Turkis Blue ST Hot Rod

Mitch · Post by **Mitch** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 11:22 pm

Ferry Man wrote:She looked on with dismay and said "there will come a point when you've put enough on. Try to remember that".

Excellent judgment by Mrs Ferry Man..... but had to be done I guess and the result is

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:48 am

Highfield wrote:Very fetching Paul.
Will they damage the paintwork ?

Thanks Ian, I hope not.

In fairness they're all just stuck on, they should peel off with a bit of effort.

MikeB wrote:Keep going Paul, you can still tell it's a blue car

MikeB wrote:And if the darn car's on Michelin rubber, you could at least give them a plug

Err, well I have got some Michelin stickers left in the envelope....

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:50 am

Mitch wrote:the result is

Thanks Nigel.

The new look pictured at Brooklands Circuit on New Years Day.

John S · Post by **John S** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:27 am

Paul, did you take any pics with the stripes and before stickers?

It looks great with the stickers, btw.

cheers

MikeB · Post by **MikeB** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:35 am

Paul

Just "borrow" the good lady's hair dryer when you want to take them off, a drop of heat loosens the glue a treat

Mind you I had an interesting experience with a rally plate I soap & water floated on to the Lancia, when I took it off the outline (traditional Monte shape) had etched itself into the paint !! Polished and polished, but it was darn hard to remove, in fact the faint outline was still on it when the car was sold, fortunately to a rallyman. Never seen that before or luckily since

964RS · Post by **964RS** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 11:36 am

Looking good Paul

Not sure it can take anymore mind you.....

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 1:23 pm

IMHO:
Remove the '32' numbers. Far more convincing it is a racer with out the numbers 'cause racers MUST remove race numbers while on the road or risk an endirsement on your Race License! (or cover them completely)

Besides that, sure looks good!

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 2:42 pm

911hillclimber wrote:racers MUST remove race numbers while on the road

Right, that's it, they're staying. We're mavericks here.

Post by **Bootsy** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:14 pm

Ferry Man wrote:
911hillclimber wrote:racers MUST remove race numbers while on the road
Right, that's it, they're staying. We're mavericks here.

Any significance of '32'?

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 3:56 pm

Bootsy wrote:Any significance of '32'?

Well, 31 didn't seem to be enough, yet 33 looked too much.

No, sorry, no significance, just my lucky number.
I'm not a gambler and I don't see the point of taking a few hours to lose my money in the casino. So, I stride up to the roulette wheel, place all my money on 32, turn my back and walk away as the wheel spins. I've never been called back yet.

911hillclimber · Post by **911hillclimber** » Sat Jan 02, 2010 10:12 pm

Maveric I can do!
I've seen racers leaving the track all numbered-up and reported / fined the following day...

What kills me is when I'm called a Butcher because I modify my cars!

Your car, you do as you wish (with one eye on the wife..)

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:43 pm

I wanted to fit a hand held fire extinguisher into the car and that little project was greatly advanced by a very welcome Christmas present from Andy (Lightweight_911).
Now some folk just give cards but not Andy. He gave me a Brey Krause fire extinguisher mount.

And what a wonderful gift it is. It's made especially to fit the existing seat track bolts of '69-73 911's and it is superbly fashioned from stainless steel with some beautiful Tig welding.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:44 pm

So, prompted by Andy's gift I bought a fire extinguisher.
I sourced a Lifeline ZERO 360 unit.
They are expensive but use a modern, highly efficient gaseous extinguishant.
They can operate in any orientation and are designed specifically for motorsport, providing excellent fire fighting in a compact package.

Ferry Man · Post by **Ferry Man** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 4:45 pm

I just needed to fabricate a mount plate to affix the Lifeline hardware to the Brey-Krause and it was an easy fit.
The unit is nicely tucked under the leading edge of the passenger seat but falls easily to hand. Excellent result.

mycar · Post by **mycar** » Sun Jan 17, 2010 5:03 pm

Excellent installation and interesting information, thanks.

I`ve beeen wondering about extinguishers eversince the comments on how powder settles and can become inoperative over time and how freon is illegal these days a very bad for the environment. (Although there was a post on one of the American forums suggesting that a burning Porsche was a lot less green than a nine second whoosh of extinguishing gas.

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Co2 can be very effectve but the canisters are massive. I`ll be looking into this kit.... I`ll be back if Google throws up nothing helpful.

Cheers, Mike.