Another hot rod

[Flunder]

Attached image provides a view from beneath the car of front suspension and tank prior to fitting the stone guards.

[John Straub]

Lookin' good!

[Flunder]

Thanks John!

Looks like fraternal twins in there - not identical!

A pair of three pin Bosch CDI boxes were used on the ST race engines for use with the Marelli twin spark distributor.

Note in this image that one CDI is the version used up to Dec/69 (the one in front) while its twin is the version used subsequent to Dec/69.

The parts book does not distinguish between the two, they share the identical part number, but we will get them sorted out with a pair of the later versions for our MY 1971 2,3L style build.

[Flunder]

The first image shows the engine bay cavity ready to accept the drive train. Note pedestal for twin coils, original Sport Kit style catch tank fashioned from a SWB windshield washer bottle (complete with a telltale shadow from having been mounted with the proper 356 rubber mounting strap), etc.

Second image shows the drivetrain installed for a trial fit. You can see a pair of Bilstein alu threaded body dampers fitted in this pic. This model Bilstein became available by late 1972, having been introduced on the 2,8L RSR, although ours are dated 74. We found these old shocks lingering in the same basement in Lexington, MA where we found the ST alu rollbar and a few other factory race bits - they all came off the same unknown donor car that the owner had thought was an RSR (but I think was more likely a re-built "ST"). The old RSR style Bilsteins went out to the plating shop to get them prettied up before re-valving them to the shop specs. They were hand-dipped in the plating tank so a big thanks is due to the plate shop for their enthusiasm and skill. The factory headers and kurz diffusoren (short diffusers) are nickel plated: the usual race department treatment for them during the era of the "ST."

[Flunder]

A visit to the scales for the first take on corner balancing the car...

[Aldo]

Tom, This car is absolutely jewel-like. I can't begin to imagine
how giddy you must feel knowing it's most done.

[Porsche-RSR]

You should park this one in your living room !! What a car !

GREAT job

[Cornpanzer]

Just WOW! Stance looks perfect.

[Flunder]

The Competition Spare Parts list refers to them as "insignia at the door step" but we know them as PORSCHE script rocker decos. The attached image shows the script installed.

901,559,319,61 Insignia at the door step, left, black
901,559,320,61 Insignia at the door step, right, black


Alan: It's getting close now!

Porsche-RSR: Thank you for the good thoughts.

Hi Dave: The Big Book tells us that Stance is one of the four key attributes of any hot rod:

1. Engine;
2. Wheels and Tires;
3. Body and Paint, and;
4. Stance.

Here's how it looks on the ground:

"Slightly nasty with its wheels sticking out, almost in the airstream, and mismatched rims with impossibly wide looking minilites on the back matched up with rather skinny looking 7Rs on the front. Perhaps unknowingly, Piech employed the "big 'n little" look, the universal code recognized from Woodward Avenue to Sunset Boulevard that just screams "hot rod."

[Mark Morrissey]

Tom, I can really appreciate that Olive in natural light. Looks fantastic.