Love it! The owner's irreverence and obvious love of driving is so unpretentious and refreshing. Especially like the license plate frame "has rust" "Numbers don't match". Beautiful car and fun owner. Finally an early air cooled 911 owner who isn't a douche and deserves such a fine automobile!
I feel this guy to the core, I drive my beater vr6 the same way daily. No power steering, bare-bones interior, and no radio. The pure, no frills driving experience makes me feel more human again.
This 911 has so much soul. the color is cool , sitting so low to the ground, looks like its just stuck there. the engine sound so well in tune , its exhaust is well balanced . its what a raw 911 should be, and its driven how 911 should be, foot to metal .
After watching hundreds of 911 vids this one has shot straight to the top! I love the narrow body, noise, and response of the amazing engine, and the whole vibe. 100% awesome.
Nothing wrong with what you have done it's a unique and awesome car the engine is absolutely superb, just watch out for that tail on slippy bends, I used to have tyres too wide for their rims and she used to bite! I sent the track marshalls running for cover one afternoon. I believe the instruments are a push fit on a rubber gland in this model, pull your rev counter out slightly and turn it until the red line is top dead centre.
I had a '72T, and miss it to this day! It was the stock 2.4, but had the dual/triple-choke Weber setup, and just flew. Mine was a Targa. Love your car! It's not a mess. It's unique!
That car is perfect and far from a mess ....That car is a perfect example of why simplicity can be perfection .... A decent chassis and a honking motor is all you need !!
Everything about this 911 is perfect for my own taste..and the blue paint looks epic! Love the rough and ready appeal of this car..and not a show pony.
This is the best iteration I've seen of a "better miata" many have tried, but you reach a point where adding more is losing more. This is pure. If it's built under 30k it is successfully a better miata imo.
My 911 has “patina” as someone once lovingly pointed out. Got keyed once. Heavy wind blew a patio umbrella into it not long later. Some mismatched paint too. Would I like to to be perfect? Of course. But what it provides me is an escape from the idea that I’d better preserve it, as I ride the tails of my buddy’s’ 911s hooning through the twisty roads of SW Wisconsin. New stone chips after every drive, and a grin from ear to ear 😊
Damn! I met Aaron when I was a kid. My dad was one of his first clients when he started FlatSix. At that time it was race car set up and track support at a few races.
love the video and everything about the philosophy behind the build. he built it exactly as HE wanted it and F anyone else's ideas about how it should look and drive!!!
No, I don't think your car is "a mess" at all!! I think that sometimes to make non-matched components fit and work well together which weren't originally designed to fit together takes more insight, knowledge and engineering skill - looks like a ton of fun to drive!!
This is everything that is great about cars and enthusiasts. Well loved, driven hard and often, not locked away and polished with diapers on a battery tender. You gotta roast the pork hard and often.
Had a 3.0L RSR,on Bosch Mechanical Injection,Rally & Raced. Did a Rally to a GP Meet on Road tyres,switched to Slicks for Porsche Cup,with 30 Porsche's.Came 6th or 7th,put the Road Tyres on and drove it 1800 kms Home. Can't do that,with a result today. Should never have sold it. Even at the huge price. Should have kept it. Had a succession of Porsche's since,including RS/CS 993 (Nearly as good,and won two 50th Porsche Anniversary Events,inc fastest in the Wet by 2.5 Seconds) 911 2.2, 911 2.7 RS, 997 Turbo,(Which I sold because there is No Feedback until you're well into 200 kph) and now at 77 years my 997 C2S Manual on Michelin Pilot PS4S,is precise,stops and is nearly as quick as anything over a 100 km loop. I also Raced for 56 years, including Lola Group C,so I have a rough idea.Should never have sold that RSR.....
People who daily their Porsches deserve some respect. These cars were never meant to sit in a garage with a trickle charger. They like to be driven - hard. Bonus points for winter driving a 911
Awesome car. It's on my bucket list to build a high-revving 3.0 motor for my SC. I think it's pretty common for the quarters to be a little different side to side. It seems to me it would be worthwhile getting the rust in the rockers taken care of (although you may uncover much, much more) - any plans for that?
