Author Topic: Porsche exhibit (Read 348 times)

keith_h · « **on:** January 12, 2014, 01:05:11 PM »

The NC Museum of Art has had a Porsche design exhibit for the past few months. Went back this weekend to get some pics and thought folks might recognize this one. Keith

The oldest one in the exhibit a Type 64

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keith_h · « **Reply #1 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:12:29 PM »

Oops. Created in wrong place. Waiting for mod's to move to Misc.

artswork99 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 12, 2014, 01:34:31 PM »

Nice! Moved

gtrguy · « **Reply #3 on:** January 12, 2014, 03:35:56 PM »

Didn't janis J have one like that back in the day? I have a 68.

David Houck · « **Reply #4 on:** January 12, 2014, 04:12:04 PM »

Yes; that's the car Janis used to own.

sonicus · « **Reply #5 on:** January 12, 2014, 04:58:50 PM »

Yes , that is her 1965 Type 356C
I think remember having helped do a basic service on one like that when I worked in a German Auto shop briefly in my youth . Many , many moons ago ____

gtrguy · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2014, 07:05:14 PM »

A real shame she left this earth at such a young age...

sonicus · « **Reply #7 on:** January 12, 2014, 07:32:29 PM »

Yes , her musical delivery and sincerity were so exemplary. She made you feel it too ___ I often wonder how she would have blossomed on her musical journey . So sad she left ___

bigredbass · « **Reply #8 on:** January 12, 2014, 08:09:08 PM »

. . . . or the next time you have a few days to kill in the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen area:

http://www.porsche.com/museum/en/

J o e y

dead_head · « **Reply #9 on:** January 12, 2014, 08:29:46 PM »

Those pics of Janis' car are great to see, Keith. It looks in excellent shape. Is that kept in a museum, or is it owned privately?

Rob

keith_h · « **Reply #10 on:** January 13, 2014, 04:09:34 AM »

Yes the car belonged to Janis. It is owned by her family estate and normally displayed at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It is on loan from them for the show. According the the history plaque the car is no longer in working condition.

Joey - I wouldn't mind visiting it one day. They had one or two cars on loan from the factory museum.

The show covered the range of street and race cars Porsche has built over the years and went into the various key designers they've had. It also covered some of the internal rivalries that popped up in the time Porsche has been around. All in all it appears to be a pretty balanced perspective.

pauldo · « **Reply #11 on:** January 13, 2014, 04:29:06 AM »

And all this time I thought she wanted a Mercedes Benz whilst all of her friends were driving Porsche's.

JuancarlinBass · « **Reply #12 on:** January 13, 2014, 06:17:01 AM »

One can just assume she already had the Porsche, just as the rest of her friends Maybe she was asking for the Mercedes Benz because the Porsche was not in working condition already. Could it be her Lord rather chose to buy her a color TV?

Maybe 15-something years later she would have been singing too about microwave ovens and custom kitchen deliveries, refrigerators, besides the color TVs ...

(baaaaad joke!)

edwin · « **Reply #13 on:** January 13, 2014, 10:11:51 PM »

Here's something crazy I never thought I'd see.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k_Izy0f8jw

gtrguy · « **Reply #14 on:** January 14, 2014, 06:30:28 PM »

Brief article about it:

http://www.historicvehicle.org/News/Articles/All-Articles/2013/05/14/Star-Cars