I had the pleasure of going to Amelia Island this year and have a ton of pics of the cars that were there. They cycle through my desktop backgrounds. Anyway, today this shot rolled by and I noticed the additional box section along the floor in passenger footwell.
This particular picture is of #2 which was part of the 1-2-3 nurburgring finish
Anyway, just curious if the GT experts knew what this was about, was this added to strengthen the chassis?
and another of the "pickup truck" (I actually hate the truck, it accentuates the lines of our cars in a bad way, imo, though those seats are pretty nice!)
Check the Beetle hand brake in pic #1 ..... center mount !
I mounted my fuelpump in that exact spot, maybe that's what they were doing too ...
Notice the cigarette lighter in the #1 pic. !
I heard the drivers would smoke during the long straightaways at LeMans, they were so bored running flat out getting lapped by the 917s.
The second car with the Sebring placard on the dash. That's not bracing, its where the bulkhead was modified to squeeze an oil tank in behind the sway bar.
Its very effective since you do not have a high spot in the line flow to hump oil over.
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Many race 914s built by enthusiasts would have a roll bar brace forward bolting into the floor. This was less than ideal for two reasons: the floor isn't strong enough not to compromise in a roll over, second, the floor doesn't adequately brace the chassis.
My old gray 914 AX car had its forward brace into the long. During a hard corner sometimes I would hold onto it. I swear I could feel it tense up and lighten back in a straight and suspension wise, that car was dialed in.
Otherwise, I know nothing.
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