"Thomas Donohue" (tomonomics)
08/14/2019 at 10:05 • Filed to: None
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"Thomas Donohue" (tomonomics)
08/14/2019 at 10:05 • Filed to: None | 4
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Center seat 718. Yes.
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Raced at Montlhéry, Spa and the Nürburgring Nordschliefe, center-seat Porsche RSK 718-028 is one of few cars eligible for both the most prestigious sports car races and to compete in historic Formula 2 where envelope coachwork was accepted by the FIA in 1957-58.
John Higgins thinks the light, balanced RSK 718-028 would be a delight on the tight, intricate Monaco GP Historique circuit where, with its unusual center-steering, it should be eligible as a Formula 2 car.
Uh, yes....I’d throw it around Monaco for a few laps.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Thomas Donohue
08/14/2019 at 10:22 |
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Wow...
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> Thomas Donohue
08/14/2019 at 12:55 |
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Included are updated disc front brakes
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> AuthiCooper1300
08/14/2019 at 13:32 |
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You get it all, including the finned brakes.
Offered here with its complete original drivetrain, original Wendler coachwork and as-raced when it was new with Porsche’s fantastically efficient helically-finned drum brakes, RSK 718-028 is a well-preserved, fabulously-maintained, meticulously-prepared vintage racing time capsule. Now configured with center-steering, the seating configuration remains adaptable to both center- and offset-steering.
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AuthiCooper1300
> Thomas Donohue
08/14/2019 at 14:11 |
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Thomas Donohue
> AuthiCooper1300
08/14/2019 at 14:37 |
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As far as I understand, t his car has been vintage raced for the last 20 years and before that it was in storage. I doubt it was sitting on a coffee table, but you never know.
I believe this is the current owner, racing the car as he’s done at every single Rennsport Reunion. Good stuff.....
He owns this place:
https://www.lexusofdayton.com/
Again, I could be wrong and it could be someone else. I’m just an OppoNut.
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Thomas Donohue
> AuthiCooper1300
08/14/2019 at 14:42 |
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I just realized the event you were referring to was in the 70's/80's......in which case this could be the same car, but the previous owner who sold it in the 90's. He also lived in Ohio but I don’t know any more than that.
Here’s the history, which also notes that John may not be the owner, just a co-driver. See, I told you I could have been wrong. I like your story better anyway!!!!
718-028’s subsequent history is obscure but in the early 90’s it was sequestered in a Dayton, Ohio garage in the care of a well-known car-sleuth noted for discovering and preserving epic Mercedes-Benzes of the Thirties.
It was remarkable that then, after years of competition, it retained its original Typ 547/3 engine, transaxle and its original Wendler bodywork.
It languished there until 1993 when the consignor – a prominent Ohio based collector of exceptional European sports cars – finally pried it from its owner’s possession in a trade that involved a BMW 507 and a pair of Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs, a Roadster and a Gullwing Coupe.
The new custodian tried vintage racing 718-028, but concluded it wasn’t as easy as it appeared, enlisting a business partner and experienced Porsche historic racer, John Higgins, to realize 718-028’s potential.
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AuthiCooper1300
> Thomas Donohue
08/14/2019 at 14:49 |
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May this have been the one that appeared in Excellence , years ago? Fascinating machine, in any case.
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Thomas Donohue
> AuthiCooper1300
08/14/2019 at 15:01 |
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A quick search of the RSK in Excellence was not the same one...I believe a Dutch driver died in that one. Now it’s my quest to find The Coffee Table RSK. To be featured in a new blog, Cars and Coffee Tables.
