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    Nice to see the car in action, and that after some (truly minor ) issues the car came good.
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    Had they even started it there would've been a crowd!! A bunch of things about the idea were wrong: the engine weighed too much, wheelbase was too long, and the flat-12 made enough power. It was never planned to be anything but NA, but was estimated if the 16 were turbo'd would make better than 2000HP. Didn't matter: the turbo 12 was cleaning up CanAm anyway.
    That answers the first question i had but my 2nd one still remains: do they ever run it out on track for special events? i searched wikipedia and there was no article about it and no vids on youtube of it.

    Btw nice helmet, is that airbrushed? I have a hockey mask, plain white, that i wanna get painted someday but don't know how to go about doing it

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    Quote Originally Posted by Ferrer View Post
    Nice to see the car in action, and that after some (truly minor ) issues the car came good.
    It did, though the steering issue could've made the weekend go pear shaped. Pretty scary, lucky turn in at the Corkscrew is just 30mph.
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    That answers the first question i had but my 2nd one still remains: do they ever run it out on track for special events? i searched wikipedia and there was no article about it and no vids on youtube of it.

    Btw nice helmet, is that airbrushed? I have a hockey mask, plain white, that i wanna get painted someday but don't know how to go about doing it
    No, it was never raced and as far as I know, not demonstrated (at least in the US). Maybe it has in Europe?

    Thanks... helmet by a guy that does cars, too. I drew what I wanted, he does killer work.
    Check around, there's probably someone local to you that airbrushes hockey masks and helmets.
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    that is a shame, they break out the 917-30 for demonstrations, i guess if they break the flat 16 there is no replacing it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    that is a shame, they break out the 917-30 for demonstrations, i guess if they break the flat 16 there is no replacing it?
    That would be a very good reason...

    A few more track photos, provided by members of the teener and 911S groups. Van Lennep in Piper's 917.
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    When the car returns next week, I'll edit the in-car and get it posted to YouTube. Here's some more paddock shots... teeners galore!
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    After Saturday's Eifel Trophy race, all the classes drove parade laps. We tossed a pad & moving blanket in for my wife to ride,
    which was a big thrill for her. Then certain cars were selected for a track "concours"... we won a medal for 914/6 GT.
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    Quote Originally Posted by clutch-monkey View Post
    that is a shame, they break out the 917-30 for demonstrations, i guess if they break the flat 16 there is no replacing it?
    If they haven't started it in decades, maybe it's already broken...
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    Was the 59 sister car as original as yours?

    I love shot #3, never seen so many people in the pitlane...
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    Quote Originally Posted by henk4 View Post
    Was the 59 sister car as original as yours?

    I love shot #3, never seen so many people in the pitlane...
    Well, a very nice a car certainly but it sure isn't #0705... Bob S. built a ringer and most everyone knows it. The real #0705 happened to be at the event BTW, under the Porsche big-top >shhhhh< . EDIT: The MOST original GT at this event was undoubtably Jeff Zwart's... spectacular and he's owned it for ages. A great car!

    Crowd was really great, exceeded the Daytona attendance. It's very likely RRV will be a west-coast affair, or at least in regular rotation. I'd be surprised if it weren't.
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    Wow, it looks like a great event!

    Thanks for sharing!

    I need to post up the rest of my photos.

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    No, it was never raced and as far as I know, not demonstrated (at least in the US). Maybe it has in Europe?
    That's a shame, i would LOVE to hear the sound of a flat 16, it's gotta be uber unique

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    Sadly, the only in-car vid was a few minutes from garage to false grid... then the battery died. Bummer, no race footage.
    So, one last gratuitous photograph taken by a friend at the corkscrew. I love this car.
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    haha i had a similar thing, mounted go pro, did an awesome lap, pull into the pits, find there is no memory card in it..
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    I turned my vid on twice
    So had great footage from paddock to start line --- and then presed the record button again so nothing !!!!

    Back in the days of TAPE (!) I had two big accidents and EACH TIME the video camera had shut down run out of tape the lap BEFORE I had the accident. Swore then to keep an eye on it and if it ever ran out of tape again I was just going to pull in to the pits. Reckoned someone was giving me a message and I should listen
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