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OZ, I rebuilt an Elite of the same vintage which used much of the same mechanical and body parts, though those bumpers are larger for the American market as I remember and spoil the lines somewhat. I was never a fan of that engine and overall it was a poor performer for a sports car carrying that name... Just my opinion of course..

Yeah part of me leans heavily towards the early car but I prefer curves over hard edges most days of the week K..

That's just Porsche-related Stockholm-Syndrome George! 😁

K

Go large K..

The Hairy Canary doing it's stuff at Revival with a sound track to die for I love it's character brute power and curves

I shall miss it this year due to a previous committment but they put it all on line now so I can catch up at my leisure.

But does a good Racecar make a good Road Car?? .... Discuss 😁

K

No - one's a pose mobile and the other is pure drama, or at least should be.

Hairy Canary story of a race car.. for those with a penchant for the big bangers

Don't want to hijack OZ's thread but isn't that a 289 with lightly reworked arches rather than the 'full-steroids' 427??....either way I'd be happy to have it as a 'daily-poser' 🙂 .... though judging by the lovely standard green 289 I posted pics of from the Moray Motor Museum ....at 165 top end they have the 'go' to match the 'show' ... plenty enough for me in a '60s chassis!! 😮

K

K, I have ever preferred Sophia Loren to Twiggy and similarly with cars, curves over straight lines and edges, tend to win the day. The Porsche influence was more LeMans related than anything Swedish...

Race cars for the road..? From my limited experience race tuned cars are much more impractical on the road than ever a Morgan could be at times.

In my yoof I thought stiff suspension, polydyne cams, big carbs and a set of bananas etc. etc. etc.were the business. Getting caught in rush hour traffic with a heavy clutch and overheating engine that has little or no power under 4k revs, hitting a pot hole with next to no suspension compliance was only just bearable in my twenties. In time a degree of reliability with performance for the majority of the rev range and with a bit of comfort thrown in, was all found in the shape of air cooled Porsches for a while...

Today A GT2RS would be given a miss for road use, or even a GT3, I will happily stick with my C4S where both noise production and stiffness of suspension can be altered at the press of a sport button. Also it behaves perfectly in traffic, and can out perform my abilities to make best use of all it`s designers incorporated in it`s wonderfully curvaceous shell.

My old +8 has ever felt more of a race car to me and a vintage one at that, none of your overly complex gizmology, just a man and his machine, it even gets an occasional wheel airborne from time to time and at much lower speeds than a 991 might ever do so, the old +8 providing the feeling of driving twice as fast at similar rates of progress in the 991... The +8 provides much more engaging FUN than than a 991, when in the mood for a bit of rough and rumble. Each to their own.

No issue or concern of hijacking Image - enjoying the discussion, that's what it's about