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Some pictures from Essen

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:48 pm
by vricardo
Hi, here are some pictures I took at Essen this weekend.

Over at the Porsche stand was a streched 911, a prototype of the 911 based four-door salon, to remind us of how original is the Panamera... I must say, there is something of a DS about it!

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Then, for sale, was a 550 Spyder replica with a 993 engine...

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... a Gulf livered 911 R, once owned by Steve McQueen and used as a camera car on the film "LeMans", that I've never heard of before...

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... in very good company...,

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And another stretched "limo"...

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Bright and bold colours everywere...

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...some older than other...

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... some "tupperware" as well...

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...for the very, very rich...

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... and for children.

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Also some music...

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...books and posters...

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and some people we never forget.

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And last but not least, who's nr1?

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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:51 pm
by 912uk
Nice... when the Porsches are there they really are, it's a great show it really is..

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:30 am
by johndglynn
Some of my pics are on my flickr pages - click the orange pic to go there. Great show, loved it.

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Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:51 am
by early_911
The stretched 911 as seen at PCGB Eynsham hall last summer . . .
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Interesting (to me), that they've put Vredestein classic sprints on not XWX tyres on it.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 10:16 am
by craig001
Must've been the price of the XWX's !!! :lol:

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:09 am
by bjmullan
Looks like a great show. That yellow with orange stripped 911R was for sale at Le Mans. They still must be looking to sell it.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:30 am
by vricardo
No wonder!!! The prices asked at Essen for regular (not race) cars, not even close to having the period correct details, were mind blowing!!!

Do you think this classic cars boom is going to be the next dot-com-like business? First they go sky-high, then crash-and-burn...

:? :? :?

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:55 am
by Ferry Man
Great photos Vasco & John.
Thanks for posting.
Loads of ideas now. Good references.
I like that orange ST! 8)

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 7:58 pm
by porker914
i love the 550 on the back of the stretched split way cool

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:14 pm
by jamie
Agreed - that stretched bus is awesome.

The stretched 911 on the other hand... that's just rancid.

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:17 pm
by higs356
Is this a silly question ...how do you get the 550 off the back of the bus ??? or on there in the first place :?: :?:

Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 11:19 pm
by jamie
If you need to ask...

I think it was driven-up a ramp of bank notes.

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 9:27 am
by vricardo
...or maybe it was rebuilt there...!

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:29 am
by fourteener
I find your lack of 914 pictures disturbing Image
916 here
more here

Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2007 10:51 am
by johndglynn
fourteener wrote:I find your lack of 914 pictures disturbing
I went with my little pocket camera and filled the SD card with 911 megaphone pics on the first day LOL

Spent day two being an anorak on 914/6s etc & devoted a lot of time to Michael Witke's beautiful racer, the detail on it is stunning. The brown all-original 916 on the Porsche stand was really terrific.

The ally ramps for the 550 are under the car 8)