engine!

And late 6s on the front with early 5.5s on the rear...
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[Chuck Miller]

I took one of that one as well John, at Coronado last year..... gorgeous

[John Z Goriup]

Chuck,

thanks for your 'counter-post", but I couldn't help notice the #5 silver 911 parked next to todays Speedster, it just sort of rang a bell in my alleged brain. I knew I had seen that car somewhere before......then I remembered, it's a SWB 911 R clone which I had seen at one of the Northern California tracks some years ago. At the time someone mentioned it was owned by the founder of the Speed Channel, who commissioned it after falling in love with vintage racing as part of his channels programming.

As I said, it's only what I heard.

[Homemade 911]

Chuck,

thanks for your 'counter-post", but I couldn't help help notice the #5 silver 911 parked next to todays Speedster, it just sort of rang a bell in my alleged brain. I knew I had seen that car somewhere before......then I remembered. it's a SWB 911 R clone which I had seen at one of the Northern California tracks some years ago. At the time someone mentioned it was owned by the founder of the Speed Channel, who commissioned it after falling in love with vintage racing as part of his channels programming.

As I said, it's only what I heard.

I believe this is the car Steve Schmidt built for Bud Lyons' son - whose 1st name I can't recall right now - it's a very fast 912...I have some of the original steel panels off of this car. I have no idea how long it had been around before Schmidt & Lyons went through it...I'm not even sure if it's "still" a 912 anymore...nice piece at any rate. Schmidt does good work - very passionate about the 356s. And, yes...that is one gorgeous Speedster!

Cheers
r/Thom
www.pmletter.com

edit: I believe the junior Lyons' name is Bill...

[edmayo]

And late 6s on the front with early 5.5s on the rear...
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Good eyes there Harvey, figures you'd be the one to pick up on that!!

[jbmccandless]

Back to the Carrera GT for a moment...this is a poor picture, but I was on a multi day rally and this pulled up in Morrow Bay one morning... The owner wasn't around, but I pulled up next to it for a comparison...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8633901...7624515744619/

[John Z Goriup]

Day hundred-fifteen

Seems like every time there's a post with images of RSRs the collective blood pressure spikes and "counter-posts" and comments start flying. I don't think for a moment it has anything at all to do with my frequently mediocre photographs, it's just that some cars and models elicit a far more spirited response than others. RSRs are the very epitome of such Porsches, and are deservedly one of the most revered and admired racers the firm ever fielded.

Immediately successful, they dominated sports car racing from '73 to '75, and ended their racing carreer being the winningest Porsches ever in the hands of privateers world-wide.

Todays presentation is a '74 3.0 liter, slide-throttle MFI RSR, Ser.# 9114609078, sold originally to German privateer Eberhard Sindel and raced in Europe for several years. Later on briefly owned by famed Porsche racer Ben Pon. Used in vintage racing for the last 25 or so years.

[Chuck Miller]

GREAT car John..........