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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ A day at the races

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:34 AM

After being rained out the 1st day, the Porsche Owners Club took to the road course at the Speedway. It was a joint event with another club. There were over 200 race cars out having fun.

I got to see some old friends, many with new cars. I was disappointed to find only two 914's at the event. I checked back several times durring the day, but I never found either owner. I also never saw either car out on the track.

This original GT car has been discussed before here on the forum.
I am sad to say that it looked better the last time I saw it 2 years ago.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:36 AM

The other 914 from the weekend. It was a '73 with a /6 of some sort.
Not a street car, but not a fully prepared race car either.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:37 AM

The guys with money rented garage space.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:39 AM

Maybe Mike Zois should paint Frank something simple like this?

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:39 AM

Here is one for Qarl.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:40 AM

Action shot.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:41 AM

This Radical would also be fun to drive.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:42 AM

A tail dragger I wouldn't mind trying out.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 01:48 AM

80% of the entries were Porsche's. Lots of tail draggers. More full race Boxsters than I have seen before. A fair amount of 944's and 928's. The other club brought the usual assortment of Vettes, Vipers and Ferraris along with a nice selection of BMW's, Nissans, Mazdas and all the other usual suspects.

Here's another one that put down some fast times.

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 02:01 AM

I gotta add a shot of my teener.

As soon as I got to the track, one person came up and started asking me about my car. He recognised it and called it by the name "1 SLIK 6" (the vanity license plate it always had before I bought it).

Another high point for the day happened on the drive home. I passed a Cyanne in traffic. I noticed in my mirror that they were then working thru traffic to catch up. They pulled along side and rolled down the window. The woman driver gave me the thumbs-up sign and mouthed the words "nice car". A perfect end to a great day.

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Posted by: ablose58 Feb 14 2005, 02:05 AM

Very nice pics, looked like alot of fun! AL

Posted by: Chris914n6 Feb 14 2005, 03:16 AM

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 14 2005, 03:38 AM

Thanks Chris. After I bought the car I did an all out search and was able to secure a copy of the magazine.

Posted by: drew365 Feb 14 2005, 09:59 AM

John, thanks for the pics. I missed this event two years in a row. Next year I'll go for sure.

Posted by: Brent Feb 14 2005, 05:39 PM

QUOTE (Chris914n6 @ Feb 14 2005, 01:16 AM)
I just remembered I have the European Car issue with that car and Carls pink one.

What Issue, number / date?...I might have that one in storage.

Posted by: xitspd Feb 14 2005, 11:01 PM

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Feb 14 2005, 12:01 AM)
I gotta add a shot of my teener.

As soon as I got to the track, one person came up and started asking me about my car. He recognised it and called it by the name "1 SLIK 6" (the vanity license plate it always had before I bought it).

Another high point for the day happened on the drive home. I passed a Cyanne in traffic. I noticed in my mirror that they were then working thru traffic to catch up. They pulled along side and rolled down the window. The woman driver gave me the thumbs-up sign and mouthed the words "nice car". A perfect end to a great day.

John,

Was your car a California car before you bought it?

Dan

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 15 2005, 05:26 AM

QUOTE (Brent @ Feb 14 2005, 03:39 PM)
What Issue, number / date?...I might have that one in storage.

My car was on the cover of the February 1992 issue. The caption reads "Swift Sixes".
The article inside is titled "A Pair, Six High".

If you have a copy that you would be willing to sell, please let me know.

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Was your car a California car before you bought it?

No the car was never owned by anyone in California. It was restored and assembled here in Las Vegas. The first owner raced it in the Silver State Classic a few times as well as some Hill Climb events. He sold it to a guy in Ely Nevada who ran it in a couple of open road races in Mexico. That is who I bought it from. Mostly it just sat in storage the past few years. The car was only driven 11K miles in the 12 years since it was put together. I promise it will get a lot more use now that it is in my hands.

Posted by: xitspd Feb 15 2005, 10:55 AM

QUOTE (VegasRacer @ Feb 15 2005, 03:26 AM)

QUOTE (Brent @ Feb 14 2005, 03:39 PM)
What Issue, number / date?...I might have that one in storage.

My car was on the cover of the February 1992 issue. The caption reads "Swift Sixes".
The article inside is titled "A Pair, Six High".

If you have a copy that you would be willing to sell, please let me know.

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Was your car a California car before you bought it?

No the car was never owned by anyone in California. It was restored and assembled here in Las Vegas. The first owner raced it in the Silver State Classic a few times as well as some Hill Climb events. He sold it to a guy in Ely Nevada who ran it in a couple of open road races in Mexico. That is who I bought it from. Mostly it just sat in storage the past few years. The car was only driven 11K miles in the 12 years since it was put together. I promise it will get a lot more use now that it is in my hands.

