Neat old Porsche Factory Vids

Hopefully not a repost...Early 60's videos at the Porsche Factory.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBrQ5qd5w8&feature=related

Its funny to think there was a time that Porsche had to convince people they made good cars!

pinchvalve wrote: Its funny to think there was a time that Porsche had to convince people they made good cars!

Say that again after driving a 964. What a hunk of junk.

(I say that, but I still want an RS America)

Myboss bought an early model 911. Arounf '75 I think. He said the cluth pedal was sticking and would I take a look at it. VW pedal assembly. The paint had not been cleaned off the pivot shaft.
Noted the VW window crank handles. Gave me a low opinion of Porsche.

Maroon92 wrote:

Say that again after driving a 964. What a hunk of junk.

(I say that, but I still want an RS America)

What, what? Really? (Genuinely curious) Because... http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/2696045991.html

Yeah, they suck, IMHO, but that white one looks so damn nice I might look past it for a bit...

iceracer wrote: Myboss bought an early model 911. Arounf '75 I think. He said the cluth pedal was sticking and would I take a look at it. VW pedal assembly. The paint had not been cleaned off the pivot shaft. Noted the VW window crank handles. Gave me a low opinion of Porsche.

why? they were a low volume seller at the time and the VW stuff was both cheap and robust.

Maroon92 wrote: Yeah, they suck, IMHO, but that white one looks so damn nice I might look past it for a bit...

Any chance you could convince the seller how much his car sucks so I can get a better deal?

Maroon92 wrote: Say that again after driving a 964. What a hunk of junk.

Keep telling people that so I can keep finding them cheap. As soon as the word gets out that as long as you know what you are looking for you can get 993 performance with 911 looks for well under $20k I am afraid they will run up prices like E30 M3s. Ofcourse... that wouldn't hurt the resale on my daily-driver 964 either ;)

jamscal wrote: Hopefully not a repost...Early 60's videos at the Porsche Factory. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQBrQ5qd5w8&feature=related

I need to clear an hour of my schedule to watch all five of these. Thanks for the link!

I just finished all five of them. That was awesome. There's a great scene about seven minutes into part 4 where one of the mechanics lays on his back under the car and lifts the transmission assembly into place with his knees!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVMbGCmYTpQ&feature=related

I love my canoe ehh, not really.

mad_machine wrote:

iceracer wrote: Myboss bought an early model 911. Arounf '75 I think. He said the cluth pedal was sticking and would I take a look at it. VW pedal assembly. The paint had not been cleaned off the pivot shaft. Noted the VW window crank handles. Gave me a low opinion of Porsche.

why? they were a low volume seller at the time and the VW stuff was both cheap and robust.

The price comparison. Expensive car should not be using economy car parts.. I think that the pedal assy being installed with paint on the shaft is what turned me off.