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Porsche sightings: Anyone we know?
Stopped for a coffee in St George this AM, about 40 minutes from the Maine/ New Brunswick border. When I was pulling into the parking lot, I blurted out "Oh $hit, cool, a speedster replica!"
um, nope! Don't see many of these around here:         Sure brightened my day. Mrs Notfarnow is generally oblivious to anything automotive, but it even got her worked up. Had to break it to her that a 356 is out of our league. Anyone we know?
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Love that Meissen Blau A coupe and the green T6 hardtop. None of them are familiar to me.
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2ND Choice after the early S would be a 356SC Cab...or dreamin a Speedster....
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NEVER tell your wife that a car is out of your league. Pledge to her that you'll GET her that car if it's the last thing you do . . . and proceed to buy it one piece at a time for a future Pelican build thread.
Or build a buck and start hammering one out. Either method works.
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08-22-2010, 06:25 PM
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If I ever went the 356 route, it would be a mild outlaw coupe with a 911 engine. I'd want to build it myself, and that would take YEARS. I want a daily driver 911, preferably a longhood, first and foremost
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That A coupe is a heart warming sweetheart...damn, it's such a pure shape!
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 Good candidate for an outlaw: Although I have often wondered if a FG speedster body, a cut 356a coupe roof & a donor 911 tub wouldn't be the best way to make a low-rent 356 hotrod
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Jake Often wrong, but never in doubt. '81 911 euro SC (bits & pieces) '03 Carrera 4s '97 LX450 / '85 LeCar / '88 Iltis + a whole bunch of boats Last edited by notfarnow; 08-22-2010 at 07:52 PM.. |
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A's make the best Outlaws. B's and C's are OK but the lines on the early cars are better IMO. Here's a pic of my PreA.....
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beautiful!
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Probably blasphemy on my part, but I prefer the lines of the A coupe over even the iconic speedster.
Probably because it rains 4 feet a year here.. 
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^^^^^
Me too!!! I had a 55 Speedster ( a real one ) and as cool as can be....it was the most impractical car I've ever owned. Impossible to drive with the top up, and I'm 6-4 and sliding down in the seat as far as could, my head was still above the windshield. Just wish I'd kept it a while longer and sold it at STUPID money!  And.....you don't "need" a 911 motor in a 356 to have fun. My outlaw had a type IV 2 liter built out to about 2.7 around 220 +/- hp and weighed 1500 lbs. VERY fast! 
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[QUOTE=notfarnow;5520338]Stopped for a coffee in St George this AM, about 40 minutes from the Maine/ New Brunswick border. When I was pulling into the parking lot, I blurted out "Oh $hit, cool, a speedster replica!"
um, nope! Don't see many of these around here: Wife & I saw this parked on Hampton Beach earlier this year. Notice the NH antique plate. First question of course was "is it a replica?" The real giveaway to its originality were the exterior trim pieces and then a look at the interior. We left as the couple came back from a stroll on the beach. Hopefully the owner will come forward and verify this?
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giveaway for me was that it wasn't on a VW pan.
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83 911 Production Cab #10
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A Porsche buddy of mine got this on in Montreal brand new in 1963...
Just 20 younger than Das Babe  He also use to have a 57 Speedster (I would give one of my balls for that).Pretty hard to finish first at any show if he is there... Got him a new "Point Adjustment Sticker" to make sure that I'll never finish ahead of him... At that show, out of 30 or so "European" as usual he took 1st, I manage to get 2nd.   
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Das Babe
Das Babe Metalberiech
