The faint stamps were made at the same time as the others. They appear after the stamp on the prior page was applied - and the book closed - thus faintly transfering the wet stamp from the prior page.
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The faint stamps were made at the same time as the others. They appear after the stamp on the prior page was applied - and the book closed - thus faintly transfering the wet stamp from the prior page.
My point is that when a document is stamped to indicate inspection for validation of the document, the stamp would be bold just like it appears on the other pages, and it is done on every page of the validated document. The spec page does not have such a stamp...why? Apparently, the spec page was treated differently. And the fact that 2 other ONS docs show the same characteristic is meaningful...at least for me. It does appear the stamps were transferred as Stu suggests, but why did the spec sheet not show an original stamp itself? Were the picture page and spec page considered one page, and were always attached on a single sheet?
On FIA docs, every page is hand numbered showing multiple page docs as being inspected together, then on the last page the stamp is made along with a date and signature. These ONS docs do not have this rigor that I can see.
#9 at the TF has the Martini logo meatball on the passenger side, just like the #3/107 car in the ONS picture, and #61 didn't have it at the LeMans test in April on the driver's side. We never saw the #3 press car with a front spoiler lower lip as it has in the wagenpass doc, but the #61 car has one at LeMans test, so does this indicate an attempt to make it look more like the #61 car on its way to LeMans test? Granted the hoods are different because of the Martini paint scheme on #3, but hoods got changed readily on race cars, so maybe that was an acceptable variation on the ONS doc for an inspector.
At some point #9 may have had a 2.7L engine as it had a rally type rear bumper from the TdC race, and at the TF, so this would be consistant with the wagenpass doc at an earlier date.
There are a lot of 'maybe' questions in my comments, but I think it is more likely that the picture is not the actual one for 0020 on that wagenpass than the optional theory that the factory renumbered 2 cars with the same VIN.
Raj:
I am suggesting that only the picture was substituted from the #3 press car to go with this wagenpass, and that the spec page from an earlier time for 0020 when it possibly had a 2.7L engine. I am not suggesting that the wagenpass VIN would have been wrong for the papers representling and traveling with the car, which I believe is the #61/9 RSR. Can we find any evidence when a spec sheet was modified when an engine change was made on a wagenpass(for any car)? It is likely that for the LeMans test the car would have had the 2.8L engine which it supposedly had at the TdC event. I am just throwing out possibilities, to explain the mismatch of the picture with the VIN, because there seems to be too much evidence that documents 0020 as the #61/9 RSR.
Among my papers I have found a Rundschrieben/Circular from 28 February 1973. It states that the first of the new RSR will be delivered the following week. I will take a picture of the document tomorrow and post it. I always save things with RS or RSR connections. :-)
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3...1/Circular.jpg
The Brumos #59 and Penske #6 RSRs had already been shipped to the US for the Daytona 24 when that letter was written...but they were factory prototypes, so maybe that letter was referring to the first true customer RSR.
I couldn't help but post this picture here after it was posted on the 'Random Porsche Racing pics' thread just recently. This is probably the best evidence that the original #107 was not going to make the race in the 73 Targa Florio...and the reason why the '107 Mongrel' was forced into service.
Gib
Its Just a door Man :D
Hi group!
I'm new to this forum and finished to read all the pages of this thread and it is awesome. I looked for other RSR threads but didn't fine another one. I looked at the RSR production list and find that 911 360 0614 was sold to Toracio Alvarez from Dominican Republic and then to Diego Febles.
I was sure I had a magazine with a color photo of the car and found it yesterday. Attached is the photo from an old Desfile Deportivo circa 1974 (the magazine have no date only Volume #). It was shot at Riverside Motor Speedway in Añasco PR.
What I'm trying to do now is get in touch with Diego Febles and try to find an older photo when Toracio Alvarez owned it. Does anybody here have any other photo of this car?
Thanks;
Ariel
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Welcome, :)
Those wiiiide Fuchs on your 911RSR look so menacing and powerful. :eek::)
www.amicidellatargaflorio.com
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Sorry if this has already been posted but ... I've never seen this blog... never seen this series of pics
http://trackthoughts.com/?p=108#more-108
#66 RSR 3600576 ( or so they say) - Follmer/Kauhsen
ADAC 1000 Nurburgring May 27th '73