Thanks very much Mr Luddite, really enjoyed that. Never been in a 911 but that looks the dogs dangly bits. That fellow Harris can drive a bit, i bet he was well and truly cream crackered after that stint. Now, just off to check the piggy bank.....
I was lucky to buy an air cooled 911 from Tuthills a few years ago. It wasn't at that level by a long way, but we were able to 'hot rod' it. We removed a lot of weight, put their fast road suspension set up on it and made the engine work as well as it could! It was bright green and loud....!
I sat in with Richard Tuthill when he took it for a shake down run..........😱....! He's an incredible driver....!
Old 911's are fantastic things, even better when done properly by Tuthill's. The new Tuthill facility is very impressive, if you ever get a chance for a look round don't miss it!
Many thanks for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the vid. I have been a fan of air cooled Porsches since I traded my old Jensen Interceptor for a rotted out 69 912 in the late seventies, I spent over a year in my shed nailing that back together to become a patchwork Porsche that passed it`s MOT.. What impressed me most about that old car was the build quality fit and finish, pity the steel used in the monocoque was much the same quality as Brit cars of the era.. The 912, followed by a 77 911 SC, being the first year Porsche galv dipped the monocoque. That followed by an 82SC both of which had broken valve springs when I bought them, the 82 had a failed clutch at the time of purchase too.. Broken valve springs was not such a big issue as being air cooled like the m/cycles I grew up with they had two valve springs per valve, and it was the outer of the two that tended to break if over-revved.
Over-revved..? Well back then I suspect many folk changed up when the power dropped off nearing the top of the rev range in their MGB`s or whatever other Brit sports car they were used to, the problem with using power drop of as an indicator, was that Porsches of the time would keep on increasing power output well above the red line... All be it that they were fitted with a spring loaded rotor arm to cut the sparks... However in my climate and if the car was not run hard/maintained regularly enough to maintain movement in the centrifugally operated cut out... it seized up allowing over revs = broken valve springs.. Simples..?
I gave up on Porsche in the 90`s when I thought that a Morgan might be more suited to my driving ideals when enjoying the local A & B roads hereabouts, I really wanted to sample more driver involvement at lower road speeds than the then 993 seemed to demand, before it would throw off it`s luxury saloon cloak and start to drive like the sports car it was more than capable of being... Thus a Morgan seemed to be the obvious choice.
Around the time the old Mog was taking more effort to get in and out of, the weight of the steering, and me feeling the cold more than ever before, all added up to not allowing me to enjoy the old Mog as once I did, I then thought to return to tin top Porsche ownership.
My fondness for that which Porsche set out to achieve in terms of simple quality engineering during the days of the 911 (964 and later cars differ from the original concept) had stuck with me all during my circa 20 years of Morgan ownership around the time I thought to return to Porsche, thinking I would sell the Mog to part pay for the Porsche.... T`was not long before I learned that early water cooled 996 and 997 Porsches had potential engine problems that were too much of a gamble for me. An air cooled then..? Nope, as air cooled had reached cult status, it seemed a good condition 911 would be valued at perhaps twice that which my old +8 might be in the market at the time.... Circa 25 years previously I had been repairing mild corrosion damage even on my galv dipped 82 SC, so what would any old air cooled be hiding under a lovely polished coat of paint today.... Hmm..? Another cross in the tic box list was, Porsche advise that no air cooled is suited to run on bio fuel mixes, and for the market value of a good quality air cooled I could buy what was then a 9 year old circa 40k mile Carrera 4 S worked out to fit the bill, all things considered..
Yeah well, just like the 993 did back in the nineties when I tested it at it`s launch at Cameron house on Loch Lomond, my C4S can cruise like any high quality saloon of it`s time, the 991 having more toys to amuse than I might ever learn to play with.... Though my 991 did surprise me when the road tightens up to present more of a challenge, not quite my old SC, but with 4x4 drive and all the extra digitally controlled kit, the list of which seems endless, it perhaps better suits the old man I have become than anything like the Tuthill restomod in the vid..?
If you have interest in that which Tuthill seems to excel at and enjoy watching rally events, you might enjoy this circa hour long vid..?
K, I suspect most folk with an interest in sports cars may have interest in Porsche`s racing history and heritage, if not just that then perhaps they might like to own one, or indeed wonder what the reality of ownership of such an iconic sports car might be... ?
The poor old 356 in the pic looks just about as bad as my 912 rot box was when I acquired it in the seventies.... (-: I think I in time sold it for circa £2k, and years later my 82 SC which I had bought as a non-runner for £10k was sold for £11k, as a very tidy 911 at the time. Today I would not like to guess at the value of either of those. I suspect the 356 would attract numbers today that would have been unbelievable to the driver of it in the pic you posted... (-:
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