Porsche Number 1 – Where It All Began
I ran across this old press release and photos about Porsche No. 1 as it was headed to Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance a couple of years ago. This is great history lesson on the first Porsche ever build (and driven) way back in 1947/48. For those of you who don't know the history of the first ever Porsche, this is a must read.
1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 10
James sent over an update last week on the 1957 Porsche 356 Cabriolet restoration.
From James…
In the last report we did the right side rocker. After it was welded, we had a run of bad weather, so we couldn't get out for sand blasting the inside of the left rocker. That got put on hold and we moved to the front of the car. If you remember we cut off the nose because of accident damage that wasn't well repaired. The structure that holds the nose now needs to be removed. Also, the battery box area was rusted so that's going too. In this report we are going to start fitting new metal and screwing it in place. Nothing can be welded until we know that everything fits together the way it should, otherwise we might end up having to go back and fix our own work.
The old structure.
Pictures From Limerock
James O ended up at Limerock a couple of weekends ago and came across some very cool Porsches. I love the yellow one. Thanks for sending them James!
1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 9
We've got a new round of pictures from James detailing the latest progress on the 1957 356 Cabriolet restoration. Things are coming along nicely.
From James…
As promised we will cover the outer rockers today. I will stick to one side since they are the same on both sides and we can move on to more fun next time.
As you can see the inner repairs a done but… Read more on 1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 9…
1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 8
Here is the continuation from yesterday's update. Enjoy…
Priming the new tail. Read more on 1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 8…
1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 7
We've got some serious progress to report. Well, I use the term "we" very VERY loosely since I'm just posting the work James is actually DOING.
From James…
I know that at the end of the last installment I said that we would cover the outer rockers but I moved to the back instead. We ordered a new tail section and it arrived so we will work on getting that fitted.
The new tail skin. Read more on 1957 356 Cabriolet Restoration – Part 7…
Porsche Cayenne Tractor
Maybe my dad is right. Maybe the Porsche Cayenne is really just a vehicle for those with too much money to show you how much money they have.
This is darn near as bad as the Porsche pulling the travel trailer. I wonder if someone at Porsche is keeping track of all these uses to help with new product development?
Fat Porsche 911 Carrera
Nope, I wasn't going after the slang version of the word to show you how up on youth culture I was 5 years ago. I meant literally FAT. I'm not sure where this car is on display at the moment, but it turns out to be one that's made the rounds to various museums and art shows world wide. The Fat Convertible is the creation of Austrian sculptor Erwin Wurm and just one of a number of "fat" pieces he's done over the last decade.
It's an actual Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet that was sculpted to represent a melding of human obesity with machine. Read more on Fat Porsche 911 Carrera…
First Ever Porsche 911 Turbo
This is an amazing find by a guy named Alex Nunez. He happened on what appears to be the first ever Porsche 911 Turbo at the Greenwich Concours d'Elegance earlier last month. He said it was a little tucked out of the way and unless you read the placard in front of the car, you'd think it was just another 1976 or 1977 930. This special car is the prototype 911 Turbo. The very first factory turbocharged Porsche 911.
Jet Engine Powered Porsche 928
An email from Brad usually means something interesting. This week was no exception. He sent me a link to a blog post titled "Asinine or Awesome?". I'll answer the question before I give you the reference: ASININE! In fact, I don't see much difference between this and the hicks beating the crap out of the Porsche 928 I posted last year (Why Hicks Should Never Touch a Porsche). It just so happens, this atrocity was committed against yet ANOTHER 928.
It seems one Oregonian is expanding the "Keep Portland Weird" bumper sticker statement to the entire state. He has taken a 1982 Porsche 928 S and dropped in a Boing T-50 Turbine Engine. He completed the package with dual hood flame shooters.
Let me say again…ASININE.
Here are specs from the eBay auction (it was re-listed since it didn't sell the first time around: eBay Item #170507790267): Read more on Jet Engine Powered Porsche 928…
