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Posted by: stugray Dec 10 2015, 01:23 PM

http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/10/luxury/janis-joplin-porsche/index.html?iid=ob_homepage_deskrecommended_pool&iid=obnetwork

Posted by: SirAndy Dec 10 2015, 01:34 PM

I thought everyone knew that by now ...

Posted by: iwanta914-6 Dec 10 2015, 01:40 PM

Posted by: Mueller Dec 10 2015, 01:41 PM

fixed

Posted by: gandalf_025 Dec 10 2015, 01:41 PM

This must be why he was confused....??


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qev-i9-VKlY

Posted by: screenguy914 Dec 10 2015, 01:52 PM

Maybe didn't notice the first scene in the video where she was sitting in her 356.




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Posted by: Big Len Dec 10 2015, 01:53 PM

Yes, but she really wanted a Mercedes Benz.

Posted by: sb914 Dec 10 2015, 02:13 PM

Because her friends all drive Porsche's!!

Posted by: KELTY360 Dec 10 2015, 02:47 PM

Looks like she made amends....

Posted by: Olympic 1.7 Dec 10 2015, 04:07 PM

It was on display at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this year.

Posted by: mgp4591 Dec 10 2015, 04:11 PM

Looks like a psychedelic tortoise....

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Dec 10 2015, 04:14 PM

It's a Hollywood thing baby !
She had a jones for stogies too

Posted by: jacquot Dec 10 2015, 04:20 PM

looks like the paint has changed over the years...
maybe a mirror added...and removed...
or this could be one of five remaining of the original car...which happens
from time to time as cars become more dear.

Posted by: Olympic 1.7 Dec 10 2015, 04:23 PM

Same paint, the picture was flipped. she is sitting on the passenger side fender.

Posted by: Kraftwerk Dec 10 2015, 04:28 PM

George Harrison had a 911 for a spell... maybe longer than a spell, but no crazy paint-job.

Posted by: Ansbacher Dec 10 2015, 04:35 PM

That car is as much an abomination to the 356 as her songs were to music.

Ansbacher
Recent Former 356 Owner

Posted by: pete000 Dec 10 2015, 04:50 PM

I worked with a guy yeas ago who painted up a replica of the Joplin 356. Came out pretty nice (Talented artest).

He also has a Bumble Bee 914 !


http://dedeporsche.com/2011/04/03/porsche-project-recreation-of-janis-joplins-psychedelic-painted-1965-porsche-356c-cabriolet/





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Posted by: Elliot Cannon Dec 10 2015, 05:28 PM

She was actually a pretty good blues singer.

Posted by: Marty Yeoman Dec 10 2015, 05:32 PM

Posted by: jor Dec 10 2015, 06:01 PM

It's officially an Outlaw now, right?

Posted by: bigkensteele Dec 10 2015, 06:32 PM

Pink does Janis Joplin better than Janis Joplin, IMHO.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwmUMvhy-lY

Posted by: Olympic 1.7 Dec 10 2015, 06:37 PM

Nope.

Posted by: scotty b Dec 10 2015, 06:41 PM

Her car went to shambles,. It was found and redone. The car AFAIK, is the real one, the paint is a damn close approximation, but not at all the original job. It was on tour a couple years ago at several museum across the U.S.

Posted by: DBCooper Dec 10 2015, 07:09 PM

I sure am glad you're not in charge of anything. Janis and Big Brother were my first shows at Winterland and the Fillmore, and I wouldn't trade that for anything.

Posted by: r_towle Dec 10 2015, 07:10 PM

I think her original car had a Subaru prototype motor.

Posted by: Shredhead Dec 10 2015, 07:15 PM

$1 million and going higher.

Posted by: scotty b Dec 10 2015, 07:19 PM

and a black, red, blue, gold hood

Posted by: 914_3.0 Dec 10 2015, 07:39 PM

DB!!

Posted by: Maltese Falcon Dec 10 2015, 08:20 PM

My cousin played bass in a L.A. garage band "The Shades of Sound "...was the warm-up group for Janis/ Big Brother + the Holding Co.
It was in Hollywood at Dave Hull's Hullabaloo , today the Nickelodeon Theatre. Janis was as wild as she looks and could belt out those songs !¡!

Posted by: hndyhrr Dec 10 2015, 08:25 PM

Saw her a few times myself, wild yes, belt out them song, oh hell yes

oh those were the days

Posted by: TJB/914 Dec 10 2015, 08:31 PM

You know what??
I am thinking this is how we will look at Magnus in the next 10-years:evilgrin:
We all need to get Magnus involved in 914-World while he is still alive.
Just thinking.
Tom

Posted by: BeemerSteve Dec 10 2015, 09:45 PM

I grew up in Marin Co. and made numerous trips to Winterland and the Fillmore. One lucky time I met her backstage at a small club in San Anselmo talked with her for about a half hour before they went on. I even got her autograph. It was some crazy times back then being a teenager.

Posted by: SKL1 Dec 10 2015, 09:48 PM

Harrison also had a McLaren F1 (my all time dream car)- can you imagine what that car is worth?????

Posted by: Mike Fitton Dec 10 2015, 10:11 PM

I think she could get me movin!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXlP7PyaHdA

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Dec 10 2015, 11:37 PM

A microphone in one hand and Southern Comfort in the other. "Take another little piece of my heart now". Too bad she was more interested in getting high than living high.

Posted by: ConeDodger Dec 11 2015, 12:28 AM

$1.79 million + fees. I'd say the world generally thinks favorably on Janis Joplin. Now if someone could find Carl Sagan's 914...

Posted by: rhodyguy Dec 11 2015, 10:27 AM

Wouldn't be surprised if Paul Allen bought it. Given his love and acquisitions of things related to rock and roll. I wonder if it will show up at the EMP? Chump change for him. Obvisously not the original paint job. Driver's side mural is wrong.

Posted by: mgp4591 Dec 11 2015, 11:11 AM

Too many of the greats and/or would-have-beens have succumbed to the dark side. Tempting for some but ultimately undoes some great talents. Survivors are rare and sometimes under appreciated until they're gone. Others have recovered only to have life taken away (Stevie). Some, their bodies just give out after years of struggle (recently, Scott).
Here's to livin' high and enjoying what we've got while we have it...

Posted by: johnhora Dec 11 2015, 11:38 AM

Sold at Sotheby’s auction yesterday (Dec. 11) for $1.76 million.

Posted by: Jonathan Livesay Dec 11 2015, 11:41 AM

If not for the trail blazed by Janis and others of her era Pink would be waitressing at IHOP.