Bruce Meyers Whittington 935 K3 Seized by DEA

[1970rsr]

I recognize the little guy on the right....

[Ridgebk995]

"That's not a cheap prank. They have a tow-truck and DEA jackets..Bruce probably didn't know whether to cry or laugh but it
sure must've been funny as hell when the car was brought back, the looks on their faces must be priceless."

like these guys worry about money.......

[Nine17]

Although not a "true" factory car, as only 911 to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans outright history may ultimately call 935 K3 009 00015 the most significant of the breed. My hat's off to Bruce Meyer, who had the resources and the vision to give this car the proper restoration it has long deserved. The man who he insisted on for the job, Bruce Canepa, is one of the few restorers who could take this project to level that it deserves -- maybe the only one who could gather the components and bring them together at Pebble Beach levels of correctness and pristine finish. I watched the car as it came together and the level of detail is breathtaking.

[Nine17]

Poor Bruce Meyer has been released from the Stroke Unit at Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula with a new Pacemaker and has shared his reactions with the good folks at Sports Car Digest:

http://www.sportscardigest.com/le-ma...935-k3-seized/

[Haasman]

Visited Bruce today. He said the car was "impounded" for about an hour. The "agents" took it down the hill from Laguna Seca and parked it by the entrance.

Everyone in the end thought it was an excellent prank. There were some frantic calls to lawyers at one point.

This had all of us buzzing .... good job Bruce!

[produceporsche]

It was produced by event and television producer, Annie Walker (between Evan Meyer and Albert Arciero in above photo) and Travis Knox, film producer. They went all out - and pulled off the biggest and baddest prank of all time!

[72targa]

The brothers at Le Mans in 1979...

[Nine17]

Yesterday I asked Jerry Woods about his experience in '79 as a crew member for the second-place Dick Barbour/Rolf Stommelen/Paul Newman 935 -- a car that might have won the race when Don Whittington found himself stranded for an hour out on the Hunaudieres Straight with a broken injection-pump belt. After Stommelen had overcome 9 laps of a 14-lap deficit, a wheel-nut jammed during a routine tire change for the Dick Barbour car. This necessitated a 6-lap delay to switch the whole upright, and Don was able to kludge a fix with (as I recall) the alternator belt and limp the K3 back to the pits. After the race Manfred Kremer told Jerry that it was pure luck that Don was out there -- Kremer said that Bill Whittington and Klaus Ludwig "had five thumbs on each hand" and would have never figured out a fix. The long journey of a Le Mans race is always full of such unexpected drama.

[Kris Clewell]

wow, that is one epic prank.

[Frank Beck]

Use an alt belt as an inj pump belt? And get it timed close enough to run?

THAT would deserve a Rube Goldberg award of the highest order.

Are you sure on that? Would like proof of evidence on that one.