desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 Coupe (1976) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.0 Targa (1976) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 GT1 ‘98 (1998) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (2001) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 GT2 (2008) Porsche 911 GT3 R Hybrid (2011) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 Porsche 911 GT3 (2013) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 13, 2022 Author Share Posted May 13, 2022 And finally, the road legal 911 GT1 and it’s registered !! Porsche 911 GT1 ‘98 Straßenversion (1998) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpfiend Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Thanks for posting these photos. The Porsche museum in Stuttgart looks to be a very interesting place to visit. I have just started building Tamiya's 1/12 Martini 935 turbo, so the earlier photos in your post will be very useful for reference. Thank you. Keith. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 28 minutes ago, Mpfiend said: Thanks for posting these photos. The Porsche museum in Stuttgart looks to be a very interesting place to visit. I have just started building Tamiya's 1/12 Martini 935 turbo, so the earlier photos in your post will be very useful for reference. Thank you. Keith. Thank you Keith, I’m happy to hear that some of the photos could serve as a reference! Will you be doing a WIP on your 935 build so that we can follow your work (or maybe you already did and I just missed it)? Cheers, Johnny b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Once again thank you so very much for the great and interesting photos Johnny @desert falcon Have a nice weekend Marco F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 Lovely pics of my equal all time favourite car (equal with a Mk1 Escort - chalk and cheese I know. And can't afford either now!) - they show some of the lovely colours Porsche have used over the years too. Thanks for sharing! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 14, 2022 Author Share Posted May 14, 2022 6 hours ago, Marco F. said: Once again thank you so very much for the great and interesting photos Johnny @desert falcon Have a nice weekend Marco F Thanks a lot Marco, I‘m glad you found the photos interesting! Also a very nice weekend to you. 5 hours ago, keefr22 said: Lovely pics of my equal all time favourite car (equal with a Mk1 Escort - chalk and cheese I know. And can't afford either now!) - they show some of the lovely colours Porsche have used over the years too. Thanks for sharing! Keith Knowing we share the same passion for the 9:11, I‘m happy you liked the photos Keith. The Escort Mk1, and for me also Mk2, are by now cult cars! Wonder how many original Mk1 there are still around, most are running on race tracks these days I think. In fact my first two cars were Mk2‘s, the first one being standard, the second one definitely not 😁 Can you still afford a Mk3 in the UK? A friend of mine had a white XR3 back in the days, that was fun car to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malpaso Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 23 hours ago, desert falcon said: Porsche 911 Turbo 3.0 Coupe (1976) My mother's German stepmother's boyfriend insisted I have a go in his 911 turbo exactly like this, when I was 18. Compared to my mini 850 it was like hanging on to a rocket. The most disconcerting thing was the wider rear end around city corners. And Sigi saying faster, faster as I discovered 3rd took you near 100 on the A38 out of Plymouth before i had any idea what was going on and I knew Devon Constabulary would throw away the cell keys! A short but memorable drive even if it was 40 years ago... I guess Sigi was pretty relaxed about risking his life and car with me that day, since when he was a young man other young men were dying around him or trying to kill him in the East. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 14, 2022 Share Posted May 14, 2022 4 hours ago, desert falcon said: Can you still afford a Mk3 in the UK? Not really, they're fetching daft prices too (saw an RS Turbo advertised for £35K this week) and tbh I'd rather have a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 which was one of only two cars I had brand new - but a good one of those is now over £20K (I paid about £6K for a new one! 🤣 ) 4 hours ago, desert falcon said: Wonder how many original Mk1 there are still around There's a lovely original Mk1 RS1600 on auction on the Car and Classic website - it has over 4 days to go and is currently bid to £61,000 - and the reserve isn't met...!! