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911S4 02-24-2004 11:52 PM

Hard to Find Porsche Poster
 
Back in the mid 80's Porsche had a factory poster that I have been looking for for quite some time to no avail. It was approx 2'x3' and showed a black 930 from the rear with all 4 wheels off of the ground. The text at the bottom of the poster stated: "One Ride and you will understand why most rocket scientists are German." If anyone has any info on finding this please lead me in the right direction. I have searched the web as well as most well known suppliers, including the few that advertise in Pano and Excellence. Thank you in advance.

pjc 02-25-2004 07:28 AM

Try the factory archive.

PJC

S4drifter 02-25-2004 09:28 AM

My father got that poster as a direct mail piece with his last name on the license plate. great campaign. I still remember it to this day and would also love to be able to get my hands on a copy. I too have searched the web exhaustively. Please share with the board if you find it. thanks!

texasgooner 02-25-2004 11:10 AM

Anyone tried eBay???

exc911ence 02-25-2004 03:13 PM

Try www.makebigdaddyrich.com I'm not sure if he's got it but he's got tons of old posters.

911S4 02-25-2004 10:48 PM

I have tried both ebay as well as bigdaddys....no luck. What are the archives? Do you have a URL?

MRFLATSIX 02-26-2004 01:14 PM

That was not a for-sale poster. It was part of the factory sales program. I got one in the mail with my name in the license plate. You might be able to find it on eBay, or try sending an Email to PCNA headquarters, it was their marketing campaign.

real550A 02-26-2004 11:37 PM

As others have said, keep watching ebay. I have seen that poster a few times in the last couple months.

Noel 02-27-2004 09:43 AM

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I had asked this question a couple years ago and was directed to a website that contained high-resolution scans of the poster. I downloaded them and have them on my computer. However, I just checked and the site is no longer around. Since I don't have a means of posting a 96MB TIFF image (62MB Zipped), I can mail a CD to someone who does if more than one person wants the file. If only a cople want it, I can mail out disks.

I had originally planned to take the file to a Kinkos to have them print a poster, but new got around to it. I may look into it again.

Let me know if youwant the file.

BTW, here is smaller version of the file.

Noel

S4drifter 02-27-2004 08:53 PM

Noel, I sent you a PM. This is a good first step. If anyone has a low-res image of the full poster including the copy, I will recreate the poster (I work for a graphic design studio) and then put together a poster for those interested. Any image of the layout is appreciated.

DCN 911 02-27-2004 09:16 PM

I too have sent a PM
 
If you were able to send on disk, I would greatly appreciate it. I have been searching for this for a very very long time.

Dean
1988 911 Coupe
Toronto, Canada

S4drifter 03-03-2004 08:22 PM

Got the file from Noah
 
Bad news. It looks like a high-res digital photo of the poster. Below is a screengrab of the poster and you can see dead areas of the photo (black blocks). At a larger size I am not sure it will look good. I am going to try a little photoshop magic.

S4drifter 03-03-2004 08:31 PM

screengrab of hi-res
 
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I'll see what I can do with this. If you look closely at Noel's original above you can see th black blocks there as well. But I will find a way to make it work!. I want this poster.

S4drifter 03-03-2004 08:36 PM

a quick p-shop cleanup
 
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a quick stab

911S4 03-03-2004 09:33 PM

Poster
 
Kirk,
The two black areas between the tires I think are gravel and from what I remember they were clearly evident in the poster I saw years ago. Please keep us all posted and thank you for your work on this!


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