Nice vw dogger
Yeh, it's one of your faster beetles.
Cool pictures of the Whittington Brother's car. I'm more used to seeing the "93" car they fielded along
with little brother Dale:
A little K3 trivia for you. If you look closely, see the body panel in the back that fills the gap between
the rear bumperettes? That panel was removabale and many teams didn't run them because they would
get torched and melt during a race:
Is it an original Kremer
The car was/is a 1980 factory 935 (chassis number 00024) that was converted to a K3 later that same
year. The Kremer brothers either bought 935s from Porsche, converted them and sold them, or teams
bought their own 935s and took them to Kremer Racing for conversion. Or, you could buy a complete
conversion kit from Kremer and do the work yourself. There were several versions of the 935. The
factory cars, Joest, JLP, Kremer along with the odd one off. Porsche lost interest in group 4 and 5 racing
around '79 and turned their attention to the ill fated Indy car engine. They kept making customer 935s,
but the long tail "Moby ****" car was the last factory backed 935. The Kremers are the best known
because they were the most dominate.
This car was damaged extensively in the crash - all four wheels were ripped off and all four corners were
demolished. The central body tub, interior, fuel system, fire suppresion system and air jacks are still
intact and in good shape. The restoration is very slow going mostly due to cost. The good news is there
is a lot of interest in vintage and historic race cars, so most parts are available. The next item I need is
the transmission. It's a model specific four speed that is mounted upside down to optimize the halfshaft
angles. I found a company that restores and sells them.
The plan is to "drift" from two to four wheel racing. I'm not getting any younger and MX is notoriously
hard on the body. Since this car has a "pedigree", it's eligible for the many Historic race events that are
held each year. I'd like to race some of those and whatever vintage class it falls in to. I have already
completed a couple of "how to drive a race car" schools and I plan to put something together to compete
with and develop the necessary skills, until this car is done.
Love the sound of those Porsche boxer sixes.
Me too, especially when that sound pins you to your seat.
dogger