Im Buch gefunden – Seite 196Beispiel: »Für die Genetik ist dieses neue Verfahren der Umstieg von einem Bobby Car auf einen Porsche 911«. Ich bringe sprachlich in diesem Satz etwas von ... In the mid-90s, I joined Porsche and the Carrera was the car, and the Carrera 4S was the one they gave me. Update by David S. Wallens to the Porsche 911 Carrera project car. At this point, as per the IMSA rules, the GTO car was not an FIA Group 4 car at all, in other words, it was not a 1976 Porsche 934. “I actually miss the car, I really do,” Green says with a laugh. Foyt, Bobby Allison, Emerson Fittipaldi, George Follmer, Denis . The wire had been thrown around the axle and shorted out the electrics across the starter motor. Allison was able to spur the Carrera coupe to 60 miles an hour in 5.8 seconds, the standing quarter-mile in 14.4 seconds at 95 miles an hour, and see 143 miles an hour at redline in fifth gear. Some major changes had to be implemented: (1) the engine had to be converted to a single turbo engine (from twin turbo); (2) the whole intercooler system had to be turned around, as there would no longer be air inlets for the air-to-air system in the front of the rear fenders when using 934 type bodywork; (3) the bodywork all had to be changed to 934-type silhouette with front headlights and no rear wing; (4) the tyres and wheels had to be changed to 16×10.5 W front and 16 x12.5 W rear, instead of 16×11 W front and 19×15 W rear (which were 935 spec wheels). Workshop 5001 owner Marlon Goldberg will argue the air-cooled flat six Porsche motor is one of the best engines ever, and it's a key element to making a 911 the great car that it is. Porsche Road & Race is entirely independent and is in no way connected with the company Dr. Ing. The 009 00030 car ran in the 24 hours of Daytona driven by Bob, Anny Verney and Skeeter McKitterick but at this point it was still running as a 935-79 with the stock factory setup. And then there are cars that aren’t necessarily remembered for what they accomplished or what movie they appeared in; they’re admired simply because they’ve stood the test of time. These headers ran all year with no problem, whereas the Porsche ones would tend to crack after a while, and need replacement. More. It is being corrected ! The next race for the car was Sears Point. While the SACHS car was running the whole IMSA schedule, the Apple car was just doing the endurance races plus Sears Point. They told him they were going to sell it if he knew anybody who might be interested in buying it.”, Peterson’s first call was to Green. Jim Koscs. History: Porsche factory records show original delivery on January 30, 1962, to Porsche Cars Southwest San Antonio, TX. Im Buch gefunden – Seite 7Cedoz Chery au PORSCHE 912 HANDBOOK and SERVICE MANUAL Undoubtedly the ... That's fine for the original owner , but what about the second and third owners ? Great email updates, shipping info, product info, etc. Then, longtime motorsports photographer Allen R. Kuhn sent us an email suggesting that back in the day he may have captured some images of the 550 on the track, but he’d have to go through his archives to be sure. At Riverside, the car finished second to the team SACHS car. The Old Warhorse had not let us down all year and any issues we did have were due to parts defects, or the unavailability of new parts. Finally, John Johnson went to the Porsche truck and picked up a fourth one. They have been in the Porsche 356 and 911 restoration business for over 40 years and have restored some of the best cars in the world. Big Classic Bobby Ride On Car. Jim Mullen spun off in some oil and caught some dry grass on fire which started the car on fire. A stock 1971 911T would have had around 140hp. BIG-Bobby-Quad Racing. without bumpers, non-stock rims but bearing the original iconic deep-dished Porsche Fuchs mags of later years, etc. Im Buch gefunden – Seite 1Porsche-Experte Peter Morgan zeigt detailliert Modelljahr für Modelljahr die gesamte Spannweite der Entwicklung auf, die diese Modellreihe bis 1989 durchlief. We call those cars Sim-Stamped Number paints. Kunstle later raced it at Torrey Pines, Santa Barbara, Palm Springs, and Pomona, and scored several podium finishes. 