Restoration of a Porsche 917

Richard Casto · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 1:30 pm

Gunnar Racing (Kevin Jeannette and his team) are restoring a 917 (David Piper's car from 1970 Le Man) and are posting progress on Kevin's Blog as well as YouTube videos of them doing work on the car. The videos are a great way to see how professionals work. If you watch the videos, Kevin drops all kinds of interesting details in conversation. Examples are...

* The ball-joint hinge for the doors are the same used for the throttle linkage.
* The heavy duty u-joints used in the axles are from a German tractor.
* The hardware used to hold the rear body work to the frame is an old ski boot binding that is no longer made.

Blog...

http://kevinshands.blogspot.com/

YouTube videos...

http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=tea ... iew=videos

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 7:09 pm

Dammit. I doubt my replica will use ANY of those items. Hmmph.

--Donnie

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:10 pm

Cool find Richard!

Donnie, What is the latest on the 917K?

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:26 pm

Done next week, I'm told. Decals were supposed to go on last night. Well, that's to roller status. Getting to running status is going to be a LONG time from now, unfortunately. That's a winter project at best. But she'll be purty with no drivetrain!

--Donnie

Todd Breakey · **Posted:** Fri Jun 12, 2009 10:34 pm

Cool. I can't wait to see pictures of it. Who's doing the drive train? Farnbacher?

Donnie Barnes · **Posted:** Sat Jun 13, 2009 3:53 am

I'm not sure yet. I already have the motor core and a 930 gearbox and a MoTeC at Speedwerks, but they've been so slow on my Spyder that there's no way I can use them.

--Donnie

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