This is pretty close to perfect. A slab side with an RSR enigine with French headlights as the coup de grace. I recently saw some stupid “design study” Porsche did on the 356 that was appalling. It had the same pedantic overly precious fetishization of qualities that have nothing to do with pure sports cars or pure race cars. This car here IS Porsche. The same company that as part of program of developing its first super car for the street- decided the platform needed to win the most difficult Motorsport event currently being contested. It wasn’t the f1 circuit or the neutered remnants of 24heures des Mans- it was a Paris-Dakar that went through several countries the French Foreign Legion wouldn’t even go through anymore. Porsche is the company that produced cars so dominant and fast and deadly that historic races like Le Mans needed to be neutered into a glorified auto cross event albeit with better wine and the seemingly novel approach of having all the competitors in all the classes run at the same time. Porsche’s 917s snatched eternity from the mythic Mulsanne straight and the LeMans that woke up from that trauma was always going to be a bit less mythic, a bit less self confident, a bit less important and most of all a bit less relevant to the sport as a whole. A real Porsche is a Teutonic thug of a thing. If you truly “get” Porsche you’ll know that the boxster front end and fried egg headlights on a 996 are far more appropriate than the artisanal contrasting leather work in a Singer. Porsche has never done nostalgia but it’s also fallen on its face when it’s tried to start from year zero. The best Porsches have vestiges that spawn the technological excellence that produces the amazing performance. 911s are rear engined six cylinder sports cars and are all the better for it. I hope in thirty years a 2022 911t has 300,000 miles on its chassis and has had a GT4 engine swapped into it halfway through its life when the first engine blew up trying to chase down a Ferrari through the corkscrew at Laguna Seca. Maybe insurance will even pay for it when the owner accidentally forgets to mention he was in rather than at Laguna Seca. Anyway. This car rules. I’m jealous. I’d probably ruin it with a ducktail spoiler though.
One of the quarters a little wider than the other is pretty common on the early cars. Actually I think the quarters are ok but the torsion tube may be welded in a little off. My 69 car is like that.
Great video & a FANTASTIC car. So nice seeing Adam drive the car hard because that's what 911's are made for. The only thing I'd change is, get rid of the Gulf sticker.
Love it! The owner's irreverence and obvious love of driving is so unpretentious and refreshing. Especially like the license plate frame "has rust" "Numbers don't match". Beautiful car and fun owner. Finally an early air cooled 911 owner who isn't a douche and deserves such a fine automobile!
Probably the best 911 composition around. It makes a refreshing change from the carbon fibre cup holder brigade world view.
It's like a Singer if they couldn't be arsed.
@@stephen300o6 This is a period car with speed, not a custo-rod for folks with big wallets. Each to his own.
"the carbon fibre cup holder brigade world view." Quite. This is like one of the best Petrolicious productions.
I feel this guy to the core, I drive my beater vr6 the same way daily. No power steering, bare-bones interior, and no radio. The pure, no frills driving experience makes me feel more human again.
Sometimes being imperfect is perfect. Love the color and design. Beautiful car.
Couldn't agree more!
Love the ethos behind it. Seems so perfect with its imperfections.
I must have watched this video 20 times,I just can't get enough of this 911.
"Has Rust. Numbers Don't Match" - Love that plate holder
This 911 has so much soul. the color is cool , sitting so low to the ground, looks like its just stuck there. the engine sound so well in tune , its exhaust is well balanced . its what a raw 911 should be, and its driven how 911 should be, foot to metal .
After watching hundreds of 911 vids this one has shot straight to the top! I love the narrow body, noise, and response of the amazing engine, and the whole vibe. 100% awesome.
Thank you sir.
That might be the coolest 911 I have ever seen. The story makes it.
Your 911 is special. Anyone can buy a 911 already put together. It takes heart and persistence to curate parts and build something like this. Bravo.
The flywheel mustn't weigh anything with how quickly it revs! Magnificent car.
It’s hard to drive nicely I’ll tell ya that.
Nothing wrong with what you have done it's a unique and awesome car the engine is absolutely superb, just watch out for that tail on slippy bends, I used to have tyres too wide for their rims and she used to bite! I sent the track marshalls running for cover one afternoon. I believe the instruments are a push fit on a rubber gland in this model, pull your rev counter out slightly and turn it until the red line is top dead centre.
BTW, the RSR High Butterfly Engine noise isn't exhaust at 8,000 rpm. It is the Air going into the Throats,breaking the sound barrier.
I had a '72T, and miss it to this day! It was the stock 2.4, but had the dual/triple-choke Weber setup, and just flew. Mine was a Targa. Love your car! It's not a mess. It's unique!
