Hi Bob,
I have a Bobsy-Porsche SR3 with a 911 engine, that I restored myself 23
years ago. I may be able to give you some information about your car.
It would be helpful in chasing the history of your car if you have any
history of the ownership.
How long have you owned it, and who did you buy it from ?
It would also be helpful if you could provide some photos of the chassis
and bodywork. I can provide photos of my chassis and body for comparison.
I'm in Lake Tahoe skiing for a couple weeks, so don't have access to my
Bobsy-Porsche files and photos until I get home.
Best Regards,
Don Anderson
On Tue, Feb 26, 2019, 7:52 AM rconnearney <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
My car as been listed in the registry for some time, with little detail. I
bought it without engine or transaxle, but am pretty sure it was Porsche 6
powered. (Clue - there are two elongated oval holes in the rear body
section, size and location just where Weber 3-choke intakes would
protrude.) I see in the registry there were four "wide chassis" cars built,
with all apparently accounted for. I believe my car is of this
configuration, but I haven't any dimensioned sketches to help verify this.
The car was bought in the Boston area, but I have a suspicion that, at some
point, it was raced in the Ohio area. The body is white, and the "rocker
panels" (panel below the door, from front to rear wheel openings) are
non-original slab-sided (flat) aluminum pieces, painted sort of bronze.
Although it had no transaxle, I did get a pair of cast aluminum
differential side covers with raised "Bobsy" lettering. I think these were
special pieces, part of a conversion to change an early VW swing axle
transaxle to IRS.
If anyone has any memories of a car that may have fit the above general
description, I'd love to hear from you.
I understood that someone may still have serviceable body molds (maybe
still in the Mong family?). The body on my car looks fairly decent, but
there are some areas in the nose that are maybe an inch thick with Bondo,
so wouldn't mind replacing it.
Any help would be appreciated!
Bob Connearney
Andover, MA
978 886 2264
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