RE: Porsche secrets: Time For Tea?
Thursday 28th August 2014
A Californian vision of a traditional English pub (something got lost in translation) was a strange place to bump into a chap from the Porsche heritage department but such is the way of things at Pebble Beach. And over a couple of beers our man was telling us excitedly about a forthcoming exhibition at the Stuttgart Museum he's been working on with his colleagues. Opening later this year it'll detail all the weird and wonderful prototypes and test mules that have survived in the darkest recesses of the Porsche archive, some cars that have never been shown publicly finally getting their 15 minutes of fame. To celebrate this Porsche has made a series of little teaser vids titled Porsche secrets that if you're a fan of the marque is well worth exploring.
Porsche secrets: Time For Tea?
Series of vids unearths the hidden treasures in the Porsche vaults ... like this stillborn V8 911
One that caught our attention in particular is this 965 prototype, a test mule fitted with "a V8 from our friends at Audi" that at first glance looks like a 959 covered in Gaffa tape. One for the 'what might have been' files, clearly this project never got beyond the prototype stage but others, like the 'mid-engined 911' evolved into the Boxster and have become mainstays of the modern Porsche product range.
Probably one for the fanboys but if the vids whet your appetite you can see some of these cars yourself later this year.
Discussion
KTF said:
I still prefer the Mercedes Museum as you have much better access to the cars i.e. you can sit in some of them. The Porsche one is very much look but dont touch.
+1 Is this exhibition at the new Porsche museum? Even the new one is rather smaller than I imagined it would be. I would guess the vast majority of the cars are not actually on display at any one time, which is a shame.
Still a good museum though, but I was also more impressed by the Benz one.
fatboy69 said:
A 911 with a V8 in the back.......
It is only a matter of time!I remember whilst they were building the new Porsche Museum, they had a tiny museum located in a showroom (I think) - which was special because after the factory tour, you could right up close to them. Not sure if you can do that in the new museum.
Edited by type-r on Thursday 28th August 17:34
type-r said:
It is only a matter of time!
I remember whilst they were building the new Porsche Museum, they had a tiny museum located in a showroom (I think) - which was special because after the factory tour, you could right up close to them. Not sure if you can do that in the new museum.
It might be only a matter of time before there is a 4 cylinder 911 - this looks more likely as a factory derivative than a V8.I remember whilst they were building the new Porsche Museum, they had a tiny museum located in a showroom (I think) - which was special because after the factory tour, you could right up close to them. Not sure if you can do that in the new museum.
Edited by type-r on Thursday 28th August 17:34
Here's the styling model of the V8 911 incidentally, it was called the 969 :
https://www.google.com/search?q=porsche+969&rl...
https://www.google.com/search?q=porsche+969&rl...
https://www.google.com/search?q=porsche+969&rl...
Dan Trent said:
AL5026 said:
Didn't Ruf do a v8 911? 
Might just be in my imagination though........
They did! The RGT-8; I'll try and dig out some pics I took of it at Geneva a couple of years back. Might just be in my imagination though........Dan
4.5 litre flat plane crank V8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGmgS1gMPjQ
I quite like that shape... classic 911, fat arches with a hybrid back end. Pretty cool.
Not sure how they thought the gaffer would prevent people on the public roads from thinking anything other than 'Porsche'. The front end is pretty much unmistakeable for anything else.
They were also well ahead of the times with the Plasticote finish!
Not sure how they thought the gaffer would prevent people on the public roads from thinking anything other than 'Porsche'. The front end is pretty much unmistakeable for anything else.
They were also well ahead of the times with the Plasticote finish!
quite a bit more detail on the 965 project and what actually happened here
http://www.flachbau.com/Documents-Media/965_Master...
http://www.flachbau.com/Documents-Media/965_Master...
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