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Johann
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 Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:30 am Post subject: Spotted a home built Carrera GTR today. |
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I was at the 7 year anniversary of a local transaxle specialist today. There were quite a number of cars, but one car in particular caught my attention. It is a home built Carrera GTR.
It is a 924S from 1986 with 160hp. I don't like the styling one bit, but the build quality is quite impressive.
Enjoy 
And a gratuitous shot of my and my friends 931's 
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nickthompson
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| What's with the BMW side vents? |
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morghen
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 3:53 pm Post subject: |
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That car looks bad, kitsch runner boy style, way too busy design.
And the only GTR thing is the nose piece and front wings maybe.
Your 931 and the other black/green/blue? one look fantastic!
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924-76
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| Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| morghen wrote: | That car looks bad, kitsch runner boy style, way too busy design.
And the only GTR thing is the nose piece and front wings maybe.
Your 931 and the other black/green/blue? one look fantastic! |
+1
What's with the spoiler??
The only thing I like about this car is the engine bay, very clean and tidy.
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Johann
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:42 am Post subject: |
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The spoiler is a strosek unit
| morghen wrote: | That car looks bad, kitsch runner boy style, way too busy design.
And the only GTR thing is the nose piece and front wings maybe. |
That about sums it up
The rears was also extra wide, at least twice as much flare as a 944. I think it was running 335 tyres at the back and 255 at the front. With no power steering 
I do think that if he did not paint all the trim red and left the interior black, it might have been better looking. And that Strosek hatch has never been a favourite of mine.
| morghen wrote: | | Your 931 and the other black/green/blue? one look fantastic! |
Thanks Morghen, the black one is mine. We have spent a lot of time getting these cars running properly and back to their factory specs. |
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morghen
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 1:55 am Post subject: |
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yea, that car would porbably look ok with some genuine racing wheels, white paint job and maybe the racing livery that was put on the cars back in the day...oh..and no strosek hatch.
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Carrera RSR
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:08 am Post subject: |
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There is absolutely nothing on that car that even hints of GTR. Nada, zilch, zip. In fact it’s an insult to even use Carrera GT/S/R and pics of that car in the same post. Sorry, it’s harsh but fair. Whether it’s a good or bad car is another subject. Just defending the Porsche Carrera GTR heritage.
The pic of the two lovely turbos have more in common to a Carrera GT/S/R. They are more worthy of a thread of there own
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Johann
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| Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 2:50 am Post subject: |
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I should have put the GTR in parenthesis I guess But he was pretty serious about calling it a GTR though he also has an abundance of stickers stating it is a GTR. And who am I to question him?
Just kidding  Obviously this car is nothing like a Carrera GT(R)'s, and ugly as hell. I was very impressed by the build quiality though and he spared no detail.
On the other hand, I was equally disappointed when he opened the hood ro reveal an S lump. I was so hoping that there was a proper GTR spec motor under the hood. Needless to say the hood scoop is only for show. |
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Fasteddie313
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I like it, it just looks like it's maybe sitting a bit too high due to the huge wheel choice..
Maybe an inch or 2 smaller wheels and lower..
The retro seats look like the odd piece out..
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924-76
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| Johann wrote: | | ...he was pretty serious about calling it a GTR though he also has an abundance of stickers stating it is a GTR. |
Really!?
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ideola
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Slam
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:00 am Post subject: |
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I respect the time and effort that went into this car. But if it were mine I'd never be able to pull a wrench on it and then touch that steering wheel afterwards!
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