May 31, 2010 • 3:07 am 0
I just saw this pop up on EBAY. They will probably be kicked off soon, but they are cool. I am thinking of one for the shop, they look like a decent quality.
Here is a link to EBAY:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Vintage-Porsche-356-B-C-Speedster-Wall-Clock-/190401335388?cmd=ViewItem&pt=Apparel_Merchandise&hash=item2c54cdd05c
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May 30, 2010 • 4:15 pm 0
After three years of being out in the weather, my black beauty is back inside, protected from the elements. Life is good.
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May 29, 2010 • 6:33 pm 0
I love to see stuff like this. If I only had unlimited time…
Not a bad deal for $350, if you don’t count the hours it will take to make it into something. But very cool nonetheless.
Here is a link:
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/atl/pts/1743826121.html
—Adam
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May 21, 2010 • 2:27 am 0
Hey everyone-
We just put up a SC project on EBAY. This is a TX car and ready for the next owner to complete the resto.
EBAY item # 250636682599
Here is a link:
http://motors.shop.ebay.com/unobtanium-inc/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=
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May 12, 2010 • 4:24 pm 0
I recently came across this ’83 911 Turbo that the seller claims has only 50 miles on the clock. Wow! If that’s the case, this is a true museum piece. The catch is you have to make the massive investment today — $120,000 — in order to wear the badge of the owner of the 50-mile turbo. That’s quite an entry fee in my opinion. Of course, if 20 years ago you’d suggested to any number of retired race drivers I know that somebody would be fetching $120,000 for a Speedster you’d have been laughted out of the paddock. So there you have it. Investment or overly optimistic seller? You be the judge. It’s on Craigslist here.
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May 10, 2010 • 11:02 am 0
My man Chris in the land down under just had a B-Day. His family made him a Porsche cake, using the cool car he got from Unobtanium. It was very cool. It reminded me of the Porsche cake I got a couple of years ago. When family not only tolerates your car addiction but actually feeds it with cake, you know life is good.
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May 8, 2010 • 4:12 am 0
You would think a wheel like this would have been the result of a track accident. Nope, just some dumbass driving on city streets who didn’t think he needed to get a tow, he could make it.
My colleague in the Porsche parts business, Jim at EASY, recently bought and stripped a 944 that had this wheel on it. I guess someone has to make donor cars, right?
===Adam
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May 7, 2010 • 1:33 am 0
I love cars like this, but you normally see them come out of Cuba. They have the Chevy-Volga, or a the Plymouth-Panza, cars that were morphed from two cars into one. But here we have a 356 B Coupe that has a 911 rear end cobbled onto it, flares and all. The seller says he spent 20 years working on it. 20 YEARS!!! I would hope I have a better legacy than this.
The car is on Craigslist.
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May 3, 2010 • 11:44 pm 0
PRESS RELEASE
Special Exhibition in the Porsche Museum from 20 March to 9 May 2010
Sixty Years of Porsche Production in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen
Stuttgart. The home of today’s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, has a very special sound in the world of motoring: Zuffenhausen. Indeed, Zuffenhausen is far more than “just” a production plant rich in tradition for Porsche AG, since it is here in Zuffenhausen that the heart of the Company beats to this very day. Zuffenhausen has been Porsche’s home address for more than 70 years and more than one million Porsche sports cars have been built here in Stuttgart since 1950.
The Porsche Design and Construction office moved from Kronenstrasse 24 in downtown Stuttgart to the new group of buildings in the District of Zuffenhausen way back in June 1938. Right from the beginning, important chapters in the history of the automobile were then written in Porsche’s home plant: This is where the first series of the car destined to become the Volkswagen Beetle was built in 1938, followed in 1939 by the Type 64 as the great-grandfather of all Porsche sports cars to come in later years. Originally planned for the Berlin-Rome long-distance race, this aerodynamic, highly streamlined sports car became the trendsetter for all Porsche models to follow.
After the first few units of the Porsche 356 had been built in the Austrian town of Gmünd as of 1948, Porsche returned to Stuttgart as a genuine “car city” in late 1949. With the Porsche Plant in Zuffenhausen still being occupied at the time by the US military, Porsche first rented a production hall on the premises of the nearby Reutter & Co. GmbH Coachbuilding and Body Construction Plant, starting to prepare production in early 1950.
With the first Type 356 being completed in Stuttgart on 6 April 1950, overall production up to the end of the year amounted to 369 units. The success of Porsche’s sports cars is borne out clearly not only by the Company’s sales figures, but also by the further expansion of the production facilities in Zuffenhausen. The buildings forming Porsche Plant 2 designed by the well-known architect Rolf Gutbrod were completed in 1952 and in 1956 the 10,000th Porsche 356 left the plant, which was consistently enlarged and upgraded over the years. Porsche Plant 3 followed in 1960, also housing the Sales and Customer Service Departments.
Immediately after the introduction of the Porsche 911, Porsche KG, as the Company was still called at the time, took over the Reutter Coachbuilding and Body Construction Company in 1964 with its workforce of approximately 1,000 employees. Today the complete 911 model series as well as models of the Boxster series and all Porsche engines are built in Zuffenhausen.
The Plant is split up into the Bodyshop, Paint shop, Vehicle Assembly, Upholstery, Engine Assembly and Test Dynamometers. To ensure flexible production in a confined area, Porsche has developed special solutions including multi-floor production in the Bodyshop and Vehicle Assembly. A further special feature is that Porsche’s series models are built together with the racing versions on one and the same assembly line. As yet a further highlight a new, particularly ecological Paint shop will be opened in 2011. Currently being built in the direct vicinity of Plants 1 and 5, the new Paint shop will be situated on the former premises of Dürr AG purchased by Porsche in spring 2008.
The new Porsche Museum was opened in January 2009 as an additional pledge to Zuffenhausen. Here, virtually on the Company’s home ground, some 80 historical cars and exhibits from the history of the Company are presented in an exhibition area of 5,600 square metres or 60,200 square feet. As the most spectacular building project commissioned by Porsche, the Porsche Museum has not only gone down in the history of the Company, but also enriches the entire Stuttgart Region as an outstanding highlight in culture and architecture.
The Porsche Museum is honouring the 60th anniversary of Porsche in Zuffenhausen with a special exhibition: The beginnings and the ongoing development of production at Zuffenhausen are being presented by a series of photos in this exhibition from 20 March to 9 May 2010. A further outstanding highlight is the first Porsche 356 Coupé built in Zuffenhausen shown for the first time in the Museum after an unusual restoration process.
The Porsche Museum is opened Tuesdays to Sundays from 9:00 to 18:00. For further information, see the internet at http://www.porsche.com/museum.
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