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Lightweight_911
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Stratos crash repair ...

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This Stratos was entered into the recent Silver Fern Rally in New Zealand :

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- & everything was going well


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- until on day 6 (the penultimate day)


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Lightweight_911
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Amazingly, the service team were confident that they could get the car 'up & running' in time for the final day !! :shock:


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:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:
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- subtracting weight makes you faster everywhere”
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Superb!
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Impressive
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Wow, that is fantastic and bring back memories of seeing mechanics banging rally cars with large hammers in muddy laybys.
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Uber cool……. 8)
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