Found a sleeve of color negatives, mixed in with some of my orphaned Christophorus, from a Porsche Factory Tour on September 21st 1971.
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Found a sleeve of color negatives, mixed in with some of my orphaned Christophorus, from a Porsche Factory Tour on September 21st 1971.
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Very cool. Thanks.
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Wonderful! My car could've easily been in the mix there...
Fantastic Sumner !!!!!!!!!!....... WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Just incredible. Those are easily the best photos I have seen of the factory from that era.
Really appreciate your sharing them.
Here is another thread on the forum that covers the factory in the early 911 years:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...our-circa-1972
Wow indeed! I'm wiping the drool off my keyboard.
Fantastic photos. Thanks. The one thing I wonder when I see those kind of photos, is where those cars are. Most reduced to iron oxide I suppose. Great pics.
what a great find
Great! Notice the one with paper and infrared dryers.....and the great aubergine cpe........Had a 73 fully loaded S cpe that color long ago and everyone hated that color....resides in California the last I heard.......but started it's life with me in Texas as a total loss because one fender was damaged. Bought it for $6500 (about 1984) took the fender off, straightened it and back on the road that same week. Had about 60,000 miles and dang near all the options..except AC.
Very cool! Thanks for posting!
John
Those are frickin' fantastic pics! Thanks for sharing.
Isn't it interesting to see what a relatively quaint little factory it was then, compared to the present one! And I don't think pictures are allowed on tours anymore!
Thanks for sharing a GREAT find.
What a wonderful selection of gems. Sitting there all ready to make their first , AND subsequent owners
HAPPY.
Think of the hundreds of thousands of miles these little babies rolled. Some of them with us today and may well be in the hands of folks reading or posting on this forum.
And, unfortunately for quite a few, some are lost to the mists of time.
One thing is constant.
Change.
really enjoy looking through those, thanks for sharing :)
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I immediately noticed the italian lenses and it's the only photo i saw in my life with an italian car in the production plant.
Thank you again for sharing.
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Beautiful. thank you.
Great pictures. Thank you so much for making them public.
Sumner,
Lovely colour pics and beautiful variety of paint colours !
One of the old buildings looks like the canteen where I scored a few free lunches in 1974 !
Salad days indeed before the regulators and the oil crises took hold.
Eric,sadly we can't go back .... :(
Cheers,
Dennis. :)
Thanks a lot for sharing!!!
Would you be willing to upload them to a photo-sharing site so some of us could order prints? If so, you should watermark them with a copyright so they can be enjoyed by enthusiasts but not otherwise reproduced without your permission.
Just a thought since you're in a sharing mood. :)
Cheers,
Mike
Thanks so much for sharing such an unexpected find. To have these in color adds to the treat.
Awesome. I wouldn't be surprised if the Porsche factory itself may be interested in shots like these.
Great pics, I also have some factory tour pics and they are very useful as reference pics for our restorations. Thanks very much for posting these. Would it be possible to obtain some of the prints?
Alan
Wow! Thanks. Great photos, makes me smile to see see all of the colors together. The photo of the two guys working on engines, outside, under a lean to, is something we probably won't be seeing in any new factory photos..... :D
Quaint and downright primitive. Can't imagine a plant today have roaming assemblers muscling production around on dollies. Great historical Pictures!Quote:
Originally Posted by edmayo
Absolutely Wonderful!
Particularly meaningful to me since my car's production completion date was Septmber 23, 1971...just two days after these pictures were taken!
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting and much appreciated post.Quote:
Thanks. The one thing I wonder when I see those kind of photos, is where those cars are. Most reduced to iron oxide I suppose. Great pics.
Speculating on the earlier comments in quotes above. Is there any educated estimate of what percentage of car are still on the road? I suspect it higher than almost any other marque except the likes of Ferrari, ... hmm there are probably one or two others but I can't think who I would also put in that group.
Thank you very much for sharing these photos! Excellent documentation.
Andrea
Very nice pics and history!
I too would be interested in some prints, as I'm doing some large format prints for my friends new shop.
If you would like, I'll offer to scan them for you to very hi res files, but understand if your uneasy about sending them off.
Best,
Bud
When I have a chance, I'll have them rescanned at 3000-6000 dbi and post them on a FTP for the registry members. If I haven't posted by 01 OCT 13, please remind me.
I like seeing the Blaumetallic and Geminimetallic in the same picture (in front of the factory) in the same light. The picture in the engine room where there is T (ROW), E & S engine in line, is great.
Great photos! I was there in September '68 and should dig out mine...
Absolutely wonderful photos and a great reference source :) - thanks for posting.
