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[Shuie]

Cris, great car! Is there a post anywhere that documents or shows pictures of your front cooler setup. Im thinking of going to a front cooler and I don't want to run a RS style bumper. Looks like you were able to do it. Did you have to notch the front of the tub to allow for airflow?

Here's a bad pic of my car. It's a '50/50 car' also. Well, maybe its a 100/50 car . For now anyway. It goes to the bodyshop next week for minor rust repair in the outer rocker sections.

[Jens]

Nice Cris. Ride height looks good. A few stone chips makes it a little more honest!

[Cris Huergas]

Shuie,

I must confess those 5 black circles on the bumper are black vinyl tapes.
I got a little creative about 4-5 years ago and came up with the idea of trying to mask the hole openings for the plate holder mounts by taping those black vinyl decals to simulate what would appear to be openings for a front cooler since I didn't want to run front plates. Of course I also looked to whether a front cooler would actually fit in that location if I wanted to mount one with the stock bumper. Only way it will is to open up a section of the front inner nose panel where a cooler would have to fit through. Even if you got one to fit in that location, you wouldn't have enough clearance behind it for the air flow to go through and will only create air turbulence with no where to go. I guess it might work if you cut through the opening and built a ducting where air will flow through downward and out from underneath the front pan. Too much work and cutting involve and may not be worth the effort not to mention cutting up the front nose and pan for the opening and may even cause problems at high speed.

Sorry to mislead you into thinking that I came up with a briliant idea on how to mount a front cooler in the stock front bumper. I've since done away with the decals and mounted my front plates instead. You gotta admit, it sure looks trick in the photo.

good luck with your 72.

Cris

[ErVikingo]

Here's some updated pics of my racing 69 911S, hope you enjoy them !

[72targa]

Reminds me a little bit of this...

[philjohnson]

Here's mine at Classic Le Mans
Bahia Red 2.2 T 1971

[Chuck Miller]

The old blue car when it's the happiest...

Willow - 11/99
With big tires and stock torsion bars...
Was still sneak'n up on the set-up...

[pwd72s]

Looking great, Chuck...I did a lot of circumspect eyeballing of your car back in '01...So darned appropiate, is so representative of what guys did "back in the day". I love it!

[fryardds]

Here are a few photos of the '71 Targa that I took today. It is getting closer to where I want it to be but a number of small things remain to do, like lowering the ride height, getting correct seat belts, etc. You guys know the drill.










I am sure some of you will remember the saga of the 2.2L rebuild. It was taking so long to get the case back that I started looking for another motor to put in the car so we could at least drive it this summer. Well a good friend and fellow S Registry member came to the rescue and 'loaned' me one of his motors.

The motor is from a project car he bought several years ago, a '73S Viper Green coupe. Interestingly the motor was rebuilt by Paul Weir about 4 years ago, but hadn't been started until we put it in the '71 Targa. It was rebuilt to RS specs and as best as I can tell goes very well. It is still in the breakin period so I am being good and not thrashing it yet. Should make for a fun fall driving season. Here is the motor being dropped off to be installed and then in the car.

I was told by my mechanic that he welded it in by accident.

[fryardds]

George,

I'll have to ask Margaret, that is her car. You'll feel right at home though in a MB wagon.