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    A little early Porsche story

    To err is human; to blame it on someone else is more human...

    "You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are."
    —Juan Manuel Fangio[48]

    ”What would PORSCHE do”

    67 911 de Luxe, 356 B silver metallic / brown interior, ( buck skin really ) 67 PORSCHE [ built ] 912, Crystal blue, black interior, 72 T, Silver metallic/black interior, appearance group,factory AC.

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    I've never seen that. Thank you for the link!
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    Very interesting: thanks for the link!
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    Reading that, is it any wonder the car has lasted 50 years? The '67S review is pretty good too - as shocked as they were the alloy wheels were a $175 option!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cliff View Post
    Well the part about the car being called 911 because it was the 911th project is kinda new. And funny ;-)
    Not complaining, I'm also tired of hearing the 901 Peugeot story.
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    Senior Member Cliff's Avatar
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    I thought that comment to be a bit odd too (900 & 11th Porsche project) Anyone know who might have been the author of the article?
    To err is human; to blame it on someone else is more human...

    "You must always strive to be the best, but you must never believe that you are."
    —Juan Manuel Fangio[48]

    ”What would PORSCHE do”

    67 911 de Luxe, 356 B silver metallic / brown interior, ( buck skin really ) 67 PORSCHE [ built ] 912, Crystal blue, black interior, 72 T, Silver metallic/black interior, appearance group,factory AC.

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    Thanks for posting. Nice read.
    ...Speaking of the styling first impressions..
    "It ought to weather the years without looking dated."
    Pretty good forecast....

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    Last edited by Harvey Weidman; 06-16-2014 at 04:14 PM.

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    About the only thing we didn't like about the dash was the strip of teak running full-width below the instruments. The Porsche people are extremely proud of it, it's supposed to look elegant. It looks as if someone said, "Let's put a strip of teak here; it'll look elegant." It doesn't. If we owned a 911 (dare we dream...?), we'd paint it flat black to match the rest of the leatherette-covered dash.
    ROFLMAO!!! Porsche definitely got the memo in a few short years.
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    Cool

    "The Porsche—any Porsche—is no fun at all; Germans aren't much given to frivolity. Porsches are designed by drivers, for drivers, to be driven very matter-of-factly from Point A to Point B in maximum comfort, speed and safety. Form soberly follows function, and the cockpit of a Porsche is laid out to achieve just that end. The controls and instruments are efficiently positioned, and this economy of effort and motion is why Porsches aren't tiring to drive. But fun? Porsches are for driving."

    You vill drive it, and you vill not enjoy it! Hah!
    Last edited by Jens; 06-17-2014 at 11:49 AM.

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