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1971 Porsche 911T: Traveling Al Frisco
Cool story and beautiful car. Love the shade of green. Some day I hope to do some epic road trips in my ’97 Z3 that I’ve owned for 15 years. I already have the trunk rack to add storage capacity to a vehicle that has barely any to begin with. Will need to pack light! I’m already starting to put some ideas together for an extended road trip for when the car turns 25 in 2022. The car has over 140,000 miles on it but still runs great.
Privileged. This story is a credit to the owner. I can’t hold it against him that I cannot relate. Such sour grapes might further sully a Comments section already fraught with pariah.
There’s room enough in the automotive world for stories both big and small. “Restrained” is such a relative term. I hope to someday read a feature on my friend Dean R. In western Oregon who works for a non-profit human services agency (and likely has the income to demonstrate it) finally complete his Fiat 128 project after years of dreams of doing so.
Yesterday I made a coffee with my ailing lever espresso machine in my garage while staring at my very needy looking Lancia Scorpion. I said aloud to myself “I am the low-budget Holger Schubert” in reference to his 512BB feature seen here:
https://petrolicious.com/films/ferrari-bb-512-is-a-piece-of-art
I laughed aloud at that as I used my best euro accent to describe how well the daylight reflected off the lizard skin texture of my car’s weathered finish. After doing so, I couldn’t argue with the notion that Mr Shubert doesn’t love his car more than I love mine, and that I’m still absolutely thrilled that its restoration is slowly taking place here in my garage. I’m also thrilled to have just barely edged my way into the middle class…
Tales of internal combustion both big and small acting as touchstones/bookends for each other are of interest to me, each no more benevolent than the other.
What a great car and story of rediscovery. Few people get this type of connection with a car but it is really special for those of us who do. I like the luggage rack on top. I have an 2008 911 Carrera and struggle with the idea of adding a similar arrangement for extended road trips. While green is not a color I would likely ever purchase, it looks great on this model. Great video…
