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Quilmes
post Mar 7 2005, 10:03 AM
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Hello my 914 friends:
I was wondering if anyone knew the whereabouts of this 914 race car. It was built and raced by Altman racing the same people that built the Pontiac Racing GTU Fiero’s.
As you can tell from the photos this 914 is very well built, the pictures are from Sebring 1987.
In the mid 1990’s it came up for sale and at that time it was in Puerto Rico, it came with a lot of spares and two engines back then they were asking $20,000 (I wish I had $20,000 back then to spare) I know that ZOT’s Racing was interested in making it into a open-top IMSA/SportsCars racer, a rule and direction that endurance racing was going in at that time. Nothing happened and the car as far as I know fell of the map.

I have no information on Altman Racing it wouild be great to get soem of there photos and history on this car.
If anyone knows or has any more photos, I would greatly appreciate it.

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post Mar 7 2005, 10:04 AM
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Here is another.


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post Mar 7 2005, 10:05 AM
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and another photo of the 914


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post Mar 7 2005, 10:07 AM
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Sorry if the images are a bit big, but I wanted to show the detail to the workmanship.

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post Mar 7 2005, 10:10 AM
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I have several pictures of the car. It was involved in a shunt with some other entrant, and DNFed that event. Used Fiero uprights, I guess there were quite familiar with them.
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post Mar 7 2005, 10:18 AM
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QUOTE (davep @ Mar 7 2005, 08:10 AM)
I have several pictures of the car. It was involved in a shunt with some other entrant, and DNFed that event. Used Fiero uprights, I guess there were quite familiar with them.

Davep:
Thanks for the quick reply, I know that the Altman Bros built the Fiero's to go GTU racing in IMSA, I guess they had some extra parts around the shop and decide to put a 914 shell around it since it was also a mid engine layout.

If you have any of those photos I would greatly appreciate it.

Muchas Thanks
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post Mar 7 2005, 10:21 AM
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I'll have to look thru my stuff too, I may have something. I was there in '87.
Do you know if it ever ran in PCA Club Racing?

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post Mar 7 2005, 10:28 AM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:21 AM)
I'll have to look thru my stuff too, I may have something. I was there in '87.
Do you know if it ever ran in PCA Club Racing?

Paul

Hey Paul
sorry to miss the Tampa morning event, I had just come back into town and my family and house needed some attention, how was the HSR event in Sebring ?

I do not know if it ever raced in PCA, I got those photos from John at Black Forest in DelRey.
I know that it was for sale in Puerto Rico a while back.
If the price is right I would love to have that 914.

Thanks and I like the past photos from Sebring that you posted last week.

Excellent

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post Mar 7 2005, 10:41 AM
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It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan.
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post Mar 7 2005, 10:46 AM
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And a steel passenger door. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/ohmy.gif)
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post Mar 7 2005, 10:56 AM
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Was the car last seen in Florida? Was it painted Red after this picture? If so, I know where it was a couple of years ago. There was a guy by the name of Armand Pugh that had a shop in Cape Coral and he bought this car in Daytona (or that area). He had it in his shop for a long time and he would not sell it. Bob Snodgrass came down to buy it one time and Armand said no way. No telling what Brumos offered him.
Armand was an interesting guy (read that as asshole). He had a heart attack last year on I-4 and US27 and died in his truck. Now nobody knows what happened to the car. I would imagine that it was sold or given to someone to resolve a debt.
When I last saw this car, 2002 or so, it was just a roller. But it was in good condition.
Paul if you email me I will try to provide with you some more detailed info.
Post some pics of the HSR weekend,please,please,please.
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post Mar 7 2005, 11:36 AM
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QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:56 AM)
Paul if you email me I will try to provide with you some more detailed info.
Post some pics of the HSR weekend,please,please,please.

Martin wants the info on the car, not me. Also I didn't go to Sebring HSR. Steve and Eric did. Steve said he'd post some pics. I looked at a few sites last night looking for pictures and didn't find any. If I find any I'll let you know.

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post Mar 7 2005, 12:38 PM
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Whoops.
Martin if you email me I would be happy to give you all of the details that I know.
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post Mar 7 2005, 01:33 PM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:41 AM)
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan.

...And MFI!

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post Mar 7 2005, 01:59 PM
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QUOTE (Dave_Darling @ Mar 7 2005, 12:33 PM)
QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:41 AM)
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan.

...And MFI!

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jsut about to post that......

you can see the fuel distributor thingy.... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Mar 7 2005, 02:12 PM
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QUOTE (Stutgart46 @ Mar 7 2005, 10:38 AM)
Whoops.
Martin if you email me I would be happy to give you all of the details that I know.

Stutgart46: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Thanks for your help, I do not know if it was painted red, all I know is that it was for sale in Puerto Rico in the mid 90's. It came with an impressive list of parts.
If you can share this information with me I would be extremely grateful. I admire the workmanship that went into this car. Many of my 914 friends from Germany also like how in the United States the 914 has had a longer self life, placing very strongly in the 24hrs of Daytona in 1980 and GT3 & GT2 in SCCA till this day.
This goes to show the potential and love this car really received.
My personal e-mail is tmnational@yahoo.com or marnaud@zgsgroup.com

Thank you in advance

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post Mar 7 2005, 03:55 PM
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QUOTE (URY914 @ Mar 7 2005, 08:41 AM)
It looks like it has a 917/962 style flat fan.

I remember seeing a flat-fan engine like that on the dyno at Autothority back in 1990 or so. The operator said it was from an IMSA 914-6 (I think it was a 2 liter.) I wonder if it's the same one? How many of those were there? I don't recall seeing the car it was from.
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post Mar 7 2005, 04:11 PM
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QUESTION!


what is that Silver/Aluminum (?) thingy to the Right of the drivers door in the first picture?
thanks.



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post Mar 7 2005, 04:20 PM
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Besides allowing the car to go lower, what's the advantage of having the swaybars on top?

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post Mar 7 2005, 04:29 PM
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QUOTE (Scott Carlberg @ Mar 7 2005, 02:11 PM)
QUESTION!


what is that Silver/Aluminum (?) thingy to the Right of the drivers door in the first picture?
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I think that they are Air Intakes/ Oil Coolers ???
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