1973 & 1/2 Porsche 911T on Coffee Walk

[HobieMarty]

This is pretty cool, looks like the people took really good care of this car. It has some unusual wheels, turns out the wheels are kind of rare, something called "gas burners".

https://youtu.be/Xmq7LuTrhZw

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[pwd72s]

Made by Mahle...not all that popular back in the day. Claim to fame is they were the lightest 911/914wheel. The downside, they were only 5.5" wide..everybody wanted 6's or 7's back in the day..so Fuchs the most desired.

[LWJ]

Were the wheels made of Magnesium?

[sc_rufctr]

Good video Hobie. Thanks for posting.

Originally Posted by LWJ

Were the wheels made of Magnesium?

According to this for sale thread they are "cast magnesium" (part number: 901 361 017.00).
- I thought wheels like this were forged.

FS: 911 or 914-6 Mahle 'Gas Burner' 15x5.5 set of 5 wheels

[billybek]

[tdw28210]

Never watched this channel before . Nice car, especially sunroof delete. Euro bumpers though? Is that a 73 1/2 thing? And That is Dennis Collins. He sells a ton of Jeep aftermarket parts online. He is (was?) a buddy of Richard Rollins of Gas Monkey.

[CurtEgerer]

Had those wheels on my first 911 (a 73.5) in the 80s. Hated the look and they were narrow. Wanted some 'proper' Fuchs!

[Baz]

My Italian delivery '73 with factory Fuchs and factory twin Zenith 3 barrels.......

[mocha07]

Originally Posted by HobieMarty

This is pretty cool, looks like the people took really good care of this car. It has some unusual wheels, turns out the wheels are kind of rare, something called "gas burners".

https://youtu.be/Xmq7LuTrhZw

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Watch every Friday,interesting show,he is still looking for a '72 to fill out his stable.

[DonDavis]

Nice car. Good find.

I bailed on the video when the car left and he was bumping his gums about a restaurant.

Glad he followed up with wheel comments. He kept calling them "gassers".

He was close.

[pwd72s]

I'd be very nervous running gas burners today...aged magnesium gets brittle, loses strength. Same with the original magnesium torque thrusts on the hero car in Bullitt...dangerous to run them today.

[tdw28210]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I'd be very nervous running gas burners today...aged magnesium gets brittle, loses strength. Same with the original magnesium torque thrusts on the hero car in Bullitt...dangerous to run them today.

Lee Holman of Holman & Moody agrees with you. .

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

Nice car. Good find.

I bailed on the video when the car left and he was bumping his gums about a restaurant.

Glad he followed up with wheel comments. He kept calling them "gassers".

He was close.

You didn't miss anything. One of the waitresses who served him had lots of tattoos, face piercings and stretched earlobes.

[mocha07]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

You didn't miss anything. One of the waitresses who served him had lots of tattoos, face piercings and stretched earlobes.

Don't understand the need to over order every thing on the menu,sort of showing off?

Some what gross in my opinion!

[70SATMan]

Originally Posted by tdw28210

Never watched this channel before . Nice car, especially sunroof delete. Euro bumpers though? Is that a 73 1/2 thing? And That is Dennis Collins. He sells a ton of Jeep aftermarket parts online. He is (was?) a buddy of Richard Rollins of Gas Monkey.

It’s not a sun roof delete nor are those Euro bumpers.

I love how the idiot was pumping the throttle before starting a CIS 911, LOL. A true ‘collector’.

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by 70SATMan

It’s not a sun roof delete nor are those Euro bumpers.

I love how the idiot was pumping the throttle before starting a CIS 911, LOL. A true ‘collector’.

That's right, he was doing that! And correct about the sunroof and bumpers. I was expecting comments about a "cool collar" at any moment.

The audio was poor, the cranking sounded so strange.

And no shortage of smoke on startup..."She's a DRIVER!"