Ummm...
That may have belonged to my brother Steve Payne-Herbert, who lived & worked in
Mansfield, Ohio. Jerry Mong was a good friend. Steve ran an SR3 with a 2L
4-cam/4 cyl, then a hotrodded 2L dual-plugged 2L six.
I have photos of that car, both in 4-cam & 6 cylinder forms.
Steve raced it all around the Midwest, including Mid-Ohio (his ‘home’ track),
Grattan, Nelsons Ledges, etc.
Feel free to drop me a line!
Michael Herbert
Skiing at Tahoe, Don? Gimme a break ;~)
From: Don Anderson
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 12:48 PM
To: BobsyTalk
Subject: A Bobsy Talk Email: Re: Bobsy SR3/Porsche
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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