I have finally started my RSR recreation project and triggered by the replica for sale on carsales at the moment, I thought it may be a good time to start sharing some information about the project.
First, what am I going to build?
My dream is to build an as close as possible copy of the #8 1973 Martini liveried 2.8RSR that Muller and van Lennep drove to first place overall in the very last Targa Florio. No doubt the insane prices of some of the parts I need will require me to make some changes, but countrary to most of the copies out there (that use either glasfibre flares or later turbo ones to name one example), I want to get as close as possible to the real thing.
Why the #8? As a kid I had a poster of that car in my bedroom, and since Van Lennep is also Dutch, it had to be the number 8 and not the #9 or #107.
As some of you may remember, I did buy a donor-car last year. I was initially looking for a 1973 car, but with the prices where they currently are, I had to change my search for a impact-bumper car instead. It had to be left hand drive, as the original RSR was LHD too, so when this purple coloured, aftermarket spoilered LHD 1976 911S coupe came up for sale at the Goldcoast, I was happy to take a look at this unloved car.
The car has been sitting in the carcoon for over a year whilst I continued renovating the house and building my garage, but now work has finally started.
So that's the first deviation; its a 1976 car, not a 1973, but I just couldn't justify using my yellow T as a donor. I also thought I would enjoy the project much more if I would still have a car to drive in the meantime.
It will be a proper recreation though, with a twin spark 2.8L engine with MFI, fat metal flares to accommodate 9" front and 11" wide 15 inch tires, RSR suspension, roll cage, reversed wipers and the correct stickers - not those of the museum car everyone seems to use.
I intend to finish the project in 2020, not because I think i need that much time, but because I know that parts will be very, very expensive.
The plan is to do as much myself as possible, even part of the engine build, but even after 2 welding courses I may have to let real experts do the welding of the flares; They're a bit too expensive to warp or otherwise screw up myself... ;-)
I have started a blog where I keep track of progress, and will post here from time to time, if people are interested.
This is what the car looked like when I bought it last year, and how it looks today:
First, what am I going to build?
My dream is to build an as close as possible copy of the #8 1973 Martini liveried 2.8RSR that Muller and van Lennep drove to first place overall in the very last Targa Florio. No doubt the insane prices of some of the parts I need will require me to make some changes, but countrary to most of the copies out there (that use either glasfibre flares or later turbo ones to name one example), I want to get as close as possible to the real thing.
Why the #8? As a kid I had a poster of that car in my bedroom, and since Van Lennep is also Dutch, it had to be the number 8 and not the #9 or #107.
As some of you may remember, I did buy a donor-car last year. I was initially looking for a 1973 car, but with the prices where they currently are, I had to change my search for a impact-bumper car instead. It had to be left hand drive, as the original RSR was LHD too, so when this purple coloured, aftermarket spoilered LHD 1976 911S coupe came up for sale at the Goldcoast, I was happy to take a look at this unloved car.
The car has been sitting in the carcoon for over a year whilst I continued renovating the house and building my garage, but now work has finally started.
So that's the first deviation; its a 1976 car, not a 1973, but I just couldn't justify using my yellow T as a donor. I also thought I would enjoy the project much more if I would still have a car to drive in the meantime.
It will be a proper recreation though, with a twin spark 2.8L engine with MFI, fat metal flares to accommodate 9" front and 11" wide 15 inch tires, RSR suspension, roll cage, reversed wipers and the correct stickers - not those of the museum car everyone seems to use.
I intend to finish the project in 2020, not because I think i need that much time, but because I know that parts will be very, very expensive.
The plan is to do as much myself as possible, even part of the engine build, but even after 2 welding courses I may have to let real experts do the welding of the flares; They're a bit too expensive to warp or otherwise screw up myself... ;-)
I have started a blog where I keep track of progress, and will post here from time to time, if people are interested.
This is what the car looked like when I bought it last year, and how it looks today:
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