Old Cars

[Cody Forbes]

Don't forget the Porsche Panamera.

We had a customer that ran a 356 down there in the 90's. Kept a whole  
spare engine in the rear seat area. Eventually he needed it, then  
later broke it and had to use parts from the two to build up a 3rd  
engine to finish with.... in the dirt basement parking lot of a hotel  
in Mexico. Yeah, I'll be content reading about that race and not  
entering or crewing for it! Targa Newfoundland OTOH....

-Cody (mobile)

On Jan 31, 2010, at 11:51 PM, TWFAUST at aol.com wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
>
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