Old Cars

[TWFAUST at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/31/2010 11:11:02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
larrycleung at gmail.com writes:

Do you mean  Le Carrera Panamerica? 
 
Porsche's success there led to the use of the name on uh, some, of their  
cars...
 


Yes, that's it. Not sure if I ever knew the name. I had to  Google "Mexican 
Lincolns" to find a reference to the name of the  race.

Ah yes, Porsche Carrera. I had one of those once. It came my way  without 
an engine, actually an engine in pieces. I think that was before they  saw 
the light and put in a hydraulic chain tensioner. It must have been the  price 
that attracted me, I recall $2,800. Never got to it and sold it. It was a  
light metallic  green and I just couldn't warm up to it, coupled  with my 
prior experiences with Porches. To be honest, not knowing the name of  the 
race, I never made the connection. I knew it meant "race" in Spanish.
 
Tom Faust
 
 



On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:12 PM, <_TWFAUST at aol.com_ 
(mailto:TWFAUST at aol.com) > wrote:




In a message dated 1/31/2010 3:00:18 P.M.  Eastern Standard Time,
_quattro-request at audifans.com_ (mailto:quattro-request at audifans.com)   
writes:

I forget the name, but in those days there  was
a  1000 mile "road race" through Mexico.