Jerry --- I swear . . . the stuff (badges) you come up with . . . .Originally Posted by typ901
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Jerry --- I swear . . . the stuff (badges) you come up with . . . .
RVK
Last edited by LongRanger; 07-23-2011 at 08:47 PM.
Much more about this topic here . . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...889#post523889
After connecting with Lou Scalzo, talking on the phone, exchanging e-mails, Lou told me to go over to the Carolinas PCA site, check things out, read some of his articles, other stuff --- browse around, basically.
So, I go to the site. Takes me a coupla times, but I start to find my way around, go to the on-line pdfs of some of the past issues, Tobacco Roads, dig in.
I pick out the June issue, scroll down through, come to the Carolinas Region Board of Directors on page 4, look for the 'historian' . . . sure enough --- there's Lou (and a picture) . . .
http://www.cr-pca.org/NewsDates/TRAr...2011_06_TR.pdf
And what else?
Right beneath Lou --- Technical Advisor 914/914-6/916 . . .
John Forbes . . . . the Guy who did the original PPI on 1059.
Small world.
Very.
Rick
PS And Mark Allbaugh --- the Guy I bought the car from? . . . . he's an hour away, now.
Last edited by LongRanger; 07-28-2011 at 04:06 AM.
. . . from another mother.
Big Boss brought his 4$ cab by. Just had to take some side-by-sides.
Rick
Big Boss took me for a ride once in his Porsche, so . . . did a little 'demo' drive . . . in mine
Looks like things un-hooked at the concrete. Threshold braking could probably use a little tidying up --- but that parking lot just got re-surfaced, so . . . prolly still needs some --- seasoning . . .
'Whaddiya do here again? . . .'
Last edited by LongRanger; 11-23-2018 at 07:11 AM.
I have really enjoyed this thread!
Isn't it amazing how small the older cars look next to the new ones?
--Joe
Hey, Joe . . .
Glad you like this stuff. Car's fun.
Big Boss' cab is very nice. Big, smooth, beautifully finished, very lux. (And gorgeous.) It's his crisis car, ordered everything his way, waited almost a year to get it, details it every month . . . . barely takes it out. 8k mi in 3-and-a-half years. Babies it when he drives it, too.
Looking at the cars . . . they look related. But what strikes me is how totally different they feel.
On our little demo, BB and I sat almost shoulder-to-shoulder.
And 1059 is waaaay busier inside --- noisey, gear-whine, all kinds of induction/fan/valve business going on out back, tires smacking all the dots and creases in the road, nose bobbing, hard low-back seat, no AC, no radio, hot, old-smelly.
BB had a '68 911 he bought new, so he had some idea about what the car was about . . . . knew exactly where the chicken-handle was when we rolled up on the corners.
The best part? Talking about 'old cars,' then demonstrating 1059's Jack-in-the-box power band . . . . him getting quiet --- smiling . . .
Rick
Last edited by LongRanger; 08-08-2011 at 11:25 AM.
1059 gets run about once a week, usually week-ends, sometimes during the week --- love-love-love driving it to work. And I've described how awful the car is to use in town, but . . . that's actually how it's usually used.
I've gotten used to her general crankiness while she warms up --- a shudder/occasional pumpf/poor throttle response, below 3500 --- but once the oil temp comes up, more revs, much more pleasant, less cranky. Unless we're sitting at a light, stopped, motor is almost never running at less than 3k, usually above 3500, more than occasionally way above.
I know how this must sound. After tip-toeing around in big-torque cars that float along, feels pretty frenetic driving like this. But the car just works much better, fizzing. No big/sudden throttle movements, no kazamming through traffic (much).
Keeping the revs up, at a higher register, just different. Instead of oozing along at, like, 2000-2500, we hum-growl/cruise at 3500+. Now that the 901 is familiar/comfortable (. . . pretty much), my attention is on the motor, anyway . . . concentrate, concentrate. Throttle is razor-sharp --- pedal talks as much as the steering does, more around town --- tingling, buzzing, twitching, punching-back underfoot. Maybe not the quickest car, not the smoothest. But what a joy to work, use, feel, goof around in . . . totally involving, all-consuming.
I pay for it.
Going by the odometer, the last fill-up . . .
243 km = 151 mi
$43.25 @$3.99 gal = 10.8 gal
MpG = 14.0 . . . . . . $0.29/mi
Worth every stinking penny . . .
Rick
Last edited by LongRanger; 08-23-2011 at 08:09 PM.
Rick, if you have a swiss car and if you write to the DOT of Switzerland you'll get all swiss owners, right from day one i.e 1970.
The know not only their name, adress but also birthdate as well as the time of ownership. The service cost about CHF100-US$150, but maybe complicated to organise from the US.
Also, if you wright to AMAG Switzerland (Porsche Importer), they send you a copy of the factory Kardex card, this service is usually free. Again, only if you have an (ex-) swiss car and in 1970 it was imported by them.
Finally, the adress in Davos might be a shop (garage) and not an real estate holding. But possible that you hit the target. good luck
Registry member No.773
Hey, Karim . . .
Thank you, Sir! --- now THAT is some very useful information --- I'll get started with both Swiss DoT and AMAG, right away.
The 'history' stuff is what I'm the most interested in, right now, but . . . haven't heard back from Switzerland, Donner, or California DMV, yet. Lou Scalzo described the location where he purchased the vehicle, back in '84, after looking over the area on Google Earth. (Amazing, amazing.) Heading out there this week-end . . . knock on some doors, show some pictures . . .
We'll see.
Thank you again for your help.
Rick
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