QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Feb 14 2007, 10:51 PM)
QUOTE(mrgreenjeans @ Feb 14 2007, 12:08 AM)
Hey is that a Packard Cormorant ?
If it is, at least its from another P car-----
so it can't be all bad
Some judges may ADD points for Creative license.
But, the thing should be really dulled down a bit....like a subtle satin finish so it looks more of an understated elegance in a Teutonic sort of way.
The chrome - y look makes it appear a little too Bangle-ish, and we can't have any Bay-Em -Vay influence shadowing our beloveds
Check to see if there may be a Porsche part number on it before you toss it on Ebay with those fuzzy dice and dingle balls you unscrewed from around the door posts
I still can't believe someone would such do such sacrilege to a bumble bee. But...think about this this - the pic was taken in 1976. That bumble bee was only 2 years old! The pic was taken in Gatlinburg,Tn. Anyone have info about this car?
Driven in the rain...... once too often. The bird ornament could get
Gonna guess this ones a gonner. Seems like once they got wet anywhere down in their innards , they invited the tin worm to roost and it was all down hill from there............Just think: if he had already removed the rain tray, like so many of the dealers were telling the owners to do, so they didn't fry 'em up in the heat ( the current myth of the day ), all the wonderful little rivulets were running down into the Hell hole and washing down the battery sides, and depositing all the residual crud and chemical down into the inner sanctum
up all sorts of wonder.
Several of our local PCA members, and I, were at the Porsche dealership last year watching the Carrera GT go to its new owner in the midst of winter via enclosed transporter. Driver makes notes to the GM as he processes the paperwork: STONE CHIPS on frontal portion of entire body !!! A freakin' half million dollar purchase, and the mechanic had taken it for a very costly 12 mile Pre-delivery ride : ON the very roads WE stinkin' drive our Salt Beaters on in the depths of winter, avoiding the costly ravages of nature to our beloveds.
I say
the bastards for making
out of the poor schlumps righteous ride.
IMMHO