What happened to the Mulholland "King of the Hill" RSR?

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When connecting the rear sway bar it was obvious that the end-link bushings were toasted and needed replacement.



These are new bushings to replace the old worn out ones.



Here is a close up of a bad and a new sway bar bushing.
After lubing the bushing, it can be inserted into the end-link. Then it is pressed into a ball located on each rear trailing arm.
I usually press it in with a huge screwdriver using it as leverage.



All four wheels are mounted on the car now. It should look good when it's back on the ground again.

[nize]

some more mulholland pics. if anyone wishes to have any of these photos taken offline, please send me a PM and i will be happy to remove them;

discussing the good ol'daze


the 951 crowd


lineup at truckstop


partytime


more partytime

[nize]

construction zone


dirt mulholland


motor mods


rearview lookout

[KevinP73]

Friday night at Bob's. Anyone else interested?

[slodave]

Originally Posted by KevinP73

Friday night at Bob's. Anyone else interested?

You been talking to Noah930??? He just PM'd me..

[KevinP73]

Originally Posted by slodave

You been talking to Noah930??? He just PM'd me..

Great minds think alike!

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The header/muffler system is bolted up and tight, both to the heads of the engine and to the rear body.



Because it is one piece, the exhaust is somewhat heavy. After getting it into position using floor jacks, I pressed the headers into position using my arms.
I had previously put the exhaust gaskets in position by hanging them from the exhaust studs and none fell off during the process.
When those exhaust gaskets fall off or move, you have to start over (been there before).



Shift linkage is re-connected and secured with saftey wire. New rubber booty for shifter shaft is now installed.



All saftey stuffing has been removed from the fuel injection stacks.

The motor is clean and almost ready to go.

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Another view of the motor.

That Bosch Mechanical Fuel Injection sure is pretty.



A view looking down the throats.



A shot from the other side.



Here is the motor with the air cleaner installed. New air filter element inserted today.

[Zeke]

Hey, when is the next run up there? I missed out because I wasn't following the thread. Someone please PM me if it is going to happen again. Thanks much.

[jmz]

Light that thing up and let her run!

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The Carrera is so low that even low floor jacks don't clear.

This makes raising and lowering the car difficult, but it's worth it.



Compare the height to a stock 911.



Here's a 3/4 view.



Same view, a little lower.

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I am using the deck lid instead of the Whale Tail for right now.

The lines look clean. All steel body with no fiberglass.



My Baby whispers to me, "Thank you for fixing me again".

She added, " Am I still as beautiful as I used to be?"

You guys be the judge!



The paint still looks acceptable.



Just wait til I "clay-bar" it, right Dave?

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No more comments are neccessary...

I'm very happy that she's back on her wheels and outside enjoying the fresh air.

It's been a long time...

Thank you guys, for all the motivation.

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[slodave]

^^Hey, it actually rolled on its wheels! Did ya get the old gas out?

A few from tonight... Alarick, Kevin and myself stopped by


Nice little home theater in a truck... Lame movie playing, but we ended up watching about 15 minutes of it anyway


Flat black with a dash of patina...


Someone had some time on their hands...


I wasn't the only one taking pix of this one, Kevin. Too bad for the low light, movement and lack of flash.

[lfot]

Chris... excellent! The Carrera looks amazing.
One question.
Tires???

[Jeff Hail]

You are not getting off so easy Chris!

Ernest Hemingway had a favorite expression: il faut d'abord durer. He used the saying in his private letters and on occasion inscribed the words in books he signed for friends.

The French saying translates to "first, one must last."

Chris’s Carrera fits that description- built for the express purpose of being the best of the best on one short section of road. The Carrera’s early life spawned its own legend amongst a group of young men long ago. Then one day it just disappeared.

Chris is one of those people who holds on to things for dear life. It is an admirable trait few understand. Whether it is old toys, cars parts, collectables or memories. If you can understand this you can see why he could never part with the Carrera and was hidden away from the world.

Time passed.

A book then Derek opened up that old attic door to stir up the dust and see what treasure’s were up there. A thread emerged people came and the rest was history –sort of. The story didn’t end. In a funny way the Carrera and Mulholland Racing would be like Geology. A study of pressure and time. That's all it took. Pressure and time. Like a lava flow slowly cooling and solidifying into a rock form. Finally emerging from the dust with a little patina and its old battle scars. A chapter within a chapter of time in a long running story of Los Angeles car culture.

The long chapter on Mulholland Racing is an interesting one. It is a legend unto itself. We have learned about Mulholland Drive, Mulholland the Man and its so many tangents that lead off into automotive history. Many thought the racing chapter didn’t survive but we have come to know it just went to the back of the bookshelf for a while. For the past eighteen months on this thread the legend of Mulholland Drive has been reborn, not just Chris’s Carrera but the story itself. The drivers, the cars, those moments in time that make the story it what it is- timeless.

So what has changed? For Chris’s chapter I think his smile is a little bigger now. (il faut d'abord durer)