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smg914
post Dec 20 2015, 06:53 PM
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Took The Strenger out for it's monthly exercise today and saw a street sign that caught my eye. I drove to the Dead End and never saw anything that resembled a hill (Tampa, FL).



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post Dec 20 2015, 07:11 PM
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Steve,

Love your car one of the greatest 914-6's ever built, for those that do not know this is the famous Eric Strenger 914-6 M471 GT that did factory photo's for the 914-6 GT's and lots of other things.
I was fortunate enough to see it at the Okteenerfest in September in Banner Elk, NC.

Also on a side note, Steve please PM me as I have a special hat for you and want to send it up to you.

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post Dec 20 2015, 08:38 PM
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Steve,

Love your car one of the greatest 914-6's ever built, for those that do not know this is the famous Eric Strenger 914-6 M471 GT that did factory photo's for the 914-6 GT's and lots of other things.
I was fortunate enough to see it at the Okteenerfest in September in Banner Elk, NC.

Also on a side note, Steve please PM me as I have a special hat for you and want to send it up to you.

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Thanks Pete, I remember meeting you in NC. I will PM you shortly.

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post Dec 20 2015, 08:46 PM
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post Dec 20 2015, 08:52 PM
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Steve,

You need to find Sahara Beige Drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Dec 20 2015, 09:04 PM
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Steve,

You need to find Sahara Beige Drive. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)


Yo Paul.....It's been a long time. Hopefully we can get together in 2016. I've been remodeling bathrooms for the last 3 years with a partner but as of a week ago last FrIday, I retired again. It was just taking up too much of my time. Not to mention, it was a lot of hard work for an old guy like me.
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post Dec 20 2015, 09:16 PM
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Another Paul posting...good to see you Steve!

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post Dec 21 2015, 11:06 AM
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Another Paul posting...good to see you Steve!

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Hey #2 (as in Paul). Hope all is well with you and your fabulous 914(s).
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post Dec 21 2015, 01:12 PM
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Love your car one of the greatest 914-6's ever built, ...


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post Dec 21 2015, 04:03 PM
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... and to boot, he's one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet. I'm sad to say that even living in the Tampa Bay area, I've only met Steve twice. But he, Paul and TC always treated me like family even though I never had a car as cool as theirs. Very pretty Steve - I had not seen pictures of the GT till now. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif)
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post Dec 21 2015, 04:10 PM
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post Dec 21 2015, 04:19 PM
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Thank you everyone! And a special hello to Wolfgang and George!
Heck, I may as well throw in another photo.


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post Dec 22 2015, 01:21 AM
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Beautiful car in a lovely color!
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post Dec 22 2015, 07:17 AM
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At what point and why did it go from this to the graphic thingies? On pbase, I see it both ways - which came first?

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This is so beautiful...
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post Dec 22 2015, 06:16 PM
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At what point and why did it go from this to the graphic thingies? On pbase, I see it both ways - which came first?

T

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Excellent question. The earliest know photo's of this car are dated May of 1972 and it had the stripes at that point. Other sources like the Nurburgring photos and the photo in the Brian Long books and Christophorus all show it with the stripes. But most of all, the fact that during Eric Strenger's 16 year ownership, this is what it looked like, including when he first purchased it.
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post Dec 22 2015, 06:41 PM
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Thanks for the info...who is Eric Strenger? Never heard of him...other than your car is named the same. Looks like a stunner - if you come back to Octeener Fest next year I'll look forward to seeing it (and more importantly, meeting you)! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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QUOTE(Cracker @ Dec 22 2015, 05:17 AM) *

At what point and why did it go from this to the graphic thingies? On pbase, I see it both ways - which came first?

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This is so beautiful...
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Excellent question. The earliest know photo's of this car are dated May of 1972 and it had the stripes at that point. Other sources like the Nurburgring photos and the photo in the Brian Long books and Christophorus all show it with the stripes. But most of all, the fact that during Eric Strenger's 16 year ownership, this is what it looked like, including when he first purchased it.
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post Dec 22 2015, 07:06 PM
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For those that don't know the background of this wonderful car:

http://www.excellence-mag.com/issues/184/a...=1#.VnnzG0uXnwI
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post Dec 22 2015, 07:24 PM
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QUOTE(Cracker @ Dec 22 2015, 08:41 PM) *

Thanks for the info...who is Eric Strenger? Never heard of him...other than your car is named the same. Looks like a stunner - if you come back to Octeener Fest next year I'll look forward to seeing it (and more importantly, meeting you)! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

Tony



QUOTE(smg914 @ Dec 22 2015, 07:16 PM) *

QUOTE(Cracker @ Dec 22 2015, 05:17 AM) *

At what point and why did it go from this to the graphic thingies? On pbase, I see it both ways - which came first?

T

This is so beautiful...
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Excellent question. The earliest know photo's of this car are dated May of 1972 and it had the stripes at that point. Other sources like the Nurburgring photos and the photo in the Brian Long books and Christophorus all show it with the stripes. But most of all, the fact that during Eric Strenger's 16 year ownership, this is what it looked like, including when he first purchased it.



Porsche Marketing Director. Promo photos of this car with his wife as a model are all over the web...
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post Dec 22 2015, 07:41 PM
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Quite: who is Eric Strenger? Never heard of him...

Hmmm, I guess to put it simply, "An icon in the history of Porsche"
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post Dec 22 2015, 07:47 PM
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Ok. I'm sure he is/was...he owned a beautiful car. And now you do... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

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