Pics of 2017 Techno Classica

So I went to the Techno Classica this year after a 10 year break.
This is still an amazing show. Won't discuss if this is or not the biggest Classic cars show in the world but this is huge. Lot of Porsches. Beautiful original cars and a lot restored cars.
Asking prices are totally crazy but it has always been the case.
A little disappointed by two things:
- this is the biggest gathering of repop orange bars hood crests. Extremely hard to find an original orange bar hood crest on any of the cars that were exposed
- same comment for the repop dashes. Even the cars presented as non restored/original now have repop dashboards that 1/ don't fit well and 2/ have the speaker grill with holes punched by a 5 year old. Soon somebody will look at my grill and tell me it is not original because the holes are perfectly aligned. When mistakes done during restorations are becoming the new standard....

Still a lot of beautiful cars and a great time...

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Please post more pics.....

I'd like to see a shot of the description sheet for this one, with VIN... Thanks for posting, all

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Didn't get picture of that one's vin.

If memory serves me right the yellow green RS above was vin 1084 or 1085 or thereabouts?

Generally the RS examples I looked had mistakes made by people restoring them who had clearly spent money but done stuff wrong ...which is always a pity.

This 911 below seemed to have avoided being all gussied up for the show which I liked but I'm less familiar with that model year
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Shot of part of Porsche area below. Not the clearest of pictures being an attempt at panorama shot but gives impression of that part of one show hall but many many more Porsche exhibits far and wide throughout show beyond this particular Porsche corporate display ...
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Picked up a few items in the autojumble literature areas for surprisingly good price by digging ...for example this little factory school training booklet on adjusting mfi engine models dated mid 71 for just a few euros. Great condition with just a couple of in-period handwritten notes where it looks like some dilligent student neatly annotated the original print copy with additional correct test equipment measurement values for what would have been at the time the new 2,4 and 2,7l 911 mfi engines.
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However generally asking prices were high although not as silly as some asking price "muppetry" by some sellers on eBay and elsewhere.

Steve

as requested, the burgundy 911E (one of my top 3 in the show)

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(sorry, how do i turn these 90 degrees ?)

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(houndstooth accessories - nicely done)

though my 'show favourite' was this MGA

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(just one … of the 15 or so … halls)
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as requested, the burgundy 911E (one of my top 3 in the show)

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(sorry, how do i turn these 90 degrees ?)

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Thanks! ......

What's the story on the rust bucket (last photo, first set)? Thanks for posting...

812 BBS identifies it as worlds oldest 912.

Good lord...you weren't kidding. That speaker grill looks absurd.

Scott

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What's the story on the rust bucket (last photo, first set)? Thanks for posting...

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Thats a 65# 912 chassi number 35000-3 , yep he thinks its worth millions, but it was not for sale

http://www.912bbs.org/vb/showthread....-essen-350-007


The oldest still existing 912 is the
450 001, delivered on 29.03.65, engine # 830 003, transmission 220 015.
Color was 6407 signal red, skai dur leather with corduroy black

The car is in the usa.

The sister car, the 350 001 was off the production line on 07.04.65, same equipment, same color. Engine # 830 066, transmission 220 096 remaining unknown!

both 001 cars had been official test cars "versuch" and had been sold off after the testing period.

The 007 was already off the line on 06.04.65, color 6405 champagne yellow, engine number 830 060, transmission 220 062, skai dur leather green with corduroy.

The yellow/green car at Essen is 350007, really rusty...

Cheers,
JD

Here are a great many wonderful pics from Essen this year...

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/vie...hp?f=1&t=59556

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Originally Posted by RS-GT

The yellow/green car at Essen is 350007, really rusty...

Cheers,
JD

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took many pics of it...
never seen those clips
never noticed this notch

good find franz,
i just do know this part being with some sort of "filzmatte" in order to prevent the rattling of the closure metal stick.

Also used to hold fuel line to bulkhead on 914-6, and also single plug wire holders on 914-4 Got a lot of mileage out of those clips :rolleyes:

@Marek: not millions Marek, but also not for sale... will be a pleasure to restore it

btw: for all those interested in details I have posted more pics in the 912bbs

I also did some here, plus a short 90 sec movie : http://www.classicpassion911.com/new...ca-essen-2017/

450001 is not existing any more. The body was welded on a vw chassis

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450001 is not existing any more. The body was welded on a vw chassis

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Kim ,yes a heavy VW conversion but it is still there and has matching engine..not sure about the tranny