1960 PORSCHE 356B Outlaw Coupé: Restored & Recreated Classic. At Daytona, the car was running strongly but by early Sunday morning, had an issue with the clutch. This was back in the early days before Apple was the household name it is today. At the end of the season, the car was sold by Dick Barbour to Bob Garretson. That meant the car stayed ‘in house’ at Dick Barbour Racing, it just had a new owner. He doesn’t really know anything about cars, so he asked about the Spyder. As a wee boy from Dumfries, I couldn't believe it. He became the car’s eventual buyer. Porsche Cars North America has added its entire U.S. inventory of new cars to its online marketplace as the company seeks to keep up with customer demands and the industry's shift to digital commerce. Bobby is from Costa Mesa and has 25 years' experience in Sales. Rahal, got a fourth with it at Laguna Seca while Redman won the race in the brand-new Lola T600. The only clues Kinsey has to go on are a little red address book and the name " Blackman." Bobby can't remember who he gave the address book to for safekeeping. New - In original box. In the end, we finished seventeenth overall and got points, so the two of them were still the championship leaders. Please click here to contact us. At Sebring, the car would be driven by Bob Garretson, Bobby Rahal and the young Canadian, Kees Nierop. At the end of the 1983 season, the Old Warhorse was converted back to its 935-configuration, but continued to run with 16” rear wheels, as Firestone (Wayne Baker’s tyre supplier) did not have any 19” tyres for the car. Porsche 935 chassis no. The 1973/1974 field was a competitive one, with the likes of Richard Petty, Mark Donohue, Bobby Unser, A.J. This one, we drilled holes in and tie-wrapped it in. (Car sold by Dick Barbour to Bob Garretson), 1990? Im Buch gefunden – Seite 222Bobby Unser does a lap of honour with the chequered flag. ... This was all about road car sales strategies, of course, and Jo Hoppen, the Porsche+Audi ... At Le Mans in 1978, the Dick Barbour Racing team entered two 935 Porsches in the IMSA class. There were of course many photos taken of this unorthodox method, which I am sure made the movie studios cringe when they saw them! We finished 2nd in that race. Pleasanton, CA. We repaired it as best we could and sent Rahal out in it. A deal had been signed with Ralph Cooke and Roy Woods, and Garretson Enterprises would prepare and run Cooke-Woods cars in 1981. Im Buch gefunden – Seite 82The first 12 of 15 IROC racers at the Porsche factory prior to shipment (the ... whilst a 2.8 litre car entered by the Kremer outfit took Group 4 honours ... Both men came through—big time. I have examined the mats and they look exactly as depicted (haven't put my car on them so therefore withholding extensive review of product). Key Cover for Porsche Macan Cayenne Panamera 911, Car Key Protection Keychain ( OLD KEY ) 4.5 out of 5 stars 140. . The car really was no longer competitive except at the longer distances. Im Buch gefunden... 184 , 257 , 258 Meeks , Bobby , 235 Melvold , Laurence , 201 , 202 Mendenhall ... 266 Morlang Porsche , 136 , 208 , 209 Morlang , Bill , 208 , 209 Morse ... For Watkins Glen, Jerry Woods had a new engine ready to go. It gained some amount of notoriety in practice because Paul Newman was struggling to come to grips with the car on this circuit. For Daytona, Jerry moved the boost sensor line above the throttle butterflies to enrich the fuel mixture when off-throttle, which would make the engine run cooler. The Portland race resulted in a third place overall. The car ran only one more race in 1979, The Road America 500, driven by Dick Barbour, Brian Redman and Skeeter McKitterick. Bobby at the time, had done Formula Atlantic, the Can-Am, and a few Formula 1 races. The rules were much more relaxed, as IMSA wanted the car to be competitive with the Nissan ZX turbo of Don Devendorf, the tube frame Camaro of Billy Hagan (the NASCAR team owner of Terry Labonte), and the BMW M1 of Diego Montoya (Juan Pablo’s uncle). The second half of the season started with the Daytona Paul Revere race, which ran at midnight the night before the Firecracker 400 Nascar race in early July. He developed a twin wastegate system to ease the drivability of the engine. He did proceed with the 1979 restoration, and Paul Willison did a credible job, given what he had to work with. Porsche has just completed restoration of a 924 Carrera GTS rally car. It feels like it’s going to the right place.”, Chevy’s eighth-gen Corvette Z06 is poised to topple these 3 production-car V-8 records, This bare-metal homage to Indy roadsters was built, wrecked, and lovingly resurrected, North Dakota farmer is bringing a bumper crop of classics to market. Im Buch gefundenBobby's Porsche had taken out a big section of guardrail, had sheared off a ... There were several views of the car, front and rear, showing its position ... Im Buch gefunden – Seite 14to the editors of Car and Driver a snarky, typically C/D idea: “Let's get Bobby Allison to track-test the new 1974 Porsche 911 and tell us honestly what he ... The original used-car ad for the Porsche read “minus engine,” and Les Gunnarson bought the 550 for $1200—about $10,300 today. Still, serial no. I was never really a Porsche guy before, but I fell in love with it.”