What does SC stand for?

[SCWDP911]

Ahhh, the age old battle wages on...

FWIW, I was fortunate enough to have a brief correspondence with Peter Schutz a while back, and while he answered a few of my questions, he either missed this one, or completely ignored it. Maybe I will send him another email.

[the]

He wouldn't have been around when Porsche came up with the name, I don't think.

Maybe it's Shane's Carrera!

[SCWDP911]

Originally Posted by the

He wouldn't have been around when Porsche came up with the name, I don't think.

Maybe it's Shane's Carrera!

true, but don't you think that the heads of Porsche have a Book of Secrets, like the POTUS's.... I mean come on... I am sure I remember that from National Treasure 3

[robert walsh]

It is very simple "STILL CORRECT" always was and always will be.

[robert walsh]

I lost 405k in 3 months, 401k, I'm 53 and that is my retirement, gone!! About the only thing I have to feel good about is my '83 SC. I don't want to degrade different generations of a great car, who really cares what the significance of initials are, unless they mean something significant to the owner. An '83 SC cab, means nothing to most, means the world to me. As did my '59 and someone elses '65 and '67 and don't forgrt the '87 and '93, God we are all in this together, don't dismiss another man's dream, we are all the same just take away the damn initials.

[dfk911sc]

I think of it as Special Car. 'specially when I'm buying parts.

[fbarrett]

'Snot Cheap.

[ToddM]

Originally Posted by robert walsh

I lost 405k in 3 months, 401k, I'm 53 and that is my retirement, gone!! About the only thing I have to feel good about is my '83 SC. I don't want to degrade different generations of a great car, who really cares what the significance of initials are, unless they mean something significant to the owner. An '83 SC cab, means nothing to most, means the world to me. As did my '59 and someone elses '65 and '67 and don't forgrt the '87 and '93, God we are all in this together, don't dismiss another man's dream, we are all the same just take away the damn initials.

An 83 Cab is the first year of the 911 Cabriolet, so it is definielty more significant than your standard SC.

And while the SC may not be the most powerful 911, the CIS certainly is limiting, and they are hardly the least rare of any 911, you'd be hard pressed to find a more bulletproof model by any manufacturer.

I've owned 993s and a 964 Turbo and I would take a nice example of an SC over either of these. My most fond memories driving a 911 are in an SC, tossing the car all over runnng up and down every gear to redline and really just not having a care in the world and neither did the car. That 3.0 is one hell of an engine.

[Head416]

Originally Posted by ToddM

I've owned 993s and a 964 Turbo and I would take a nice example of an SC over either of these. My most fond memories driving a 911 are in an SC, tossing the car all over runnng up and down every gear to redline and really just not having a care in the world and neither did the car. That 3.0 is one hell of an engine.

I think this one made me tear up a little bit!

[Molt B.]

Originally Posted by robert walsh

I lost 405k in 3 months, 401k, I'm 53 and that is my retirement, gone!! About the only thing I have to feel good about is my '83 SC. I don't want to degrade different generations of a great car, who really cares what the significance of initials are, unless they mean something significant to the owner. An '83 SC cab, means nothing to most, means the world to me. As did my '59 and someone elses '65 and '67 and don't forgrt the '87 and '93, God we are all in this together, don't dismiss another man's dream, we are all the same just take away the damn initials.

Lost big bucks, retirement gone, blah blah blah. Thirty four years ago at a drunken orgy, I stepped on a broken beer bottle and put a huge gash in my big toe. This guy, Robert Walsh (BLOB!) poured me in to his TR-6 and drove me at high speed to the hospital. Along the way we picked up a police escort when he blew through a 20 MPH bridge construction zone at well above 80 MPH. I was so wasted that the e-room doc sutured my toe w/o anesthesia. Now, we were young and stupid, and I don't want to glamorize drunk driving; but Bob was only slightly less drunk that me, and he still managed to talk the cop out of a ticket. He has a gift for landing on his feet, and will be back in the plus column in no time. Don't you dare feel sorry for him.

(Hey Bob! Long time, huh? E-mail me - let's catch up! -Jeff Christensen)

[Paulporsche]

I don't know Bob, but I'm glad you feel he'll recover, seriously. Some of us are in our 60s and lost it.

[Buckterrier]

As long as the greedy capitalists get bailed out it's all good.

[robert walsh]

BLAH, BLAH your self. Was it a french blue or magenta TR-6?

[Molt B.]

FRENCH blue?!? Was that really the color? Holy ****, I would have rather bled out...

Yes, it was the one about which the gas jockey asked: "Will this baby really do a buck-thirty?"

[Molt B.]

Hey Paul, I think we're all going to do alright - it's a group effort now. We put a man on the moon, right?

Cheers,

Jeff

[robert walsh]

British colors were "cool" and yes Frenc blue was a great color, but so was Magenta, my TR-250 is amongst the best. My faviorte is may my 911 cabriolet in Platintun metilum over cork.

[Molt B.]

The 250 must have arrived after I left FPC. I like the lines a little better than the tr-6; I thought the tr-7 was an unfortunate mistake; never drove one.

Another Bob Walsh Story: [and again, not glamorizing drunk driving] You and your older brother in his convertible 250SL with a mini-keg behind the seats flipped the car when rounding a curve and encountered a traffic tie-up - You were tossed from the car at high speed and dislocated your shoulder. How do you do it?

[Molt B.]

By the way, I feel a little like an intruder here...I love German engineering in general, and anything that goes fast in particular, but my tinkering nature has me driving a '93 Civic hatchback, stripped interior, '94 Integra front and rear brake disks, Wolf brake pads, Tein coilovers, JDM B18C5 engine, Crower cams, Comtech headers, titanium valve springs and retainers, custom intake, lightened flywheel, chipped ECU, and Gumby on the dashboard. I toy with Corvettes and non-turbo Porches. But not in a mean way...

[jwetering]

Originally Posted by robert walsh

BLAH, BLAH your self. Was it a french blue or magenta TR-6?

Woulda been french blue no? Can't picture a Magenta TR6..is that the point of the story?

Good memories story anyway. I've been around and all, but I wish I was old enough to really have experienced the70's. I'm always ten years behind (now ahead of) the proper good times.These days are boring as ***** comparatively.

I'm even without a Porsche at the moment !!?!

[jwetering]

Originally Posted by Molt B.

By the way, I feel a little like an intruder here...I love German engineering in general, and anything that goes fast in particular, but my tinkering nature has me driving a '93 Civic hatchback, stripped interior, '94 Integra front and rear brake disks, Wolf brake pads, Tein coilovers, JDM B18C5 engine, Crower cams, Comtech headers, titanium valve springs and retainers, custom intake, lightened flywheel, chipped ECU, and Gumby on the dashboard. I toy with Corvettes and non-turbo Porches. But not in a mean way...

OK - can I comment here please ? (a wee drink in me) front wheel drive cars can not ever toy with rear drive cars. Stop light drag race all you want fella....maybe even a few intersections or whatever...it doesn't mean *****.

And whoever this Bob Walsh guy is, I like him.