I spent a day with my buddy Dominic Delaney of Worcester Independent Porsche/Specialist Vehicle Preparation last weekend. We were at Cadwell Park, testing the Boxster Dom’s just built for Dave Hughes to race in the BRSCC Porsche championship.
The night before the test, we stayed over at a B&B near the track, where I caught up on one of the other projects under way at DD’s Rushock HQ at the minute: the right hand-drive 934 recreation.
The car started as a very tidy early 930 in black. It was stripped down to the barest of shells, before heading off to be dipped to remove every ounce of paint. Only the tiniest traces of rust were found: this was a very clean car to start with.
Once back at base, a full cage was built and welded in situ. The shell received some further strengthening, at which point the sunroof-equipped roof panel was cut out, and a non-sunroof roof panel welded in its place.
Moulds were taken for the bag tank and the fibreglass shell it sits in. The tank architecture relative to the front compartment bracing and so on was all worked out by SVP, and the final fit is very smart. Dom is now the agent for these tanks.
Once the fabrication was complete, the arches were test fitted and the shell was moved to the bodyshop, where it was prepped and painted. The inside is black, while the outside is Continental Orange. Sounds familiar! Here’s a shot of it fresh from paint:
With the tub painted inside and out, reassembly could begin. The boys have been busy: blasting, cleaning and powdercoating the original parts, with new bushes and other consumables along the way. I like the masking-taped axle stands:
Progress on the 934 is steady, and the attention to detail looks good. The owner’s plan to run the car at Classic Le Mans has come to naught this year, and there is a big question mark over whether a right hand-drive 934 replica would ever be allowed to run at CLM or similar. That is not deterring Dominic’s customer, and the chaps have some nice rare parts coming for the car, which will certainly set it apart from the strictly cosmetic recreations often seen elsewhere.
I’m taking my own orange 1976 911 across to Worcester soon. It’s a quick visit to check on a minor oil leak, and a gear oil change to some miracle Q8 stuff that Dominic has started using (with apparently very good results), so we should get a chance to have a little ‘fruit bowl’ photoshoot and grab some close-up shots of a few more tasty details. In the meantime, here’s a slightly blurry shot of where it stands at the minute. I heard a rumour that the white indicators are coming off soon.
SVP can be contacted on 01299 251152. Tell Dom you got his number here – bound to make him laugh!
