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Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 9:22 am
by Bootsy
Superb
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:04 am
by Lightweight_911
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Excellent thread - looking forward to this story unfolding ...
210bhp wrote:That blue R was the one that Raj used to own I think. His threads have all gone from the ESR after a major forum fallout so all trace of its ownership history by him have been lost. Shame.
Anyway, back to the story.....
Regards
Mike
Yes, Raj owned 911R #20 & it previously spent many years as part of the Matsuda Collection in Japan (when it was Silver) ...
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Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:27 am
by hot66
if only police were that understanding these days
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 10:35 am
by anglophone1
Fantastic stuff- I hope we can get to see this somewhere in Ireland Jon
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Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:19 am
by Nige
Great stuff, interesting rear bumper setup, obviously predates impact bumpers but seems to be a DIY cross over?
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:06 pm
by 911GP
I think they look pretty good.
Great photos, Jon. Also love that front photo shot from your last set (the third one down). Looks mean!
Kind regards
Gitesh
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 1:36 pm
by Darren65
Nige wrote:Great stuff, interesting rear bumper setup, obviously predates impact bumpers but seems to be a DIY cross over?
...it was specially fabricated along with the other modifications. I like it but don't think Jon's a fan!
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 2:08 pm
by Nige
Darren65 wrote:Nige wrote:Great stuff, interesting rear bumper setup, obviously predates impact bumpers but seems to be a DIY cross over?
...it was specially fabricated along with the other modifications. I like it but don't think Jon's a fan!
Think I'm with Jon on that one, but it is unique to the car.
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:17 pm
by DustyM
Darren65 wrote:
...it was specially fabricated along with the other modifications. I like it but don't think Jon's a fan!
It’s interesting alright but it will become Wall Art!
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Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 9:17 am
by 70sThrowback
brilliant story, looking forward to the whats next
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 7:26 pm
by DustyM
One of the unusual things about this particular project is being able to have contact with the people involved in the work carried out to the car in period.
The owner and I have been in contact with Richard Reventlow (he now lives in Florida) and in turn Richard has been in contact with Peter Miles to forward on various questions we had. Now it's all a long time ago so limited info is written down but great to have access to the memories and a few period photos.
Some paperwork does exist though.
I imagine $12 an hour was quite expensive in 1974...
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:44 pm
by neilbardsley
Jon thank you for sharing. What a great story/project. Which version of it's self is it going back to? Please, please say the 911R
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:49 pm
by rhd racer
Is that an air scoop / duct on the rear engine lid Jon? I've never seen one of those before, presumably for hotter climates?
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:56 pm
by DustyM
rhd racer wrote:Is that an air scoop / duct on the rear engine lid Jon? I've never seen one of those before, presumably for hotter climates?
Not sure it was for hotter climates. Perhaps the idea was to drive air into the intakes to compensate for the thinner air up in the Rockies?
Re: Mozart - The Colorado Car
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 10:00 pm
by anglophone1
I think Boydy has one on his new hot rod build?