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Following the Riley visit, I headed up the road to Dave Klym's FABCAR to further research the Porsche 962. Klym graciously allowed me to view their original Porsche factory blueprints for the 962 tub. He then proceeded to tell me about a little known project he worked on with Joest at the end of 1991. Rheinhold Joest decided to install a Ryan Falconer V12 into one of his Porsche 962s. The Falconer engine was chosen for its low cost ($45,000 crate motor) and power (more than the 962 turbo!). The combined length of the Porsche 962 powerplant and bellhousing was such that the Falconer V12 could drop straight into the 962 chassis with just the addition of a small spacer. The car tested at Roebling Road and Dave mentions that, "The Falconer V12 sounded just like a F1 engine!". Klym even called Rheinhold Joest from the payphone at Roebling in order to allow him to hear the glorious V12 in the back of the Porsche chassis. Alas Porsche got wind of the project and put the quash on it. Ahhh, the might have been....
The mind boggles! -- is this the Falconer pictured in Karl Ludvigsen's V12 book? (I've yet to get that far in it, it's a book to savour!)
Once again the highest kudos to Mike F for his superb site.
