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911 & Porsche world ran a photo supplement in it's latest issue that included this photo that looks to have been taken in Copenhagen, DK.
It's one of 3 polished stainless bodied '67s. The other two were destroyed in crashes. Anyone that's known the heartbreak of losing a car (or a shipload of money) to rust will especially appreciate this car. What might the value of this car be?? :confused: :eek:
I want this car so-o-o-o bad it hurts!
Wow Jens, polished stainless steel, talk about one of a kind. IS the picture recent?
I think I have an old PORSCHE PANORAMA issue about with an article about the all stainless 911...Porsche's experiment for a "long life" car...
Henry, I'm thinking it's a Porsche werks photo of the period.
Paul, let us know what your find in you stack of Panos. I'd love to see what you find.
I seem to remember that Porsche also built a high bumper version of the rostfrei 911 (Turbo?), or is that just plain wrong?
I'd bet if the remaining stainless bodied car ever showed up on the market, that Jerry Seinfeld would bid $1 more than anyone, regardless of price. If I had his cash, I would too. Sky's the limit on unique cars, just look at the price on that concept car at B-J.
Yes the article is from the mid to late 1970's. I think I posted something about this on Pelican at one time.
I didn't know that any of these cars were owned by someone other than the factory....
You could always make your own - you just need some stainless steel, the tooling, and a factory.... I bet Seinfeld could afford it...
I just burned my eyeballs out, reading the contents page of Panos from Sept. '66 thru Dec. '78...then gave up. Could have sworn I read something on the stainless car, but damned if I can find it now. The Nov. '75 issue had an article announcing the hot galvanizing to begin with the '76 models...
I remember reading about it. It may be in Excellence was expected. Anyway with stainless being as hard as it is the fenders were made of numerous pieces welded together. Cool...
Don
:) Paul, I just spend some time going through a smaller pile of '60s Panos too and didn't find it either. But, I had a GREAT time looking. The want ads make me crazy though; cheap, cheap, cheap by today's prices.
Don't they though? Here's an item advertised by an outfit called MIAH...November 1977 issue, p. 20.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jens
"Prototipo (including hub) 12.7 in. or 14 in., black or silver, flat or semi dished" $64.75"....and the hub? It had the Porsche crest...To think, I coulda ordered a few dozen of them...(edit)...oh hell, I just MUST add one more item from the same ad: "911 European Bosch dual bulb H-1 headlight assemblies including bulbs. pr./$119.95." Hey, I got ripped off! I think I paid $150 for mine, out of a dealership.
Carrera GS/GT 4-cammer for $7k. 904 at $4500. AR (exploding) wheels at $56. Agonizing. My eyes...MY EYES!!!! Arggg. :D
Ahh, but we must remember. These prices were all before the "misery index" of both double digit inflation and unemployment here in the U.S.A. The good times, they were about to change. Also, historic racing wasn't the big deal of tall dawgs seeing who could pee highest up the fire hydrant that it is now...Back in the 60's? I was dumb enough to think that cars and Rock music would forever get better...Quote:
Originally Posted by Jens
A concours freak's nightmare! "Handprints, fingerprints, Arrrrrrhhhhgggghhh!!!" :D
Tom
http://www.bls.gov/cpi/home.htm
Using the inflation calculator, a $7,000 car in 1969 would cost about $37,000 today -- so their prices have gone up in real dollars (some of that will be exchange rates, tho).
You can see the third and I guess only surviving edition of this car in the Deutches Museum in Munich. I saw it when I was there in 1970. As I remember, it was still there when I was back in the heimatland 2000. I'm surprised Porsche hasn't grabbed it back for the new museum in Stuttgart.
The Capitalist Roader
3 nearly identical silver S trim 73's