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Old 05-04-2011, 05:27 PM
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http://m.jalopnik.com//5798604/ingen...g-parking-spot

At least that's how I see it. Could be a torsion bar car hacked into a 964 bumper'd cab conversion...............
Old 05-04-2011, 05:53 PM
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"This guy, absolutely has his priorities in order"

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Originally Posted by race911
http://m.jalopnik.com//5798604/ingen...g-parking-spot

At least that's how I see it. Could be a torsion bar car hacked into a 964 bumper'd cab conversion...............
neat solution....flares front/rear would seem to confirm its a wtl cab
Old 05-04-2011, 06:12 PM
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that is for boats. so you can keep a boat in a slip and not have to bottom paint it . Great idea. The stool looking thing on teh raft is the pump
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Neat story and great pics thanks for posting!
Old 05-04-2011, 06:48 PM
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Here's another link to the story:

http://gizmodo.com/#!5798604/ingenio...g-parking-spot


in Louisville, Kentucky
Old 05-04-2011, 10:09 PM
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Am I the only one that thinks every America Roadster should be turned into a WB Speedster?
Old 05-04-2011, 11:05 PM
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Sure, that would work.
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Originally Posted by NinetyOneC2
Am I the only one that thinks every America Roadster should be turned into a WB Speedster?
of course not...the wtl cabs have never commanded the prices they have in europe nor have been appreciated for turbo brakes/suspension set up...(which is far superior to standard C2).....

certainly if we had not moved back to japan we would have highly modified our
roadster (more properly wtl cab).....we had identified, started to price out the parts via PET 7 (diagrams are not pet 7 which cause its a program i cannot link or download)



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Old 05-05-2011, 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by raspberryroadster
turbo brakes/suspension set up...(which is far superior to standard C2)
For a street car? Even for a track car, I've never felt compromised with either the braking capacity, or the suspension geometry. (And yes, we had a very exhaustively campaigned America Roadster around here ~10 years ago. Jim Paugh. He's since moved onto a torsion bar race GT class racer where he's at the pointy end of the field.)
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Anyone know the car or the owner? Are the owners safe? Did the Porsche make it?
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Originally Posted by race911
http://m.jalopnik.com//5798604/ingen...g-parking-spot

At least that's how I see it. Could be a torsion bar car hacked into a 964 bumper'd cab conversion...............
By the looks of the house sure it is a real one....
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