Have you just bought a cup car from the US
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Rich
Thanks for the kind words.
Charles.
No, it was and is still white. It's a 1991 car raced in the 1991 German Carrera Cup, driven by Enrico Walcher whose Father was President of Porsche Italia. It carried the number 42 and had a best finish of 3rd that year at the Norisring.
Damen
Thanks for the kind words.
Charles.
No, it was and is still white. It's a 1991 car raced in the 1991 German Carrera Cup, driven by Enrico Walcher whose Father was President of Porsche Italia. It carried the number 42 and had a best finish of 3rd that year at the Norisring.
Damen
I suppose that is related to the Dorisring![
]Hi Damen,
I appear to have let the cat out of the bag!! I hope you dont mind. [:-]. Had a long chat with your dad (nice chap, knew his stuff). Sounds like you've got a lovely car coming, with some interesting history. He did express concern about finding it in ship of 1000s (?) of containers!! []. As a side note, I didnt know that cup cars didnt come with a hand brake? Is that right?
Keep in touch, I'm keen to know what you might do with your new car in the next year, as I'm looking for some gentle competitve events. You dad clocked me in the 57s, I scraped a few below that (and have a list of driver excuses [][]). Happy to share data with anyone that is interested. No idea what a good time in a similar car is for Mallory, might have a peak around TSL.
regards
hugh
I appear to have let the cat out of the bag!! I hope you dont mind. [:-]. Had a long chat with your dad (nice chap, knew his stuff). Sounds like you've got a lovely car coming, with some interesting history. He did express concern about finding it in ship of 1000s (?) of containers!! [
]. As a side note, I didnt know that cup cars didnt come with a hand brake? Is that right?Keep in touch, I'm keen to know what you might do with your new car in the next year, as I'm looking for some gentle competitve events. You dad clocked me in the 57s, I scraped a few below that (and have a list of driver excuses [
][]). Happy to share data with anyone that is interested. No idea what a good time in a similar car is for Mallory, might have a peak around TSL.regards
hugh
Hugh
I think my Father is as excited as I am about the Cup car thus could not contain himself when he met you at Mallory yesterday.
My car should be fun but there is plenty to do to it once it arrives. The first thing will be to get it road legal even though the plan is not to use it much on the road.
All Cup Cars had a handbrake. Some have all of the connections and others don't, which were often removed by the race teams shortly after the cars were delivered new. That's what happened to my car, but all the bits have gone back in now so that it has a fully functioning handbrake (or emergency brake as our friends in the US like to call it).
You'll have seen my post elsewhere regarding times at Mallory, you shouldn't be too ashamed of 55 - 57 second laps, particularly as the brakes sound as if they could do with some TLC. I had the same problems with my RS just after I purchased it, and the only way to truly resolve the issue was new discs and pads (I also had new calipers at the same time), the difference was enormous and well worth the expenditure.
Damen
I think my Father is as excited as I am about the Cup car thus could not contain himself when he met you at Mallory yesterday.
My car should be fun but there is plenty to do to it once it arrives. The first thing will be to get it road legal even though the plan is not to use it much on the road.
All Cup Cars had a handbrake. Some have all of the connections and others don't, which were often removed by the race teams shortly after the cars were delivered new. That's what happened to my car, but all the bits have gone back in now so that it has a fully functioning handbrake (or emergency brake as our friends in the US like to call it).
You'll have seen my post elsewhere regarding times at Mallory, you shouldn't be too ashamed of 55 - 57 second laps, particularly as the brakes sound as if they could do with some TLC. I had the same problems with my RS just after I purchased it, and the only way to truly resolve the issue was new discs and pads (I also had new calipers at the same time), the difference was enormous and well worth the expenditure.
Damen
[] yes he was quite annimated! I know all about how long it takes to sort a car out!! My list is growing. I'm pricing up new disks and pads (ouch!). It can be useful to have the car road legal, as I'm sure you know. I'm working out how long until I just trailer it around but think I've got a couple of years yet.
I guess emergency brakes are a hazard on a race car, they end up just be taped down, out of harms reach.
] yes he was quite annimated! I know all about how long it takes to sort a car out!! My list is growing. I'm pricing up new disks and pads (ouch!). It can be useful to have the car road legal, as I'm sure you know. I'm working out how long until I just trailer it around but think I've got a couple of years yet.I guess emergency brakes are a hazard on a race car, they end up just be taped down, out of harms reach.
Mel
I'm not sure that the model you have shows the 1991 colours, rather 1990?
I want to get the car mechanically spot on first of all.
It will be having the car painted but I'm not quite sure when yet. My understanding is that the 1991 car was also white but had fluorescent orange front and rear bumbers, with a fluorescent orange arrow from the the rear bumper going over the roof and finishing on the front bonnet. To return it to that colour scheme would be very brave!!!
Damen
I'm not sure that the model you have shows the 1991 colours, rather 1990?
I want to get the car mechanically spot on first of all.
It will be having the car painted but I'm not quite sure when yet. My understanding is that the 1991 car was also white but had fluorescent orange front and rear bumbers, with a fluorescent orange arrow from the the rear bumper going over the roof and finishing on the front bonnet. To return it to that colour scheme would be very brave!!!
Damen
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