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".

Is she "seeing stuff again"?



John

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.

My wife sometimes accuses me of living in my car.

Maybe somebody put Porsche logos on it?

BMW makes a motor home also. A really nice motor home.
cheers, Elliot

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Maybe somebody put Porsche logos on it?

Probably. Kinda like the ferrari emblems people put on fiats in italy.

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.

Another mystery.


I have a book called "Porsche Specials" (quite "complete", I believe) but I do not recall any mention of "motorhomes".

She prolly saw a Cayenne

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.

Retro

That is about how she (my wife Laurie) described it Retrotech. She said it was "vintage looking, early 60's".

That has got to be it! I remember he was in NM, or AZ. I guess it was AZ. She is not crazy.

Any idea about the "powerplant", Retrotech?

Now you have a mission to contact the RV dealers in the area and track this vehicle down. Pictures, we need pictures!

Yes , I think so. It is time to buy Laurie one of those "throw away" digital cameras for important moments like that one.

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.

Retro

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.

Maybe it was a Porsche influenced RV. Like how Eddie Bauer or Harley Davidson does the Ford stuff.

Miles has pictures of it...

Cough um up Miles, , pretty please?

So... the wife's "NOT" crazy

Yes Eric, she thanks you for pointing that out for everyone to see.

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:

calender, calender.....

Please note,

The 914world.com hat, as soon as she saw it her "color", I then knew it would never be on my "melon".

John

QUOTE (Flat VW @ Mar 4 2005, 07:51 AM)

Please note, The 914world.com hat, as soon as she saw it (was) her "color", I then knew it would never be on my "melon".   John