Junkyard Dog's 1st Shakedown from Tristan Bayless on Vimeo.
A little background on the awesome main character of this video:
Filmed during the year 2000, this video is the only chronicle of the "Junkyard Dog's" rise to glory.
The chassis is custom tube-frame with a bare 911 roof and rear shell. Additional body panels are either fibreglass or plastic.
The engine is a 1.7l flat-four from a '69 Porsche 912.
With fuel and fluids, it weighed approx. 1500 lbs.
Over the span of 8 years, the Junkyard Dog competed in dozens of PCA autocrosses, winning several overall, and many NHA hillclimbs across northern California and into Oregon.
The 'Dog competed in our family until Spring of 2008, when it was sold to another speed bandit who continues to use it for hillclimbing today.
This reminds me of a post on the Pelican Parts forums where a bunch of old Porsche drivers chronicle their stories and adventures at the great american tooj, the Mulholland Drive. Tales of a ground low, chopped Porsche monster soared around, a car that bombed the drive up and down, with no rivals. This might have been inspired by it.
I'll have to dig that thread up and find some pictures.
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