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Posted by: mepstein Feb 26 2016, 08:40 PM

Found these 2 914's hiding on the mezzanine of our old shop.


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Posted by: r_towle Feb 26 2016, 08:55 PM

Nice, are they for sale now?

Posted by: mepstein Feb 26 2016, 09:12 PM

No. Owners cars. Sentimental value. We are shutting down the old shop. Just getting around to renting the boom lift to get the cars down.
Bringing lots of 911 seats, and short hood parts to Hershey to sell really cheap!

Posted by: somd914 Feb 26 2016, 09:24 PM

You know I get tired of poking around my garage and finding cars hiding...

Seriously, what a sweet find.

Posted by: ThePaintedMan Feb 26 2016, 09:31 PM

Mark, just out of sheer curiosity, what kind of rotors are on #333? Being 4-lug, I've always wondered how most 4-lug racecars did their brakes, since the stockers weren't ventilated.

Posted by: mepstein Feb 26 2016, 10:24 PM

I'll check on Monday. The red car had a hot 4 cylinder and is pretty light with lots of glass panels and flares. The orange car is even lighter and had a 6 that eventually went into TC's silver back date.

Posted by: Mueller Feb 26 2016, 11:04 PM

There used to be aluminum billet hubs that allowed one to bolt on 911 vented rotors and 911 calipers to the stock /4 struts.

I did the drawings for them about 10 years ago or so?

Posted by: Mike Bellis Feb 26 2016, 11:42 PM

I found one hiding in my garage. I might even drive it tomorrow.

Posted by: JOEPROPER Feb 27 2016, 07:37 AM

Nice find! My shop doesn't even have a mezzanine...

Posted by: carr914 Feb 27 2016, 08:00 AM

Are you sure about that? The Motor in the BackDate was correct for the 1984 Chassis as I remember

Posted by: 76-914 Feb 27 2016, 08:08 AM

FOUND! How big is that damned shop?

Posted by: mepstein Feb 27 2016, 08:25 AM

That's our old one. About 7k. New one is 14k.

Posted by: mepstein Feb 27 2016, 08:28 AM

I thought that's what scott said. I'll ask.

Posted by: TargaToy Feb 27 2016, 09:02 AM

Did the fact that the owner had 914's squirreled away ever come up in conversation previously???

Posted by: RobW Feb 27 2016, 09:06 AM

Remind me not to leave my cars at your shop.....

Posted by: carr914 Feb 27 2016, 09:30 AM

I think the motor that came out of that 914 might have gone into the 911 he drove across country on his Honeymoon.

Posted by: wes Feb 27 2016, 10:42 AM

I've lost things in my shop especially since I'm getting older but never a car let alone two, wow great find!

Posted by: mepstein Feb 27 2016, 01:30 PM

Trust me, the post is tongue in cheek. Scott knows every car and engine he owns.

Posted by: mepstein Feb 27 2016, 01:33 PM

That car got hit and it's without an engine currently. We need to put it on a bench. Pull it straight and fix it back up. It was his first Porsche. I want to do it as a surprise for him.

Posted by: Dave_Darling Feb 28 2016, 01:23 AM

I remember seeing the brakes on Chuck Forge's car. Stock, as they had to be for the class at one time. The rotor was completely covered by an air duct, to get as much air onto it as possible. I think the caliper also had air ducted to it?

Chuck told me that the rules had changed to allow vented rotors, but he didn't bother because he had (finally!) gotten the non-vented ones working well and didn't want to mess with that.

--DD

Posted by: edwin Feb 28 2016, 01:27 AM

Time for a 904 build?

Posted by: Mueller Feb 28 2016, 02:00 AM

I couldn't read the names on the doors, same owner or father/son drivers?

Just wondering due to the 33 and 333 numbers.

Posted by: mepstein Feb 28 2016, 06:30 AM

Yes. Both cars purchased from one of our customers. Husband/wife.