 914 gt's and 2 tone bumpers..... Why? |
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| jasons |
 Mar 9 2005, 01:16 PM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire  Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None  |
Can anyone tell me why some 914 gt's have 2 tone bumpers? Is it just to be noticed on the track? Was it some kind of rule for their class or something?
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| ArtechnikA |
Mar 9 2005, 01:24 PM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
yes. especially for team running multiple, otherwise identically prepared cars. lets the crew know which one is screaming down pit lane. in-car radios were virtually unknown in the early '70's, especially in Europe. |
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| URY914 |
Mar 9 2005, 01:24 PM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 126,350 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
When a team has several cars which are painted alike the bumpers are painted different to tell them apart. Even tho the numbers are different.
Even the 936's and 956 that the factory ran at LeMans were different in some way beside the numbers. Paul |
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| TimT |
Mar 9 2005, 02:34 PM
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retired Group: Members Posts: 4,033 Joined: 18-February 03 From: Wantagh, NY Member No.: 313 |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) werd, what those two fellas said
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| william harris |
Mar 9 2005, 02:37 PM
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914 Restorer Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 9-January 04 From: Hamilton, MA Member No.: 1,539 |
They look cool! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif)
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| lapuwali |
Mar 9 2005, 02:40 PM
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Not another one! Group: Benefactors Posts: 4,526 Joined: 1-March 04 From: San Mateo, CA Member No.: 1,743  |
You see these small differences in paint schemes in nearly every racing series were there are multi-car teams. In F1, they'll use different colored noses or airboxes, for example. Even when you have radios, the visual confirmation can be quite useful. Numbers are often nearly invisible at speed, even if you make them fairly big.
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| SirAndy |
Mar 9 2005, 02:40 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 42,206 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
so the english drivers knew which side the steering wheel was going to be when they ran up to the car ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif) Andy |
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| Jeroen |
Mar 9 2005, 03:40 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 7,887 Joined: 24-December 02 From: The Netherlands Member No.: 3 Region Association: Europe |
those tricks are still applied today (even in F1)
The Audi LeMans cars had it too (different detail colors - red, yellow or black IIRC) |
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| seanery |
Mar 9 2005, 03:43 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
you see it quite frequently on mirrors nowadays, especially in salloon, uh I mean touring cars.
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| xitspd |
Mar 9 2005, 09:42 PM
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Technology and Tradition 3.6 and 914-6 Group: Members Posts: 1,305 Joined: 17-November 04 From: Foothills of Mt. San Jacinto, CA Member No.: 3,136 |
Because it looks cool!
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| jasons |
Mar 9 2005, 10:07 PM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None |
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/agree.gif) |
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| redshift |
Mar 9 2005, 10:11 PM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
You are all wrong...
It's because a 914 looks the same from both ends, so you can tell which way the car is entering the pits. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) M |
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| michel richard |
Mar 9 2005, 11:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
Those are racing bumpers, I don't think they're that heavy . . . Oh, errr, wait. |
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