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pez
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 Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: Derek Bell's... |
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924 Carrera GTS is in the July edition of 911 & Porsche.
Just a one pager... He said that as he raced Le mans in the Factory GTS/R that porsche allowed him to choose a road car. He chose a 928  but the mechanics told him to go for the GTS as they had a few lying around 
The one delivered to Bell was given a little extra love from the factory pushing out 290HP. Bell goes on to say that he has a great affinity for the car having done 66k Km regularly taking it on trips to europe. He said he's seen 170mph on the clock a number of times 
It does look nice & has pearl white alloy wheels as deliverd from th e factory. If any one knows where he can get the perplex lens's for the GTS call derek - he needs to replace is and can't find them anywhere !
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J1NX3D
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| Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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neat! are u able to scan? we could have it archived on the site 
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Khal
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 11:07 am Post subject: |
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Off to the Newsagents to fork out AU$15 for one page...
Bloody imported magazines! 
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J1NX3D
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theyre $NZ20.00 here  thats almost 1 litre of petrol, lol!
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pez
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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hold off... wrong date & Mag 
Sorry I mean't the August edition of Octane !
I'll have the page scanned & uploaded today..
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Khal
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 3:11 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet.
How on earth did you mistake August for July and 911 & Porsche World for Octane?!
Drop a link to the page or e-mail one? Cheers.
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pez
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well I was @ the magazine shop skimming through the various offerings & just got a tad confused.... I could have said July's Penthouse 
Anyway I've scanned the article but the office firewall won't give me access to my website I'll put it on line tonight.
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JamesWilson
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Derek is a nice guy, spent some time with him a few months back at California Speedway in Fontana testing with Mercedes-Benz USA and AMG.
Vintage Racecar magazine this month has a two-page article on the LeMans entry, and talks about jumping the fence and pilfering parts off of Derek's car to start the race....fun stuff.
-JW
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Khal
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OK, I've looked everywhere I can and can't find the magazine...
Any chance you can still post this?
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JamesWilson
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"Vintage Racecar", July 2005 www.vintageracecar.com , ISSN 1535-556X. Got my issue because they wanted our shop to advertise in the magazine, too limited scope and not enough subscribers.
Great article on pgs 20-21 re: Carrera GTR at LeMans in 1982. Talks about the driver Jum Busby (author of article), details on engine, driving on one set of BFG T/A tires for the entire race, and dismantling Derek's street GT for parts.
Sorry to cut in on the other post, this was a good recent article too.
-JW
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Khal
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Cheers mate, but we definitely don't get that one here...
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Tigger937
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Kudos for the post..................really enjoyed it!! I had the opportunity to meet Derek 3 years ago at Road America and chat with him about the car and can personally vouch his affinity for it. The minute I mentioned the car, his eyes got REAL BIG and he escorted me off to the side (he was driving in the American Le Mans Series).
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Anybody have an email address for Derek? We should let him know how much we appreciate his article.
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Khal
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Excellent 
Cheers mate, much appreciated.
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