the gold plated porsche....?

[vash]

this book is written my the same steve wilkinson that frequent this bbs? i already decided this is my next book to read. sounds great.

cliff

[Pat S]

I read a review of it and it sounded good. I just can't remember where the review was...

[vash]

car and driver....

[Emission]

It sounds like a great book. It will be available in about a month (according to Amazon.com).

I'm ordering a copy.

(P.S. - Wayne, you need to stock this one!)

[RickC]

Yes, stock it, as Father's Day is coming up!

[PeteBrown]

Forbes FYI had a great excerpt from Steve's book. I can't wait to read it, but I cannot find it.

When will the book be available?

[SpeedracerIndy]

I just read that review while I was on a plane yesterday and didn't even put it together. I just thought it sounded like a great book! Is it true he put $60k in to a $10k SC? And 290hp!

[Zeke]

Dutch Mandel did a light review in his editor's column in Autoweek last week. He liked it. Yeah Cliff, it's the same Stephen. He's been writing a long time. He used to be the editor at C&D, I believe.

[MrKJBlue]

I've just preordered mine from Amazon, but can always cancell when the special Pelican price signed edition is anounced.

[emcon5]

You can see some of Stephen's previous writing here:
Our Own Stephan Wilkinson reviews the new Porsche Turbo!!

Tom

[Formerly Steve Wilkinson]

Hey, thanks, guys! Book is due to be in the booksellers 1 June, and Wayne has already ordered a pallet-load...forget Amazon.

Stephan

[Porsche]

Alright! I'm interested in getting a copy.

You can read the Amazon review here:

The Gold-Plated Porsche : How I Sank a Small Fortune into a Used Car, and Other Misadventures
by Stephan Wilkinson (Author)

Just as life is often described as a road one takes through the aging process, Wilkinson's experience rebuilding a Porsche is the exit ramp that leads straight into his garage to a world of wires, leather trimmings, and memory pit stops with each turn of the 911 manuscript.
Quirky, cool, entertaining, and opinionated, Wilkinson's rebuilding project leads to inspired digressions on his life. Learning about the inner workings of a car is also a lesson in tracing the thought-streams of the human mind. While rebuilding his car, Wilkinson waxes eloquent on the history of Porsche, American engineering and culture, personal status, his unfulfilling stint as editor of Car and Driver, his love of flying and all things mechanical, not to mention the integrity of wedding dress silk when it's woven amidst engine pistons. According to Wilkinson, "Most of the work that my Porsche required, I was confident I could do myself. Turning nuts and bolts, replacing pieces and parts, disassembling and reassembling, rewiring and renovating were within my basic-competence envelope. Anybody who can overhaul a lawnmower knows how a car engine works. Anybody who can drive a vacuum cleaner or polish shoes can redo a car interior. Anybody who can read a home-wiring diagram can at least begin to fiddle with a car's electrical system." He makes it all sound so easy. Yet, the expensive misadventures he had while rebuilding the German masterpiece were like mirrors of a life experience; the eventual purr of the redone motor felt like a long-awaited jaunt upon a road temporarily closed, and the traveling sure was sweet.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1592282563/qid=1085465366/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-8498868-7096631?v=glance&s=books

[Wayne 962]

Originally posted by Formerly Steve Wilkinson
Hey, thanks, guys! Book is due to be in the booksellers 1 June, and Wayne has already ordered a pallet-load...forget Amazon.

Stephan

Yes, a pallet. Small pallet to start...

-Wayne

[kjb]

Ahh,

That was a really good book! I couldn't put it down and ended up finishing it this morning.

A+ to the author, and hopes that this little masterpiece finds the large audience it deserves.

/ Johan

[vash]

crap, dont make me run to barnesandnoble. i am putting a pelican order together, and i hope the book gets into the box.

[goat]

Just started this book and am up to chapter 3.
So far I find it to be a fun read, and yes I too found it hard to put down this morning.
Would have purchased it from Pelican but working at a University Library has a few advantages.

[Emission]

I just got the book too. It's going to be one of those "must-read" books for Porsche owners.

Since I've got a cross-country flight in three weeks, I am holding it closed until I board the plane. I am quite confident I'll have it finished by the return flight!

I've taken a few minutes to scan the book. It looks to be very good reading - the type that draws you in rather quickly. It is killing me to put the book down (and with a lime green cover, hard to lose on the shelf!).

[xlr8]

I am looking forward to reading this one, here is another review.

[MRM]

Steve was the editor at Car and Driver? Not just AN editor there? Either would be impressive but being the editor is very cool.

[Decolliber]

Just got my copy from Amazon today.