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Scanner is still a bit fuzzy - but it works for now. Here are some better pictures of the Martini car. Hope everyone had a GREAT 4th...
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- A pile of British stuff - A growing pile of German stuff ... oh, and two Hondas - complete with car seats and pounds of fish crackers smashed into the carpet (and seats, and door pockets, etc etc etc....) |
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Scott,
In the middle picture above - the one of the opened engine bay - just what exactly am I looking at in the upper center of the picture. It looks like 'something' (possibly an oil cooler or????) that is attached to the underside of the engine cover. Could you clarify and maybe post a pic from a different angle if you have one? You have got one cool looking car.....always loved the Martini cars! Many thanks,
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Hi Rallyman...
Yes, it's an 8 pass oil cooler with a fan. I built an aluminum shroud for it, which is what can be seen in the photo (sorry, that the only pic I have...). It did an ok job. I keep the car in foothills outside of Denver and pushing it hard up the grade the car stays at 212-215. This was my first air cooled car, so I was (am) a bit anal about overheating. I just recently picked up a fiberglass front GT oil cooler shroud from Patrick Motorsports and will be relocating a new oil cooler in the nose. I have everything cut and ready to install, I just need the oil line and the motivation to pull the gas tank, cut a couple more holes, weld a new bracket to hold a collapsable spare to the front "fire wall" and install everything. Thanks for the compliment. It's kind of tough to go un-noticed when I drive it around town. Even the ricer kids leave me alone - I guess they base power on the amount of stripes!
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Get looking car, where did you get the 'bolt-on' flares?
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nice job! great looking stripe scheme
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Scott I am also interested in the flares. Where do they come from ?
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Scott,
Where did you obtain the interior door handle. What did it come from? Where did you find it? Thanks,
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The flares are the standard GT fiberglass versions. Instead of taking the time to bond them to the car and possibly having to deal with cracks later, I used that time to create a good straight/sharp finish the edge and make sure they really matched the contours of the body - something they did not do very well when they arrived. I always liked the look of the 934 bolt on fender extentions. I created the gasket between the body and flare by using the high grade VW bug fender welting (the higher grade has a bit bigger bead). I then spent a bunch of time on the net trying to find closeups of the hardware Porsche used on the 934. After doing that and spending a pile of time emailing pics back and forth with the guys at GT Racing and Better Bodies, I feel I got pretty close. They are held on by a stainless round head phillips screw nut/bolt, usind a rubber washer under each screw head. It is nice to be able to take them on and off - it made detailing the front suspension for our local concour very easy - not to mention replacing front struts.
The door handle is off of a Fiat 600, which according to several sources is what Porsche used on the GT's. I have been contemplating re-doing the door panels to use the GT leather release mechanism - I just haven decided yet. Here is a close up of the door handle. I have also heard they can be found on some early year MGB's
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When I'm driving my DD (93 Mr.2, turbo) every ricer on the planet wants to play. When I'm driving the teener, NOBODY wants to play......I don't get it.
 .....maybe it's the smell of a gross polluter.
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Scot, that is a truly nice 914. I notice you have to rev counter pointing to 12 O'clock just like the GT's....nice attention to detail.
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