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    R Gruppe event starts

    Hi everyone, well Clyde arrived OK at LAX and we immediately headed north where the rest of the group graciously waited for us after breakfast at Thousand Oaks on the 101.

    Some pics of the car park are attached. There was a good mixture of some beautiful plain and simple cars along with the way out R Gruppe specials.

    Once we arrived at our hotel we were pleasantly surprised to see TYp901 member Chris L. pull right in next to us after his epic journey from Colorado. And guess what happened along the way (Andrew P ) ?? Coil went. Seems this is the most likely component to fail as its happened to many other cars on other runs.

    Today we are off to Cenepa designs where some amazing machinery awaits.

    there is talk of around 140 cars converging on Sonoma and 185 at Saturdays dinner - largest R Gruppe ever.

    To say there are some petty amazing cars here is a real understatement. Like a 3.0 Kremer RS (documented) many 2.8 and 2.9 RS style cars, the brown meatwagon (featured in an Excellence article a while back and based upon a 4000 mile 930 that Paul found somewhere.

    Clyde and I are feeling a bit diminutive in our little T but are holding our own in the twisty bits. Of course down a freeway entrance ramp behind a 3.0 Kremer RS is a different thing !
    But the car is going and handling really well thanks to Scott at Scotts Independent in Anaheim who oversaw all the work I did on the car after acquiring it from Roger Grago and Don Murray.

    Hope you like the pics.
    Attached Files
    sigpicPhil Lack
    TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
    Early 911-S Registry # 690
    R-Gruppe # 367
    '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
    '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
    2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
    1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

    #2
    More pics
    Attached Files
    sigpicPhil Lack
    TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
    Early 911-S Registry # 690
    R-Gruppe # 367
    '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
    '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
    2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
    1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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      #3
      more pics
      Attached Files
      sigpicPhil Lack
      TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
      Early 911-S Registry # 690
      R-Gruppe # 367
      '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
      '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
      2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
      1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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        #4
        phantastic photos phil

        keep em coming.

        Dont know about anyone else, but I am about the same shade of green as that Kremer RS. Must be hard to know which way to look.

        tonyc

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          #5
          Couldn't sleep Tony? (posting at 5:22am!!)

          Clyde
          Is that the Targa recently for sale (sold) on the S Registry?
          Is it as good in the flesh as it looks in the photos?
          How does it compare with yours - or need I ask?
          Peter Williams #049
          Secretary TYP901
          1971 2.2T light ivory (36407-H)

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            #6
            Hey Clyde, what colour is that car behind you in the pic with you fondling that beautiful green Targa with water in the background. Is it silver or some sort of grey/beige?

            Peter, 5:22am is prime time for me these days. By 8am I usually need a nap. I reckon the green car is the one that was on the Early S Board recently - it was original if I remember correctly, so not really directly comparable to the Boyer 2.4S restored Targa.

            tonyc

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              #7
              Yeah you're right Tony - the original Targa is much more desirable.
              (pity about the American headlights)
              Peter Williams #049
              Secretary TYP901
              1971 2.2T light ivory (36407-H)

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                #8
                Peter, yes it is the 911S targa recently for sale on early S, sold for low $50's to a serious collector. Not as good as Clydes 2.4S but then its better cause its more original (all his words).

                Tony, the colour is grey/beige with dark tan leather sport seats, very cool.

                And if you think the pics of these few cars were pretty cool, you should see the view from my hotel window now. Most of the hot cars have arrived by now and as an indication of what is here, we followed 3 early cars today all fitted with 3.8 Varioram engines and one with a 3.0 turbo and had zero hope of ever keeping up once there was a straight bit of road.

                I will post more pics once I have downloaded the hundreds of pics I have taken and sorted and sized them to fit this site. Pity I can only post 3 at a time.

                Clyde says the quality of cars is way better than German Auto Fest at Ventura.
                sigpicPhil Lack
                TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                Early 911-S Registry # 690
                R-Gruppe # 367
                '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                  #9
                  Well we are now almost into the third day of R Gruppe Trefen 2006 and I have way too many pics to post here, but here are a few more.

                  Highlights so far:

                  driving north in a caravan of 20 Porsche's
                  Visiting Cenepa Design (where they modify 959's for the USA market plus other exciting projects)
                  Seeing the amazing array of over 100 Porsches in the hotel parking lot. Drinking and talking in the parking lot to midnight and hanging around the cars.
                  Visit to The Racers group (2003 Daytona 24 hrs winners)
                  and some fast drives thru the Wine Country here in the Napa Valley

                  Oh yeah, and Clyde's ride in Jeff Smiths 73E with the 3.8 varioram which he describes as leaving a Group A V8 Supercar for dead. This car is short geared and has "sufficient" torque to pull tree stumps.
                  I want one.

                  Enjoy the pics.
                  Attached Files
                  sigpicPhil Lack
                  TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                  Early 911-S Registry # 690
                  R-Gruppe # 367
                  '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                  '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                  2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                  1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                    #10
                    more pics
                    Attached Files
                    sigpicPhil Lack
                    TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                    Early 911-S Registry # 690
                    R-Gruppe # 367
                    '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                    '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                    2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                    1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                      #11
                      yet more pics. the blue cars belong to jerry Seinfeld (yeah him) and were at Canepa designs facility getting worked on to comply with US regs. One car is THE LAST 993 made and has about 170 kms (not thousand, just 170) on the clock. Interestingly it was being worked on by an Aussie called Manny, used to work at Audi in Sydney. Small world. Jerry's other 993RS (also last of breed) was there too.

                      Also at Canepa's was a new Bentley Continental owned by the founder of Apple. It was getting hotted up. Right.


                      Plus there was a bunch of 959's getting worked on. Did I mentioned the titanium springs they have developed for Porsche suspension ? Wow, are these things light and $$$$$.
                      Attached Files
                      sigpicPhil Lack
                      TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                      Early 911-S Registry # 690
                      R-Gruppe # 367
                      '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                      '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                      2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                      1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                        #12
                        last lot tonight (hey its 1.00AM)
                        Attached Files
                        sigpicPhil Lack
                        TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                        Early 911-S Registry # 690
                        R-Gruppe # 367
                        '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                        '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                        2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                        1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                          #13
                          OK here's some more...
                          Attached Files
                          sigpicPhil Lack
                          TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                          Early 911-S Registry # 690
                          R-Gruppe # 367
                          '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                          '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                          2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                          1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                            #14
                            Last ones tonight
                            Attached Files
                            sigpicPhil Lack
                            TYP901 Register Inc. # 002 (Founding President)
                            Early 911-S Registry # 690
                            R-Gruppe # 367
                            '72 911E 2.4 Coupe (SOLD)
                            '15 MB CLA 250 Sport Shooting Brake - daily
                            2012 BMW 1M Coupe 6-spd (for sale)
                            1974 FIAT 124 Sport coupe

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                              #15
                              Phil / Clyde,

                              Please send my regards to Eade and Jens (if he's there)

                              Met both of them in Hershey last yr.

                              Tremendous pics...

                              Justin R
                              Justin Reed
                              aka Reedminor
                              1968 911L #11810329 (SOLD)
                              1977 911 Carrera 3.0 #911760765
                              1961 356B #114700
                              Instagram: reedminor

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