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DZug SC to RSR 3 month Speed Build
In the words of Hannibal from the 'A Team', "Ya gotta love it when a plan comes together".:p Back in April, Pete and I, fresh back from our Essen adventure http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/601947-road-trip-essen.html started looking around for a suitable candidate for the DZug Targa Florio/Nurburgring (dzugtours.com) driving experience car. We found this solid early SC for sale on the classified forum http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/601474-1978-911-sc-silver-coupe-ohio.html
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312022181.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312023117.jpg We then posed a challenge to ourselves... could we build it in time for the Savannah Porsche Parade/Turbopalooza event in July(starts this week), 3 months away??? We just looked at each other and laughed and knew right then, it was ON baby! |
Pete flew to Ohio and drove the car back to NC. He was pleased to report that the rebuilt 3.2SS with 964 cams loved to rev and pulled like a train. Upon inspection, we were pleased to note that respray was mediocre and the interior in fair to poor condition (no headliner, ebay sparco seat, short shifter, welded sunroof, etc)... in other words, a great starting point for our project that didnt make you feel guilty about not restoring back to original.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312024118.jpg Anyhow, in the spirit of GTRDN, we immediately gutted her, pulled the motor and tranny, unbolted the front fenders and loaded he on the trailer. We then pondered who we could get to do the bodywork. Neither Pete nor i welded good enough to attempt flare, nor did either one of us have time to do the bodywork and get her to the point of primer, nor did we want to deal with any of the local prima donna (not to mention expensive) bodyshops who always make it seem like they are doing u a favor and never do things timely. so we decided to take another approach. Two of Pete's friends that had just finished the bodywork program at local CC and were hungry for work, agreed to do the body and prepwork and deliver the car to us in paintable condition. In addition, they would do the rollbar and weld in the oil cooler. Would u trust these guys with your bodywork? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312025434.jpg Butt-welding flares (we used 930 steel flares as i already had a set on hand) http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312025726.jpg .... and mudding http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312025905.jpg |
Fitting duck and oil cooler
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312026529.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312026602.jpg The rollbar was welded by these guys just by looking at pix i sent them of original RSR ones... i think they did a pretty good job. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312026753.jpg |
While the guys were doing bodywork, Pete and i were sourcing parts. As you all know, it's the details which make these cars so great, and things like seats and wheels were key.
Regarding wheels, we were going to originally run 16x9R and 16x8F, but fate had other plans. The 16x9/8 Euromeister repro are NLA. Fortunately, i had a set of 16x9's on my Carrera we could use, but what about the front. 16x8's are hens teeth, butttttt, i noticed that u can find 15x8's all day long on ebay. Soooo, thinking that the 15x8 offset would look killer and 15's would pay homage to the real RSR's, i got a set. Turned out to be a great decision as u will see.. What about seats? This potentially, is one of the most $$$ decsions for the RSR build guy. Here are the original RSR seats that we wanted to replicate. i love their simplicity and look. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312027685.jpg However, most of the options $$-wise just didnt make sense, so i started looking poking around the net and 'voila' found that Corbeau makes these... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312028671.jpg They are known as the Corbeau GTA Lo Back seat. VERY nice price for a pair, and the headrest is removable if u need it to pass track day tech or whatever |
Regarding belts, i really wanted a set of vintage REPA's, be every time they came up on ebay, the bidding went stratospheric. soooo, i went back to the web, and found a set of vintage-esque Sabelts. I settled on their 4 point harness.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312028591.jpg |
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, our personal bodyshop guys worked away, and by mid May, were were getting closer...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312029111.jpg While the guys were bodyworking and i was sourcing, Pete was busy detailing the motor. We decided to plate the engine hardware with the Eastwood home zinc chromate kit... came out quite nice http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312029797.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312029824.jpg Pete came up with the idea of doing a little something different for the fan shroud instead of the usual red. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312030077.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312030122.jpg |
Another Juice / DZug adventure, sweet! You guys have waaaay to much fun out there in NC!
Looking forward to how this one plays out... |
Excellent.
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This is so awesome! I just love threads like this.
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Thanks fellas
By June, work was dragging on car due to the unanticipated delay of May 'senior week' in Myrtle beach during which our guys went MIA in search of Poontang. Fitting panels in late May http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312046388.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312046430.jpg |
For the next several weeks, the guys sanded and primed, sanded and primed. Finally, after what seemed like forever (june 29 to be exact) Pete loaded the car up on a trailer along with door, fenders and other parts and brought her back to our shop.
