RE: Pic Of The Week: Porsche 911 Through Time

[rockymount]

Quite like these two - first pic (L to R) 997 Carrera S, 993 Carrera & 1986 3.2 Carrera G-Series - Great vid of Gordon Robinson driving the self-same G-Series around the Porsche Test Track at Silverstone here;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJBQoJdxvzg

[rockymount]

Buer, sorry meant Gordon Robertson at Porsche Test Track, Silverstone. Having a blonde moment there

[dinkel]

[DM112233]

dannyj653 said:

g4ry13 said:

The 993 was perfect.

and still is!
one of the best cars porsche have ever made!

I bought one last week, a very happy day in my life!

Have to grin every time I see it

[I WISH]

Looking at the cutaway pic with all that weight aft of the rear axle it always amazes me that the thing handles at all!

[soad]

rockymount said:

Ooh, I like this one

[rockymount]

soad said:

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Ooh, I like this one

Yep, not bad is it . Very atmospheric, must be the menacing sky and the ‘almost’ three ‘virgin’ white cars , tanking it down the ‘devils’ straight .

Biggest pic I could find of it was here;

http://www.gotbroken.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/1...

this side view of their rear ends is quite good as well;

[spenny_b]

ADEuk said:

gethyped said:

3rd picture is a 964 turbo about a 1991-94 vintage i reckon.

or a 965 in anorak speak

Not quite - the 965 was an aborted project when Porsche were financially strapped in the early 90's (according to Frere's book, iirc). Although my 964T does have a fair number of 965.xxx.xxx part numbered parts. The 964 Turbo was a slightly rushed out model to quickly get some revenue on the books. This followed Porsches statement some years before that the 930 generation Turbo was "the last they'd be making"....folk went out an acquired the 930's, no doubt at great expense, assuming they'd be the last of their breed only to then find the 964 Turbo (3.3) launched in 1991. First 964 Turbos, as a result of being quickly put together, used the older 930's 3.3 engine (M30/69) with few changes for the first 2 years, then superseded in '93 by a turbocharged version of the 964 Carrera n/a @ 3.6 (M64/50)

Anorak of Parker proportions is well and truly zipped up....

[NumberoftheBeast]

These pics show why I love the 911. The classic shape evolves ever so succinctly, retaining that authentic and distinctive styling.

I think that the older a 911 gets, the cooler it gets.

[turbo-ww]

spenny_b said:

Interesting Stuff

Top anoraking

[spenny_b]

turbo-ww said:

spenny_b said:

Interesting Stuff

Top anoraking

Thank you squire!

The amount of bedtime reading I did a few months ago....glad that some of it (unusually for me) stuck!