935, goose, henry, steve..... anything this weekend?

[anonymous-user]

Non car type guy from work went to BH and saw an orange 935 "that was faster than the millenium falcon"... 935's?

[housemaster]

The genuine 935's are all race cars and competed in Group 5 racing from the mid 70's into the early 80's. They were fantastic cars to see in action, not least when Walter R took one to 1st place in the Silverstone 6 hours in the early 80's, driving it in terrible rain like a rally car. I have seen a few road going 911's with some basic mods calling themselves 935's but as far as I am concerned the proper 935's were all race cars.

935 K3

Edited by housemaster on Monday 30th April 14:45

[c2look]

Richard Chamberlain?

[dougc]

c2look said:

Richard Chamberlain?

[c2look]

That's the one

and it does go like stink.

[housemaster]

c2look said:

That's the one

and it does go like stink.

And it is NOT a 935.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_

Edited by housemaster on Monday 30th April 15:15

[rude-boy]

That's a replica.

But if memory serves it's a replica of his original car which i suspect is mothballed somewhere...

[housemaster]

rude-boy said:

That's a replica.

But if memory serves it's a replica of his original car which i suspect is mothballed somewhere...

No, it looks like a 993 with a 935 nose cone. The 935 was based on the 930.

Edited by housemaster on Monday 30th April 15:16

[The Walrus]

That yellow one has made me have a sex wee

[hunttheshunt]

Didn't he have both, an original 935 K3 and a copy made from the original. Both were in the Blue Coral colours a few years ago. The copy had some interesting exhausts similar to the Sagaris setup......only bigger and shot two foot flames IIRC.

[housemaster]

This is the Blue Coral car, and I think (not sure) that this is in fact a replica of a 935.

[DJC]

Thanks for that pic House. That is a hell of an angle to view the car from and only emphasises what an absolute bitch these things must have been to drive on the limit, esp in bad weather! Their CofGs and limits must be lairy as f**k! Walter Rohrl indeed a driving God!

[freedman]

I think the Blue Coral cars were John Greasleys, and nothing to do with Richard Chamberlain(though I could be wrong) which whilst a very quick car is not a genuine 935.

Greasley also had a GT1 in Blue Coral colours

Edited by freedman on Monday 30th April 15:54

[fieldl]

It was Chamberlains car number 15 at the Britcar at Brands yesterday pictures of it here
http://web.mac.com/FIELDL/iWeb/Site/A


Shame he retired it would have beaten the Omega touring car

[hunttheshunt]

John Greasley indeed, G Force Motorsport....but I recall an article in 911 &PW where they mentioned he had both, an original and a copy. The copy was driven by the Sales Manager at Porsche Reading from memory.

[Henry-F]

That`s just Richard`s old thing that he cobbled together using various old farmyard off-cuts.

Actually a very well known car, wonderfully engineered by Richard, tony & the entire chimp tune gang. Obviously turbo charged and very quick but giving away quite a few horse power to some of the opposition. It`s well driven and the chassis has been well sorted within the confines of what is quite an old platform.

When it finishes it wins a great deal of the races it enters (not all !). This year (and last) John Alan has joined Richard in the driving seat. Having conquered the Porsche Open and the Intermarque series the team is focusing on trying to achieve a car reliable enough to win longer races.

I`ve shared the track with Richard from my very first race and he manages to deal with traffic in a very sensible manner, so if they can find the magic string to hold things together long enough there won`t be much hope for anyone else in Britcar !

Henry

edited to add the car is actually based on something silly like on old 2.4 911 from memory.

Edited by Henry-F on Monday 30th April 19:19

[thegoose]

Did no-one notice that the steering wheel on Richard(935 username on here)'s car is on the opposite side to the blue car


Back to the OP - the next Porsche Club Champioship & Porsche Open races are Silverstone (national circuit) on Sunday 20th May and then to Spa in Belgium 15-17 June

Started to practice on Saturday night by getting out the used PS2 I got off of eBay last year - can't get on with the silly hand controller thingy but persevered and was useful for familiarisation nonetheless. Tried again last night and the disc drive seems to have bust. It doesn't read discs and now the drawer flies in and out like Arkwright's till (remember "Open All Hours"?).

I wouldn't normally practice on a game, you understand, but there are very good reasons for it just now;
1) My plane is being serviced at the moment and hate getting on public flights
2) There was only a small helicopter available for the transfer from Brussels airport anyway, and I won't travel in anything less than a Jet Ranger
3) The race transporter and driver are on loan to a GT race team who can't afford their own (peasants!)
4) I have to be careful how much time I spend with Belgians - they're often just too dynamic and extrovert for me

So, for now at least, my practice will be done at home, on my knees in front of the telly, watching the fast moving on-screen action, straining my wrists with a kind of frustrated look on my face

[thegoose]

Henry-F said:

That`s just Richard`s old thing that he cobbled together using various old farmyard off-cuts.

Actually a very well known car,

the car is actually based on something silly like on old 2.4 911 from memory.

My mechanic used to run it (for someone else) some years ago and can regale you with a few stories no doubt - I think he said it was originally a 1972/3 car. There's probably little left that's original though - it's undergone lots of development work, some of it documented in a recent-ish 911 World article (last year I think). Richard seems to enjoy the technical challenges almost as much as driving it. A joy to watch and if I'm not in a close battle I always promptly move over to give him plenty of room!

[freedman]

housemaster said:

The genuine 935's are all race cars and competed in Group 5 racing from the mid 70's into the early 80's. They were fantastic cars to see in action, not least when Walter R took one to 1st place in the Silverstone 6 hours in the early 80's, driving it in terrible rain like a rally car. I have seen a few road going 911's with some basic mods calling themselves 935's but as far as I am concerned the proper 935's were all race cars.

935 K3

Edited by housemaster on Monday 30th April 14:45

The top car looks like the Bob Garretson T Bird Swap shop car he won the 81 drivers championship with, a truly stunning car.

Strange that a car made 3 yeats earlier and only raced 4 times (Moby Dick) is pretty much seen as the pinnacle of 935 development

[Hunter 66]

2 POrsche GT1s (inclu John Greasley) will be out in GT90s revival this weekend at Silverstone along with 2 Maclarens,2 F40 LMs and 993 GT2s 5550 Fezzas ETC ....