PIX, Pix Of Enlightenment Options

[veekry9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Thomd4BQg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruf_CTR



This car was tested with the Isdera i108,Porsche 959,Countach and Ferrari's GTO on the Volkswagen test track by R+T,cover story again.
Can't recall the other cars in the test(edit:AMG supercoupe).Paul Frere was one of the testers.
The Ruf was front and center.
I recall a story about a fellow who imported one here in Montreal or Toronto.
He could as a 25yr rule applied.No doubt very pleased.

(edit:12/06/15)
http://backissues.com/issue/Road-and-Track-July-1987

(edit:12/11/14)
Anyone here know the driver in the video?
I am assuming it's Ruf's test driver who set their record.

(edit:05/03/15)
With a cameraman!fun ride (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(edit:10/27/15):

His name is Stefan Roser.
http://www.9tro.com/features/people-places...er-road-warrior

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[veekry9]

I like this,tho the 917 is rapidly gaining,exiting the esses,towards tertre rouge.
TertreRouge
https://www.google.ca/search?q=lemans+1970+...FQWVqgmjc73M%3A
NorbertSinger
http://www.autobild.es/motorsport/10-momen...-le-mans-224131


And this looks right,tho mounted haphazardly,unaligned.


http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...c=8&st=3515


Somewhere on the continent,a Lime Green 914,with a nice dual lite install.
Looks like a grp bumper with paint,striped detail and a dam.
(edit:07/23/16)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAG04An2NA



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBLxiHxACCk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1y0rMOgZco

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkP5Svl16Qg

(edit:11/05/15.This is not a 917,labeled wrong!).................................................................................(This is the sound we all recognize)
(edit:07/07/16)
BTW,http://911handbook.blogspot.ca/2001/06/936-race-car.html



Factory hood,pop-ups,inner fenders,inner doorskin,trunklid.
Rear outer fender moved 100mm rearward.
Rear edge of doorskin followed.
It's blue,nicely buffed to reflect the horizon,parked cars and curb.
Factory late bumper,sectioned,widened,
Siglamps raked,lengthened.
Little baby bumper 914 grew up.
There's plenty of room for cooling and installation of great power.
Factory w-well height and lip.
Rusted relic from '75 seeks resurrection and more cylinders.
Some have pulled the rear w-w to fit wider tires and changed the curvature of the fender slightly.
The result looks nice with a gentle swelling of the longitudinal spline curve.
Extending that curve vertically allows the hump above the fender to rise in a smooth way.
A huge workload,like what I have seen here before.

[veekry9]

Face of bumper is factory position.
6-7" longer overall.
Same wb stretch of 100mm.
WW arches wider,taller.
More meat,larger wheels.
Plenty of modern materials.
Rear firewall is factory other than sandwich construction.
Longs are much more substantial.
Door carries intrusion bars,lock to tubeframe chassis.
The house defines the look of the 914,with the targa curve.

[veekry9]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9n5jAs9ljk


Sure it's possible.

>>YT
I'm sure you have seen this..Jackie Icxx is so very cool.
In those killer years,awareness of mortality appears sobering.

[veekry9]

No round headlamps,for those who prefer the rectangular look.
911-ish roofline for a smooth transition to the rear.
Wings optional.Perhaps a electrically deployed version.

[veekry9]

For those of you who like the red ones.

[veekry9]

https://www.google.ca/search?q=cad+cam&...ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

Anyone here doing Cad-Cam?
During my visits with Restoration Design,I saw modern methods in die design and machining.
I can only recall several screengrabs of a few projects being posted.
Started with it in the '70s,programming heavy NC machine tools.

https://www.google.ca/#q=cad-cam+software

[veekry9]

Add 3" to the center of the car, like this: (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif)

Something like this.
From Paul's thd.
Hard to tell,this may be a different car than the roadster posted previously.
Interesting concept huh?Want wider rubber,widen the car.
Totally changes the character of the Karmann-Ghia to a GT.
I even like the subtle lip it's been given,nothing too garish or outrageous.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=karmann+ghia...oAA&dpr=1.5

edit:Same car,...brilliant.

[veekry9]

Anyone here know this 914?

(edit:01/21/16)

Patrick Paternie
https://books.google.ca/books?id=yMJFvrORtz...ity&f=false

[Dave_Darling]

Yes. Or rather, I have known it in the past. I remember seeing it at one of the first PCA Club Races that it ran after getting re-bodied. It was pretty awesome...

Just enough 914 left in there to legally run in PCA as a 914.

