Discussion
Finally got my 356 back. No drama, but much minor fettling. Window seals replaced, electrics sorted, another attempt at sorting the hot idle, various bits of body tweakery, change back to a standard exhaust etc. It is a never-ending story, but it is at least fit enough to be used properly. So it's off to Goodwood in a week's time to see how well it goes round. I suspect I shall be something of a moving chicane, but at least I'll be period-appropriate, unlike all the GT3s.
And don't let anyone tell you that 356s aren't practical...
I must get those US reflectors removed at some point, though, and maybe lose the over-riders at the same time.
And don't let anyone tell you that 356s aren't practical...
I must get those US reflectors removed at some point, though, and maybe lose the over-riders at the same time.
SRT Hellcat said:
they are wonderful little cars that drive far better than they ought to considering their age. Doubt I will ever part with mine
I'm very fond of mine. It did blot its copybook at Goodwood to start with, by throwing its pulley belt in the first session. Getting the pulley bolt undone to fit the spare belt was somewhat challenging. I slightly lost hope when I snapped the screwdriver that I was using to lock the pulley in place, but some lads from DTO stepped up well beyond the call of duty and helped me out, in part by introducing a hammer into the equation. I will say I am profoundly grateful not just to them but also to whatever instinct made me not only buy the replica toolkit for the car, but also bring it with me. Turns out the screwdrivers are a bit feeble, but it meant I had a spare belt and the essential pulley bolt spanner.After that it ran very well. Even with the trick motor it's really not all that fast. I think I might have been pulling 100 into Woodcote (not helped by having fitted a taller 4th for touring) so the speed at which a well-driven GT3RS went past me into the braking zone was a little sobering. But it went round all day and the upside of not having all that much power and weight, and half-decent handling, is that you don't really need to brake all that much either.
If you select the photos from the event with some care, you can still pretend it's the 60s:
More so if you mess with the saturation a little:
But the reality is that much time was spent looking in my mirrors:
964Cup said:
Guntherworks 993. Not my thing at all, but well executed. Can't tell you if it was quick - from my perspective everything was quick.
ah, that one, indeed not from all angles my taste, but from that picture I thought wow, wide, could be great, but indeed a 993 base using for say a wide body is a bit 2s + 2s blob, but, not to bad, I would take a Singer though :-)Your car is lovely as well, yes not the fastest, but you gave it probably all, almost everywhere, most other track monsters could not.
I do like a lot of classics/retro, also a good 356 and so on, a while ago someone made a lovely coupe, but it seems a one off, boy would I like such Porsche-ish car. sort Vintech Porsche P550 prototype, this one.
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