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I attended the monthly meeting in my region last night and I saw something that I wanted to share with you guys.
So I'm at Automobile Associates in Canton CT, a restoration shop with a stellar reputation, and I'm wading through the other 80 members there when I spot a very unusual car. It's an early 911, maybe a 73 or 74, I don't know, I'm not real good at spotting the differences in these early cars. It's dark grey and it has these cool graphics on it. On the running boards it didn't have the typical 'Carrera' decals that you are used to seeing, it had a decal that read 'Porsche'. It had some cool graphic stripes on the sides and on the rear quarter panels it said 'Turbo'. OK, so I'm, thinking, "Hmmm. Must be a 76 or newer, but it looks more like an RS." I wander around the back and the engine cover is up and I instantly notice that there are 6 velocity stacks. No turbo anywhere. Suddenly I'm thinking, "How tacky, to label a car a Turbo when it's not."
Well, later the owner got up in front and spoke about the car. It is in fact a 1973 911. And here is where it gets interesting. He told us that he saw the car in 1974 at an auto show in Paris. It was in the Porsche exhibit, the very first prototype of the 911 Turbo. Only back then they hadn't really finished the car, so the engine was actually a painted mock up made of wood. The car toured the world with a fake engine in it. After it's tour, it ended up in the Porsche museum where several years later it was spotted by the man who owns the Australian distributor of Porsche cars. He inquired about purchasing it and was told that it was a non working mock up, without an engine. He asked if they could set the car up to full RSR specs and then sell it to him, and Porsche agreed.
So, I was looking at a truly one of a kind prototype that had later been converted to a 1973 RSR. Wow.... How cool.
The one thing I noticed while I was at that meeting is that the 911 surely does have something that the Cayman doesn't. History. So many guys were there talking about their 1972s and 1973s. It was clear to me that these guys had dreamed about the cars back then, but couldn't afford them at the time. Now that they are more mature and financially secure, they can so they bought their childhood dreams. It was cool, and interesting. Some day I'm sure the Cayman will be there too. But right now an old Cayman is a 2006. Yup, I should have said, "Yeah, I remember the days when TPMS was optional..... Those were the days alright......"
It was an interesting meeting and the turn out was stronger than I expected. I look forward to getting more involved in the club again.
TPMS
TPMS - The Tire Pressure Monitoring System provides early warning of any drop in pressure by continuously monitoring the pressure in each tire and alerting you in the onboard computer display in the event of a pressure deficiency. It communicates the exact pressure of each tire and/or their deviation from ideal pressure. This does away with the need for regular air pressure checks at the service station, which often prove highly inconvenient.
I attended the monthly meeting in my region last night and I saw something that I wanted to share with you guys.
So I'm at Automobile Associates in Canton CT, a restoration shop with a stellar reputation, and I'm wading through the other 80 members there when I spot a very unusual car. It's an early 911, maybe a 73 or 74, I don't know, I'm not real good at spotting the differences in these early cars. It's dark grey and it has these cool graphics on it. On the running boards it didn't have the typical 'Carrera' decals that you are used to seeing, it had a decal that read 'Porsche'. It had some cool graphic stripes on the sides and on the rear quarter panels it said 'Turbo'. OK, so I'm, thinking, "Hmmm. Must be a 76 or newer, but it looks more like an RS." I wander around the back and the engine cover is up and I instantly notice that there are 6 velocity stacks. No turbo anywhere. Suddenly I'm thinking, "How tacky, to label a car a Turbo when it's not."
Well, later the owner got up in front and spoke about the car. It is in fact a 1973 911. And here is where it gets interesting. He told us that he saw the car in 1974 at an auto show in Paris. It was in the Porsche exhibit, the very first prototype of the 911 Turbo. Only back then they hadn't really finished the car, so the engine was actually a painted mock up made of wood. The car toured the world with a fake engine in it. After it's tour, it ended up in the Porsche museum where several years later it was spotted by the man who owns the Australian distributor of Porsche cars. He inquired about purchasing it and was told that it was a non working mock up, without an engine. He asked if they could set the car up to full RSR specs and then sell it to him, and Porsche agreed.
So, I was looking at a truly one of a kind prototype that had later been converted to a 1973 RSR. Wow.... How cool.
The one thing I noticed while I was at that meeting is that the 911 surely does have something that the Cayman doesn't. History. So many guys were there talking about their 1972s and 1973s. It was clear to me that these guys had dreamed about the cars back then, but couldn't afford them at the time. Now that they are more mature and financially secure, they can so they bought their childhood dreams. It was cool, and interesting. Some day I'm sure the Cayman will be there too. But right now an old Cayman is a 2006. Yup, I should have said, "Yeah, I remember the days when TPMS was optional..... Those were the days alright......"
It was an interesting meeting and the turn out was stronger than I expected. I look forward to getting more involved in the club again.
Great write up ...
TPMS
TPMS - The Tire Pressure Monitoring System provides early warning of any drop in pressure by continuously monitoring the pressure in each tire and alerting you in the onboard computer display in the event of a pressure deficiency. It communicates the exact pressure of each tire and/or their deviation from ideal pressure. This does away with the need for regular air pressure checks at the service station, which often prove highly inconvenient.
Gator I don't live much more than 10 miles from that shop in Canton but have never been in there. If I had known that a Cayman Club member was going to be there I would have made the effort to attend the meeting.
How was the meeting, for some reason I envision it as being very clicky with mostly older members that are all friends.
I definitely felt a bit young (I'm 39). Most of the members were in their 50s or better. There were some small clicks, but it was kind of suprising that most everyone knew each other, even if just from other meetings. I went out of my way to speak to a few of the folks I bumped into, just to see how receptive or resistant they might be to a new comer. They were friendly and stuck up conversation as if they knew me.
I'm sure the group has it's clicks, but there also seemed to be a number of folks that were all about the club, cars and people.
The guest speaker was Craig Fitzgerald from Hemmings Motor News. he is the editor of Sports & Exotic magazine, and I have to tell you, he peaqued my interest in the magazine by sharing some of what they try to accomplish and what they write about.
Man, I'm kind of pissed that I didn't start a thread to see if anyone else would be there. I did that last month, the thread didn't see much interest, and it snowed like heck that night so I didn't go to the meeting. So I was kind of afraid to do a repeat.
If anyone is interested in meeting up, I am planning on attending next months meeting at Danbury Porsche. The topic will be the Cayenne GTS. Not something I am super interested in, but that is my dealership so it should be fun, and they usually put on a heck of a nice meeting. Maybe I'll see some of you there.
If anyone is interested in going, maybe we can meet up at a coffee shop and all drive in together, a little Cayman caravan. We could represent for the Cayman Club. Who's in?
Gator I'd be interested in meeting but the CVR meeting would have to be East and North of Waterbury for me. Two far to drive to Danbury, especially when I have to get up around 6 in the morning. Too old for that stuff anymore.. I'm one of those members in the 50 year old range..
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