Nice car with racing history!

Posted by: mike_the_man Feb 15 2005, 01:46 PM

Thats a beautiful car! Makes me feel funny inside.

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 15 2005, 03:44 PM

Thanks for the positive comments guys.
I hope you can make it to the WCC so you can see it in person
(along with the REALLY NICE cars owned by some of the other members here).

Posted by: Scott Carlberg Feb 15 2005, 05:15 PM

Thanks for sharing your pics John.

Two things:

I Love the wing on the 914 in the very first pic, that was the wing of choice back in the mid-to-late 80's

"the guys with Money rented garage space"

How can you tell which is which?
I've been to a couple of POC events, seem like ALL the folks there have BIG money, just look at their magazine!

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 15 2005, 05:43 PM

QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Feb 15 2005, 03:15 PM)
I Love the wing on the 914 in the very first pic, that was the wing of choice back in the mid-to-late 80's

You and the owner might be the only 2 people who like that big wing.
I think it looks like . http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=11154&hl=freemont has some pictures I posted of that same car a year ago. I see there is another teener there with the same wing, so maybe now there are 3 of you who like it.

You are right about most of the POC guys having deep pockets.
I tried to race with them for a couple of years. I knew from the start there was no way I could be competitive when I saw some of the guys in my class unloading from a tow rig that cost more than my house.

Posted by: Scott Carlberg Feb 15 2005, 06:17 PM

Yeah, I remember back in 03 at the Tribute to LeMans event, some guys actually flew in to the event!

Posted by: ein 6er Feb 15 2005, 06:28 PM

john!!

thanks for the pics and great car!! that was one of my dream cars when that issue came out. i've got that issue as well, great issue, with vern schuppan's 962 cr.

do you still have the 3.0 and the bremteks?

doug

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 15 2005, 06:45 PM

QUOTE (ein 6er @ Feb 15 2005, 04:28 PM)
do you still have the 3.0 and the bremteks?

Yup. It still has all the original stuff. The 3.0 is really strong.
With only 12K miles on the rebuild it is just barely broken in.

As far as the Bremteks . . . . That was the only thing that gave me a bunch of problems when I got the car. They worked fine but they were making all kinds of nasty noises. I did everything I could think of including new wheel bearings, replacing all the lines and the master cylinder. It got better but still not perfect. I even tried to get the calipers rebuilt. They have not made these brakes in several years and none of the many places I talked to can find a seal kit. I ended up cleaning them as best I could and they seem to be much better now. The pads are also a future problem. The ones that are on there now appear to be custom made. There is pleanty of pad left, but I don't know what I am going to do when they have to be replaced. I am afraid I am going to have to get something completely different when the time comes. I know SC calipers will be an easy bolt on replacement. Anybody got any other good ideas?

Posted by: Mueller Feb 15 2005, 06:52 PM

you can have the pads re-covered....I'll look for the company I spoke to last year when I was going to have a batch of custom volvo pads made that would not have any overhang....I want to say about $45 per pair if you supply the backing pads...

can you post pictures of the calipers??

oh yea....you can purchase just the seals and pistons for Brembo calipers incase the parts interchange

Posted by: drew365 Feb 15 2005, 10:07 PM

QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Feb 15 2005, 04:17 PM)
Yeah, I remember back in 03 at the Tribute to LeMans event, some guys actually flew in to the event!

The Tribute this year will be a California Speedway starting in the late afternoon and finishing in the dark. Should be a good event. I'll be a pit nazi again, I had a minor altercation last year so I'm thinking of wearing a fake fire arm this year to keep the big money in place.

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 15 2005, 10:15 PM

QUOTE (drew365 @ Feb 15 2005, 08:07 PM)
I had a minor altercation last year so I'm thinking of wearing a fake fire arm this year to keep the big money in place.

Just bring this club member with you for protection.
He has bunny ears and a real gun.
What more could you ask for?
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Posted by: redshift Feb 15 2005, 10:40 PM

Finally, if Andy doesn't reboot, I can say...

I LOVE YOUR CAR.

M

Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 17 2005, 05:50 PM

QUOTE (Mueller @ Feb 15 2005, 04:52 PM)
can you post pictures of the calipers??

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 17 2005, 05:51 PM

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Posted by: VegasRacer Feb 17 2005, 05:54 PM

Thick pads.

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Posted by: Travis Neff Feb 17 2005, 06:02 PM

Firearm protection eh? who gonna protect you from the guy in the bunny ears. As far as I recall (and I was there) he propositioned a young girl to test out his floppies, tried to stuff Malmz in the kid cage in his back seat, once we got to hooters for some beer..... christ!