Very interesting cars at Porsche Parade in US

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The Porsche Club of America is the umbrella organization of all of the regional clubs in the US and Canada- 150,000 members. I have periodically gone to the annual events week which occurs at a different place in North America each year and has lots of Porsche corporate support.

This week was in the Poconos in Pennsylvania in a hug African-themed resort called the Kalihari which bills itself as family focused. ( the more or less rues out most of the features for me.

Decided to bring the Panamera for a change instead of a 911, and arrived with a filthy car and a screw through a front tire. Not repairable, so ordered a pair of front tires from the Porsche Dealer in Warrington PA. Had a week of gunk and pump to keep the tire usable and inflated.




Still, they had a special key for the room:



Some of the snacks looked ike they might appeal to six year olds:



But next morning looked promising:

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Porsche has brought some interesting cars:

The America Convertible recently announced and featured in PH:






In the metal it looked quite nice but I would not really notice it as a special edition.


The 992 60th anniversary Sport Classic was lovely and reminded me of the original 997 Sport Classic on which it is modelled:








While they also had the one-off 996 Sport Classic which Porsch build as a reimagining of that the 996 would have been like had they built a modern Sport Classic:




Nearby was a 1955 Split window 356., two owners:

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GT4 RS looked menacing:

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Outside we went from a lovely 959:





to some Cayenne Transsyberias:

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Two comparative rarities:

A 914-6 and an Audi RS2:

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Of course lots of personal plates:

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Lovely concours 356s:

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Some more eccentric finishes
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More to come later!

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Of course, being a Porsche meet, there are the colours:

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and rally cars, an original:



and a very good replica:

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Nice PTS 991.2 RS::

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Always liked the 914. Very, very rare in UK not least because they were all LHD. 6-pot even more rare.

959 styling is to my eye gopping. Like a 911 that's been over-inflated.

Some real curiosities in amongst those photos. I guess US has been a massive market for Porsche right back from the days of Speedster and all the Porsche engined beach buggies.

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A Devin: Porsche-based:

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So, tire full of gunk or not, it was time foe a drive on the beautiful roads in the area:



Stopped for a spot of lunch and came across this:



This was a special edition 997 GTS only for the PCA and was available only by auction to members, in a unique colour:













The strange this was that I had seen this exact car being delivered at the factory in 2015 when I was picking up my RS on the same daypic from 2015)

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By this stage I was worried that the tire was going to fail completely, so decided to head for the dealer when he called to say it had arrived. There, I had one more surprise...

Will post later.

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Thanks for sharing. I think the 996 sport classic may have been a commission for PCNA? Stand out car for me. Interesting that they put a proper engine in it :-)

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ttdan said:

Thanks for sharing. I think the 996 sport classic may have been a commission for PCNA? Stand out car for me. Interesting that they put a proper engine in it :-)

Yes, it was a one off commission. I understand that it will be auctioned for charity at the end of this year. A very special car indeed.