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Originally Posted by javadog
Restore the 67S to bone-stock original; take all of the go-fast parts and put them in another tub and make a hot rod. Leave the cage out, so you can drive the hot rod on the street.
JR
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At the risk of offending just about everybody else in this thread, I'm going to repeat myself. Worse yet, I'm going to elaborate on my points.
It's likely the OP is not a vintage racer. So, I'd wager he's not pondering a career in vintage racing with this car. If he wanted to do a few track events each year, on a more casual basis, he has a GT3 RS that is eminently suited to that usage.
Without intending to disrespect the guy that built and raced this car, its racing pedigree is meaningless. Vintage racing, club racing... neither adds anything of value to the car's history. That value comes from significant competition in historically important races, or use by a historically important driver. This car would appear to have neither.
Its not a period correct race car. Its been modified with all manner of things that look out of place on a 67S. If it were built as it would have been built by the factory in 1967, using only components and ideas they used in that era, there would be a stronger case for keeping it the way it is. But it is not. Far from it.
So, it makes more sense to take some of the "race car" out of it and add some of the "street car" back into it. How far do you go? You start with making it legal, losing the cage, the fuel cell, the driver cooling crap, etc. Might as well paint it the original color, since you will be doing some paint work and the OP likes the original color better, anyway. If none of the stock parts had been kept, a hot rod might be the best choice as a goal. But, he has all the stock parts and they are in good condition. Forgetting the value, almost every hot rod I've sat my butt in has been a disappointment to drive, compared to a stock, perfect, original 911. They lose the refinement built into a stock 911 and often the "gains" are more in the owner's head than real.
A '67S is an interesting car to drive. It's an interesting car to look at. People forget how different the early 911s were to even the '70's long hoods. The first 2 or 3 years production, even the base 911s, are nothing like the cars that came afterwards.
If the OP wanted another hot rod (don't forget, he has a modified 930, too) he could buy some other tub and use all the leftover go fast crap to build whatever floated his boat. There's a 912 tub for sale in the classifieds for under 5 grand and he'd be doing the world a favor by undoing the carnage that was afflicted by someone else on
that car, when they started making a hot rod out of
it.