Light Yellow ST in Progress

[letsrollbabe]

I removed the Light Yellow ST from my lift so that I can get the Kremer ST on it for some adjustments. While I had them both out in the AZ sunny day (75 deg), I decided to take some pics.

[Bill Simmeth]

Looking good Gib! You've got quite a pair there, err, umm... Nice Cars!

[Jens]

Yeah Gib, it takes quite a pair o' balls to build two cars like these back to back. Good god man, aren't you supposed to be retired!?

[letsrollbabe]

Jens:

Not sure it's 'some balls', or just letting passion overcome good judgement. I have envisioned a LY ST for so long in my mind, I felt compelled to build one.

Here are a couple more pics, with the driver side profile showing the shape of the flare openings for a question I was asked (and compared to an original Toad Hall LY ST). These ST flares are different from other flares with the 'eye brow' opening shape...and the opening is wider. The shape of the rear flare shoulder is also different, tapering from a turbo style vertical edge at the opening to a narrower edge at the rear. The front flares begin their bulge out from the top of the fender higher up than turbo flares, and also have a larger eye-brow opening shape. These are minor and 'who cares' details to most, but it is a point of interest to others.

[letsrollbabe]

This pic shows the front flare better.

[Jens]

Still ballsy. I was aware of the flare differences, it's been a failure of using Turbo pieces as ST flares way too often, RSRs too. It's been remarked that the front flare looks a lot like the rear flare reversed! Well, it kind of looks that way, but....

By the way, did you see Thomas Lundval's recent posting of the Light Yellow ST with the red psychedelia?

[letsrollbabe]

Maybe I was influenced too much by pics from the day like these....

[letsrollbabe]

Or maybe it was these toy versions....but it is really just a sickness...

[Flieger]

Turbo flares are just too industrial. Proper ST or RSR flares are so much more flowing and organic. Seeing an "RSR replica" with Turbo flares just makes it look tacky.

[letsrollbabe]

Five years ago, Turbo flares were about all that was available unless a guy stumbled onto some flares tacked on a barn find from the 70s.

Here is a shot of an ST from a race at Mid Ohio in 73 (I think) that is inspirational for me. It is most likely a privateer who got ST competition parts from Porsche and built his own ST for competition. This practice is what makes the early 70s so special for me... guys building cars using stock 911s modified to compete with the big boys.