Well I had an eventful day yesterday. I had been tying to purchase factory 935 body work for sometime. The chance arose
last week when I found a gentleman selling an "old race car" As I gathered more details I found out the he had an old 911 that
had body parts donated from Ludwig Heimrath. The key parts where or so I thought 935 front end and an Original IROC spoiler.
On top of that the car had RSR suspension. With this information I made the purchase over the phone.
I set out the next day for a round trip 12hr drive to gather my parts and car. Always a longwinded day as I was traveling alone
and as you know at times you question "why am I doing this??" When I arrived at my destination I was a little confused as parts
where strewn all over the garage some on the car etc. My first job was to identify the car and see what was meant by old Porsche
etc. The front end 935 body work was removed and the rear poorly fit 934 rear panels remained, It hurt my eyes to look at the rear body work!
To my surprise the chassis vin tag read 300760!! I then went to the trunk stamp and found 3007 all very faint under a think
layer of white poorly laid paint. "This is an old 911"! The last two digits on the chassis where covered/removed by the fuel cell. Being a race car most of it's life the chassis was in very good shape rust free etc. It had many typical race modifications to the tub.ie fuel door welded , extra bracing and strut tower changes. All well done and more importantly rust free. The car itself had not moved since 2005 when it's donor 2.4 was removed. Under a layer of dirt and dust I kept digging.
In the parts piled in his dirt drive way I found the original steering rack,air box etc. Sitting in the back of the garage was the original 901 transmission. He said "you can have that old thing if you want" "Pops out of 2nd" After that the parts we talked most about where the race purpose parts, suspension 930 oil cooler 16x13 wheels with 1980's rubber on them! A new Sachs 901 race clutch.....I filled the trailer (24ft)
with the car and parts. On top of that it is good I traveled alone as my SUV was filled leaving only a spot for me.
I am curious what a 65/66 chassis is worth in race prepped condition? Keep in mind it needs skilled work to bring it back to street quality.
The funny thing is I was going there for parts but came away with solid chassis. I needed/ wanted the parts, I am not sure I need the chassis. From what I can gather it is a mid to late 1965 build.
Pictures coming soon once I sleep and dig things out of my trailer.
Cheers
John
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