. Gunnarson ’s daughter Carol and her husband, Craig Smithback, also had two large photo albums that included pictures and a meticulous collection of records, including a letter from Dr. Ferdinand Porsche confirming the car was indeed 550-0069. 10 May 2018. Im Buch gefunden – Seite 90Helmut Polensky/Walter Schlüter (D), Porsche 1500; Rudolf Sauerwein/Max Nathan (D) ... Panhard 850; de Caralt/Blesa (E), Porsche 1500; M & Mme Chieusse (F), ... 930 890 0033 for Bob Akin, Bob Garretson and Steve Earle. He discussed the feasibility of this with Jerry Woods, and a plan started to come together. BIG-Bobby-Quad Racing. A fine result, given that the ACO fuel regulations caused us to lose a cylinder and drive half the race on five cylinders (running lean to save fuel caused the engine to run hot which damaged one cylinder). We got some autographs. Big Classic Bobby Ride On Car As a result of its outstanding quality and child friendly design, the Big Bobby Car Classic is a kids favorite ride on vehicle. Around the end of October of 1982, we were contacted by Wayne Baker. That along with other high finishes gave Wayne Baker the IMSA 1983 GTO championship. Im Buch gefunden... won the Sunday's CanAm race in the Penskeprepared Sunoco Porsche 91730KL. ... retired from racing, he was persuaded back to hone the Penske PC1 F1 car. While Dick’s car went on to finish fifth overall and win the IMSA class, Bob Garretson had a massive crash in the night at the kink on the Mulsanne straight. 5, Stirling Moss drove to a record-setting victory, 1977–79 Lincoln Continental Town Car and Town Coupé: Pre-Downsized Decadence, Fly out, swap an engine, drive a Rabbit pickup across the country? After about 20 laps, Rahal pitted and said, “Overheating, overheating, oil temperature is climbing.” Jerry Woods told him, don’t worry about it, it’s because you are following Fitz so closely, there is no cool airflow to the oil cooler (cool being a relative term when it was 108 outside). She was restored and recreated as an "outlaw" coupe (i.e. The Porsche 550 Spyder is an interesting exclusive car, and every one of them has a history. It was very hot and humid, I think the temperature at the midnight start was 90 and humidity around 100%. (NOTE: This is a problem today for vintage racing, as no-one makes current day tyres of the size the 935 used to run.). Rahal was driving and running in the top four for a while, but near the end, there was an oil leak, and we finished 17th. Will be translated by Google Translate. He recalls looking at the car closely, examining its scratched paint and tapping on the body panels to determine if they were aluminum or fiberglass. Seeing how comprehensive their Dallas section is, I thought it may be good to have a thread here which acts as a kind of database for all the main cars used on the show - and perhaps a few that had smaller roles too. The BIG-Bobby-Quad Racing is the ideal ride-on car for kids from the age of 3 years. Its strange the stuff buried in the back of your head. Even at the tender age of just over one, the swift toddler is already showing talent as a real racer - in a bobby car decked out in the colours of a Manthey-Racing Porsche 911 GT3 R. We’re underdogs in the high-end car market, but we were determined.”. The car ran with the front group and battled for the win but after 98 (of 125) laps, the engine died with some kind of electrical malfunction, and the car lost a wheel. by: Bobby 09/04/2018 I will write a more comprehensive product review later, but will currently comment on the vendor. Bob entered Bobby in both the Sears Point and Portland IMSA sprint races, but at Sears Point the crankshaft broke, a rare problem which was traced to a manufacturing defect by Porsche. There was a world-wide titanium shortage in 1980, which seemed to impact Porsche’s supply of connecting rods and rod bolts. At the end of the season, Dick Barbour planned to stop racing, and the car stayed with Bob Garretson who was going to continue in 1981. 15 cars were made, 12 for the drivers and 3 spares. For 1984, Wayne ran the car for Daytona, Sebring and Riverside. It’s amazing how a car can make its mark on history. May 3, 2010. H.C. F. Porsche AG or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries. The Camaro, however, had become an IROC star long before that. Green says Nelson called a big collector in Holland and asked if he was interested. Auction Lot S115, Monterey, CA 2012. After some time, Bob returned to the pits, with the whole inside of the rear engine panels disassembled. His photos of 550-0069, shot at Palm Springs and Santa Barbara in 1956, document important historical pieces of the car’s fascinating puzzle.