Mystery Porsche

mikew · 8 Mar 2011, 09:41 (Ref:2842002)

Hello all,
I am new to your forum and asking for help already. You guys were recommended to me by IMSA. I Have recently aquired what we think is a Porsche 911 GTU for refurbishment. It's in a poor state of repair and no engine. If i could figure out how to get phot's onto your forum I could post and ask for help as the car has no history with it either. It has allegedly raced in USA and Japan and the owner is keen to get the car back to its former glory and race in the UK.
If you think you may be able to help then please reply and I will try to get photo's available.

Many thanks, Mike.

Bodysnatcher · 8 Mar 2011, 11:27 (Ref:2842042)

one for the historic forum methinks - where's that Piglet when she's needed

theracegypsy · 8 Mar 2011, 17:25 (Ref:2842230)

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bodysnatcher

one for the historic forum methinks - where's that Piglet when she's needed

The whole point of putting it in the marshals' forum is that there are likely to be marshals who have seen it, who probably don't read the Historic Forum. I actually advised IMSA to put it in both marshals' forum and Historic/Mod sport forums to cover the most people who would recognise it.

I've attached the picture here.

Derwent Motorsp · 8 Mar 2011, 17:32 (Ref:2842234)

Is that a rally Rover 2000 in the backgrouns and a rally Subaru?

Nick JM · 8 Mar 2011, 21:42 (Ref:2842339)

Blimey, forgive my ignorance but that looks like a silhouette

**John Turner** · 9 Mar 2011, 09:30 (Ref:2842577)

Well, it's been sent here now although the point re Marshals forum is well made. Unfortunately, this is the 'wrong' historic forum, since Mike is clearly looking for the history of his new interesting acquisition rather than requesting what series he could now run it in, so I'm now moving it to the most appropriate forum (and just for the record we don't tend to allow the same thread in different forums, hence we have to choose which one we think it is most suited to).

Mike, welcome to our site and I hope that our learned contributors are able to provide some assistance.

mikew · 9 Mar 2011, 13:35 (Ref:2842710)

Many thanks all for your interest. If, and it's looking like a BIG if, we do get any history then we will of course biuld to the required spec'. The more likely outcome will be that we look for the best series to enter for endurance racing in the UK and biuld to that spec. So may well appere in Historic??
Sorry to have caused a bit of a rules problem and thanks again for your help.

Mike.

**John Turner** · 10 Mar 2011, 10:02 (Ref:2843283)

Mike, it was no problem at all.

Now, can anyone help Mike out, here?

911thillclimber · 10 Mar 2011, 18:29 (Ref:2843502)

Not sure if links to other forums are allowed, but you will get a good response from

www.ddk-online.com

If you post on there several 'historians' will respond.
I am a member of the site due to my interest in Porsche.

Sorry John if I'm wrong to link.
Graham.

Jesper OH · 10 Mar 2011, 19:21 (Ref:2843520)

The front of the car seems to be modelled on the 993, which Porsche introduced in 1993. The sort of rainbow'ish colour scheme made me think of the Jeff Gordon NASCAR, which was also introduced about this time. This seems to suggest a debut of this car as 1993 at the earliest. I think IMSA became World Sports Car in around 1995, to frame the likely period further. But beware, this is pure speculation!

Is it some kind of space frame car based on a single seater? The small diameter rims reminds me of British Super Saloon Skodas of the 1970s and 1980s.

Jesper

**John Turner** · 11 Mar 2011, 14:10 (Ref:2843981)

Quote:

Originally Posted by 911thillclimber

Not sure if links to other forums are allowed, but you will get a good response from

www.ddk-online.com

If you post on there several 'historians' will respond.
I am a member of the site due to my interest in Porsche.

Sorry John if I'm wrong to link.
Graham.

No, there's no problem if it is on topic and we can't help (so far!).

andy97 · 11 Mar 2011, 16:53 (Ref:2844053)

Is it a spaceframe ("tube frame", I believe in US parlance) or conventional construction?

I actually seem to remember the car being advertised, but that's no help!

911thillclimber · 12 Mar 2011, 06:31 (Ref:2844332)

I'm with Jesper so far.

The front lights are 993, the front rims are 13" split rims with 'Minilite' centres.
They might be 15's but not to my eye.The smallest rims 911's ran were 14's but most ran 16's till late 80's then up to 16's. You need these larger rims to get over the brakes, so with these being 13's it will be non Porsche (or at least non 911) suspension.

The 13's do point to a 'super saloon' approach bit like my Lola is/was.

We need far more pics!

Duddha · 15 Mar 2011, 08:16 (Ref:2845979)

Maybe I am wrong but the back of the car really looks like one of those 914-6 that ran in IMSA in the early 70's.

911thillclimber · 15 Mar 2011, 12:41 (Ref:2846129)

I've linked this quest to the UK DDK web site.

**chunterer** · 16 Mar 2011, 10:05 (Ref:2846680)

Just a little thought. A chap called Richard Chilton (I think) prepared some highly modified, almost silhouette version of a '959' in the early 90's and ran it in Porsche Club and Intermarque before a terrible accident finished the car and he was injured quite badly.

I wonder if there's any link to this car?

911thillclimber · 16 Mar 2011, 17:56 (Ref:2846965)

I knew of Richard then from when he was involved in Club Autosport and i think his '911' was based on a real one.

My Porsche friends on DDK have come up with zero!
They suggest the question is posted on the USa Porsche forum site by Pelikan Parts.

Surprised this is so difficult.
The car looks strangely familiar to me from way back.

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