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Posted by: grantsfo Apr 2 2006, 09:59 AM

Cool Canepa museum in Scotts Valley across the street from my wife's office. Looks like they have a 914-6 GT!



http://www.canepa.com/SportsLuxury/Showroom/1970Porsche914-6Gallery.shtm

Newspaper Article on the new place:

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/archive/2006/April/01/local/stories/07local.htm

Posted by: olav Apr 2 2006, 10:02 AM

What's the address and what are the hours? I'd like to see.



Thanks for posting!

Posted by: tod914 Apr 2 2006, 10:11 AM

very nice... but no shots of the battery tray, jack points and hell hole??

Posted by: grantsfo Apr 2 2006, 10:11 AM

QUOTE (olav @ Apr 2 2006, 08:02 AM)

What's the address and what are the hours? I'd like to see. Thanks for posting!

I'm not sure on hours. I was thinking of stopping by sometime next week.

Here is their contact info:

4900 Scotts Valley Drive
Scotts Valley, CA. 95066

Phone: 1.831.430.9940

Oh yes and they have some less important cars there too:

Posted by: reddog Apr 2 2006, 10:21 AM

Thanks for the tip on this...And thanks for the extra parts you threw in with the wheels I picked up yesterday...

Posted by: reddog Apr 2 2006, 10:25 AM

QUOTE (olav @ Apr 2 2006, 08:02 AM)

What's the address and what are the hours? I'd like to see. Thanks for posting!

The article says that the showroom will be open to the public this summer...

Posted by: neo914-6 Apr 2 2006, 12:17 PM

Tom (Carreraguy) and I saw his museum in the works when they had an open house last November. This was before they had the -6 GT. When you go, ask him to see his VW bus 993 twin turbo project...

Posted by: 9146R Apr 2 2006, 04:44 PM

I was on his web site several weeks ago, 914-6 I believe is for sale...at the Historic Races at Laguna his red 917 is always a hit.
Greg

Posted by: ChicagoPete Apr 3 2006, 01:55 PM

This car belonged to and was restored by Mark Allin and Precision Automotive Restoration of Newburyport, MA...this car underwent a 100point body-off restoration. None better than this shop. There was a 7 or 8 page pictorial of this car in the Jan/Feb '05 issue of Vintage Motorsports
http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/porsche_9146_gt_lufthansa

They/he is just completing the build of my 914/6 GT. Don't know if he is taking it to show at Hershey?
http://www.pbase.com/9146gt/other_9146gt_racecars_pete_jenkins


Peter


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Posted by: Rockaria Apr 3 2006, 02:12 PM

These people stink Let's play count the 959's... The last time I saw this many in one place was at the Porsche factory in 1987.

Posted by: ematulac Apr 3 2006, 02:37 PM

What's this in the front trunk?




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Posted by: race914 Apr 3 2006, 03:33 PM

QUOTE (Rockaria @ Apr 3 2006, 12:12 PM)

These people stink Let's play count the 959's... The last time I saw this many in one place was at the Porsche factory in 1987.

Canepa is 'updating' the 959s so they are street legal in the US....

Posted by: ChicagoPete Apr 3 2006, 03:53 PM

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What's this in the front trunk?

That is a build out on the fuel cell to make it a long distance cell...

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 3 2006, 04:03 PM

QUOTE (ChicagoPete @ Apr 3 2006, 02:53 PM)

QUOTE What's this in the front trunk? That is a build out on the fuel cell to make it a long distance cell...

that was my guess, but it ddoesnt look like the standard 100 liter tank....

Posted by: neo914-6 Apr 3 2006, 04:39 PM

it's a trophy case

Posted by: 0396 Apr 3 2006, 06:41 PM

What are they asking for the -6?

Posted by: Gustl Apr 3 2006, 10:37 PM

a couple of months ago they were asking $ 195,000 IIRC

Posted by: Marv's3.6six Apr 3 2006, 10:54 PM

Wow $195K it must cost a ton of money todo a body off resto on a unibody car

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 3 2006, 10:55 PM

QUOTE (Marv's3.6six @ Apr 3 2006, 09:54 PM)

Wow $195K it must cost a ton of money todo a body off resto on a unibody car

my thoughts exactly!

Posted by: NeunXIV Apr 3 2006, 11:02 PM

oooooooh so many 959's I love it!
-Chris

Posted by: ChicagoPete Apr 4 2006, 04:19 AM

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Wow $195K it must cost a ton of money todo a body off resto on a unibody car

Speaking from experience, it sure does! You can't build this car for under 6 figures!

At $195,000 it is a deal relative to other period Porsche racing cars with provenance. Can't touch a 911R for under $300,000. Even totally disassembled!

See:

http://www.johnstarkeycars.com/pages/for_sale/1967_911R.html

Posted by: Gustl Apr 4 2006, 08:06 AM

- that's my understanding too

in Europe there were at least 3 original GTs for sale within the last couple of months
they were all fully restored by specialists and they were asking between
EUR 200,000 (~ US$ 235,000) and EUR 250,000 (~ US$ 295,00)

so, to me, the price for the Lufthansa GT seems to be a bargain ... unfortunately I can't afford

Gustl

Posted by: Marv's3.6six Apr 4 2006, 11:47 AM

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QUOTE   Wow $195K it must cost a ton of money todo a body off resto on a unibody car   Speaking from experience, it sure does!

My point was totally tongue in cheek, You cannot do a "body-off" frame restoration on a car where there is no frame
A better term would have been ground up or complete restoration. I know restos are not cheap todo by any means, I am doing a bucks up GT look conversion right now on an orig 6 and it co$t$ big time.

Posted by: ChicagoPete Apr 4 2006, 02:04 PM

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My point was totally tongue in cheek, You cannot do a "body-off" frame restoration on a car where there is no frame   A better term would have been ground up or complete restoration. I know restos are not cheap todo by any means, I am doing a bucks up GT look conversion right now on an orig 6 and it co$t$ big time.

You crack me up...We need to establish a new term for the most complete restoration on a unibody car...perhaps a complete "parts off" restoration?

IMO, "ground-up" and "complete restoration" don't carry the same weight as "body off"...

BUT, I am no Keith Martin or Craig Jackson!

Posted by: Andyrew Apr 4 2006, 02:17 PM

When I hear "complete restoration" and "ground up"

I figure everything was taken off, redone, new parts in apropriate places, and assembled perfectly..

Thats my take on cars done for museums or high end shows.

Body off to me would say, they separated the body from the chassis and cleaned replaced and painted everything.

Ground up.. would be everything from the ground up is either replaced, redone, or repainted... same as Complete..


Thats my take, and im a hot rodder...

Posted by: Marv's3.6six Apr 4 2006, 02:37 PM

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Body off to me would say, they separated the body from the chassis and cleaned replaced and painted everything.

Exactly.... and my point is "Body-off or Frame-off" is an impossibility because the car is unibody and is not attached to any type of frame the unibody is the frame, hence my original joke.

Posted by: olav Apr 4 2006, 03:01 PM

Posted by: balljoint Apr 4 2006, 03:02 PM

At 5,332 members that works out to $36.57 each and then each of us could have the car for an hour and a half every year.....presumably that hour and a half would be spent driving the car to the next member's house.



Oh wait there's probably tax on that too........