Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-12 Thread LarryT
- From: E M pokieba...@gmail.com To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917 One of my top all time fave race cars, especially in short tail version. They must have taken a brave brave man

Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-10 Thread E M
One of my top all time fave race cars, especially in short tail version. They must have taken a brave brave man to keep his foot flat while going down the Mulsanne straight in a 917! Ed 300E 2009/3/9 relng...@aol.com Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917 Stuttgart. Forty years ago on

[MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-10 Thread Glenn Brown
I saw many versions of the 917 at WG including the Penske Sunoco livery, Martini-Rossi, etc. and even saw one with the Gulf (light blue/orange) livery on a public road/expressway on one of my return trips from WG. G. M. Brown Brevard, NC -- next part -- An HTML attachment

Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-10 Thread Mitch Haley
Glenn Brown wrote: I saw many versions of the 917 at WG including the Penske Sunoco livery, Martini-Rossi, etc. and even saw one with the Gulf (light blue/orange) livery on a public road/expressway on one of my return trips from WG. My 917 (Aurora AFX MagnaTraction, bought it new in the

Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-10 Thread E M
Can't forget the one dressed all in pink either. lol Ed 300E 2009/3/10 Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net Glenn Brown wrote: I saw many versions of the 917 at WG including the Penske Sunoco livery, Martini-Rossi, etc. and even saw one with the Gulf (light blue/orange) livery on a public

[MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-09 Thread RELNGSON
 Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917 Stuttgart. Forty years ago on March 13, 1969 at the Geneva International Motor Show, todayapos;s Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche unveiled a car that, even by todayapos;s standards, is underestimated when it is described as the “super sports car”: The Porsche

Re: [MBZ] Anniversary: 40 Years of the Porsche 917

2009-03-09 Thread Loren Faeth
I have a front porsche and a side porsche. Both have probably been on the house since it was built. then a few years ago I added a small deck that could be considered the back porsche 911 because I was building it and went in for a trink, and saw the WTC collapse on live tv. Loren Faeth