[MBZ] Attempted Porsche restoration story on CL

2010-01-05 Thread Alex Chamberlain
Funny, depressing, embarrassingly familiar, or possibly all three. http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/cto/1534719782.html What's an LWB 912??? Not that I am a Porsche expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I never heard of any 911 variant being offered in multiple chassis lengths like a

Re: [MBZ] Attempted Porsche restoration story on CL

2010-01-05 Thread E M
They weren't offered in both wheel lengths, the early ones were a bit shorter than the later cars. I'm not sure when they added the extra length, but it was quite early. Making the wheelbase a bit longer was one of the things they did to try and tame the over steer. Ed 300E 2010/1/5 Alex

Re: [MBZ] Attempted Porsche restoration story on CL

2010-01-05 Thread LarryT
-- From: Alex Chamberlain apchamberl...@gmail.com Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:27 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: [MBZ] Attempted Porsche restoration story on CL Funny, depressing, embarrassingly familiar, or possibly all three. http

Re: [MBZ] Attempted Porsche restoration story on CL

2010-01-05 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: Short Wheel Base - they were the 911s made 9/64 to 7/67 - after that (or some time in there) they all went to LWB. Porsche didn't really refer to their models using the SWB or LWB names like Ferrari did. Bu they did com up with a confusing combination of letters following the