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jim_hoyland
post Feb 28 2009, 01:35 PM
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Saw this at the Cars & Coffee this am in Irvine. Owner says he got it in 1977. 904 ?


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post Feb 28 2009, 01:38 PM
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QUOTE(jim_hoyland @ Feb 28 2009, 01:35 PM) *

Saw this at the Cars & Coffee this am in Irvine. Owner says he got it in 1977. 904 ?



very cool. Not an expert in these models but sure looks like a 904. Real or replica however...?

Replicas are made by Martin and Walker in the UK and Thunder Ranch in the US. Beck also made some but I think they are defunct these days.
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post Feb 28 2009, 02:03 PM
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If he got it in 1977, it is probably real
Ugly color though...it should be silver.
Did you get any shots of the engine bay?
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:00 PM
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and does he want to sell it?
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:02 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Remember the recent magazine article that was a tongue in cheek buying guide for 904's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:04 PM
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I'd be willing to bet thats a real 904, odd color though. Would be nice to have a look at the engine and interior. I dig the license plate... BUTZI S! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:09 PM
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:15 PM
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The owner used to race porsches with some other names I'd heard before. It is NOT a replica. I'll get a pic of the motor and interior next time; he's there frequently.
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post Feb 28 2009, 03:41 PM
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The owner used to race porsches with some other names I'd heard before. It is NOT a replica. I'll get a pic of the motor and interior next time; he's there frequently.

Because the factory only made 100 or so of these, they are all tracked.
google around and you will find a web site with the history and current location of every single 904...

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post Feb 28 2009, 03:49 PM
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QUOTE(ConeDodger @ Feb 28 2009, 04:02 PM) *

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Remember the recent magazine article that was a tongue in cheek buying guide for 904's (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)


The one I saw was for 910s. Think it was in Excellence and several people fell for it. It was written with a straight face and the 910's relatively obscure status made it seem plausible if one did not know better.
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post Feb 28 2009, 04:08 PM
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I knew a guy in the San Diego Region PCA with a 904 just that color. (#127 IIRC...) It was one of the one or two factory 904/6 so his installing a turbocharged 2,7 didn't seem quite as sacreligeous since he didn't pull a 4-cam Fuhrmann motor to do it - the factory had been there already...

Had a lot of issues keeping all that torque contained in the transaxle - I saw the car run at Riverside and Holtville several times.

(I confess I could be confusing a couple of the details with Vern Covert's car - they were contemporaries and had many of the same features. Can'n Krusty can tell stories about the Covert car...)

Anyway - how many 904's that color can there be ?
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post Feb 28 2009, 04:51 PM
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I really love the 904 ... no matter what colour

... but he should go back to original rims (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)

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post Feb 28 2009, 04:56 PM
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Cool! It looks like he has some weird alignment settings (especially in the front).
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post Feb 28 2009, 04:56 PM
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and does he want to sell it?


NADA. But if you make the WCR in Irvine this May, you can talk to him (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Feb 28 2009, 05:45 PM
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Nothing?

I personally love the color. Not one I'd pick, but a period color that's one of a bunch that make that era so cool I think.
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post Feb 28 2009, 11:07 PM
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I suspect this is the same car. It is one of the first 904s to be built, #904-002.


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post Feb 28 2009, 11:37 PM
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I think i just wet myself ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)
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post Mar 1 2009, 12:04 AM
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I think i just wet myself ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)


Glad I am not the only one that did that....

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Covert's car was red wasn't it?
i got to drive one of those, with the 4 cam in it. It was silver, for you purists, and a blast to drive. i got to drive it in a Parade "autocross" on a track. I think one of the Portland parades.
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post Mar 1 2009, 01:48 AM
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QUOTE(r_towle @ Feb 28 2009, 12:03 PM) *

If he got it in 1977, it is probably real
Ugly color though...it should be silver.
Did you get any shots of the engine bay?
Rich


I shoot the interview today with that guy as soon as I cut the show I will let every one take a look and yes I shoot the engine bay. The car is real its a prototype
has a 6 not a 4
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