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

[nameisbauer]

That photo was taken when I was born.
Awesome

[hpv]

Lotus or Lamborgini ?
Got color right

Henry

[LateBrakeU2]

Originally Posted by TooTall

Nice photo. I remember John's 911. Wasn't the license plate 912 NOW? It was something like that and he insisted that was just the random plate that was issued to him, not a personalized plate. Don't know why I remember that tidbit, just one of those random things stuck in a corner of my steel sieve of a brain.

Kurt O.

It very well could have been, i seem to remember a personalized one was on the car for the New West piece. He had cut through a staggering amount of cars by that point so it was a blur.. in the twenties perhaps a few of them were killed on Mul like the Pinto and his 68 camaro. The one IMO he really went the quickest in was his 69Z-manual steering and all.

Cool clip
YouTube - Le Mans film making-off

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Originally Posted by TooTall

Nice photo. I remember John's 911. Wasn't the license plate 912 NOW? It was something like that and he insisted that was just the random plate that was issued to him, not a personalized plate. Don't know why I remember that tidbit, just one of those random things stuck in a corner of my steel sieve of a brain.

Kurt O.

John had a personalized plate made that said RCEMUL. He wanted MLHLND but it was taken

He used to work on his 911 at my house while I was working on mine. John acquired turbo steel fender flares from Mitcom and I welded them on his car and applied Bondo. He got it painted at OneDayPaint I believe in Van Nuys.

John beat that little 911 like there was no tomorrow. One time he broke the oil pump driveshaft and drove it home from the Racecource with no oil pressure.
It didn't blow up somehow and he had a fellow Racer from the CRE rebuild it.


Here is a picture of Johnny next to his 911.

[TooTall]

Originally Posted by LateBrakeU2

It very well could have been, i seem to remember a personalized one was on the car for the New West piece. He had cut through a staggering amount of cars by that point so it was a blur.. in the twenties perhaps a few of them were killed on Mul like the Pinto and his 68 camaro. The one IMO he really went the quickest in was his 69Z-manual steering and all.

I think he bought the Pinto from Bruce Thomas after Bruce bought a 911. Bruce put a lot of good parts in that Pinto.

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Originally Posted by LateBrakeU2

Doing some spring cleaning, found this


John H. in his 68 911 L, Bart R shotgun with me trailing in the Zakspeed Crapi. Note the stock widened steel wheels on Caldwell bias ply recaps, and period correct Don Brewer from GFR look on Mr R.

E/B Mul between Beverly Glen and Benedict Cyn ,circa 77-78

Here's a photo taken around the same time of John standing proudly by his newly painted Porsche Racecar.

We had finished all paint prep here in my driveway just where this photo was taken.

Mark, the photo you posted looks very much like you guys were bringing it home from the paint shop that day.
John hadn't added the front plate, window clips, chrome headlight bezels and other details yet.
Is that possible?

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Originally Posted by LateBrakeU2

It very well could have been, i seem to remember a personalized one was on the car for the New West piece. He had cut through a staggering amount of cars by that point so it was a blur.. in the twenties perhaps a few of them were killed on Mul like the Pinto and his 68 camaro. The one IMO he really went the quickest in was his 69Z-manual steering and all.

John's 1968 Camaro Racecar on Mulholland in 1977.



John's 1968 Camaro Racecar in the tow yard in 1977 after T-boning another Racecar in Carls.
Soon thereafter, I bought it from John for $300.00 for parts for my Camaro Racecar.

[TooTall]

Always liked the flares on that Camaro.

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Photos from last weekends event in Pasadena held by the PCA.

Look at this beautiful RS America, Wow!





What a cool car...


Judges at work.

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Are those Carbon Fiber Rotors tucked in there? Trick!


I wonder how this Puppy would do against the RS America in a Hillclimb...


Check it out, four doors.





Probably my favorite, a 1973 Silver 911S, Awesome!

Photos courtesy Larry O'Rourke

[Heel n Toe]

Thanks for posting those, Chris... and I agree... that '73 911S is beee-utiful.

And if you have any closer photos of the silver 924 Carrera GT in the background of the fourth photo, please put 'em up.

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe

Thanks for posting those, Chris... and I agree... that '73 911S is beee-utiful.

And if you have any closer photos of the silver 924 Carrera GT in the background of the fourth photo, please put 'em up.

Thanks John. Here are the only photos of the silver 924 that I have. I agree it's very nice.
Cheers!

