Lightest 911

ramonesfreak · ramonesfreak's Garage

Is this ridiculous or great? I can’t criticize the work. The guy is smart and talented but I’m not sure I would want this. What I want is that Carrera in the building

look 171 · 06-09-2023, 04:03 PM

I bet it rides like siht. 1600 lbs is light, super light but go deaf with engine noise bouncing off a tin can.

My green car is pretty light at 1860 with 1/4 tank of gas cornered balanced 2.7L. I should have about 220-230 at the crank

pwd72s · 06-09-2023, 04:52 PM

Trying to remember the weight of the original 911R...Oh well. May we call this car "The hole-ey shee-yet"?

Zeke · 06-09-2023, 05:15 PM

That video is a year old and been discussed here before.

He has both RHD and LHD cars. I would get confused.

ramonesfreak · ramonesfreak's Garage

I missed it. I don’t keep up with his (LBS) channel much any more but was watching his recent 911 barn find video and came across this one.

Great colors, great wheels and love the seats. The interior is too inhospitable for me. Would feel like riding in an erector set car

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by look 171

My green car

Damn Jeff....that's a gorgeous colour!

Por_sha911 · Por_sha911's Garage

OK so he wanted to do something to win a bet. Fine but, it has not real value other than being an oddity. No seatbelts, really? Key structural areas massively drilled out? That thing will fold if it hits a pothole. I respect that he wanted to do a project - good for him.

look 171 · 06-09-2023, 06:59 PM

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Damn Jeff....that's a gorgeous colour!

Had it torn apart and painted. As a kid, I wanted a 911 like everyone else, the SC with the impact bumpers were the cars to have. Only I wanted mine in green which was a rare colors by then. The red and the whites were in fashion. When it was time, it was decided that its now or never with the chance to rebuild it. I don't drive it too often due to it being so raw and loud. It has straight pipes with big torsion bars.

Baz · Baz's Garage

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Originally Posted by look 171

Had it torn apart and painted. As a kid, I wanted a 911 like everyone else, the SC with the impact bumpers were the cars to have. Only I wanted mine in green which was a rare colors by then. The red and the whites were in fashion. When it was time, it was decided that its now or never with the chance to rebuild it. I don't drive it too often due to it being so raw and loud. It has straight pipes with big torsion bars.

Yah - my first was an SC Targa. I LOVED the Targa 911 and SC's back then were the more affordables. Bought my '81 sight unseen from the Auto Trader - $10.5K. And it was White over Black. Later found out it came out of the factory in Black.

Even though I drove it back from Miami and drove it for a while it became apparent the CH studs were broken so did a rebuild.

Ended up selling her for real cheap about 20 years ago. But I also picked up an '83 SC Targa in Glacier Blue - being restored right now. Talk about a light car - it has so much missing sheet metal from corrosion it would beat anyone's car here...lol. I have some parts coming some to help with that.

Yours is an early car though right?

Jeff Higgins · 06-09-2023, 07:33 PM

Dangerous and stupid. Vastly, vastly diminished structural integrity.

look 171 · 06-09-2023, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Baz

Yah - my first was an SC Targa. I LOVED the Targa 911 and SC's back then were the more affordables. Bought my '81 sight unseen from the Auto Trader - $10.5K. And it was White over Black. Later found out it came out of the factory in Black.

Even though I drove it back from Miami and drove it for a while it became apparent the CH studs were broken so did a rebuild.

Ended up selling her for real cheap about 20 years ago. But I also picked up an '83 SC Targa in Glacier Blue - being restored right now. Talk about a light car - it has so much missing sheet metal from corrosion it would beat anyone's car here...lol. I have some parts coming some to help with that.

Yours is an early car though right?

72 with a huge oil tank, about 3 gallons, in the trunk. Its a track car for the street and the interior is a bit cut up to accommodate the a 935 style heim joint shifter and rods. No slop, it feels like a bolt action rifle. Here are a few more pics. Notice the natural heat in the summer on the passenger side

It was white

Baz · Baz's Garage

You really did tear her down! Very cool!

Those oil tubes remind me of my buddy's Austin Healy left hand drive with the exhaust pipe running right under the driver's side - because it's supposed to be the passenger's side...lol....man that baby warmed up!

look 171 · 06-09-2023, 08:24 PM

Sorry oil tank is about almost 5 gallons, 18 liters. Man do those oil tubes get hot in the summer

pwd72s · 06-09-2023, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Dangerous and stupid. Vastly, vastly diminished structural integrity.

I'll agree with that...no roll cage to stiffen, no seat belts? Maybe he has a death wish?

A930Rocket · 06-10-2023, 12:17 AM

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Sorry oil tank is about almost 5 gallons, 18 liters. Man do those oil tubes get hot in the summer

Can you insulate them? Or are they insulated and still get hot?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 06-10-2023, 03:54 AM

My 73 weighs in at 2174 lb, it's basically a steel shell with a dash and single fixed back bucket, 3.2 with headers and the most fun car I've ever owned and driven. If I could get to 250 hp relatively cheaply, it would be, for me, the pinnacle of the 911.

When I first got it and scales after some weight loss and engine install.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

One great thing about the long history of the 911, it can be made into about anything one can want from a total track whore, to a plush comfortable highway cruiser.

I understand the fun of a track only car, if you have the money to store it at a race track like Eagles Canyon, in Texas, or other private tracks.

I went the other way. I really like driving comfortably in all temperatures, and having my wife ride with me to multiple states and destinations.

My 85 Carrera is 2,700 pounds. The heater is insane efficient and all factory stock. My AC will make me cold while driving due west in a late afternoon in 100+ degree heat and high humidity, with the sun shining on my chest. The stereo is totally sufficient for a noisy car.

It is still a blast to drive on track, but I will never win a race against any modern Porsche, or a track modified 911 G body, but I have just as much fun on track. Then I get in it, and drive it home in total comfort.

The car on the OP is insane. No seat belts and structural parts drilled is insane, but as my friend often says, not my pig, not my farm. It is his car, not mine.

LWJ · 06-10-2023, 06:07 AM

I’m sort of drooling over the green car. Love the execution of this. And, has a track approved hood raising device!

masraum · 06-10-2023, 06:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Dangerous and stupid. Vastly, vastly diminished structural integrity.

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Originally Posted by pwd72s

I'll agree with that...no roll cage to stiffen, no seat belts? Maybe he has a death wish?

I could live with the holes and diminished structural integrity for a car that was clearly a toy, but I'd feel really weird not having seatbelts. Of course, what would you connect them to that would hold.

And he's planning to reduce it by another 30kg.

jyl · jyl's Garage

I admit to just fast forwarding through the video - while I like drillium, it got tedious.

I wonder what weight reduction is possible by replacing body panels with aluminum or carbon fiber, glass with Lexan, and NOT doing all that drillium? If you want to go further and blow even more money, remake as many steel components as possible in titanium.