Oriental Rug/Led Zeppelin

[VaSteve]

I recall reading a looooong time ago, that one of the guys from Led Zeppelin bought a Porsche and recarpeted the inside with an oriental rug. For whatever reason that story has stuck with me for >10years. Not that I'm going to do it - it would never lay flat, but does anyone have a picture?

Someone posted this, and it got me to thinking...

[RickM]

This was discussed before...I just know it.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Well, Bonzo was a huge car collector....

Just got finished reading Richard Cole's book on Zeppelin, interesting read, tells of all the hedonism and even the infamous "shark incident"

[VaSteve]

Originally posted by Jared at Pelican Parts
Well, Bonzo was a huge car collector....

Just got finished reading Richard Cole's book on Zeppelin, interesting read, tells of all the hedonism and even the infamous "shark incident"

I think that is the book I'm referring to....

[Sonic dB]

Bonzo liked big American muscle cars... Camaros, GTOs, Corvettes etc. I never heard any stories of him driving Porsches.

On A&E Biography though...there was a cool clip of Brian Wilson driving up to his house in a beautiful yellow 65-66 911.

[Superman]

Shark incident? Land shark? what?

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Do a google search on Led Zeppelin Shark Incident

[makaio]

I'm ready to burn my Led Zeppelin CD's now!

[Jdub]

Shark, as in Frank Zappa, Flo and Eddie, and consenting adults?

Hey Super, where ya been?

John

[Jamie79SC]

"...soon to replace the mudshark in your local mythology..." -FZ

[nostatic]

"rub it"

Isn't that Curt's car?

[Randy Webb]

I didn't realize Zappa was talking about a Led Zep. , ah, "party"

Theat Seattle Hotel is still there as I recall.

Now, to get back to a more on Topic thread, who has what music symbols on their 911 (I have a nice subtle wheel & roses decal where the PO had a PCA decal).

[Jamie79SC]

"in a cirlular motion..."

[Moses]

Originally posted by Superman
Shark incident? Land shark? what?

Actually it was a red snapper... Really.

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Originally posted by Randy Webb

Now, to get back to a more on Topic thread, who has what music symbols on their 911 (I have a nice subtle wheel & roses decal where the PO had a PCA decal).

I used to have a Jello Biafra for President sticker on my old 1.7

along with a Fender Musical Instruments sticker

[greenmonster]

Originally posted by Moses
Actually it was a red snapper... Really.

Moses, you must be a true LedZep fan. Red Snapper it was, but shark just sounds better.

"Hammer of the Gods" is the old school book, I think Cole's book is "Stairway to Heaven".

Back on topic. Wasn't there a thread here that discussed Ferdinand Porsche's personal 911 with a similiar interior
I don't remember if the same pic was in the tread, but I do remember it was an "interesting" interior.

EDIT: My bad. Ferdinand Piech's RS had this interior according to this thread:
Ferry Porsche's '73RS

Back to lurking....

[Jared at Pelican Parts]

Hammer of the Gods is total BS by the way, Richard Cole's book is the more accurate account

[Embs]

I think you guys have the story wrong. Robert Plant named little "bob" mud shark (for obvious reasons). That's how all of that got started.

[speeder]

Could have sworn that it was a PNW salmon, being Seattle and all. Talk about a nothing story becoming a myth/legend. I would offer to ask Richard for more detail for you, but I think that he got tired of this one 30 years ago.

And VaSteve, can you link to where you found that picture originally? I think that it might be a '73 RS, believe it or not.

[Tim Walsh]

Speeder,
Could it be an RS? It's got a 65-72 shifter