True, I don't think you can really call anything after the 993 related to the Beetle by anything other than styling cues. Prior to that, the relationship was clear although the evolution was significant.
-Adam On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 9:54 PM, paul stenquist<[email protected]> wrote: > Of course the relationship between the early 911s and the Beetle isn't quite > as simple as Adam suggested, but the 911 was certainly a derivative of that > car. Of course, later 911s evolved into something far different. > Paul > On Jul 7, 2009, at 8:02 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > >> Adam Maas wrote: >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 7:41 PM, P. J. Alling<[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Adam Maas wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 6:02 PM, William Robb<[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ralf R. Radermacher" >>>>>> Subject: Re: As of today, Pentax has become a luxury brand >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> Then, they generate the hype of the century for a camera that's no >>>>>>> more >>>>>>> than a pimped-up K20D, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> If you are talking about the K-7, be assured that it is as much a >>>>>> pimped >>>>>> up >>>>>> a K20 as a Porsche is a pimped up Beetle. >>>>>> >>>>>> William Robb >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> But a 911 IS a pimped up Beetle ;-) >>>>> >>>>> -Adam >>>>> >>>>> >>>> The 356 was a pimped up Beetle, the 911 was something else entirely... >>>> >>> >>> The 356 was a reskinned Beetle with a couple tweaks and a diet. The >>> 911 was a chopped and pimped beetle. There's a reason you can >>> transplant older 911 drivetrains pretty much directly into a Beetle. >>> >> I've done that, it's not as easy as you think. >> >> (I've also bolted a 356 engine into a Beetle, after helping rebuild it, I >> know of what I speak). >> >> -- >> >> >> The free man owns himself. He can damage himself with either eating or >> drinking; he can ruin himself with gambling. If he does he is certainly a >> damn fool, and he might possibly be a damned soul; but if he may not, he is >> not a free man any more than a dog. >> >> --G. K. Chesterton >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