--DD

[veekry9]

A few years ago I was compelled to rid myself of a vast collection of references from around the world.
Publications defunct or otherwise that wrote about sports and racing from the early '60s to then.
So along with a complete Mac that when purchased was 15k I brought it to the curb for disposal.
Along with that great mass of print was an article about this car,for which I have some memory as being V8 powered.
At the time I thought it would make a great project,a midengined 928 powered GT1 looking road car and sometime track toy.
I suppose all the artwork is my way of coming up with a suitable shape to enclose such a highpowered structure.
I haven't seen the car in almost 15 yrs,but somehow always had it simmering,evolving.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...06097&st=20

Reading of this awesome build has come at a great time,and has given new impetus to an ongoing 914 transformation.
I just learned California Motorsports had some part in building it back then.What got my attention was the use of latemodel
911 rear castings and suspension.I admired their design as something out of the ordinary,a 914 matured to 911.
I'm trying to retain some semblance of the original shape,the 944's roofline displaying a hint of the targa curve.
All of you have seen all kinds of attempts to rid the car of it's funky look into the latest fad of slopes,F40s,959s and so on.


https://www.google.ca/#q=Porsche+914+body+kits&start=10

https://www.google.ca/search?q=Porsche+914+...ml%3B1024%3B768

[Dave_Darling]

The car had (has?) a 993 rear subframe; the cast pieces are quite unique. I think it also uses some modified 993 suspension parts.

The motor was a 2.8 liter 911 engine, as that was the class limit for where it was running.

--DD

[veekry9]

Races have records,how well did it do,being prepared to a class restriction.
PCA,POC, years ago,10+ I guess.

[veekry9]

Mild widening of fenders and doors.
w-w stock w+h.
Slight lengthening of bumper rubber.
Wider bumper slots for 2 lights.
Sig-lamps sloped+lengthened.

[veekry9]

Anyone remember this 914 from the '70s(80s?),and who built it?
924 rear glass?
Wide body that still looks good.
Appears to have a plexi windshield.
Pop-ups functional.
A faceted design,sculpted.

edit:Dec 11-14
Note the step at the rear of the targa bar to accommodate the roof.

(edit:11/07/15)
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=11646
Indeed,an Art Center College of Design grad is on board.
Deep into the labyrinth of 914W,back,back into the past.

[veekry9]

Much,much more radical



Much more radical



17" ATS 5-Star

[veekry9]

Rear firewall has been sloped rearwards for a more reclined seating position.
A doubler has been installed with a corrugated core to stiffen the firewall,likewise up front.
Wheelbase has been increased 100-150mm to accommodate the larger and longer engine/tx package.
A widening of the sheetmetal to make room for the larger wheels and tire combos.The wheelwells have been raised 2-3".
Front late bumper has been dropped 1" from it's factory position and deepened 2",all in grp.
Sidemount radiators and oil coolers is the purpose of the large sidescoops,the door carrying the side intrusion cage bars.
A fixed roof and removable targa panels make the rollover structure stiff with integral tubes in the targa bar,the house lengthened.
The original spline curves have been exaggerated for a waisted curve at the doorskins and fenders,blending into the rolled rocker.
The car is painted the same colour as the '62 bug I had in the '70s,and a nice metalflake in the shade shows the curves well.
A slight recurve of the front lid's lip has been done to allow the widened fenders and bumper to fit smoothly together.
The inner fenders are unchanged as is the frunk,with the spare in place.The rear trunk's lid has been lengthened,as has the trunk behind the axle.
The sloping of the siglites has required that the lenses be lengthened for that sharper nose.
No chopping or channeling,some sectioning and stretching,hammering and planishing.
Plan 9 from Mars. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[veekry9]

Colour of bronze,a sort of dark copper,candy,pearl flip.
Added a small grille to manage the air under the car,redirecting to the outside rear.

[veekry9]

Hmmm..If he fit a bigblock into a 911,no doubt it would fit into the 914,right?
914,slightly rusted,no engine,no transaxle,no problem.500+inches of Cadillac fun.
http://www.enercalc.com/porsche/

(edit:12/16/15)
Come to think of it,I do recall skimming across it in some carmag back then.
The luggage disguise the salient point,the Castiron Caddy not so much.
I did like the HotRod approach.
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The THM325-3spd auto transmission.

https://www.google.ca/search?q=gm+thm425+tr...igB&dpr=1.5

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[veekry9]

Amberlites,bumperlites,colourmatch matte finish on grille and bumper,rubberlike.