Introduction and build thread 1978 911SC track car
 

Thank you for this great resource.

Here is my new to me 1979 911 SC. It will be turned into a 1974 IROC tribute to run in the PCA Club Racing 911Cup and Vintage classes.

Any info on this Southern California car is greatly appreciated. I would like to try to find some back story on it.

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Picked up the car and it’s at it’s new home in North Alabama. Now the fun begins of cleaning it up and stripping everything off the tub.

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It looks fine. Don't forget to check the tire pressures before hitting the track.

But seriously. that looks a very ambitious project. What's the story?

It’s ready for the flinstone 500!

The cars backstory is I bought the car a week ago on eBay, picked it up in Detroit, MI. The car is from San Diego based on the auction I found searching the VIN on google. That’s about all of the backstory I know at this point unless someone see my post.

My backstory is I have been tracking my daily driver 997.2 C2S for the last few years. I have been looking at other cars the last few weeks, but prices are out of my budget. So, I figured why not spent even more money over a longer time period :), with a smaller upfront investment besides time. This way I will keep my 997.2 stock and only modify the track car with the goal of doing club racing in the 911cup class with PCA club racing.

Was wondering who bought that…

I bought a 1982 911 that had been crashed. Other than being badly crashed it was a beautiful car. Something like that would work out well for you.

Hi Bill,

Can you tell me why you wouldn’t use the car that I bought? This will be a track car.

If it were me I'd be concerned about the structural integrity of the steel shell after being burned. I'm no expert but think the temperature of the fire has something to do with it. But maybe this is less of a concern if you're planning on a full racing cage.

Most anything can be repaired with enough time and money, good luck with it!

I thought it was obvious. You buy a crashed car so you have the 1,000 bits you need and swap them into the good body of the car you already have.

Thank you for the explanations. With this being a dedicated track car, luckily there’s not many pieces I need as far as the chassis is concerned. All body panels except the doors will be fiberglass. Really the only thing that I’m missing that would be replaced no matter the car is the transmission and an engine rebuild. I’m going to keep a look out for those over the next few years.

I’m getting ready to post my 71 911t track car, built and run by Kelly Moss in the 90’s. Not trying to discourage you from building that but you may come out WAY ahead by picking up something that’s trackish already (and not crispy).

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