May 17, 2013
May 14, 2013
May 08, 2013
Barry Williams' ultra rare 1968 911T
A couple years ago me and my buddy Scott ran into the late Barry Williams at the early morning Donut Derelicts meeting in Huntington Beach. Barry brought out his ultra rare 1968 911T.... Here's some info which I found on the Early 911S Registry:
Only 20 total 1968 911T's were built by the Porsche factory for use in FIA's new GT Group 3 category. From these 20 "Sport Purposes" vehicles, only 9 were equipped with the "Sport Kit 2", or Rennversion options. This vehicle is one of the nine originally produced and remains Cardex matching.
Most of these cars were raced throughout Europe and acquired many wins as well as National Rally and Hillclimb Championships. A very few of these "Sport Purposes" 911s were imported in 1968 for SCCA Trans Am and B Sedan Racing. These cars were sold as race cars and not intended for the street although they were streetable. These cars were built after the 911R and before the 911ST and are actually much more rare.
This particular car was sold new to Southern California's Dean Smith and was campaigned mostly in local SCCA races from 1969 thru 1975. It led a very pampered life, running only on nice, smooth race tracks on the West Coast. Barry Williams purchased this car from Dean Smith's widow a few years after Dean's death.
Between 2004 and 2007 it underwent a meticulous restoration by some of SoCal's finest to it's original "as delivered" condition.
Click pic to enlarge.
Only 20 total 1968 911T's were built by the Porsche factory for use in FIA's new GT Group 3 category. From these 20 "Sport Purposes" vehicles, only 9 were equipped with the "Sport Kit 2", or Rennversion options. This vehicle is one of the nine originally produced and remains Cardex matching.
Most of these cars were raced throughout Europe and acquired many wins as well as National Rally and Hillclimb Championships. A very few of these "Sport Purposes" 911s were imported in 1968 for SCCA Trans Am and B Sedan Racing. These cars were sold as race cars and not intended for the street although they were streetable. These cars were built after the 911R and before the 911ST and are actually much more rare.
This particular car was sold new to Southern California's Dean Smith and was campaigned mostly in local SCCA races from 1969 thru 1975. It led a very pampered life, running only on nice, smooth race tracks on the West Coast. Barry Williams purchased this car from Dean Smith's widow a few years after Dean's death.
Between 2004 and 2007 it underwent a meticulous restoration by some of SoCal's finest to it's original "as delivered" condition.
Click pic to enlarge.
May 01, 2013
April 27, 2013
April 23, 2013
911ST replica
A very cool 911ST replica seen at the Anaheim swapmeet during the last LIT weekend... Looks like I'm seeing a few Kundensport business cards on the front bumper.... Nice work guys!!
April 20, 2013
Neat 911 stuff..
Few more pics of the Cars & Coffee 911R car, and two old film shots of a very cool '67 which were taken in 1974... Usually I'm very opinionated and think spoilers and wings look retarded on SWB cars, but this one is done really nice. Quite a character of its own. Thanks to DigitalDtour...
April 16, 2013
Last batch of pics from Essen...
Click photos to enlarge... Look close at the 10th and 11th pics from the bottom. Matthias discovered something funny on the Lancia Fulvia while we walked by....
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