Friday, August 9, 2013

FINAL PREP

so my 72 STR 02 is for sale as some of you may know.

it has almost 2400 miles on it since its completion in january of this year...

today we are giving it a final go over & detail before it heads up to the Gooding & co pebble beach auction.

 its looking pretty clean underneath..

SHORT STROKE 3.2 MFI MOTOR




72 OIL CONSUL LINES


 72 OIL TANK & EXTERNAL ER FINNED LINES TO FRONT COOLER






FRONT FENDER COOLER




915 trans w LSD



 

 

SEE YOU IN PEBBLE BEACH :)


Wednesday, August 7, 2013

8000 RPM

8000 RPM




SPEEDO IS DISCONNECTED -

CAR # 277 IS BEING DRIVEN-

3RD TO 4TH GEAR UP SHIFT



ACTUAL SHOT TAKEN BY SEAN KLINGELHOEFR ON THE 6TH ST BRIDGE,

 DURING YESTERDAYS SHOOT FOR JAPANESE CAR MAGAZINE * MOTORHEAD*

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Monday, August 5, 2013

65-911 REUNITED WITH ORIGINAL MOTOR

I often say that the PORSCHE world is a small world,and besides the cars & driving its all about the people & the stories.

 

 

well this one is about as good as it gets,

about a month ago i decided to put my 65-911 up for sale on E-bay,i had owned the non numbers matching car for almost 4 years & had decided it was time to move it on. 

3 days into the E-bay auction i received an E-mail from a Porsche enthusiast  john Thompson of Oregon informing me that he had recently owned & sold the original #S matching case/motor to me car.

 

 

john had been informed by another Enthusiast by the name of Jordon that john had indeed owned my original engine,

good job i had posted the Kardex & Porsche COA In my ad,

as that was how the motor was confirmed to be the original from the number on the Kardex 

 

anyway long story short the motor was no residing in South Carolina with a guy named Charles, 

NOW i had to decide what to do about the E-BAY auction,

as this was perhaps a once in a lifetime type of situation,

i decided to stop the auction & chase down the lead on the original motor,

after all the chase is part of the fun :)

 

 

 

naturally i made a few phone calls & a  few days later a deal was struck.

 

a few weeks later my original disassembled motor arrived in a crate & is now re-united with 65 -911 car # 300365 under the same roof for the first time in many years..










 MANY THANKS TO JOHN,JORDAN & CHARLES FOR MAKING THIS HAPPEN......

DON'T WE ALL JUST LOVE A HAPPY ENDING :)


Sunday, August 4, 2013

277 gets a new deck lid

I finaly got around to installing a louvered deck lid on my pride & joy car....


this is the 5 th deck lid the car has had on since 1999-

1st was stock steel-

2nd was IROC.

3rd was DUCK tail

4th was stock -fiberglass

5th is louvered steel..

 

 

Friday, August 2, 2013

WORLDS FASTEST CAR SHOW WITH JUSTIN BELL

RECENTLY I APPEARED ON "THE WORLDS FASTEST CAR SHOW " WITH JUSTIN BELL

 -AT WSIR "HORSE THIEF MILE" TRACK

TAKE A LOOK


MANY THANKS TO JUSTIN,NICOLAI & THE WHOLE CREW..

Thursday, August 1, 2013

FOR SALE 72 STR 02

MY 72 STR  02 IS FOR SALE AT THE GOODING & CO 

2013 PEBBLE BEACH AUCTION -SATURDAY AUG 17

http://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1972-porsche-911-str-ii/ 

 

 

 

 FOR MORE DETAILED  INFO ON THE CAR TAKE A LOOK HERE..............

http://www.magnuswalker911.blogspot.com/p/porsche-911-72str-002.html