My visit of the Porsche Museum & more.. (lots of pics)

[Frög]

Little late, but as promised:

Every Christmas, I visit my family in France. The Family is spread out through France and my uncle's family lives in Alsace which borders Germany. Well since I was so close to Stuttgart, might as well right? I was pretty pissed to find out that I couldn't visit the Factory until this summer, so I will be going back this year when they finish the new museum to visit both. I also have pics from the stealership, where I made an indispensable purchase from the parts department since it is not sold in the US; A OEM European front plate holder for my car . I have a whole bunch of pics, but here are a few (lol). Shall we?



Arriving at Stuttgart:


German Pork:


Porsche Factory and the dealership on the left:


Enough with the BS, here are the cars... and um.. a tractor:


959, my favorite, my dream:




Sex, driven by what seems to be gay men :




More prettiness (for the roof rack lovers):



804?:


Speedster:


356:


Love the fat ass:


Cut outs of Cayman and Cayenne:







Cutout of air-cooled 991sc(?) engine and 996 turbo engine:



Ehh everyone see a Carrera GT but here:





Probably tied for all time favorite with the 959, GT1:





Street GT1 is the sickest porsche.. link!

At the dealership:



996 GT3RS!!!!!





Nice 997 turbo parked outside:

[EJ25RUN]

Balsa wood FTW!

[mr.koupe]

very nice porshe's that gt1 repped

[The Youngn]

fawking sweet shizzle dude. My front plate was a gift from a friend that had another friend in Germany actually take it off their car and ship over here for me. They had to cut the seals in order to do that so I ordered some replica seals

[blacknightteg]

beautiful picturs man. i remember seeing the GT1 flip at road atl one year. that **** was crazy

[r0bb86]

Nice pix!
Is it just me or does some of the cars appear dirty?
The Carrera GT looks dirty, the tires and wheel wells appear dirty - kinda odd for a museum.

[Frög]

fawking sweet shizzle dude. My front plate was a gift from a friend that had another friend in Germany actually take it off their car and ship over here for me. They had to cut the seals in order to do that so I ordered some replica seals

Nice! i always wandered what you plate meant.. lol

But we aren't talking about the same thing, im talking about the thing that hold the german plate, pics:

[Frög]

Nice pix!
Is it just me or does some of the cars appear dirty?
The Carrera GT looks dirty, the tires and wheel wells appear dirty - kinda odd for a museum.

Didn't notice that, but yeah they look dirty.. I know its what they call a "moving," the cars are frequently switched around, but thats no excuse..

[NevrNufTorq]

ty man!!! very cool to see

[nreggie454]

I am very envious. The next time you are around there, keep your eyes peeled for a 718. Those are sick and I haven't seen many good pictures of those.

[81911SC]

Any 917 or 962 shots?
Awesome man, I can't wait to go.

[Frög]

Any 917 or 962 shots?
Awesome man, I can't wait to go.

I wish, they didn't have them when I went ..

Yeah man, I can't wait to see the new museum!!

http://www.porsche.com/uk/aboutporsche/porschemuseum/

[81911SC]

In a couple of years we need to get together and go to Rennfest. That will fix any cars you've missed.

[speedminded]

Balsa wood FTW!

balsa?

[speedminded]

I am very envious. The next time you are around there, keep your eyes peeled for a 718. Those are sick and I haven't seen many good pictures of those.

Mmm...Formula 1 or street car?

1st car is a 718 RSK Spyder and the 2nd is a 718 F1...

[speedminded]

Please tell me that's a '74 Martini Carrera RSR Turbo next to the GT1...and you have pics of iit!

[nreggie454]

Mmm...Formula 1 or street car?

1st car is a 718 RSK Spyder and the 2nd is a 718 F1...

The one in the foreground. IMO a beautiful car that influenced the CGT heavily.

[81911SC]

Please tell me that's a '74 Martini Carrera RSR Turbo next to the GT1...and you have pics of iit!

I know for sure it is and you better have pics of it.
My absolute favorite of all time.

[Frög]

Please tell me that's a '74 Martini Carrera RSR Turbo next to the GT1...and you have pics of iit!

lol it sure is! I was looking everywhere the pics i took of it!!!!!!

I think they didn't transfer from my camera, I need to check.. I love that car too, I have a magazine on it and I took a poster from the museum of it but I forgot it in France..

[EJ25RUN]

Nice pix!
Is it just me or does some of the cars appear dirty?
The Carrera GT looks dirty, the tires and wheel wells appear dirty - kinda odd for a museum.

It is motor racing tradition that a car that won either Le Mans or anyother important race not be washed afterwerd, its almost like battle scars from the event.

balsa?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsa

Starting with the Bergspyder cars of the mid to late 60's when Porsche began studying every form of light weight material to use in their race cars, they began to use balsa wood in the shift knobs.

That's why the Carrera GT knob is balsa wood instead of tacky carbon fiber.

It's tradition, something Porsche knows a little about.

[speedminded]

It is motor racing tradition that a car that won either Le Mans or anyother important race not be washed afterwerd, its almost like battle scars from the event.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balsa

Starting with the Bergspyder cars of the mid to late 60's when Porsche began studying every form of light weight material to use in their race cars, they began to use balsa wood in the shift knobs.

That's why the Carrera GT knob is balsa wood instead of tacky carbon fiber.

It's tradition, something Porsche knows a little about.

http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-pq...or-Console.jpg

That Carrera GT knob is laminated layers of birch and ash (light and dark) made "to remind drivers of the balsa wood shift knob in the 1970 Le Mans-winning Porsche 917".

[EJ25RUN]

That Carrera GT knob is laminated layers of birch and ash (light and dark) made "to remind drivers of the balsa wood shift knob in the 1970 Le Mans-winning Porsche 917".

well damn, even the balsa wood didn't get a comeback. Im sad now.

[The Viceroy]

coool. museum of a bunch of slow cars. Thanks for wasting my time froggy. JK hope it was fun, you gotta tell me about it when we see each other next, maybe at work

[speedminded]

well damn, even the balsa wood didn't get a comeback. Im sad now.

nah, I can't imagine balsa being durable or strong enough for something constantly being used...even with a hard lacquer finish. For a true manual transmission you don't want a lightweight shift knob anyways, it needs to be weighted & balanced for precise shifts.

[JEY$JDM]

sick.

[The Youngn]

Nice! i always wandered what you plate meant.. lol

But we aren't talking about the same thing, im talking about the thing that hold the german plate, pics:

yea i know...i was just saying since you got something really from Germany. I got my frame off of ebay

[Frög]

yea i know...i was just saying since you got something really from Germany. I got my frame off of ebay

oh gotcha!

[csmiths]

speedster and gt3rs with blue wheels are just awesome.

[Z33_kid]

very nice

[LS2ner]

i saw a GT3 in Chattanooga a few months back.. I think i was on the phone with QD. I saw what looked like the GT3 RS a awhile back, but it was on the opposite side of the road. By far my favorite is still the Carrera GT. The 998 turbo is nice tho


Good ****

[81911SC]

i saw a GT3 in Chattanooga a few months back.. I think i was on the phone with QD. I saw what looked like the GT3 RS a awhile back, but it was on the opposite side of the road. By far my favorite is still the Carrera GT. The 998 turbo is nice tho


Good ****

Yea, future cars are always nice.

[d_day87]

nice pics, looks like it was a good trip

[K20Z1]

man take me next time when u go to france again!

[Frög]

ok, idk where all the pics went, but here is one i dug up of the 74 Martini Carrera RSR Turbo..



i need to find my pop's camera..

[Frög]

here is one i found online: