KBGr4 Posted 4October, 2014 Report Share Posted 4October, 2014 Hi all, as some of you know I have been working towards a (second) debut drive of my car for quite some time. My project started a couple of years ago with what was then a fairly straight forward build in mind. Take one 1980 SC (Left hand drive Jap import) and make it into a club / drive car. Sounded simple at the time, after fitting a 3.2 with a late model 915 gearbox the car hit the road and all was good. Wife smiled, rode in the car and everyone was happy! Yaaay....... Fate then intervened (sounds better that way) and the car developed a concerning like for oil and a serious smoke issue, in plain English the dam rings would not seat. After much consideration and consternation I decided to pursue a previous thought / desire call it what you will and build the car into a clone of the 1980 FIA Group IV rally cars. Back in the day when I was competing in rallying here in Australia I would wait to read the latest Autosport or similar publication from Europe to follow the likes of Bernard Beguin or the Almeras brothers in their 911's. Having watched Dean Rainsford in his 911 S in rallies here I always thought it would be amazing to compete in a 911. Now with the help of Simon Greenwood and his team at Autowerks Charmhaven I have the chance to do just that, and with my son Karl in the navigators seat. I will post up some additional photos and details over the next few weeks and hopefully from Targa High Country where we start as car number 149. Even though we are only running in the Thoroughbred class I am sure it will be memorable and a total blast ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 4October, 2014 Report Share Posted 4October, 2014 Very,very cool. Look forward to more of the story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBGr4 Posted 5October, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 5October, 2014 Out for a run this morning putting more K's on everything, really feels like a totally different car. Bumble Hill at Yarramalong is a nice piece of road if you can time it so there's no other traffic going up the hill. Not that I would be rushing of course ! Couple of things to sort out still and might need to go to lighter torsion bars yet as it feels a bit harsh on bumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 5October, 2014 Report Share Posted 5October, 2014 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hugh Posted 5October, 2014 Report Share Posted 5October, 2014 Looks like a lot of fun - more pics please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5032 Posted 6October, 2014 Report Share Posted 6October, 2014 That's a right proper hotrod! Love the steering wheel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-banger Posted 6October, 2014 Report Share Posted 6October, 2014 Great looking car. I'm looking forward to the read on your exploits. Very soon you will run out of data allocation to attach pics, so read this to see how to post pics ad infinitum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBGr4 Posted 4November, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 4November, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 4November, 2014 Report Share Posted 4November, 2014 Nice. Just realised I got some shots of this beast at the PCNSW concours - hope you don't mind me posting: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KBGr4 Posted 11November, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 11November, 2014 Thanks for that, had been a bit preoccupied with getting myself and everything organised for Targa High Country which my son Karl and I competed in last weekend. You will have all guessed by now that I'm not the best on the computer (but keep trying). The Thoroughbred Class was fun but unfortunately under subscribed, with only five entries of which four started. We had some interesting competition in the Datsun 240Z driven really well by Derek Jones and navigated by Joel Guest, unfortunately they crashed out on the last day. My friend and team mate Brett Dillon's early 1968 911 suffered what looks like to have been a diff failure also on the final day leaving it up to us to keep it all together to the finish. If there's video of the final stage I am sure that we will all get a laugh as I seemingly try to cross the line backwards....but that's another story. Now for some serious development and track time, cause starting any event with just about zero hours is a bit stressful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 11November, 2014 Report Share Posted 11November, 2014 Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomo Posted 11November, 2014 Report Share Posted 11November, 2014 Karl is a lucky Fella, Having the old man build some thing like that, well done sweet build cheers Tomo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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