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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 06:36 AM
Yesterday morning I started to a 2 1/2 hrs trip to the "ADAC Salzburgring Classic", a track event for oldtimers, also known as "Sounds of Speed". I've read about it in a german forum. When I saw the entry list it was clear that I have to go! There were 3 "Porsche 914/6 GT" listed and 1 "VW-Porsche 914/6".
When I arrived at the circuit the group with the pre-war cars raced, so I decided to visit the paddock first. There were numerous fantastic race cars - impossible to show you all ... there were all kinds of Triumphs, Alfas, Porsches, Lotus, Minis, Fiats, Austin Healeys, Fords, Veritas, BMWs, Mercedes, Jaguars, and and and ... and all kinds of Formula racing cars from the 60ies to the 80ies ... and lots of cars I've never heared before 
But hey - I was looking for the GTs - and I've found them.
First of all, this yellow GT. The driver told me that's no "factory car", but a conversion from the late 70ies or early 80ies - and that it has the 906 engine.
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 06:42 AM
Continuing ma way through the paddock I found this one. It's the original factory GT test car #914 0 43 0983 (practice marathon de la route). After it was sold from Porsche it was raced on track and hill-climb events up to 1975, then was stored for 22 years.
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 06:49 AM
Then I've found the motorhome of Knüpfing Motorsport. I knew that they should have the other two 914-6 from the entry list. From the distance I saw the blue GT wannabe, which was restored/built from Knüpfing Motorsport last year. It's a conversion with a carbed 2.4 liter engine at 170 PS.
Looked nice with these minilites.
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 06:51 AM
When I steped into the tent I found the well known Strähle GT with his driver Günther Steckkönig - but there was another orange car behind it 
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 06:55 AM
I can't believe what I saw 
it was the famous "1971 Monte Carlo #1" car - #914 1 43 0141 - one of my all time favourites 
The owner - Walter Näher - told me that it was an absolutely short term decision to bring this car, therefore it isn't on the entry list ...
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:01 AM
Now that I had to calm down 
I decided to watch "the rest" of the paddock - here are a short overview (not really that interesting, after seeing the GTs 
)
here's the "transplant donator" of our beloved GTs
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:03 AM
another nice P-car (there were at least 30 P-cars)
a 1973 911 2.8 RSR
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:06 AM
even a fascinating 550 was there
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:07 AM
an extreme rare 1948 Veritas RS
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Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Aug 28 2005, 07:07 AM
That does it....I am moving to Europe. You have alot of cool hardware there Wolfgang...
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:11 AM
with exactely this car Niki Lauda - Austrias world Formula 1 driver (3 times World Champion) - won the 1979 Pro Car race in Monte Carlo
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:12 AM
| QUOTE (bowlsby @ Aug 28 2005, 03:07 PM) |
| That does it....I am moving to Europe. You have alot of cool hardware there Wolfgang... |
hey Jeff - you're welcome
when is your flight
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:17 AM
this one was a hit 
did you ever hear about a car named "Davrian IMP" from 1971 - I don't 
this one was extreme loud and fast - and every fast corner it lifted the inner side front wheel 
- unfortunately I only have a little pocket DigiCam, so there was no chance to get this detail during the race 
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:20 AM
paddock overview from the grandstand
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:21 AM
some cars at the pre-start, waiting for their race
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:22 AM
historic formula racers waiting at the pre-start
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:25 AM
a couple of cars running from the pre-start to the circuit
the red one in front is a 1965 Ford Tornado
the yellow in the back a 1976 Porsche 935 RSR
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:28 AM
back to teener content 
3 GTs in this run - the yellow Singer-GT and that red Alfa ('70 2000 GTA) had a nice fight 
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:29 AM
and Singer managed to get in front
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:32 AM
2 GTs just before their 2nd run
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:38 AM
after the corso (displaying all the cars on the circuit, but in non-race speed) they parked the 3 orange GTs together
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:41 AM
some guys (including me ) asked if they would display the cars in a line - and they did 
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:42 AM
just enjoy
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:43 AM
one more
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:47 AM
we compared a few details of the cars - the most interesting (at least to me ) was the different types of fuel tanks
914 0 43 0983 has got the 100 liter tank:
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:48 AM
914 1 43 0141 "only" has the 60 liter tank:
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:50 AM
and the Strähle-GT also has 100 liter, but a little different:
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Posted by: kwales Aug 28 2005, 07:51 AM
Kenny is in Lust!
