I recently bought a large lot of Porsche 906, 910, 907, and 908 parts and among them was this tool. The main assembly is made of ~1.75" aluminum square bar. One end has a ~ 1.25" hole which a ~36" handle slots into. There is a round spirit level on top, a pressure gauge, and finally, a pin which depresses and actuates the gauge. Written in pencil between the level and gauge is "910" and then some numbers. This assembly is mounted to a steel cradle which allows it to rock. The steel mount has a height adjustment. There is also a rectangle of .125" aluminum flat bar chained to the gauge that is bent and scarred from use (somewhere).
I assume this thing was somehow used to measure corner weights of race cars or spring rates. The lot also had 20-30 springs and shocks; some labeled 910.
That gauge goes to 1000psi.
About the only thing on a vehicle that can achieve pressures that high, other than the combustion chamber, is the brakes.
Otherwise I have nothing to offer.
Edit: Ok, I saw the video. Pretty cool. I guess that piece of flat bar is to place between the pin and the wheel so the wheel isn't damaged by that small diameter pin?
pretty sure it is for corner weighting. Used before scales were cheap. I do not remember how it was used but the scale and level are giveaways.
Where, exactly, does one find " a large lot of Porsche 906, 910, 907, and 908 parts"?
Asking for a friend...
Definitely for corner weight, there's a brief write up on that style of tool in the Staniforth books.
jmabarone said:
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:
Where, exactly, does one find " a large lot of Porsche 906, 910, 907, and 908 parts"?
Asking for a friend...
My thoughts exactly.
Well, I mean, mke goes to his local junkyard for Ferrari parts...
Woody (Forum Supportum) said:
Where, exactly, does one find " a large lot of Porsche 906, 910, 907, and 908 parts"?
Asking for a friend...
It was mostly luck. I was acquainted with a well-known Porsche collector that lived close by and he accumulated the cars and parts in the 70s when they were very cheap. Unfortunately, he died and the estate sold the 907, Jerry Seinfeld owns it now, and the 910. They kept the 904 he daily drove and the 906 and 908. The cars and parts were kept at his business, the contents thereof were sold in a poorly advertised online auction last December. The cars were gone, but a lot of parts were still there, so I bought them all. The business was not car-related and the items were listed as "contents of blue shelf" and had a few bad pictures, so only those that knew what was in the boxes on those shelves knew to bid. I think I was the only one. One picture showed an original 908 air cleaner and three MSD 6ALs, so I bid on that lot. The pictures also didn't show all the contents on the shelves, so when I got there, the three lots I won filled the inside and bed of my truck. Some of the parts I don't need, like a gear set for a 908 and 917 shocks, but there is a lot I can use on the 906 I'm building.
