BrandonH

I was 16 in 1976 and conditioned by family male role models to a rather snobbish view of the auto world: True classics and their heirs were all that mattered: Mercer/Bugatti/Lancia/Duesenberg/Ferrari/Jaguar/etc. This attitude was sustained by the sorry state of the mid seventies auto industry: Muscle cars had been neutered, the 'last convertible' had been built, emissions controls and 'safety regs' made some of the world's great designs (read: E-type) look like the Harrison Bergeron of sportscars.

Then, one day, as I'm leafing through Road & Track, BLAM! There is an ad for the Turbo. Outrageous Tail! Amazing Flairs! And headlight washers??? no way!? 0-60 in 5 seconds was unheard of in the Ford/Carter years. Truth be told I always thought Porsches were sorta odd and wimpy with those tiny little engines and New Beetle dimensions. The Turbo changed all that with one ad.

Anyhow, I'd love to try and find that original ad. I can dimly picture it in my mind's eye, I seem to remember the headlight washer being prominent but maybe that was because the snorkel was so... weird.

So does anyone have any scans of '76 ads?

WPOZZZ

Try these two threads in FChat. Happy hunting!
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/por...o-carrera.html
http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/por...re-thread.html

BrandonH

well thanks, sort of, those are some mighty big threads and I finally gave up trying to page through for ads. So far I've found these elsewhere:

BrandonH

Same ads but both pages, and one from 1977:

BrandonH

interesting that the red '76 ads seem to have H4 healights but possibly color-ized. Possibly they only had euro-spec cars for the photo shoot? I'm going to try and find a silver '76 like the one in the 'no substitute' ad; that's the one I recall from my youth!

MUSSBERGER

http://adclassix.com/a4/87porsche911turbo928s4.html

Plus ten years.

Google porsche ads images

Mark Houghton

Several years ago, while pulling into the local McDonald's for a quick artery-clogging feast, some A-hole young crack head mo'fo made a rude comment about the "nice Volkswagen". If I wasn't in such a hurry to grab a bite to eat, I would (and should) have jumped out and kicked him square in the nuts. He was driving a Honda Accord with a go-fast loud muffler. Probably would have taken me in a drag, I'm sure...if he weren't clutching his busted jewels that is.

Porsches were never whimpy, and just got even whipmy-less when the turbo was added (as you know). Funny how our early perceptions tend to change. Early Vee-Dubs were lucky to put out 36 HP. Now multiply that by 10.

BrandonH

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MUSSBERGER

And it is clearly visable in the shot with the deck lid up