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Once again, I fail to understand why someone should use the R Gruppe as a model to replicate. There is nothing to do other than contact your buddies and drive.
Our cars are the last 911's that had really accessable engines and simplicity in design. This lends itself to garage mechanics and do it yourself venues as seen by the forums on the Pelican BBS.
Getting together is a phone call/email away (that is the R Gruppe). I could care less who shows up and what they drive, just so long we everyone enjoys themselves. On the other side of this, however, wouldn't you like to see a professional interior shop fix or minimize the mandatory crack in your dash. Wouldn't it be nice to go to a shop and have the MFI discussed and explained in all of it's glory so you could work on it yourself. How about diagnosing the leaks you might have on your garage floor. What about setting up your suspension for racing or autox?
Getting together is very easy... being a source of information is a totally different story. This has been the story and plan I have been working on for over 3 years. After owning 8 early cars, this was what I was looking for and nobody could provide it. My knowledge on these cars is pretty good... not great, but that is why an informative forum is better for me. I can always learn more and I certainly enjoy helping people. Getting people together to help a fellow early car owner with a problem is just as much fun for me as driving around is. The feeling I get from putting another early car on the road is reward enough!
marc
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