I always thought it was the T that was lightest and homologated :confused:
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I always thought it was the T that was lightest and homologated :confused:
Raj:
Just wanted to add that the Larousse car was not in fact legal for GT Group 4.
His car no doubt used a light weight shell with all the ST tricks plus some very light non-homologated 911R parts added.
It was a factory "special" prepared by the Race Department to run as a Prototype and contest the TdF for the overall win.
Hi Raj;
According to Harvey he has seen approximately 50 nine inch wheels dated January 1971 but none earlier.
I have looked at some here and they are all from 1973.
Raj
Can you clarify where you are getting the homologated weights from?
On the Homologation form (Nr 3011) I have for the T & E Models Jan 1970 the weight mentioned is 970KG It then metions 1020 kg "Leergewicht nach DIN 70020", then "Achsiast vorne" 600 kg and finally "Achsiast hinten" 840 kg.
In Form 3025, April 1970 for the 911 S only the weight 960kg appears, neither of the latter categories are filled in.
I have been digging around for more photos of the 'Thackwell' S/T from back in the day and have found these, the black and white shot being from when Ray owned the car and the colour shots being shortly after it was sold in '73 when Ray bought an RSR.
The flare profile leads me to believe that this car may have been delivered as a narrow unflared car orignally and flared in a similar manner to the other cars competing in Australia at the time.
I'll post a few more photos tonight when I am home.
As a comparison here's a shot of one of the Porsches that was competeing in the Australian Touring Car Championships at the time - Jim KcKeown showing a similar flar profile on his 911S
Whoops forgot the photo...
great photos of the thackwell ST cam
I had not seen any of those before
the last 2 look like they were taken while Dr Leo Stubber owned it
Hugh
Correct, the photos in blue are from Dr Stubbers ownership.
It looks like he then had the car painted as per these later photos...Do you have any idea as to the colour the car was delivered as? It looks like white?
Cheers
I spoke with Ray Thackwell yesterday and talked about his old car. Interestingly he said that he was not the person that ordered the car from the factory....Apparently the car was ordered by a Colin Giltrap who was a Porsche dealer in New Zealand who ordered the car with the intention of rallying it. Colin was someone Ray knew being a Kiwi originally himself and Ray said he basically hijacked the car!
He also confirmed it was a narrow bodied car with steel panels. He then added the flared panels and wheels from parts supplied by Alan Hamilton and painted the car white from its original Signal Orange.