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Luckily I was able to start Norman and run through the gears before his heart was cut out for later transplant.
Over the winter we sourced a replacement shell that could go one step beyond the banged and beaten Norman. A 912 (2-door coupe) 900 offered only in '85 as an 8v or '86 as a 16v variant was found rotting away in VT. The purchase price of $400 delivered was offset by the freshly rebuilt tranny that was sold to myself for $200 (maybe one day I'll have time to install it and have a 2nd gear synchro in my '92).
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Norman 2 (or Norma, since cars should be girls) was dropped off and I was able to get her 16v purring again after draining some rank gas and doing a basic tune up.
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Disassembly and cleaning/repair began. Besides a soft driver side floor and some shoddy previous body work, the shell was pretty solid. Far better than her predecessor had ever been.
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After some undercoating removal, power washing and complete tear down, the build up would start, first with a cage that would be built for safety.
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We the race weekend rapidly approaching, we kicked it into high gear and transplated the drivetrain from Norman.
I wanted to take advantage of the "open brakes" LeMons rule and kept the early hubs and fitted the fronts with vented rotor hubs and wilwood calipers.
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Since we scored a few other sponsors, one of our team members decided it warranted a quick paint job and some nice vinyl. When I mean quick I mean 12 hours.
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And back at the shop for work to continue
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After many more hours of work, finally (mostly) ready to race this weekend. I hope to get the car back in mostly running order so that we can prep for Octobers race and get the car a little more developed.
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