Early 911 advice
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I am looking for a pre 74 911 with a view to classic endurance rallying. I have done the usual reading of buyers guides but nothing beats a bit of first hand advice from folks in the know. Words of wisdom from anyone who has endurance rally experience in one also very welcome. I'm toying with yank import on the grouns of price nd lack of rot. Any thoughts?
I am looking for a pre 74 911 with a view to classic endurance rallying. I have done the usual reading of buyers guides but nothing beats a bit of first hand advice from folks in the know. Words of wisdom from anyone who has endurance rally experience in one also very welcome. I'm toying with yank import on the grouns of price nd lack of rot. Any thoughts?
US cars of suitable historic rallying age are no longer cheap and not rot free either.
IMHO, decide on a ready to go rally car budget and go from there. It's almost never finiancially worthwhile doing a fresh build, buy a prepared car.
Any 911s of this age/era suitable for rally use are worth more just to put back to standard form. Look on early911registry.com or similiar.
All IMHO of course, I've been racing and rallying a 911 since 1989.
IMHO, decide on a ready to go rally car budget and go from there. It's almost never finiancially worthwhile doing a fresh build, buy a prepared car.
Any 911s of this age/era suitable for rally use are worth more just to put back to standard form. Look on early911registry.com or similiar.
All IMHO of course, I've been racing and rallying a 911 since 1989.
I'm just coming to the end of a build on a '72 car. With rallying in mind it has cage/harnesses/no rear seats but I've rebuild the body in steel apart from st front bumper. Advice - they are not cheap to rebuild! Mine was a fairly rot free car that had been "RS'd", taking it back to full steel and sorting it out has been er expensive......
phone here
http://www.francistuthill.co.uk/
ask how much a full body restore is (because it will need one), be sitting down 1st :-)
A lot have been patched up and covered up and sold on for more money, but I would not trust a car like that with out full restore photo's.
you can see why a rebuilt S is now £90k
http://www.francistuthill.co.uk/
ask how much a full body restore is (because it will need one), be sitting down 1st :-)
A lot have been patched up and covered up and sold on for more money, but I would not trust a car like that with out full restore photo's.
you can see why a rebuilt S is now £90k
I agree.....get ready for a shock. Mine was in pretty good shape bodywise - that's why I bought it even though it had been interfered with (Rs'd), they are not cheap - it's not just the bodywork either. Tuthill had to make parts for mine - the alternator, oil cooler, changes to the brakes. Mine has original Fuch's - a refurb alone cost what new wheels would normally cost.....budget upwards from £25k...even if engine/gearbox are good and body isn't terrible...way more if it is.
Unit 11 have prepared a few of these, and maintain them (there's a crumpled yellow bonnet on their wall as a souvenir of one car's maiden outing mishap) - it's worth giving them a call about prep'ing one for you or seeing if any of their clients are interested in selling. www.unit11.co.uk
Tuthill will likely be one of the most expensive places to go, but they do build them beautifully (I drove one round a frozen Norwegian lake that was due to compete in an international rally a few weeks later - it was awesome
).
Tuthill will likely be one of the most expensive places to go, but they do build them beautifully (I drove one round a frozen Norwegian lake that was due to compete in an international rally a few weeks later - it was awesome
).
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