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Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 02:52 PM

Back to the late 70's, the ride along (in a jump-seat) in this 917/30.
Car was in the ownership of Otis Chandler, I won a ride for 20 minutes around Riverside Int'l Raceway...I was hypnotized by that raucous symphony. Over 200+mph down the back straight This was the Talledega record car...which was formerly in the Cam 2 livery for the record run. BTW Otis also owned the Gulf 917 in the pic.

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 03:04 PM

While my black 9146/ conversion was club raced & street raced as a 2.7L single turbo, then a 3.0L biturbo (1983)...I put a word out with local tuners that I was looking for a used 935 horizontal fan set-up...which came to fruition in 1989. I got a call about a flat fan assembly on an expired IMSA engine for sale. Between a good friend and myself we bought the busted engine and split up the parts on it...me taking the complete fan assembly.
Turns out that it came out of an IMSA car, a March 84g with a factory 962 engine ...with a thrown rod through the case.

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 03:10 PM

When I removed the 3L engine to custom adapt the horiz fan , I had the engine freshened up, new displacenent to 3186 cc, twin plug fresh intercooler (through the trunk), brakes upgraded, bigger 10 point cage, gt bodywork & new paint...and she has looked like this since 1995

Posted by: KELTY360 May 10 2019, 04:02 PM

Now there’s a good reason to give up the rear trunk!

Great story Marty; thanks for the ride down memory lane.

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 04:25 PM

...through the decades , always gives me an " E" ticket ride

Posted by: KELTY360 May 10 2019, 04:37 PM

How many of the youngsters here even know what an “E” ticket was?

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 05:12 PM

Gotta be an "Anaheimer" for that clue

Posted by: Larmo63 May 10 2019, 05:47 PM

Otis was an interesting character. He lived life to the fullest!

His car and motorcycle collection was really something to see.

We had some dealings with him back in the day.

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 10 2019, 06:58 PM

He was a good man, and a gentleman racer, I also fitted his new 930 with a set of my stainless steel headers...brought them over to the old Hollywood location of Bob Smith Porsche + Audi.
Proper gent of large esteem , never put his wealth in your face , always greeted me "Hi Martin, how goes it?". Rare today when speaking with that class of peeps...

Posted by: whitetwinturbo May 26 2019, 11:24 AM

.........that is VERY snazzy

Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 26 2019, 02:05 PM

Still one of the coolest 914s of them all, period. I'd like to just hear it one day.

Posted by: 914 Ranch May 27 2019, 12:24 AM

Watching it run is more fun that hearing it. I got to fallow Marty at the WRC '05.

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 27 2019, 01:16 AM

Thank you Pete...check your Dm over on your iGram for a short vid on the flat fan six...
I'll try to post up here on 914world when I figure out how to attach

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 27 2019, 01:25 AM

Thank you sir ...spins well and is reminiscent of a fine 1980's whine

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 27 2019, 01:53 AM

Hey Joe...that was one fun Poker Run up in the Santa Monica hills / The orange 9146/ 3.2L just ahead of me in the canyon was owned by my friend Wilfred (Freds Six) . As you were following our cars...you might have seen me nudging on the orange 914 to get a move on Wilfred and I have cruised many roads so I couldn't understand his underwhelming speed and lackluster cornering that day...and sooo much distance in front of him to the next car ¿¿ Friends indeed so 'nuff said. He sold his car to the current owner Chuck Null who loves it, and is a good caregiver for this well sorted out hot rod. That WCR was for sure a great meet up at Paramount Ranch !!
Hope all is good your way in Fla !

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 27 2019, 09:49 AM

MattyLite apprenticing at an early age as we put the finishing touches on the car. Getting ready for it's 1995 reveal in "European Car" magazine .

Posted by: Maltese Falcon May 27 2019, 07:43 PM

...this snap taken about 1993 during the engine rebuild/ flatfan adaptation. Dieter, his cat Blackie and myself , lots of Coors Golden Banquet in his workshop. We drank Henninger on lite-off day !¡!

Posted by: horizontally-opposed May 27 2019, 07:47 PM

Will do! Remember that EC article like it was yesterday...and remember my eyes popping out of my head. Part of the further perversion process, for sure.