Not a Porsche but a lovely project

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Not a Porsche but a lovely project

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1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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I want to like it but that’s one ugly motor vehicle.
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Jonny Hart wrote:I want to like it but that’s one ugly motor vehicle.
We're cut from different cloth, you and I.

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1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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He’s right … ugly as sin
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I my stock of spare parts I think I have rear brake shoes for that!
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Berny wrote:I my stock of spare parts I think I have rear brake shoes for that!
I hope it stops faster than it accelerates - 0-60mph in 14 seconds, despite the V8.
1970 911T, Signal orange (Restoration thread)
1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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I think some had a Cadillac OHV motor that might have been faster. Otherwise they were Ford V8 Pilot underpinnings with Sidney Allard mods including IFS.

Not surprisingly the XK120 caused quite a stir when it appeared.
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Josh Sadler made a good job of racing Allards in recent years, but not a saloon.

Very '50's' so a bit Marmite.
IMHO the Pilot was a nicer car!

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I’m glad we don’t all like the same thing.
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911hillclimber wrote:Josh Sadler made a good job of racing Allards in recent years, but not a saloon.

Very '50's' so a bit Marmite.
IMHO the Pilot was a nicer car!

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Caroll Shelby made a good job of racing Allards, in fact an Allard inspired the Cobra.

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1988 3.2 Carrera backdate, Black
2001 996 Turbo, Lapis blue (am I allowed to put that here?)
I'm looking for a pre-impact bumper 911S or other high-revving 911 to restore - please let me know if you see one.
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I agree on the Pilot, they were wonderful old cars and I’d have loved on. I was living in Hitchin in the sixties where there was an absolutely as new Pilot for sale for about £20 for ages. 12mpg was the problem. There are still some absolute beauties around now, they literally were built like tanks with almost the same suspension as a model T.
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