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The Racecar Diaries
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
Exploring motor racing history one old race car at a time
Into the Unknown | Buying an ex-Grand Am Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Car
Episode One - How did we get here and where are we going? Rehabbing an ex-Grand American Road Racing Porsche 996 GT3 Cup Car and uncovering its history along the way.
Created by: nick_lish
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Teaser
01:20 - Intro
03:20 - Genesis of the project
05:27 - Choosing a car
08:04 - Buying the car
12:28 - Car arrives... What's next
Created by: nick_lish
CHAPTERS
00:00 - Teaser
01:20 - Intro
03:20 - Genesis of the project
05:27 - Choosing a car
08:04 - Buying the car
12:28 - Car arrives... What's next
มุมมอง: 7 755
Love this. As someone who bought their vintage dream racecar recently, I relate
The algorithm is crazy late, but looking forward to more videos!
Awesome vid. Hope to see more of them
Love everything about this.
Most of the times the YT algorithm sucks bollocks, but sometimes just sometimes it serves up a gem like this…
All I need is another reason to obsess about racing again. Like the mafia, it always pulls you back in! You just happened to pick my favorite, the Porsche 911.
This video was absolutely beautiful! What happened to the channel? Why the drop off?
Thank you!! It just takes a long time to work on the car, write/shoot/edit while working full-time. Hoping to have episode 2 done in the next few weeks and the filming is almost done for episode 3 as well.
Well done
Amazing video and likewise can’t wait to see how this comes to fruit!
Talladega nights DVD in the collection! That’s a petrol head right there… 🎉
Awesome, just Awesome man another Phoenix 996 owner , fanatic really. Built my car a condo garage with one outlet in the ceiling. I didn't know an immobilizer from an ims when I started. 😅 I love that car looking forward to seeing your stories 🤟
Your story is similar to mine,except I went the mechanic route
Very cool. Nicely done
Nice video, thanks for sharing👌I am already looking forward to the next video.
Been patiently waiting for the next episode. I Check every week !
Thank you for the encouragement! It's coming soon, I promise. Hoping to get EP2 out by mid-January and 3&4 shortly after. Most of the filming is done for those. I'm actually taking the car to the track on Monday, so fingers crossed it goes well!! Thanks for following along and keeping me juiced to keep going.
Loving the style of this video. I'm hooked. I can't wait to see the story unfold.
amazing. I thought I was getting a loud person with subtitles. I got away with more inspiration and appreciation.
Glad this was suggested to me too. Ready to see the journey!
I had the opportunity to get a 911 g body caged and ready to be built but I couldn't pull the trigger. I hope you have fun with yours and can't wait for the next one!
Such a cool video!I love this era of race car. Greetings from New Zealand.
95% yapping
Stumbled across your film and loved it. I’m a 996 C4S owner in Sydney Australia and have enjoyed some historic racing in my ‘69 Triumph GT6 in recent years, but a 996 Cup car…..mmmmm you got me thinking! Look forward to your next update.
Awesome video!
Great videography, this is so well done
This was perfectly done ✅ Good job brother 👍 This is it Best video I’ve seen ALL Year Period Done ✅
So glad TH-cam suggested this video to me, albeit 3 months late! I have had my 996 cup nearly 7 years and still loving the journey. They’re a labour of love so to speak, but such a rewarding race car. Looking forward to following your journey with yours.
Just found this now! Ace! 🎉
read your comment and instantly subscribed. I've been a huge 996 fan since day 1 and love me some 996 cup action!
thanks, appreciate it!
THIS is what it's all about! It felt like meeting myself in another body listening to the deep passion for this very particular subject and era of motorsports. The nostalgia and excitement for these cars is like nothing else. I drive my 96 Viper everyday with the same love and child like amazement every time I lay eyes on it. Not many things in life can do that to a person...
Appreciate you saying this! From the beginning, the thinking was to just do something true to me and how I feel and hope it connects with others.
This will become something great! Wouldn’t mind some technical videos of rebuilding the car. @Onlyaroadtripaway could be inspiring. Ultimatly it’s your story. Looking forward to the next episode.
Only a Road Trip Away was actually one of the inspirations for this!! I saw one of the videos in the 2023 Overcrest Film Festival and made the decision at that moment that I wanted to do something in 2024. Here we are! The third episode will actually be a complete breakdown of everything that's been done to the car. It won't be a step-by-by-step guide or highly technical, but more of a "here's how I approached this challenge and here's what I did kind of thing" Thank you for the compliment and I think you will enjoy what is to come!
I remember those. They started off in Grand-Am Cup as SGS cars. Then moved to Rolex GT. Pratt and Miller came out with the GTO in 2005 and deemed those cars noncompetitive. Thus it started the Frankenstein years of adding things to them to make them go faster and progressed into the 997. Those became more of a hodge podge of parts. Good luck on what you'll find on it. Surprises galore unless it was not run until the end but just the first few years. If was raced alot, then it was crashed alot. It was normal operating procedure back then.
Great video! I was surprised to see my own car in it 👍 the 996 GT3 Clubsport in the Octane Magazine, hope it helped giving you that push to buy an incredible car.
Hah - what a small world this is sometimes! Kudos to you for your beautiful 996. Octane is an incredible magazine and what a great moment for you to cherish.
Great video, really looking forward to seeing more of the story! Subscribed!
I would love to here about the financing in the future
Why do I feel like I just watched a love story? Because I did! Thank you! This got me in throat!
I own a 996 C4 manual gear box.. love the 996. Probably will never sell it. Very nice video! Will follow...
Can you talk about the changes/differences between a standard Cup and the Grand Am cup?
To race in Grand-Am I believe the only major thing that needed to be changed was that it needed to be outfitted with a fuel cell instead of the factory tank. I'm actually going to cover some of this in the next episode. Stay tuned!
Love this. Keep the stories coming!
Looking for a 996 GT3 cup car and stumbled onto your video. Love the storytelling approach. Whats next?
Thank you!!! Hope you found what you are looking for. If not, I might have something available in a month or so! I'm currently working on episode 2, which is a deep dive into the history of the car, Grand-Am, etc. Episode 3 will be all of the work to get the car back to the spec it ran in Grand-Am. Episode 4 will be a stand-alone short film about taking the car back on the race track when it is finished. Episode 5 will be a bit of a retrospective, talking about the series and sharing some behind-the-scenes stories.
Your story inspires, I got a big love for Porsche and Im along for the ride.
More please! Love the video.
Excellent.
Very excited for how this progresses! Glad TH-cam recommended this to me in my feed.
That tiny Lawson's gets me every time.
Great video and story. Really like the Moneyball music.
Live in the UK, have other race cars but just bought a 996 cup from Sweden that raced in the Scandi Cup 2004/5 - driving with trailer to Sweden to pick it up on Tuesday 27th - looking forward to the car / project and racing it - good luck with your and it looks wonderful
Beautifully done. For any of us like minded/obsessed individuals, your life’s trajectory and this story really resonate. This video was unexpectedly emotional for me. Can’t wait to see more.
Love the video!!!! Can’t wait to see more!!
what a sick car love te 996. Unfortunately bottled it from buying one a week ago 996.2 c2. I just dont feel like i deserve such a beautiful car. Yet. Maybe in 8 years when im nearly 40...
Congrats on the purchase! Enjoy the ride.
First episode turned out great, can’t wait for the next.
Love this story! Kudos to pursuing your passion. Look forward to seeing where the story goes. I think you are going to need a bigger garage soon Bubba.