That car is perfect and far from a mess ....That car is a perfect example of why simplicity can be perfection .... A decent chassis and a honking motor is all you need !!
Everything about this 911 is perfect for my own taste..and the blue paint looks epic! Love the rough and ready appeal of this car..and not a show pony.
This has to be one of the best old school air cooled 911 videos and car is bad ass!
I freaking love it. So unique and so awesome. Great video. Thanks!
This is fabulous. Exposes exactly what bothers me about Singer and such overly poncy restomods. Bravo !
OMG. What a car - well done. The noise going past at Road America - literal goosebumps. Thanks for sharing. Mark Davis (AKA: 911Time).
Very refreshing! Very nice attitude!
God that car sounds glorious. Air cooled 911 just have that snarl that can't be replicated.
That’s one hell of a car. Very much up my street👌🏿❤️
This is the best iteration I've seen of a "better miata" many have tried, but you reach a point where adding more is losing more. This is pure. If it's built under 30k it is successfully a better miata imo.
My 911 has “patina” as someone once lovingly pointed out. Got keyed once. Heavy wind blew a patio umbrella into it not long later. Some mismatched paint too. Would I like to to be perfect? Of course. But what it provides me is an escape from the idea that I’d better preserve it, as I ride the tails of my buddy’s’ 911s hooning through the twisty roads of SW Wisconsin. New stone chips after every drive, and a grin from ear to ear 😊
Damn! I met Aaron when I was a kid. My dad was one of his first clients when he started FlatSix. At that time it was race car set up and track support at a few races.
The plate frame says it all. This car just makes you feel things.
Make no apologies. The car makes very happy sounds when moving quickly!
Beautiful car and amazing exhaust note!!!
love the video and everything about the philosophy behind the build. he built it exactly as HE wanted it and F anyone else's ideas about how it should look and drive!!!
Wow, 2 minutes in the noise…. So fantastic
Sounds like a proper racecar!
Cool looking car with a monster motor. Love it! Its your car, you build it, you drive it and you love it!
i love this video, great documentary, great filming, good music etc etc. great story.
It' s great , it's perfect , it's just the way it is , it's one unique Porsche that makes the 911 what it is.
I like it a-lawt..🤤. I love the way it sooonds with headersz, dual exhaust, and velocity stax!!! Soooo niiiiice.. I like it all, man.
Great job, beautiful Porsche
No, I don't think your car is "a mess" at all!! I think that sometimes to make non-matched components fit and work well together which weren't originally designed to fit together takes more insight, knowledge and engineering skill - looks like a ton of fun to drive!!
Just perfect. It just matters to you in sound feel
This whole video is just 👌
Your car, you do what you like. I love it 👍
I miss Wisco in the summertime. Nice video.
Yes, keep it the way it is! I love it!!
Congratulations to build it your way!
Love it and the sound!
Great car great video
so pure
omg that sound💥
This is everything that is great about cars and enthusiasts. Well loved, driven hard and often, not locked away and polished with diapers on a battery tender. You gotta roast the pork hard and often.
Looks and sounds pretty perfect to me.
Very cool
Love this car very cool
Just perfect! 👍
Man that sounds sick!
My kind of ride. Lovely.
Fantastic man.
Sounds amazing!
Safety first.
What a great build.
Had a 3.0L RSR,on Bosch Mechanical Injection,Rally & Raced. Did a Rally to a GP Meet on Road tyres,switched to Slicks for Porsche Cup,with 30 Porsche's.Came 6th or 7th,put the Road Tyres on and drove it 1800 kms Home.
Can't do that,with a result today. Should never have sold it. Even at the huge price. Should have kept it.
Had a succession of Porsche's since,including RS/CS 993 (Nearly as good,and won two 50th Porsche Anniversary Events,inc fastest in the Wet by 2.5 Seconds) 911 2.2, 911 2.7 RS, 997 Turbo,(Which I sold because there is No Feedback until you're well into 200 kph) and now at 77 years my 997 C2S Manual on Michelin Pilot PS4S,is precise,stops and is nearly as quick as anything over a 100 km loop. I also Raced for 56 years, including Lola Group C,so I have a rough idea.Should never have sold that RSR.....
Chapeau sir. Chapeau.
She's a beauty !!!!!
It's perfect.
Super cool car.
Where can I find out more about this car? Tire size, suspension set up, redline etc?..Love everything about it!