At this point, Pete turned from mild mannered punk-ass-beyatch into a lean, mean painting machine. In what seemed like no time flat, he had the car taped up and ready to shoot. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312048009.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312048716.jpg |
OK
I was so totally enjoying my Saturday morning on he porch with my cup of coffee until I hit the end of the thread! Give us more. This is like a Dan Brown Novel for Porsche Geeks. Great read guys. Keep up the details. |
Excellent, looking forward to Turbopalooza and seeing the graphics and everything completed.
Bruce |
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Sorry guys, started this yesterday morning, then internet and pix loading got slow and had to go to beach with family. What fun iz a one day thread anyhow?:D
Sooo.... where were we? oh yeah, Pete turning into a painting machine... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112415.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112467.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112568.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112606.jpg All in the span of a couple of days. Up until this point, we were faced with two dilemmas, first how to paint the front bumper in the iconic RSR red, and what red to use. We looked at several versions of the 73 Targa car to come up with a solution... Orange-Red like the factory mystery RSR? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112833.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112863.jpg The rear bumper like this? Red like this? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112894.jpg Or Red like this? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312112924.jpg Or like Kitchaks interpretation on his prototype evolution of the original 73 car? |
As most of you know, and some will point out, we are not technically building a 73 RSR but a long nose 74 RS, so Pete and i figured we could break the rules a little. Do we ever follow the rules?;)
Sooo, Pete being the final aesthetic dictate on this, and with the wry sense of humor that is his, came up with..... wait for it.... FERRARI SCUDERIA RED:D:D:D Hey, the Porsche factory used to paint it's practice cars for the Targa Florio in Ferrari red so as not to piss off the locals, so why can't we???;) And u know what, Combined with our interpretation of the bumper contrast, it turned out to be PERFECT. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312113981.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312114024.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312114084.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312114146.jpg |
July 10 -(wow, was that really 3 weeks ago?!) Well after tons of wet sanding, and then clear coating, here's how she lookedhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312115215.jpg
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312115241.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312115286.jpg With fenders mounted http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312115351.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312115427.jpg |
In prep for installing the RS carpet, we removed yet more interior mid 80's (stereo, alarm) wiring junk to add to our already growing pile...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312117427.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312117517.jpg RS carpeting in...ahhh, simplicity http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312117603.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312117633.jpg |
At this point, Pete started putting red bull in his cornflakes and having double espresso's for lunch and dinner, and i was there each week after working nights at the local hospital ER pitching in as well, as we hunkered down for some GITERDUN...
Car was rolled back in bay and games began http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312118719.jpg Hooking up oil cooler lines http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312118581.jpg Fitting doors and rear windows http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119012.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119070.jpg |
Test fit of front bumper
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119458.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119584.jpg Finishing putting motor back together... Bling Bling! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119675.jpg Pete give her a kiss for good luck... do us proud in Europe baby!! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312119811.jpg |
Fitting fenders... an RS(R) begins to emerge...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312120249.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312120355.jpg Ducktail!... a defining, seminal moment in any RS/R build http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312120971.jpg Vitalonis are on... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312121290.jpg Test fitting seat http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312121345.jpg |
yours truly doing prep work for motor re-intall
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312121958.jpg She finally gets her heart back! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312122163.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312122223.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312122355.jpg It's Miller time!!! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312122655.jpg |
So THAT'S what happened to that car. I remember seeing it for sale.
With the grey RS carpet and the Vitaloni mirrors it looks a little like my silver SC. Glad to see I'm not the only one who used this combo. |
Oh Man ! Not a plumbers butt crack shot!! come on!!!!!! :D
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July 14 - Glimmer of light at end of tunnel.
Mounted spacers front and rear, put rubber on 16x9R and 15x8F and rolled her into the light.... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312131879.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312131903.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312131936.jpg Amazing the affect on ride height after taking out all that weight. |
Test fit of rear bumper...
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312132248.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312132297.jpg After admiring our work, we decided that there was only one proper way to set off the rear of the car. That's right boyz and girlz....OLD SCHOOL, ROCK AND ROLL COOKIE CUTTER MEGAPHONES BOOYAAAAAA!!!! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312132506.jpg |
With the renwed enthusiasm of a crackhead after a five-day bender who just took another hit of the pipe, over the next week, Pete tackled all the little stuff....
