Jerry's fake Porsche

[URY914]

Jerry should have asked George about it.

[greglepore]

We don't have the whole story. It looks like Jerry was scammed for 1.2, sold the car for a slight profit. So the press is "Jerry settles" but I suspect it was more of a global deal where Euro Cars funded the settlement.
The car had been examined by numerous experts, had a factory cert of authenticity etc.
At some point, many of these cars are "fakes". Is a GTO that was wrecked racing but had pretty much a complete car built around the vin plate real or fake?

[GG Allin]

Originally Posted by dafischer

I believe that should have read crankshaft, rather than camshaft. But I'm not sure how that would make the transmission stronger.

Maybe what they mean is "transmission of power" through the internals of the engine and not the gear box itself.

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Does this make sense in the article? The roller bearing camshaft made the transmission stronger?

“Non-GT models came with plain bearing cams, while this rare 1.5-liter had four roller bearing camshafts, making the transmission far stronger than other models. The flat 4-cylinder was a 4-speed manual and made 110 bhp“

The whole article reads as 'clunky' to me.

[rusnak]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Does this make sense in the article? The roller bearing camshaft made the transmission stronger?

“Non-GT models came with plain bearing cams, while this rare 1.5-liter had four roller bearing camshafts, making the transmission far stronger than other models. The flat 4-cylinder was a 4-speed manual and made 110 bhp“

No, it makes zero sense. I think the author was confused.

[nota]

roller bearing CRANKSHAFT
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the 4 cam motors did not like low revs

most trans have ball bearings not plain

heard the 2 L were a bit better but still not street motors

[GG Allin]

One of my favorite threads here:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/529135-what-kind-engine-do-i-have.html

Post #10 is a gem.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by AG81

Jerry Seinfeld knows Porsche cars. I am sure he was embarrassed by this whole ordeal. I am also sure he was pissed off at the dealer who sold him the car and dragged him into all of this.....

like his super earl 911 he had restored by Porsche and the magical thread on pelican parts about the much better newer chassis that was restored around his early vin by Porsche themselves?

oh yeah most people forgot all about that story, but it was here in 2004 or 5 and the thread magically vanished in thin air

[billybek]

Originally Posted by GG Allin

One of my favorite threads here:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/529135-what-kind-engine-do-i-have.html

Post #10 is a gem.

Still the best thread I had ever seen on Pelican.
Just re-read the whole thread. Man where did 12 years and some good people go?

[A930Rocket]

This sounds weird too.

“The flat 4-cylinder was a 4-speed manual and made 110 bhp“

I read it as the four-cylinder engine had four speeds, not, the four-cylinder engine was mated to a four-speed transmission.

[astrochex]

Originally Posted by URY914

Jerry should have asked George about it.

Almost spit out my coffee...

[herr_oberst]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

The "Ship of Theseus" reference was interesting. I hadn't heard that before. Thanks for that!

If the Rolling Stones slowly replace every member, are they still the Rolling Stones?

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

If the Rolling Stones slowly replace every member, are they still the Rolling Stones?

Naw.... 50 years from now, Keef will just be one X-pensive Wino.... and looking better than ever too .

[sc_rufctr]

Avatars?

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

If the Rolling Stones slowly replace every member, are they still the Rolling Stones?

Keith's not running on any of his original fluids.

[911 Rod]

Lives of the rich and famous.