Funny story about an RSR-look car

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

I got a '74 coupe a few years back, added a '75 2.7 engine (car and drivetrain from Pelicanheads) and painted the car Mexico Blue.

Because of a move and investment in a new company, I had to sell the car and after a fair amount of time advertising and promoting it (with full disclosure), sold it @ under $9K -- about what I had in it.

The new owner had it for a year and a half, lowered it, put better wheels on it (probably other stuff, too) and recently sold it.

Within 12 hours it ended up on eBay with a "story" and is now bid at $24K. That's a lot to pay for a gold '74 sportomatic sunroof car with some 'de-contenting' and a pretty color... but that's the marketplace.

Link: http://tinyurl.com/5rszjl

I guess as a marketing guy, I shouldn't be surprised, but I could never bring myself to promote the car as a "210 HP" "Street legal RSR."

WPOZZZ · 08-20-2008, 01:03 PM

Well, you know what they say. ***** happens. lol

Btw, 23" and 30" torsion bars are huge! How did the guy fit them on the car?

onlycafe · 08-20-2008, 01:28 PM

at least it doesn't have a motormeister sticker on it. that alone makes it worth lots more.

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

LOL.

I've noticed that the 'Motormeister' provenance doesn't seem to hurt the eBay cars.

From purchase as a quasi- C2 Turbo look to "RSR"

SKM · 08-21-2008, 04:58 PM

Interesting. I saw that car in the parking lots around the Monterey/Pebble Beach events last weekend. I thought it looked familar but I could not remember where I had seen it before.

914agogo · 08-22-2008, 06:58 PM

sold for $24,100

heck of a profit for one week!

car-reras · 05:46 PM

If this car was emulating anything, it would be a 74 Carrera RS 3.0.
This is an rsr...

Anywho, I think that this really marks the beginning of the end.
We are now down to the last of even the Euro speculation buyers... the uneducated.
I would love to be a fly on the wall when the new owner takes delivery and gets stuck holding this bag :-)

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

What this car was emulating was RSR chassis #9114600075, the Mexico Blue '74 IROC car, which some may remember was delivered with the ducktail. But what do I know. I only built it.

car-reras · 08-23-2008, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by techweenie

What this car was emulating was RSR chassis #9114600075, the Mexico Blue '74 IROC car, which some may remember was delivered with the ducktail. But what do I know. I only built it.

Apparently not much...the 74 IROC cars were Carrera 3.0 RS cars.

http://www.pbase.com/slidevalve911rsr/911rsr_factory_cars_iroc

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

LOL.

Thanks for the link to the page, Car-reras, where the second paragraph starts:"In the process of collecting photos of each of the IROC 911 RSR entries. .."

What a maroon.

John Schaefer · 05:02 AM

"You say potatoe, I say potaaaatoe." Bill's no idiot. Anyway, that is one awesome looking Green RSR!

Here is my IROC look Turbo Carrera...

opticalfuel · opticalfuel's Garage

Did you do the body work personally or have it done? I want to get some tips on mounting the front bumper FG. I have the same body work on my car: duck tail, RSR (74 style, short hood) front and back.

I can't see the rear bumper on yours, but I assume it is like this:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=426618

techweenie · techweenie's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by opticalfuel

Did you do the body work personally or have it done? I want to get some tips on mounting the front bumper FG. I have the same body work on my car: duck tail, RSR (74 style, short hood) front and back.

I can't see the rear bumper on yours, but I assume it is like this:

I got the car with screwed-on fiberglass flares and re-did them with three times as many screws plus a beading strip to highlight rather than conceal that they were added. Also trimmed the rearmost part of the rear flares, to look a little better.

Your guess on the rear bumper was right on. What I did to mount the front was create flanges for the top of the bumper to sit on and add bolts through the flanges in front of the wheelwells -- both on the steel and on the 'glass. In other words, all the fastening was along the top endge of the bumper. Had I finalized the car to track-ready, I'd probably have added lightweight braces from the bottom edge of the front corners back to the tub.

On the rear, I replicated the factory bumper shocks using PVC tubing and galvanized fencepost clamps to attach to the bumper. Also made a long flange to hang the center and did the same flange-to-flange attachment as in front.

Neither bumper was really "race weight," and the car had maybe 160 HP, so I didn't feel I needed a lot of bracing. Had they been lighter, or the car faster, I'd probably have gone to brackets and dzus fasteners.