Your Porsche pic of the day......

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911hillclimber wrote:Just look at the shoes too!
How on earth did people survive back then? :wink:
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KS wrote:
DustyM wrote: Great pic.

By my count there are three guys screwing on indicators and two fitting mirrors and no-one doing much else. How did they manage to churn out millions of them!!
Probably why Karmann ultimately went bust...
Or... It's Sunday and they wanted some life in the picture, so they kidnapped a few stray officers and said "Try to look busy, and don't destroy anything"...
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mycar wrote:^ Brilliant ! From a movie ?
Sorry Mike, no idea so had a quick search but can't see a source.

But it might just be Porsche's first Shooting Brake? :wink:
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KS wrote:
DustyM wrote: Great pic.

By my count there are three guys screwing on indicators and two fitting mirrors and no-one doing much else. How did they manage to churn out millions of them!!
Probably why Karmann ultimately went bust...
I'm there tomorrow, doubt I'll get a chance to take a current version of that photo though!
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Image

Tempting.
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KS wrote:
DustyM wrote: Great pic.

By my count there are three guys screwing on indicators and two fitting mirrors and no-one doing much else. How did they manage to churn out millions of them!!
Probably why Karmann ultimately went bust...
I think this shot might be from "Karmann - The Musical" taken just before the break into a dance routine.
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mycar wrote:Image

Tempting.
Yes,but..

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Thats Ty Milford's place, met up with him afew times. Really nice guy, part of Rennfilms. Still waiting for a tour of the house, but it is planned :wink:

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Burma-Shave wrote:
mycar wrote:Image

Tempting.
Yes,but..

Image

Ah but...

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perfectly highlights the man in the streets lack of aero-understanding :lol:
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On a sad note a friend in LA mentioned that John Warshawsky is now unable to care for himself due to a brain injury he sustatined in the crash with a Stoned driver and this 356 last year which killed his 43 year old fiancé.
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That is bad (or, even worse) news...
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Stunning, what colour is that?
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Tempting.
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