[Heel n Toe]

Thanks, Chris.

[dmull]

Originally Posted by Banning

Are those Carbon Fiber Rotors tucked in there? Trick!


I wonder how this Puppy would do against the RS America in a Hillclimb...


Check it out, four doors.





Probably my favorite, a 1973 Silver 911S, Awesome!

Photos courtesy Larry O'Rourke

Chris, to answer your question about how the RS America would do against a 997.2 gt3 in a hill climb, the RSA would get absolutely slaughtered. The American version of the RS back in the early 90's, when it was sold here, was nowhere near the lightweight version that was offered in the rest of the world (ROW). I think they are great cars too, don't get me wrong, but I remember reading in several publications at the time that the RSA was only about 25 or 75 (I am tending to think it was 25) pounds lighter than a regular Carrera 2 back then, and a few hundred pounds heavier than it's ROW counterpart. Of course, there are a few tricks to suspension and engine (not much) to set it apart from the "normal" Carrera 2 version, but surprisingly not a very big difference. It was all marketing!
Beautifully clean example, though! The trick RSA's were the ones that had the LSD, no sunroof and no air cond as their options...

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Originally Posted by dmull

Chris, to answer your question about how the RS America would do against a 997.2 gt3 in a hill climb, the RSA would get absolutely slaughtered. The American version of the RS back in the early 90's, when it was sold here, was nowhere near the lightweight version that was offered in the rest of the world (ROW). I think they are great cars too, don't get me wrong, but I remember reading in several publications at the time that the RSA was only about 25 or 75 (I am tending to think it was 25) pounds lighter than a regular Carrera 2 back then, and a few hundred pounds heavier than it's ROW counterpart. Of course, there are a few tricks to suspension and engine (not much) to set it apart from the "normal" Carrera 2 version, but surprisingly not a very big difference. It was all marketing!
Beautifully clean example, though! The trick RSA's were the ones that had the LSD, no sunroof and no air cond as their options...

Thanks for that. Good information dmul.

Also a special thanks to Derek, Radu, Thomas, and Cary for assisting me move the front gate safely to it's new location on Saturday.

Hey Radu, was that YOUR Porsche Panamerica that you arrived in?

Here is an article about an underground racing Lambo that looked interesting...check out the comments, lol

Earlier this year, we told you about Underground Racing, a shop in Charlotte, N.C., that makes a business out of upgrading Lamborghinis with twin turbochargers to boost engine output to more than 1,000 hp.

Now, a Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera upfitted by Underground Racing cracked the 250-mph mark at the Texas Mile event.

Car owner Richard Holt made the 250.1-mph run in late March, but video was posted just this week.

We gave you a look at Underground Racing and what it does back in January. You can read the article, including a test drive with IndyCar driver Graham Rahal, here: Underground Racing's twin-turbo Lamborghini Gallardo tempts with 1,000 hp

The twice-yearly Texas Mile is a three-day, high-speed challenge staged on a runway for the Goliad Industrial Air Park, about 90 miles southeast of San Antonio. Participants drive to post a top speed for a one-mile section of the runway.


Read more: Underground Racing Lamborghini cracks 250 mph--watch the video here

[Noah930]

Chris B: milt posted this link on another OT thread. Perhaps there is a (legal) way for you to use your old blue and yellow plates on your car.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/vin_memos/vin2009/09vin20.pdf

[nameisbauer]

I know everyone wants to do everything by the book, but with how rarely you drive the RSR, you would think no one would ever notice or care. Its your real "number" and the one assigned to the car. I would think any cop who see this on your registration will be satisfied.

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Originally Posted by Noah930

Chris B: milt posted this link on another OT thread. Perhaps there is a (legal) way for you to use your old blue and yellow plates on your car.

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/vehindustry/vin_memos/vin2009/09vin20.pdf

Good to know Alereck, thanks for posting.
Once I am catching up, I may just apply for the old plate status.

The current registration has a (R) for reflective license plates and if a cop is unhappy with my driving habits (heh, heh), pulls me over, and sees that I have a non- reflective plate I may in more trouble than I had bargained for.

Gotta keep it as legal as possible. There is a no tolerance attitude these days. No more stern talks and letting you go. I got stories to tell about that, lol.

[nameisbauer]

get a "new" old blue plate, and spray paint it with reflective clear paint. OK, I know..But hey, it looks cool!

[nameisbauer]

BTW, I took a run on friday night. That new patch is smooth. Would be nice if the whole road was.