Er... I mean in Love
With the color orange.
Thanks for the Pics Gustl!
They are great.
Ken
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 07:55 AM
finaly I asked the drivers to pose next to their cars - well, and that's it
(I mean, I would have another gazillion of pics from this event, but I guess the admins would kill me for server-space-wasting and you guys would get bored 
)
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Posted by: maf914 Aug 28 2005, 08:03 AM
Gustl,
Thanks for the nice photos. Looks like a good day at the track. Beautiful weather too.
Back in the 80's while working in Frankfurt I attended the big annual historic event at the Nurburgring several times. Always fun. 
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 08:07 AM
there's one question left
I made some little video clips with my DigiCam. Due to the nature of my DigiCam the quality is no good, but the sound of theese 906 engines is that impressive, that I would like to share 'em.
But how to do it?
AFAIK they're too large to simply attach
any ideas ??
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 08:11 AM
| QUOTE (maf914 @ Aug 28 2005, 04:03 PM) |
| Looks like a good day at the track. |
due to the screaming engines and all the noise and the sunny weather I got a sunburn, a headache and I still can't hear anything
but I guess that's the price for such a great day
Posted by: balljoint Aug 28 2005, 08:12 AM
Awesome.
More pics please.
Is there another place that you can use to host the video clips and then post a link?
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 08:20 AM
| QUOTE (balljoint @ Aug 28 2005, 04:12 PM) |
| Is there another place that you can use to host the video clips and then post a link? |
maybe I could borrow a little webspace from the Oldtimer Club Tirol - I'll check this
but I'm afraid I can't keep this space forever
Posted by: VegasRacer Aug 28 2005, 09:29 AM
Ausge - fricking - zeichnet Photos Gustl. 
Posted by: Lou W Aug 28 2005, 09:43 AM
These pictures are awesome, thanks for showing them
Posted by: Jeroen Aug 28 2005, 11:02 AM
Thanks for the pics and report!
Awesome schtuff
Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 28 2005, 11:15 AM
WoW , great event. you dont see that many 914-6GT's in one bunch very often.
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 11:27 AM
well, I got it managed - here are at least 4 little video clips
I shrinked them a little (low res for less space ) and got a little webspace
1) http://oct.at/wos/tmp/SBG2005_01.mpg (my friend Rudi services this car)
2) http://oct.at/wos/tmp/SBG2005_03.mpg
3) http://oct.at/wos/tmp/SBG2005_05.mpg
4) http://oct.at/wos/tmp/SBG2005_09.mpg
Posted by: Howard Aug 28 2005, 11:27 AM
Gustl, as always, your pictures are great. If you can email the clips, I will post them. info@thehowardagency.com
Posted by: Gustl Aug 28 2005, 12:33 PM
Howard, 11 video clips are creeping through the web
due to an error message I had to split them to 3 mails
@ all: when Howard made the videos available I'll remove them from the above links
Posted by: Howard Aug 28 2005, 02:35 PM
Here ya go! http://www.thehowardagency.com/914/Gustl.wmv
Posted by: Maltese Falcon Aug 28 2005, 04:09 PM
Wolfgang, looks like a perfect day at the track --thanks for posting these pics. Nice orange teeners I have a sudden urge for an orange popsicle .
Marty
Posted by: VegasRacer Aug 29 2005, 06:30 AM
| QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 28 2005, 07:07 AM) |
| the sound of these 906 engines is that impressive, that I would like to share 'em. |
Wow. Thanks. Those sounds make my spine tingle.