I've been trying to determine exactly when wheel arches and engine bay went from being sprayed black to body colour.......it looks like the 72 cars still had black arches although it seems the engine bay was left in body colour at that time, would this be correct?
Cheers,
There was a program on how performance cars are built (Velocity I think), last week. The 911 was featured on one of them. There was not a human being in sight during construction of the body and the painting process. All done with computers and robots. What a contrast between these pictures of 1971 and today. Thanks for sharing these photos.Quote:
Originally Posted by edmayo
I wonder what the line workers thought as they went from 1973 MY to 1974 MY impact bumpers ?
Absolutely LOVE these photos and think its gray that you are willing to share high-res scans. I'll keep my eyes open for the FTP site.Quote:
Originally Posted by gtgroupe3
Kent
Sumner...This is great!...Please go dig a little deeper in that pile of Christophorus mags...maybe too early for my Gemini Blue 911 230 1451..(maybe the Gemini in front of the entrance?)...1450(wink,wink) and 1453 as well...and we're still looking for 1452....Nice pictures, Thanks'.../ Lars...
on 72 MY details, read more here:Quote:
Originally Posted by Darren65
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ighlight=viper
Thanks for that although a shame a number of the links and photos are now missing.....it mentions a black engine bay which I thought would have gone hand in hand with black in the wheel arches however on a couple of the photos here it does seem black arches/body colour engine bay?Quote:
Originally Posted by 911T1971
As I said, wonderful reference photos, would love to see them hi-res :)
I recently painted an earlier Targa for a friend who was looking for a perfect factory type finish, our interpretation with lots of reference sources here - http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/vie...7364&start=135
Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Eric
The conda green car must be for Italy. The lower dash has no hazard switch.
Regards
Mike
An old thread with photos from a year later:
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ine-circa-1972
Wonderful pictures. Thanks for sharing.
Lovely shots... thanks so much for sharing!
thank you for sharing - superb shots
Awesome photos! Thanks for posting them.
Wow, amazing photos
Great Photos- thanks for sharing. The variety in the colours of the cars really stands out. I suspect a similar photo of today's produced cars would consist of predominantly silver, black and grey vehicles.
A wonderful reference source for those seeking correct details.
Superb, many thanks.
Hi guys!
........i wonder if the picture shows an targa with wider rear flares?
Or is it just the point of view?
What do you think?
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I think it is an illusion due to the light on the bare metal. Based on the filler patch on the rear deck lid opening area on the coupe in front, I think you can see this same car in earlier shots with different angles that don't look so flared.
Many thanks to the OP for these great shots! Very kind to share with is here.
Since Rudy was born in Sept 1971, I often wonder if this could be him pictured here in the left foreground :)
no flares...Quote:
Originally Posted by t-freund
I love this pics !!
Thank you for sharing these....this is a real barn find. As a restorer of these great cars, there is so much in these picture for me to study.
Does anyone know if these were ever made available? I'd love to get some high resolution files to makes posters for my garage (personal use only)!Quote:
Originally Posted by gtgroupe3
Please let me know if anyone has access. Great pics!!!
Love the use of the hazet 166N trolleys! I have two in their original boxes. A must for your garage.
Notice that there are Synchrometers (manometers) attached to each Hazet Assistent in the photo...Quote:
Originally Posted by Varooom
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Jon B.
Vista, CA
Are you kiddin me Jon?
WHERE did you get that?!
I'm envious.
Dean Martin estate sale.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank Beck
Jon B.
Vista, CA
In the 70s we had two line mechanics at the dealership with that exact same set up.
They both got them at Porsche school as I remember.
They used them for tuning. While the rest of their tools were in a big rollaway....
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Did a tux come with it?Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon B
I think Dean still wears a tux every day, Frank.
Jon B.
Vista, CA
Getting a little off topic but here's a period ad for the Assistent from the Bosch-Kurier.Quote:
Originally Posted by Varooom
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Mercedes-Benz production line, late 1970's...
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Jon B.
Vista, CA
A 1968 Porsche Service Bulliten for the Hazet Assistent...
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...n-catalog-1968
Jon B.
Vista, CA
Le Mans, 1972.
Reinhold Joest's yellow-nosed 908LH will finish 3rd, behind two Matra-Simca MS670's.
Christian Poirot's blue & white 908 would finish the race, but not be classified.
Among other things of interest, a Hazet Assistent in the lower RH corner...
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Jon B.
Vista, CA
Going back to these factory photo threads always keeps me inspired! 71 and 72 in my opinion are just the best years!!
not for Porsche racing - think 69-71 were better
They did fairly well in '72...Quote:
Originally Posted by boxster03
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Jon B.
Vista, CA
As an owner of a 72 2.4S fascinating.