Very cool FA Porsche chair

I was antique shopping yesterday with my wife and saw this very cool FA Porsche chair from 1985. While it would make a great addition to the collection, the price tag of $5700 was a little rough. But a very cool chair it was.

—Adam

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Great Video for Early 911 Fans

I know this has been passed around already, but for those who haven’t seen it, this is an amazing video about the 901. It’s nice and long, with gobs of rarely seen early factory footage, Frankfurt Auto Show film footage, and other video bits. Lots of great vintage material here. It’s so worth a look I wanted the link to have a permanent home here. So here it is: http://www.911serie0.magix.net/website#9 — Matt

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Almost a 356, a Fiber Fab Avenger

I saw this on criagslist and thought it might be something. The seller claimed it was built on a 356 chassis in the 60s and was built to race. All I could tell from the pics was it had a 356 motor, but not much else. I bought it sight unseen and it arrived this morning from the coast of Florida.

Unfortunately, it is not built on a 356 chassis, but it does have a 356 motor. The car is in nice shape and looks like it was never really finished. We are going to bring it into the shop this week and see what we can make of it.
It is always a risk when you buy cars from far far away, but at least this one was a cool one.

—Adam

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Bad 356 Crash in Mexico

Sorry for the bad translation, it is a sad story:

City of Mexico. – Two men passed away when its Porsche car upset and it caught fire between kilometer 15 and 16 of the freeway Mexico Toluca, in the direction of the DF and around the Colony Santa Fe, Delegation Alvaro Obregón. In the vehicle with plates 584TBG traveled the conductor, Cardinal red Nicholas Zapata, of 63 years of age, and Alberto Amezcua Raz, of approximately 60 years. In agreement with agents of the Sector Santa Fe, Zapata circulated around the track of high speed of the freeway, when he lost the control of his car and hit against the containment barrier to crash later in the lateral one. On the lateral one, 566PYH circulated a family on board a Derby with plates, that hit the Porsche without being wounded and caused that this one upset, after which, the sport car caught fire. Juan Pablo Núñez Carmona, 32 years, conductor of the Derby, dealed with to help the occupants of the Porsche, nevertheless, these passed away at the time of the impact.

Ciudad de México .- Dos hombres fallecieron cuando su auto Porsche volcó y se incendió entre el kilómetro 15 y 16 de la autopista México Toluca, en dirección al DF y a la altura de la Colonia Santa Fe, Delegación Álvaro Obregón.

En el vehículo con placas 584TBG viajaban el conductor, Nicolás Zapata Cárdenas, de 63 años de edad, y Alberto Amezcua Raz, de aproximadamente 60 años.

De acuerdo con agentes del Sector Santa Fe, Zapata circulaba por el carril de alta velocidad de la autopista, cuando perdió el control de su auto y chocó contra la barrera de contención para estrellarse posteriormente en la lateral.

Sobre la lateral, circulaba una familia a bordo de un Derby con placas 566PYH, quienes impactaron el Porsche sin resultar heridos y provocaron que éste volcara, tras lo cual, el auto deportivo se incendió.

Juan Pablo Núñez Carmona, de 32 años, conductor del Derby, trató de auxiliar a los ocupantes del Porsche, sin embargo, éstos fallecieron al momento del impacto.

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Are those Rudge, or fudge?

Picked these up at Ski Roundtop, almost like Rudges, right?

They remind me of when I was in college at UGA and Kim Basinger’s sister lived down the street from a friend of mine. The sister was older and had aged like a normal person, not a hollywood person, but if you drove her house real fast and kind of squinted your eyes, it was almost like you were looking at Kim Basinger in her Daisy Dukes, doing her yard.

So if you see my car go by real fast, you might think they were Rudge wheels.

Thanks to Charlie White, I have a copy of the original ad for these cool Fudges.

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Every man and his Porsche journey

Every man must decide when he needs to go on his own way and if he is fortunate than he has a Porsche to make the journey in. My nephew Calder decided it was time to see the world, so off into the world he strove. We wish him luck!

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