Posted by: URY914 Aug 29 2005, 07:20 AM
| QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 28 2005, 04:55 AM) |
| I can't believe what I saw it was the famous "1971 Monte Carlo #1" car - #914 1 43 0141 - one of my all time favourites The owner - Walter Näher - told me that it was an absolutely short term decision to bring this car, therefore it isn't on the entry list ... |
The #2 car of the three car team is here in Florida at the Collier Automotive Muesum. Collier had the restored the car by Gunnar Racing years ago.
Paul
Posted by: URY914 Aug 29 2005, 07:23 AM
I think the quality of the video makes it seem like it was recorded in 1971. Cool!
P
Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2005, 07:39 AM
| QUOTE (URY914 @ Aug 29 2005, 03:20 PM) |
| The #2 car of the three car team is here in Florida at the Collier Automotive Muesum. Collier had the restored the car by Gunnar Racing years ago. Paul |
I guess you mixed that up a little
AFAIK the Miles Collier private museum owns the #2 car from the Marathon de la Route, 1970?
this would be # 914 0 43 2542
the car at the "ADAC Salzburgring Classic" was the #1 car from the Monte Carlo Rallye 1971 ...
Gustl
Posted by: URY914 Aug 29 2005, 08:37 AM
| QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 29 2005, 05:39 AM) | ||
I guess you mixed that up a little AFAIK the Miles Collier private museum owns the #2 car from the Marathon de la Route, 1970? this would be # 914 0 43 2542 the car at the "ADAC Salzburgring Classic" was the #1 car from the Monte Carlo Rallye 1971 ... Gustl |
Well you know they're the same color so it screwed me up I stand corrected.
P
Posted by: tdgray Aug 29 2005, 09:47 AM
Great Stuff Wolfgang. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2005, 01:36 PM
| QUOTE (balljoint @ Aug 28 2005, 04:12 PM) |
| Awesome. More pics please. |
thanks for all compliments
here's another nice pic from the corso run
on the left theri is the Monte Carlo GT, but watch the black Beetle in the front
one told me that's a '66 Bug with a turbo-charged type 4 engine at about 300 PS
this little car reminded me at good old Herby
in his fast run it overtook all Porsches (911 S, RS, RSR, 935 !!!) - only a 2.8 RSR was faster
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2005, 01:40 PM
here's a view to the "holy gral"
(# 914 0 43 0983)
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Posted by: mikeyb33 Aug 29 2005, 01:41 PM
great pictures - thanks for sharing!
Q: Is this event held every year? And where exactly is it held?
(..from the Dept. of the Painfully Obvious, perhaps: Outside Salzburg? Or-?)
I've been looking to string together a couple motorsports-related events as an excuse to travel to Europe in late Aug/early Sept. As another year has passed I'm now looking to next year. This looks like it might be a fun thing to do.
P.S. never mind, found some info. on the event & it includes a map (Ger. only - haven't sifted through all the google results yet but this is a good start): http://www.salzburgringclassic.de/
( : : now brushing up on my Deutsche : : )
Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2005, 01:47 PM
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Posted by: Gustl Aug 29 2005, 01:56 PM
| QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 29 2005, 09:41 PM) |
| great pictures - thanks for sharing! Q: Is this event held every year? And where exactly is it held? |
well, next year it takes place on August 26 - if I'm alive, I'm there
it's at the so called Salzburgring, a permanent racing circuit that's about 1/4 hour (by car) in the east of Salzburg
I've found that little map
it should be clear - the big black point is the city of Salzburg, about an inch to the right (where you can see the b/w flag) is the track
Posted by: mikeyb33 Aug 29 2005, 02:17 PM
sehr Gute!
Vielen Dank!
(well I've got a year to keep working on my German... calendar's marked!)
Posted by: Gustl Aug 30 2005, 03:13 AM
| QUOTE (Gustl @ Aug 29 2005, 09:36 PM) |
| one told me that's a '66 Bug with a turbo-charged type 4 engine at about 300 PS |
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Posted by: sixnotfour Aug 30 2005, 03:24 AM
reminds of this one; 4cam engine.
great event thanks for the pictures,I saw the other 150pics elsewhere
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