This was a fantastic project. I saw the car before and after the restoration, as Road & Race do work on my cars. They are fantastic restorers and did an outstanding job on this car. OK So now for some info. If you watched (and listened) to the video you will have heard the car was used after Le Mans by someone and altered and had been damaged. The drivers at Le Mans said there was no damage on it when they handed it back. So the car had a different engine and lots of damage NOT caused in the original race. So restoring it was the correct thing to do. Also VW never built this car. The original 924 had an engine designed by VW but the car was built by Porsche. And this car has nothing from VW in it. This is a race prepared Carrera GT! Please know what you are talking about before commenting.
Cliffhanger!!! I want to see the car being started up, and maybe even driven. Will there be a part two? Tough decision to restore or conserve, but if the car is not original anymore, then I think you took the right decision. Fantastic to see craftsmanship, passion, and a no compromise attitude to this restoration. I wish it could be a bit more like this when restoring my old Mx5 :D
its nice to see with the lights down, the feature is they retract not that they pop up. yet people always have them up? i know of course the pop ups have been deleted and good thing too
Shouldve left the body in its original paint with all the battle marks. Ruined IMO. Now it just looks a replica. The former told a story. What a shame.
"Patina" is such an over-inflated hipster thing... the car was busted up, unusable. They made it usable again. They retore paintings from the great masters and no one say "oh, they ruined it! It looked so kuch better with all the coal dust stuck to it!" A few scratches and nicks, you can keep, but a ripped off front, not patina anymore...
This car was out performing 911’s of the current day. It was that fast! Another reason that Porsche stopped developing the 924 model. The big wigs said that it cannot replace the 911 and the 924 was Axed.
Oh please, how bad ist that? They´ve ruined the car, the whole originality is lost in the hands of this guys, who think they´ve done a good job. But guys, what is original? A car that shows it´s history, or a car that looks like it´s born today? I can´t belive that this is done...
This was a fantastic project. I saw the car before and after the restoration, as Road & Race do work on my cars. They are fantastic restorers and did an outstanding job on this car. OK So now for some info. If you watched (and listened) to the video you will have heard the car was used after Le Mans by someone and altered and had been damaged. The drivers at Le Mans said there was no damage on it when they handed it back. So the car had a different engine and lots of damage NOT caused in the original race. So restoring it was the correct thing to do.
Also VW never built this car. The original 924 had an engine designed by VW but the car was built by Porsche. And this car has nothing from VW in it. This is a race prepared Carrera GT! Please know what you are talking about before commenting.
Well said
Cliffhanger!!! I want to see the car being started up, and maybe even driven. Will there be a part two? Tough decision to restore or conserve, but if the car is not original anymore, then I think you took the right decision. Fantastic to see craftsmanship, passion, and a no compromise attitude to this restoration. I wish it could be a bit more like this when restoring my old Mx5 :D
One of the bests of its kind! Respect.....very good job!! I need a million to buy it....I come back in twenty years and then buy it....
The fellow that had the original Engine well you can call him Santa Claus literally.
I'm very glad that this is the sports coupe that has won me over......
Mee too!
God personally came to earth to deliver the engine.
Passing prototype cars, wow
amazing to see how the 924 GTP passes by the production racer when raining (1:14)
God bless UA-cam! Very good video
its nice to see with the lights down, the feature is they retract not that they pop up. yet people always have them up? i know of course the pop ups have been deleted and good thing too
on this head light does not move its solid versus a street 924/ 931/937
Carlisle dealership used to build these and D class racers
Verkaufe924 porsche turbo Baujahr 1979 5 gang sport Getriebe elektrische Fensterheber und Spiegel beheitz
where are the other two cars?
So much blabing and not showing the car
They needed to rebuild the car from carbon fiber
Shouldve left the body in its original paint with all the battle marks. Ruined IMO. Now it just looks a replica. The former told a story. What a shame.
Did you even watch it? That wasn't the original patina.
Tugboatpb did you mean paint?
"Patina" is such an over-inflated hipster thing... the car was busted up, unusable. They made it usable again. They retore paintings from the great masters and no one say "oh, they ruined it! It looked so kuch better with all the coal dust stuck to it!" A few scratches and nicks, you can keep, but a ripped off front, not patina anymore...
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Blah blah blah,and now watch me wrap sandpaper around a big screwdriver and ream this bush out cause you know,Original,all respect lost
polishing a german turd
This car was out performing 911’s of the current day. It was that fast! Another reason that Porsche stopped developing the 924 model. The big wigs said that it cannot replace the 911 and the 924 was Axed.
Oh please, how bad ist that? They´ve ruined the car, the whole originality is lost in the hands of this guys, who think they´ve done a good job. But guys, what is original? A car that shows it´s history, or a car that looks like it´s born today? I can´t belive that this is done...
They made the car useable not just sitting there sad and destroyed
Who cares.