RE: Pic Of The Week: 911 Turbo

[s m]

First 911 I went in was this Turbo (apologies for the pic quality - back in 85)

[911 Turbo LE]

Some pictures of my old one

[Martin 911]

Great cars. Fun to drive. Despite reports of being a bh to drive and serious turbo-lag, I have found mine fairly useable and great fun. Running costs have been very reasonable, but mileage on mine is fairly low. Even has air con, which is not bad for a 32-year old car! Tempted by Ferrari 355s, but I'm sure i'd regret it if I sold this!?!

Just to confirm - Spoiler for '76 - '77 cars same as one in leading photo. Tea tray spoiler was inroduced in '78 when car was upgraded with intercooler and power increased to 300bhp.

[diamondjo]

I still find myself wanting one of these, had the picture on my wall as a kid and even now, will all the gorgeous new stuff i could buy.....still so tempted

[diamondjo]

Martin 911 said:

Great cars. Fun to drive. Despite reports of being a bh to drive and serious turbo-lag, I have found mine fairly useable and great fun. Running costs have been very reasonable, but mileage on mine is fairly low. Even has air con, which is not bad for a 32-year old car! Tempted by Ferrari 355s, but I'm sure i'd regret it if I sold this!?!

Just to confirm - Spoiler for '76 - '77 cars same as one in leading photo. Tea tray spoiler was inroduced in '78 when car was upgraded with intercooler and power increased to 300bhp.

Beautiful, beautiful car, even with the new(er) 911 next to it......so gorgeous, very jealous

[HAB]

Martin 911 said:

Aircooled 911's look about 1000000 times better than the modern stuff in silver.

[mikial]

I had an early (1975) 930 ( 3 litre , no intercooler, 4 speed gearbox , ) previous owner was Jon Lord ,



It was great fun , O. E. brakes were lifted from the then current Carrera so were borderline effective after repeated hard usage. I believe not until the 3.3 turbo were the brakes enlarged .Power was 260 bhp, torque was a similar figure.

Middle shot is 930, the other two are of my previously owned. 911 Club Sport.




Edited to correct spelling mistake .

Edited by mikial on Saturday 1st December 01:44

[thepony]

Chris500 said:

striking as it left the factory:

This is guards red or black is pure filth :-)

[Trevor M]

mikeg15 said:

Porsche, same style year after year - applause.
Aston Martin, same style year after year - criticism.
Why?

Huh? I guess somehow, through some reality warp, you have managed to miss the endless criticism and flame spitting pundits against Porsche for using the principle of design evolution for the 911. How is it possible you haven't seen the virtual mountains of criticism against every 911 evolution?

And, by the way, Aston is still using the same platform and even interior it was using when the DB9 came out in 2004 -- the same year as the 997. Yes, that's right -- Porsche moved on last year with a whole new platform/car/interior which only shares an engine with the old one, while Aston is still milking the DB9 they got from the Ford years which are long gone and will be doing so for years more to come it appears. They deserve a little criticism for that, considering their position in the market.

[Fire99]

Personally I don't excuse Porsche at all in the design stakes. I think the 911 versions up to the 993 are wonderful creations. The 996 and beyond look like oversize inverted bathtubs in comparison.

[mollytherocker]

Fire99 said:

Personally I don't excuse Porsche at all in the design stakes. I think the 911 versions up to the 993 are wonderful creations. The 996 and beyond look like oversize inverted bathtubs in comparison.

And so it continues.......

[dave stew]

MC Bodge said:

That's screaming out for Jaegermeister decals!

[don logan]

Amirhussain said:

Chris500 said:

striking as it left the factory:

Thats the one

That is THE one!!!!!!!

In 1979 my Dad had THE weirdest colour 3.3 Turbo, It was "Copper metallic", that wasn't THE one but it was an amazing car at the time!

Edited by don logan on Saturday 1st December 13:02

[mikeg15]

mollytherocker said:

Porsche have never raided the vw parts bin.

Vw and Porsche have been intrinsically linked since the very beginning. There is no shame in it at all.

911e for example

[mollytherocker]

mikeg15 said:

mollytherocker said:

Porsche have never raided the vw parts bin.

Vw and Porsche have been intrinsically linked since the very beginning. There is no shame in it at all.

911e for example

I think you have missed my point.

[SEE YA]

Well done, on keeping it.

marine boy said:

Chris500 said:

striking as it left the factory:

Nearly had to sell my black 930 this year, if I had I think I'd be crying while looking at this picture, really need to make mine look like that good one day, beautiful

[F1Merchandise]

Timeless!

[HAB]

mikeg15 said:

mollytherocker said:

Porsche have never raided the vw parts bin.

Vw and Porsche have been intrinsically linked since the very beginning. There is no shame in it at all.

911e for example

Is this photo meant to show that Porsche have VW parts? I'd love to know which, as I can't for the life of me see any in that picture. In fact I'm struggling to think of any parts that the 911E and contemporary VW share.

[PiB]

Because the ze Germans have beat our brains to to smithereens with the same design over and over and so we are forced to submit to liking the shape.

I think it's been an unique shape from the beginning and Porsche's insistence on using it over and over with little adulteration has made it grow on people. Now retro makes it stronger. I was never a big 930-964 shape lover but I like it now - mainly because I think it's easier to appreciate older cars than new cars. Even though the 991's are a huge departure from the past the rear engine aspect of the design keeps it alive allowing a low hood line framed by the fender wing with lights. I find the overall size of the 997's and 991's problematic. I think the 991 is an improvement over the 997. Maybe they can morf the Cayman/Boxter line into something curvy - a small mid-engine 911.

[mollytherocker]

HAB said:

Is this photo meant to show that Porsche have VW parts? I'd love to know which, as I can't for the life of me see any in that picture. In fact I'm struggling to think of any parts that the 911E and contemporary VW share.

It's a common misconception by the 'its only a beetle' brigade that the 911 has a vw engine.