Franchitti LOVES his early 911!

[uptheorg]

Engine is the uber-rare 3.7L:



From Clint Davis' Blog:
http://www.clintdavis.net/blog/2013/...e-911-hot-rod/

[fryardds]

Jeff Smith's badass hotrod.

Still looks sensational and in the hands of a real champion now. Great photos.

[Peanut]

I got this article from PCA yesterday too. Nice car. Is this a new PANO that I've yet to receive?

Also, what did the author mean to say here... A backseat doesn't exist in the car right??

"Rolling over the Tennessee mountain roads in the backseat, listening to the melodic sounds from the exhaust,"

[Bill Simmeth]

Also, what did the author mean to say here... A backseat doesn't exist in the car right??
"Rolling over the Tennessee mountain roads in the backseat, listening to the melodic sounds from the exhaust,"

That's how he as the photographer got the pictures of Franchitti driving. See the next to last picture on the blog.

[Longballa]

That is so cool. I never knew Dario was a early 911 owner.

[vicrola]

Neat car! What is there NOT to love...

[billh]

First issue with Pete Stout as editor is a winner !

What a novel concept....articles about Porsche's for a change !

Bill

[70tangerine]

great ride....when I saw the center exit duals I thought of Jeff S. right away..

I saw that car at Lime Rock @2 yrs ago or so......has to be one of the nicest, sweetest rodded 911's Ive ever seen.

I wanted to add..


....w/ Dario's skill set, and the power to wt ratio of that car...Id love to see an in car vid of him pushing it...

for the folks who dont know this beast:

Feb 2007
http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues...ruction?page=1

[SKWIKY67]

Great guy! Met him at an Indy race at Sears Point when Canadian Club was one of his sponsors a few years ago. He was a Ferrari guy then and had quite a few in his collection. I bet he'll be switching over to the Porsche dark side now! As you know, you can't own just one Porsche! :-) Bet that hot rod S is more fun to drive then any of those Ferrari's!!

Dave

[CurtEgerer]

When Jeff 'unveiled' this car at Sonoma in 2006, I was walking around checking it out and noticed that even the slots on all of the screws attaching the rear lid hold-downs were perfectly aligned. Looked at Jeff and said 'dude, you're one sick SOB'

Really cool to see that Dario has hung onto this thing for a few years now and it wasn't just the toy du jour for him.