Remember that this is not a reproduction, it's a real GT with history. The yellow (if it's there) is probably zinc chromate primer. That car is truly perfect.

Matt

interestingly enough, looking through my stash of pictures, it looks like that the GT's that opted for the 100L tank don't seem to have the blacked out shock towers.
which makes sense cause they had to cut out that wall and weld in the support for the bracing.
guess they repainted that area afterwards without the black ...

Andy

Hey William, thanks for the GT shots , it's always nice to see special 914's. By the way, what was that , yellow globe in the sky? In your part of the frozen tundra, we know you never see the sun. LOL

It doesn't need to shift...is has no drive shafts fitted yet.
A-w-e-s-o-m-e 914. Thanks for sharing the pics.

That is .. so .. like .. my dream garage!
Thanks for sharing William.

And I nominate Sir Andy for biggest A..hole after those picky comments!
He's spent way too much time around B.

heres another one with the big ass tank

And if you look real close you'll notice they didn't opt for the 100l tank, so maybe black shock towers are in order.

Just getting Andy's back!

Looks great William !!. But.. all 914's look great when going back together from a rotisserie rebuild.. It will be ultra dirty the first time he spins it at a vintage event...

I started to say: everything looked correct... but I realized who's car it was that it was an orginal GT.

The only thing that stands out that I had NO info on was the stregthened top. I have never even seen one.


B

Geoff, Dig the avatar -I'm glad to see another a beer afectionardo.....
All we drank in Tignes..( My friend Gee is not really that ugly in real life)

What color blue is this? Anyone with first hand knowledge please let me know.



thx!

^ that's Mark Skala's car, I'd assume he know the color.

I totally forgot about this event has happening this weekend! I'm SO pissed that I missed it. I would love to have seen that Ferrari first hand.... no wait, I meant 914.

That car is jut too nice. I'd be afraid to drive it. I guess there is something to be said for driving a rat.

If that is a factory 914-6 with original color paint it is Adriatic blue, code 16. That pic doesn't do justice to the color. Saw one entered in the concours at PCA Parade in '02. It was beautiful.

hey, i really like that car!

thank you Sir ...

That would be my guess, but your right, it doesn't look quite the same as I've seen in other pictures. Could just be the overcast day.

There's a winter's worth of dust on it, it's 35 year old chippy stuff,
and also the right rear quarter panel is a bit darker because it
appears the PO fixed a dent a long time ago. But it is adriatic.

Please don't make excuses, for original paint I think it's beautitious.

I asked that very question of the owner - Adriatic Blue.

Pics look awesome, sorry I missed it,

I'm going to look into the Rensport idea and if it works out, I'll let everyone know and see if we have interest..

-Adam

go Adam go

Ok wait, I have a question, I thought ALL GT's came with Welded tops...
a couple of the pics that are labeled *GT* do NOT look like it has a welded top, or
even a top on it.

For instance, this picture here...

I don't know, I thought only the 916's had welded on tops? here is an original GT and it looks like the top is bolted on maybe??

http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jonlowe/colli56.jpg

Thanks Vortex, you're right, it IS the 916 and not the GT that has the welded on top.

my bad

Yes you are correct about the top being bolted on. I don't have a picture of it, but in Mark's photo album there were several close up shots of the tabs coming out from the windshield frame (in front) where the top bolted on. About a few of the prior comments, the car clearly was not finished when we saw it. Yes, the drive shafts and shift rod were not installed yet. In fact Mark continued to work on the car while we were there. This car was raced at Le Mans and the Nurburing (spelling?). Mark has pictures of the factory livery was raced in 1970 and that is how he has restored the car. The car did not have the 100 litre tank, etc. All in all, quite a piece of 914 history.

how did he come about this car?

william, thanks for the fotos!!! that thing is beUUUUtiful!!!

what is the history of this gt? did i miss it some where? what is the vin?

i'm looking forward to seeing it at rr2!!

here are some shots of the top from brumos' gt #59.

Mark purchased the car three years ago from a local porsche guy - Len Cummings - Len does business as Auto Sport Engineering. Apparantly he owned the car for sometime planning to restore it and never got around to it. So, as the saying goes, timing is everything.

top front

I think I'd have a constant erection if I owned a car that ran at LeMans :dhead:

top back

#59

front caliper

Yeah, it's pretty exotic stuff. But Mark couldn't be more down to earth, he told me the restored car is too clean and need to have the patina of a couple of races under its belt to look right to him. Man, I would give anything to be at Rennsport to see this car run. Some club member should film this car and post to the site.

yes, someone definitely needs to film it! I had no idea that was a real GT, now it's even more amazing.

I really like that (looks like a bolt on) cage that the car being redone has. Any info on that cage...looks like the targa area is totally free, which makes it look cool. Thanks.

Hey William,

what can you tell us about that backpad replacement? I've removed mine and i was going to have a custom interior/carpet place make a molded/contoured carpet replacement. That looks exactly (if not better) than what i was going to do. And is that an access panel to the crank pulley? That could be a good idea i suppose

.tim

We had a Hudson Hornet when I was a kid.

Tim, The GT's simply used perlon felt to replace the carpeting (except for the floors which were rubber mats). This included the firewall - just felt covered. The access panel is random - not on all GT cars.
Here is my removed backpad:

Scott, I'm curious what you did just where the felt meets the rear glass? I reckon this will be quite hard to make good. Do you have any detailed pics?

Hiya!
I laid down a strip of black vinyl on the bottom edge of the glass (like the stuff they use to put graphics on cars). When I glued the carpet, I actually glued the top edge to this piece of vinyl. I cut the top edge of the carpet about 1/8" of an inch below the edge of the vinyl. It adheared great compared to the glass, and looks very finished - even though technically there is an exposed edge on the perlon.

The perlon is great to work with, no freying = no binding and with heat and water you can stretch/form it around most everything. Makes sense why the factory used it.