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> I touched a 916 yesterday..., Almost didn't even notice.
Britain Smith
post Sep 27 2004, 12:32 PM
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At the Smart Racing/Jerry Wood's open house yesterday they had several really bad-ass cars and engines on display including a real 934, 935, 962, 908 chassis, 935 engines, 3.8L engine in the dyno, and a ridiculous '69 911 with a 996 carbon fiber body, 750hp, $60K sequential transmission, and lots of other stuff.

Anyway, in the lot with these other cars was a 914 that I thought was just another 914...that is until I saw the poster next to it that indicated that it was one of two 916's in the U.S. It was really cool...other than the puke brown plaid interior. The steel top with rain gutters was really nifty. Check out the pics.

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934 Engine:
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935 Engine:
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A real 935 restoration in progress:
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A reproduced 908 engine case:
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A $100K new cast 908 transmission:
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Spare 962 bodywork:
(IMG:http://www.britainsmith.com/Porsche/SmartRacingOpenHouse/images/148_0056_JPG.jpg)

Heritage 924/944 Racers:
(IMG:http://www.britainsmith.com/Porsche/SmartRacingOpenHouse/images/148_0057_JPG.jpg)

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post Sep 27 2004, 12:47 PM
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Britian,

It was hard to stop drooling, so many great cars and stuff!

Do you remember where the guy said they build the doors for the white twin turbo rocket? I check Fabcar's site, but it doesn't look like they do the CF doors.

They couldn't have weighed 3lbs.

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post Sep 27 2004, 12:50 PM
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post Sep 27 2004, 12:51 PM
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I think there are a couple more 916's here now.

1. Yellow pictured above
2. Metallic Blue in NorCal (on Ebay a couple years ago - didn't sell)
3. Metallic Blue in Hamilton County, IN - yup, here in the midwest...I haven't touched it yet.

are there more that anyone knows about?
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post Sep 27 2004, 12:57 PM
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That is some of the best auto porno I have seen in a while. Who owns the 916 now?

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post Sep 27 2004, 02:12 PM
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The yellow 916 looks like the car that was featured in an old issue of Porsche and Volkswagon magazine, which later became European Car magazine. If so, it was in the Chandler collection at one time, along with a lot of other cool Porsches..
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post Sep 27 2004, 02:24 PM
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Seanery, What is the scoop on the 916 here in Indiana?
thanks,
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post Sep 27 2004, 02:42 PM
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Whats his face at whats that place in Georgia has a 916 as well. I parked next to it a couple of years ago at the Amelia Island Concours. He actually drove it from Atlanta to Amelia Island and let it sit outside the whole weekend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)
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post Sep 27 2004, 02:57 PM
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Well I have wood, thanks for the pics
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post Sep 27 2004, 03:02 PM
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QUOTE(Stutgart46 @ Sep 27 2004, 12:42 PM)
Whats his face at whats that place in Georgia has a 916 as well. I parked next to it a couple of years ago at the Amelia Island Concours. He actually drove it from Atlanta to Amelia Island and let it sit outside the whole weekend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

George Hussey from Auto Atlanta. Isn't it for sale, for like a half mil or something? What years were the 916s made, anyway? I can't remember right off hand.
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post Sep 27 2004, 03:07 PM
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Not to be a party pooper. But doesn't the passenger side rocker panel seem caved in just under the door?
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post Sep 27 2004, 03:10 PM
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1971 only, didnt you read the placard in front of the car???
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post Sep 27 2004, 03:35 PM
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QUOTE(skline @ Sep 27 2004, 02:10 PM)
1971 only, didnt you read the placard in front of the car???

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) ...that is why I took a picture of the placecard.

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post Sep 27 2004, 03:37 PM
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I'm glad to see the yellow 916 is back in the US. I know Otis Chandler owned it for a period of time. More recently it has been living in Japan as part of the Matsuda Collection. Also I believe AA's 916 (ex-Peter Gregg) was the only 916 that was imported to America in 1971. I believe over time, 3 or 4 others ended up here.
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Or was the black one that Wolf Schultz-Tattenpach owned the one that ended up in Japan........Anyone know?

Silver - AA museum in Atlanta
Yellow - Woods in CA
Black - ex Wolf Schultz Tappenpach car (was in CA)
Gemini Blue - ex Jerry Leonard Indiana car now in CA
White - rumored to be in FL
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post Sep 27 2004, 04:22 PM
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steve,
so you're saying both of the blue cars I have listed are the same?
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post Sep 27 2004, 04:27 PM
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QUOTE(smg914 @ Sep 27 2004, 03:06 PM)
Or was the black one that Wolf Schultz-Tattenpach owned the one that ended up in Japan........Anyone know?

Silver - AA museum in Atlanta
Yellow - Woods in CA
Black - ex Wolf Schultz Tappenpach car (was in CA)
Gemini Blue - ex Jerry Leonard Indiana car now in CA
White - rumored to be in FL

the mettalic blue one that was forasle in the UK?
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post Sep 27 2004, 04:53 PM
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I remember the blue one that was for sale in the UK. The guy selling posted on here. It was a very interesting thread. I notice that the 916 pictured has an adjustable passenger seat. Did all 916s have that? 1971 still had the fixed seat, did it not?
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post Sep 27 2004, 05:03 PM
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QUOTE(mike_the_man @ Sep 27 2004, 03:53 PM)
I notice that the 916 pictured has an adjustable passenger seat. Did all 916s have that? 1971 still had the fixed seat, did it not?

that's because all 916s were build in '72 and *not* '71 ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

also, there were 11, not 10 like it says on that placecard ...
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post Sep 27 2004, 05:13 PM
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Seanery,

I know that Jerry Leonard's widow was selling his old gemini blue 916 a few years ago. I be honest with you, I just assumed that the blue 916 in California was his old car.
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