Headlights and turn signals http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312133017.jpg Window trim http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312133105.jpg Windshield http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312133303.jpg And rollbar and seats http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312133434.jpg |
Her first start-up
Did i mention we r running MEGAPHONES!!!:D:D <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FVD1oAfC0kA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
July 20th - Nearly 3 months to the day when we started on her (Jeez, was that really 90 days ago?!) - The Dzugtours.com RS/R sees the light of day under he own power....
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312134928.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312134974.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312135013.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312135041.jpg <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Pj2JxAfXjyE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> |
From the start of this project, we wanted to get the details as correct (within reasonable $$ range) as possible, and this held esp true when it came to doing the 73 Targa winning RSR Martini graphics. Sooo, i called up a friend who is an assistant curator of the Matt Drendel (R.I.P.) collection in Hickory, NC, 1.5 hours away, and asked if we could bring our graphics guys up for a visit. This was so they could get their color swatches correct by comparing with one of the few original graphic Martini cars still around, the 2.1 Turbo in the Drendel collection. Trevor said sure, and so we paid a visit to the Drendel Collection (in the name of authenticity of course)....;)
Our graphix team at work... they had only worked on Nascars before... needless to say, they came away 'Porschestruck' http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312137576.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312137683.jpg |
Nice work ... can't wait to see the finished product !
Have fun with her in Eurpoe :) |
Thanks Don!
Some more pix from our visit to the Drendel collection http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312154980.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155025.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155055.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155099.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155129.jpg Pete happier than proverbial pig in $hite! But wouldnt u be if you were sitting in the former office of Jacky Ickx??? http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155242.jpg Probably the most significant collection of racing Porsche turbos from the 70's and 80's outside of the factory museum http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312155358.jpg |
Bad to the bone!
Side note: The front bumper on the RSR is very interesting, kind of like blending the upper bumper of the long hood style with the lower IROC 'front dam' with modern splitter... 'Milt' here on the board made a similar custom front bumper for his back date Carrera.. Amazing collection of spooled hot rods, thanks for sharing Juice and Co.! |
As we didnt yet have a plate for the car, Pete used the following week to attend to all the futher details of the car before we turned a wheel on the open road.
Install of the front oil cooler screen http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156224.jpg Install of the Seine shift kit and our DZug Products Mulsanne shift knob http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156324.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156344.jpg And, perhaps most symbolically, the 'RSRification' of our wheels. Pete worked some special magic on them to give a most excellent result http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156443.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156486.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312156526.jpg |
Well, 4 days ago, that fateful day finally arrived that is perhaps the sweetest off all in a build that u have poured blood, sweat and beer into....
Basking in the early morning sun... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312158351.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312158533.jpg First fillup... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312158471.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312158501.jpg And then, it was time to let her rip, and rip she did... <iframe width="425" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rnZ6IJLpRWA" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Pete and i took turns in the driver seat, laughing our azzes off at the glorious music of the megaphoned flat-6:D:D:D |
Well guys, you are in a league of your own.
Really impressive. |
Jes, thanks for the kudos brother. Let us know what we can do to help u with your RSR build when u finish sorting the Turbo. We gotta get together at some point, even if it is just to taste single malt.
Another 'admiration' phase shot http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312161836.jpg Before driving down to Porsche Parade next week, we still have some detail work on her, including mounting a custom decklid grill and our carbon fiber reflector (discussed in this thread http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-930-turbo-super-charging-forum/604871-carbon-fiber-reflector-panel.html), some interior trim, and.... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312164083.jpg Graphix..:cool: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312164202.jpg Thursday morning we took her to David and Hunter, our guys at Icongraphics in Greensboro and dropped her off for her Martini treatment. We had left Pete's 930 at shop in the weeks prior to use as a template for the graphix. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165183.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165249.jpg By Friday, we had gotten the following pix from the boyz at Icon... Looks like a large scale version of the Tamiya models decal sheet. Funny thing is, we found a scanned image of the decal set of the Tamiya Martini RSR online and it was accurate enough for the guys at Icon to use it in their rendering! http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165351.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165470.jpg Money shot mock-up: http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165419.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1312165443.jpg |
This is one of my favorite threads.................you guys rock.
Regards, Al |
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