Monterey Historics, my short eyefull visit... Options

[Quilmes]

QUOTE (Rotten Robby @ Aug 22 2005, 07:39 AM)

QUOTE (Neo914-6 @ Aug 22 2005, 06:53 AM) QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Aug 22 2005, 02:50 AM) QUOTE (Neo914-6 @ Aug 22 2005, 03:18 AM) Didn't see the Altec Lansing, but the Cerwin Vega was there IIRC, same car. it was campaigned in Cerwin-Vega livery in its later years. Rich, Someone posted a pic of the Black Altec Lansing that was here Fri or Sat. Same car as in the ads with the blonde... Mike, Your welcome, I'm glad to have the opportunity to see the Chaparrals. I'm told it's unlikely they will be pulled out of the museum again. The pictures of the Altec-Lansing car were themselves archival. The Altec-Lansing car IS now the Cerwin-vega car. Nice guy, a little aloof perhaps but we spent a few minutes talking to him. Car is an original six which has been a race car since arrival on these shores. The guy wants to buy one of Martin's gas caps. He is not on 914Club, didn't even know it existed. Very nicely prepared car. Rob

Here is a photo of that 914 racing, I also have the list that was sent to me by the owner when it was for sale.

It is a great car with lot's of History.

Quilmes


HISTORIC PORSCHE 914-6 RACE CAR FOR SALE 1974-1979 IMSA /CAMEL GT

Raced by Jim Cook, John Thomas, Miles Gupton, Rich Mandella

Professionally built by Roger Kyle, Troutman and Barnes; George Britting and Andial.
Stripped to bare chassis and jig built from the ground up as a GT Race Car.
4130 chromemoly rollcage and chassis reinforcement, TIG welded, all chassis/body
joints and seams TIG welded. Lightweight, ultra-strong and easy to drive fast.


ANDIAL 2.4 liter, long stroke, 300+ horsepower, 9000 RPM, twin plug heads, mechanical fuel
injection

Fully adjustable, coilover suspension. Bilstein struts with raised spindles, raised, reinforced strut
towers, adjustable camber. Bilstein rear shocks.
Hurst/Airheart front calipers, 911 fronts on the rear with vented rotors. 911 axles,911 c/v
joints, 911 hubs. Simple, strong, easy to set up.


32 gallon Fuel Safe cell with Kaiser drybreak fuel and overflow valves

Joengbloed wheels, 2-15x15 rear, 2-12x15 front, Centerline wheels 2-15x15 rear,
2-13x15 rear, 2-11x15 front.

In storage, on jackstands since last IMSA race, The Los Angeles Times Grand Prix,
at Riverside Raceway, in 1979.

Refresh as is, or, restore it to Altec colors for Historic events, Porsche Club, SCCA or ?

Complete race and promotion documentation, lap charts, track info, entry lists, results lists,
IMSA yearbooks, advertisements featuring car in People Magazine, Car and Driver, Autoweek, Race
Programs, press coverage, original bill of sale, many work and parts receipts, and much more.

[mikeyb33]

here's some great photo-editing FREEWARE I found & have been using for years:
IrfanView
Full download is under 1MB.

I used it on my Win'95 machine, and now use it on XP (at home) and Win2K (at work). So presumably it will also work on your Win'98 machine.

You may need to poke around a bit in the menus. Among all the various useful goodies there's a pretty easy-to-use batch processing function in there.