People who daily their Porsches deserve some respect. These cars were never meant to sit in a garage with a trickle charger. They like to be driven - hard. Bonus points for winter driving a 911
Love it!!!
awesome!
nice car man
Yeah, real petrol head car, driven hard and loved. What a car is meant to be to someone.
Well done!
Beats a Singer hands down. This car gives me goosebumps.
Agreed. Character is king when it comes to this stuff.
this is killer, bravo
A dude that i Respect!! Drive It like yah 'stole IT'!! Enjoy It Frequently....Live in the NOW!! 'P' Cars Rock!! cheers!
I have seen this video before. It was on PCA channel 3 years ago
I love the Shit Box idea!
Like you've shown us
one thing that sweet is you made it yours.
Drive the wheels off.
It's perfect
omfg....
i should stop drooling any time now...
Capolavoro 👏
I love this 👍💪
Awesome car. It's on my bucket list to build a high-revving 3.0 motor for my SC. I think it's pretty common for the quarters to be a little different side to side. It seems to me it would be worthwhile getting the rust in the rockers taken care of (although you may uncover much, much more) - any plans for that?
Just my kind of car 😁👍🏻
Any chance of finding out which size of tires you are running on this? I am doing a narrow body 75 and after the type of car.
Looks good to me, but the sound...perfect
I luv that motor
This is pretty close to perfect. A slab side with an RSR enigine with French headlights as the coup de grace. I recently saw some stupid “design study” Porsche did on the 356 that was appalling. It had the same pedantic overly precious fetishization of qualities that have nothing to do with pure sports cars or pure race cars. This car here IS Porsche. The same company that as part of program of developing its first super car for the street- decided the platform needed to win the most difficult Motorsport event currently being contested. It wasn’t the f1 circuit or the neutered remnants of 24heures des Mans- it was a Paris-Dakar that went through several countries the French Foreign Legion wouldn’t even go through anymore. Porsche is the company that produced cars so dominant and fast and deadly that historic races like Le Mans needed to be neutered into a glorified auto cross event albeit with better wine and the seemingly novel approach of having all the competitors in all the classes run at the same time. Porsche’s 917s snatched eternity from the mythic Mulsanne straight and the LeMans that woke up from that trauma was always going to be a bit less mythic, a bit less self confident, a bit less important and most of all a bit less relevant to the sport as a whole. A real Porsche is a Teutonic thug of a thing. If you truly “get” Porsche you’ll know that the boxster front end and fried egg headlights on a 996 are far more appropriate than the artisanal contrasting leather work in a Singer. Porsche has never done nostalgia but it’s also fallen on its face when it’s tried to start from year zero. The best Porsches have vestiges that spawn the technological excellence that produces the amazing performance. 911s are rear engined six cylinder sports cars and are all the better for it. I hope in thirty years a 2022 911t has 300,000 miles on its chassis and has had a GT4 engine swapped into it halfway through its life when the first engine blew up trying to chase down a Ferrari through the corkscrew at Laguna Seca. Maybe insurance will even pay for it when the owner accidentally forgets to mention he was in rather than at Laguna Seca. Anyway. This car rules. I’m jealous. I’d probably ruin it with a ducktail spoiler though.
'Don't want flares, don't want a center fill tank'.....thought I was the only one.
Oh you aren’t. 😅
If only it was Irish Green over a Cognac leather with Pepita, Houndstooth, or Tartan, with no decals, it would be my dream car 🤤
The question should be, 'Why wouldn't you do that to a car like that?' It's great!
One of the quarters a little wider than the other is pretty common on the early cars. Actually I think the quarters are ok but the torsion tube may be welded in a little off. My 69 car is like that.
It’s a mess, it’s wrong and it’s my mess and I love it.
How am i just finding this video 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Not numbers matching :)
Saw this a couple years back on petroliscious great car. Matter of fact I think it's the same exact video
Looks like fun, can you share the tire sizes and spring rates? Did you modify/change the shift linkage? I'm building a narrow body long hood.
sounds like a beast. Is it possible to find cams for the early pre 1974 911's
yeah, or you just have things with a custom grind.
We can do what we like to a car like anything, because we are NOT "custodians", or keepers of sacred flames.
Great video & a FANTASTIC car. So nice seeing Adam drive the car hard because that's what 911's are made for.
The only thing I'd change is, get rid of the Gulf sticker.
What size tyres is this running? Looks great!