Randy Wells
Automotive Writer/Photographer/Filmmaker
www.randywells.com/blog
www.hotrodfilms.com
Early S Registry #187
Before it became Ruprecht, my Porsche was a '70 911 T
Paying member No. 895 since 2006
" slavish adherence to originality wasn't for me, because the car wasn't as good as it could be."
Rob Dickinson's response when asked what motivated him to build Singers
Seth O.
ESR #2474
1966 911 - '77 2.7L Hot Rod
1967 Pontiac Bonneville - '70 455
2000 996
WANTED: 1966 Transaxle 229835-902/1
Randy Wells
Automotive Writer/Photographer/Filmmaker
www.randywells.com/blog
www.hotrodfilms.com
Early S Registry #187
Ok, people and cars, here we go.IMG_2001.jpgIMG_2665.jpgIMG_2069.jpg
Ready to race..
Matt Hart
matthartcreative@instagram
RHD 914
1980 911SC (sold)
69' T (sold)
Early 911s reg # 994
Bennington classic car show today.
The first and last photos here show Ted in his '55 Chevy. I could tell from the moment I saw him that he had a story. Everyone else was out enjoying the first nice day we've had all week. Ted was sitting, almost bored, like he was waiting for something to happen.
I asked if it was OK to take his photo, and he said "Sure, OK. Should I get out?" "Nope, just like this," I replied. I grabbed the shot quickly, but as I had suspected, Ted is a man of action. He got out of the car. We introduced ourselves. And Ted started telling me about the car.
It's been a street racer since the '60s, though Ted's only owned it about 20 years. Like many hot rods, the car has been in a constant state of fixing and tuning and updating, but generally original and unrestored. It has a 327 with a street cam, a 4-speed manual, but better breathing heads and headers. The engine bay is clean, but not pristine. It's a workplace. The interior is similarly worklike: custom quilt-sewn upholstery, but in basic black. And not new. It's got a 9-inch rear end and it's been tubbed for fat drag wheels.
This is just Ted's "street car." He as another '55, a six-figure semi-pro dragster. This is just, you know, "just for fun."
What's fun? As Ted admits, "I'm probably getting a bit old for this, but..." and regales me with stories of street racing vintage Corvettes, doing green-light wheel stands across intersections, blowing the clutch "having a little fun" on the way back from the drags... and the work he has in mind to build the engine up to, oh 500 or 550 HP.
No Ted, you're not getting too old. You're doing it just right.
Terrence Dorsey
Pebble Beach last month..... I didn't ask if she was the original owner
Chuck Miller
Creative Advisor/Message Board Moderator - Early 911S Registry #109
R Gruppe #88
TYP901 #62
'73S cpe #1099 - Matched # 2.7/9.5 RS spec rebuild
'67 Malibu 327 spt cpe - Period 350 Rebuild
’98 Chevy S-10 – Utility
’15 GTI – Commuter