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[Stretch32]

Tangerine 1971 911E with 2.3L MFI twin plug engine. I bought this as a roller about 4 years ago and I've been driving it for about a year and a half. I still need to get the carpet installed and finish a few other minor projects but it's fun to drive as is.

[Chuck Miller]

REAL nice Stretch !!!

[bob joyce]

looks great
must be fun...........

[911kiwi]

Stretch, I suspect that goes a whole lot quicker than your average 71E. very nice!

[Stretch32]

Thanks gents.

High praise coming from Chuck

I had a 71T for 6 years (pictures somewhere in this thread and on the forum) and sold it to buy a nice 356C but somehow I really missed my 911. A very good friend, "Rusty" here on the forums, had this car and we did some wheeling and dealing so I ended up with it. It took a couple of years (and two deployments) to get it on the road again but its been a lot of fun and I'm glad I'm back in the Early 911 community again.

Rusty installed a sport suspension from Rebel and I built the engine (with Rusty's help). Engine machine work was done by Ollie's (great company I can't recommend enough) with other parts done by Eurometrics (throttle bodies) and MFI Werks (MFI pump). I also had the twin CDI boxes rebuilt by Mr. Ashlock (another great guy to work with). Dave at TRE was immensely helpful getting the twin plug distributor from Mittlemotor sorted correctly as well.

As mentioned, still a lot to do but I drive the car every chance I get. And it is a bit faster than a stock 911E.....

Stretch







Stickers courtesy of Mr. Morrissey (RIP)

[Jens]

Wonderful car with a lot of the right hands laid on it.

I do think you need longer pipes, though. ��

[Stretch32]

Jens,

Agree on the pipes

It's actually a genuine Leistritz muffler that was converted to a sport muffler in period. I'm not sure if it's a factory sport muffler (it certainly looks likes one) or one converted using the handbook that Porsche produced and distributed. I thought about shortening the pipes until I saw period pictures of cars running pipes just as long so I left them as is. As my wife says: "Your not sneaking up on anybody in that thing."

There were (and still are) a lot of people who have been immensely helpful getting the car back on the road. Henry at Supertec provided some parts (and several hours of his time on the phone) and GT1 did the oil pump. Several other members here on the forum helped with smaller parts as well. At the end of the day, Rusty was the biggest help. He's a great person and friend and an outstanding, if quiet, member of this community. He's the reason I got into early 911's and his knowledge and time are the reason the car is on the road. I spent hours wrenching on the car in his shop using his specialty tools and manuals and picking his brain when I ran into a problem. He's a wealth of knowledge and great asset to the local Porsche community for "do it yourselfers" like me.

Stretch

[Jens]

Stretch, let me say it again, the car is brilliant. Congratulations! It must be GREAT in the twisties.

[lbpa18]

I had a car with long pipes like that. When the fortieth someone asked why so long, I finally started saying they were like wheel barrow handles and made parallel parking easier. Just get out, lift up the back of the car and set it where you want. Occasionally, some would look puzzled and some would act as if they believed it. I never knew. But they look cool on your car.

[Boeder]

I had the same long pipes extending from the muffler on my 1973 911 but they suddenly were cut off.......my late mechanic said that he was sick and tired of banging his shins on the long pipes when he walked around my car and so he cut them off.......but shortly I (he) installed headers and megaphones and the long pipes were gone........luckily the car was only a race car as the straight pipes would have woken the dead on the public roads!