- January 7, 2010
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Here’s a nice piece of automotive art I wanted to share with you. The poster will be handed out to the competitors during scruteneering for the Winter Trial 2010 this Saturday January 9.
- January 2, 2010
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, Winter Trial Rally
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- 4 Comments
In a few weeks Silverado will start in the 2010 Winter Trial. Under the skin this car is essentially a 2.7 Carrera RS. It has the suspension, engine and gearbox of that type, all mounted on a standard 911T body. The front brakes are S-type, it has stabilisor bars, but retains the narrow body, for now…. The rear torsion bars have been uprated to 26 mm Turbo items and this has all turned this 911 into a terrific driving tool. But it wasn’t always this great.
Silverado was my first classic 911, bought in 2003 and has gone through all the evolutions you can imagine. When I bought the car, it was a basket case, bog-standard 911 T with a carburetted 2.2 ltr engine. One the way home the clutch gave in and it all went to hell from there… The car was restored, taken apart again, due to the poor work done by a [...]