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpfiend Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 23 hours ago, desert falcon said: Thank you Keith, I’m happy to hear that some of the photos could serve as a reference! Will you be doing a WIP on your 935 build so that we can follow your work (or maybe you already did and I just missed it)? Cheers, Johnny b The build is in the very early stages at the moment, I am sorting out all of the body work ready for painting. I'll post some photo's when I have something to show. Does the Porsche museum have a version of the 935 that Tamiya modelled? Keith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 11 hours ago, malpaso said: My mother's German stepmother's boyfriend insisted I have a go in his 911 turbo exactly like this, when I was 18. Compared to my mini 850 it was like hanging on to a rocket. The most disconcerting thing was the wider rear end around city corners. And Sigi saying faster, faster as I discovered 3rd took you near 100 on the A38 out of Plymouth before i had any idea what was going on and I knew Devon Constabulary would throw away the cell keys! A short but memorable drive even if it was 40 years ago... I guess Sigi was pretty relaxed about risking his life and car with me that day, since when he was a young man other young men were dying around him or trying to kill him in the East. Thanks for sharing your story @malpaso! My own first 9:11 story took place a bit north of Frankfurt, where I was stationed by my an old company in the mid 90‘s. A good friend of mine from Denmark called me in the morning on my birthday, which also happens to be his birthday, to congratulate me/him on the day. As he told me that he had just bought a used 911 from 1972, I asked him why he didn’t come down to Frankfurt so we could celebrate the day together. So he did and some 10 hours later he parked in front of my apartment. The next day we took the 911 for a blast through the Taunus Mountains and though the power of my friends 911 would have been no where the same as what you experienced in Sigi‘s Turbo, I do recall the somewhat scary feeling of discovering that the tail of the car wasn‘t always exactly where you would have hoped it to be 😁 Unfortunately he had to sell the 911 at some point as it was in need of a full restoration, but he stayed loyal to the Porsche brand and today his driving a 968 and the wife got a Cayenne Turbo. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 11 hours ago, keefr22 said: Not really, they're fetching daft prices too (saw an RS Turbo advertised for £35K this week) and tbh I'd rather have a Mk2 Fiesta XR2 which was one of only two cars I had brand new - but a good one of those is now over £20K (I paid about £6K for a new one! 🤣 ) 11 hours ago, keefr22 said: There's a lovely original Mk1 RS1600 on auction on the Car and Classic website - it has over 4 days to go and is currently bid to £61,000 - and the reserve isn't met...!! It‘s horrendous, isn‘t it! Well at least we both have our hands full maintaining and driving the classics we got (how many Mini‘s you have?), as we speak, I should actually be down in the underground parking fixing the Fiat 500 but the weather is just to good again 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 (edited) 40 minutes ago, Mpfiend said: I'll post some photo's when I have something to show. Looking forward to following your progress. EDIT Looking at the black Carrera GT you posted earlier today, I can definitely learn a thing or two from you !! 40 minutes ago, Mpfiend said: Does the Porsche museum have a version of the 935 that Tamiya modelled? I am not sure how many 935 the museum have in their collection, but once I‘m done sorting all of my old car pictures (in progress), I shall have a look through all the pictures from the museum to see what I have. Edited May 15, 2022 by desert falcon Text added 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 15, 2022 Share Posted May 15, 2022 1 hour ago, desert falcon said: how many Mini‘s you have? Only the one - stage rally prepared 1275GT owned with my son. But it's been sat in the garage for years as health issues mean I can't do much on it at the moment and my son has a very young family so not much spare time! We're hoping to try and get it back on the road this summer. I did have 6 or 7 Mk1 & 2 Escorts back in the day - when they were actually cheap! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 15, 2022 Author Share Posted May 15, 2022 6 hours ago, keefr22 said: Only the one - stage rally prepared 1275GT owned with my son. But it's been sat in the garage for years as health issues mean I can't do much on it at the moment and my son has a very young family so not much spare time! We're hoping to try and get it back on the road this summer. Hope you’re getting better soon and that you can get the little one out of the garage this summer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desert falcon Posted May 22, 2022 Author Share Posted May 22, 2022 On 5/15/2022 at 10:53 AM, Mpfiend said: Does the Porsche museum have a version of the 935 that Tamiya modelled? Keith, I had a look through the 935 photos from the museum, but unfortunately I couldn't find any of the specific Tamiya 935 version, sorry. Cheers, Johnny b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mpfiend Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 12 hours ago, desert falcon said: Keith, I had a look through the 935 photos from the museum, but unfortunately I couldn't find any of the specific Tamiya 935 version, sorry. Cheers, Johnny b Thanks for looking Johnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted May 23, 2022 Share Posted May 23, 2022 @Mpfiend there are several 935s in museum storage. I will take a look next week when in the office. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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