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Matsuishi, Ed
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| 1967 Porsche 911 S/R |
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| Hometown |
San Rafael, CA |
| Date of Birth |
Feb. 3, 1942 |
| Occupation |
Pediatric Dentist |
| Member Since |
1996 |
| Contact Info |
ematsuishi "at" yahoo.com, (415) 453-4409 |
| Car(s) |
1965 Porsche 911, 1967 Porsche 911 S/R |
| Car Class |
Production / TransAm, FIA sportscar |
| CSRG Race # |
1965 911: 96; 1967 911 S/R: 81 |
| Car(s) History |
1965 Porsche 911 - I am the fourth owner of this car. It was purchased used from a salesman at the Porsche factory salesroom in Stutgartt by Bruce O'Niel in early 1967. He then had the engine and suspension modified by the factory race department to FIA Group 2 homologation specs. and went racing. He ran the car at Spa, Nurburgring, Hockenheim, Rouen, and Montlhery. In early 1968, he brought the car back to the U.S. and began competing in SF Region SCCA races winning the B Sedan Championship in 1968. He also ran the car in the 1968 TransAm race at Riverside. The car was maintained by Kirberg Motors in San Francisco, and sponsored by the Lucky Lager Brewing Co.
The car was sold to Walter Maas in late 1968 who drove the car to numerous wins , taking the S.F. Region SCCA B Sedan Championship in 1969. He also ran the car in two TransAm races, Laguna Seca , and Sears Point in 1969 (he was disqualified when he refueled the car out on the track after running out of fuel near turn 9) .
I purchased the car from Walt in early 1971 and licensed it for the street. I used the car as a daily commuter from 1971 to 1995 running the car in occasional autocross, and club racing events, accumulating over 200,000 miles. Fortunately, I kept and stored the original engine, transmission, driver's seat, and various other parts taken off the car. In 1995 the car under went a complete restoration. Using numerous original race photos, old SCCA records, and generous help from both Bruce O'Niel, Walt Maas, and Bill Schorman the car was restored to its 1969 TransAm and SCCA race specs.
1967 911S/R - I am the third owner of this car that was oringinally built for Eberhard Mahle (the 1967 European Hillclimb champion and of the company that made pistons for Porsche at the time) to run in various hillclimbs, rallies, and FIA GT events in Germany and France. The car was purchased, sight unseen, in early 1969 from the Porsche race department by Bruce O'Niel. The car was air-freighted to LAX and appeared to have "just come off the racetrack". Bruce first tried to race the car with the SF region SCCA as a "production " car until numerous protests were filed.
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