Hope this helps!
mike
p.s. will attach some of my own MHAR photos here, a little later - gotta get back to work now..! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif)

[mikeyb33]

OK here's some more pics - a mix from sat. & sun.
Sorry for all the NON 914 content, but I caught some rare stuff including, as mentioned above, some cars that might never come out of their museum again - let alone be driven!

have fun kids -

[mikeyb33]

..dammit where'd my picture GO?! trying again..
here's a Cadillac raced at Le Mans (in 50's I think) - under the body work it's a Cadillac chassis & engine; it was entered with another, fully stock, yet straaangely this one got massive scrutiny by the LM officials whereas the other didn't -

[mikeyb33]

The Chaparral "Fan" car (I call it "the vacuum cleaner car") - front view:

[mikeyb33]

"Fan" car, rear view:

[mikeyb33]

and how's this, for WAAAYYYYY Off Topic:

[mikeyb33]

A pair of 911 RSRs - I have to include these because a friend of them got me into the races for FREE:

(heeeeeere, kittykittykitty...)

[mikeyb33]

aaaaaand last but not least, a photo of a <gasp!> 914!!

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 23 2005, 01:47 PM)

here's a Cadillac raced at Le Mans (in 50's I think) - under the body work it's a Cadillac chassis & engine...

yup -- that's the Briggs Cunningham car. i last saw it at his museum in (i think it was) Costa Mesa. IIRC they placed very well in that car...

[Cap'n Krusty]

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Aug 23 2005, 10:44 AM)

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 23 2005, 01:47 PM) here's a Cadillac raced at Le Mans (in 50's I think) - under the body work it's a Cadillac chassis & engine... yup -- that's the Briggs Cunningham car. i last saw it at his museum in (i think it was) Costa Mesa. IIRC they placed very well in that car...

"Le Monstre", I believe. The Cap'n

[smg914]

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 23 2005, 09:54 AM)

A pair of 911 RSRs - I have to include these because a friend of them got me into the races for FREE: (heeeeeere, kittykittykitty...)

Cool comparison....The IMSA color 914-4 and the IMSA color 911.

[URY914]

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Aug 23 2005, 10:44 AM)

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 23 2005, 01:47 PM) here's a Cadillac raced at Le Mans (in 50's I think) - under the body work it's a Cadillac chassis & engine... yup -- that's the Briggs Cunningham car. i last saw it at his museum in (i think it was) Costa Mesa. IIRC they placed very well in that car...

The Cunningham Museum was in Costa Mesa but was sold to Miles Collier in the late '80's. What is left of the orignal collection is in Naples, Fla. I use to work there (sorta).

[maf914]

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 23 2005, 09:50 AM)

"Fan" car, rear view:

For its first race or two the 2J ran without the shroud on the fan drive belt mechanism. They added the bra latter to improve the sucker fans' performance. I think the fans were driven by a snomobile engine. The fan system gave tremendous downforce which wasn't dependent on car speed, unlike todays ground effects designs. But the fan system was also its weakness and failed in several races. I think the drivers were Jackie Stewart and Vic Elfort.

[neo914-6]

QUOTE (mikeyb33 @ Aug 22 2005, 11:31 AM)

here's some great photo-editing FREEWARE I found & have been using for years: IrfanView Full download is under 1MB. I used it on my Win'95 machine, and now use it on XP (at home) and Win2K (at work). So presumably it will also work on your Win'98 machine. You may need to poke around a bit in the menus. Among all the various useful goodies there's a pretty easy-to-use batch processing function in there. Hope this helps! mike p.s. will attach some of my own MHAR photos here, a little later - gotta get back to work now..! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/type.gif)

Thanks Mike, I couldn't find a command for batch resizing but it seems faster than my current program...

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (Neo914-6 @ Aug 23 2005, 06:22 PM)

...I couldn't find a command for batch resizing

File | Batch Conversions
check "use advanced Options"
click "Advanced Options"

you'll see the resize parameters there.

[neo914-6]

QUOTE (ArtechnikA @ Aug 23 2005, 02:26 PM)

QUOTE (Neo914-6 @ Aug 23 2005, 06:22 PM) ...I couldn't find a command for batch resizing File | Batch Conversions check "use advanced Options" click "Advanced Options" you'll see the resize parameters there.

figures, the only button I didn't check. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif) I will resize copies to ~7" width...

Thanks!