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> Is my wife crazy?, says she saw a Porsche motor home?
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post Feb 26 2005, 12:25 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving-girl.gif) My wife was driving around Phoenix yesterday and said she had seen a Porsche motor home, (self-contained) motoring down the road.

She describes it as "raw aluminum and kinda roundy, like an Air Stream". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/bs.gif)

Is she "seeing stuff again"? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)



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post Feb 26 2005, 12:58 PM
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It sounds like a Mercedes motor home, not a Porsche. You might want to clarify with her. I have seen the Mercedes one, but not a Porsche. If it were true, that would be awsome.
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post Feb 26 2005, 01:11 PM
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My wife sometimes accuses me of living in my car. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Maybe somebody put Porsche logos on it?
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post Feb 26 2005, 02:14 PM
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BMW makes a motor home also. A really nice motor home.
cheers, Elliot
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post Feb 26 2005, 02:53 PM
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Maybe somebody put Porsche logos on it?


Probably. Kinda like the ferrari emblems people put on fiats in italy.
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post Feb 26 2005, 03:38 PM
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She says it was "badged" front and rear with P-o-r-s-c-h-e letters.

She said she had thought that perhaps someone had added the "badges" but she felt it looked "organic" to her. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/crest.gif)

Another mystery. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/zorro.gif)


I have a book called "Porsche Specials" (quite "complete", I believe) but I do not recall any mention of "motorhomes". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool_shades.gif)
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post Feb 26 2005, 06:54 PM
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She prolly saw a Cayenne (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)
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post Feb 26 2005, 07:15 PM
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I was contacted by a guy several years ago, that had one. It needed complete restoration. He sent me pictures, it was very real looking. If the factory didn't build it, and I doubt they did. They were envolved on some level, because it was professional, cool, and Porsche.
If it looked very old, that may have been it.

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post Feb 26 2005, 07:24 PM
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That is about how she (my wife Laurie) described it Retrotech. She said it was "vintage looking, early 60's". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)
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post Feb 26 2005, 07:27 PM
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That has got to be it! I remember he was in NM, or AZ. I guess it was AZ. She is not crazy.
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post Feb 26 2005, 07:30 PM
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Any idea about the "powerplant", Retrotech? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/pray.gif)
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post Feb 26 2005, 07:35 PM
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Now you have a mission to contact the RV dealers in the area and track this vehicle down. Pictures, we need pictures!
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post Feb 26 2005, 07:38 PM
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Yes , I think so. It is time to buy Laurie one of those "throw away" digital cameras for important moments like that one. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/w00t.gif)
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post Feb 28 2005, 06:28 PM
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I am in Baja, until April, but I will search out photos, when I return.
It was a 356 1600, Super, I believe.
It looked like it should be in a museum, but was really tired, needed everything!
I was alway hoping I could trade him out of it, someday.

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post Feb 28 2005, 06:37 PM
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I saw a pickup truck in Colorado Springs years ago that was also badged 'Porsche' to the extent that the tailgate had stamped into the metal P O R S C H E letters across it, hood emblem, Porsche steering wheel etc.

Didn't have time to check it out, but it was more than just someone adding some emblems to a pickup.......if it wasn't factory, it was a very expensive after-market project.

I had a spare 'prancing Stallion' from my 308 I added to the back of my Hyundai, but I don't think it fools anyone.
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post Feb 28 2005, 06:40 PM
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Maybe it was a Porsche influenced RV. Like how Eddie Bauer or Harley Davidson does the Ford stuff.
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post Feb 28 2005, 06:49 PM
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Miles has pictures of it... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)
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post Feb 28 2005, 11:18 PM
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Cough um up Miles, (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/barf.gif) , pretty please?
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post Mar 3 2005, 04:27 PM
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So... the wife's "NOT" crazy
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post Mar 3 2005, 10:04 PM
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(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif) Yes Eric, she thanks you for pointing that out for everyone to see. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)

Since Laurie has now been "redeemed", here is a photo of her in our 72' car, taken after the Targa-Aid event here in Arizona last Sunday:

(IMG:http://img174.exs.cx/img174/4972/9148dj.jpg)
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