View Poll Results: What model 993 do you have
C2 /non-varioram/manual
98
20.68%
C2/non-varioram/tip
16
3.38%
C2/varioram/manual
88
18.57%
C2/varioram/tip
13
2.74%
C4/non-varioram/manual
16
3.38%
C4/non-varioram/tip
0
0%
C4/varioram/manual
18
3.80%
C4/varioram/tip
0
0%
Targa
35
7.38%
Carrera S
46
9.70%
Carrera 4S
70
14.77%
Turbo
51
10.76%
RS
8
1.69%
GT2
15
3.16%
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What model 993 do you have?
maybe you could share some pictures please..
10-13-2004, 02:04 PM
#51
Originally Posted by Pzkw993
Ladies and gentlemen, a moment of silence for the MANY, the proud, the "Brotherhood of the Basket Handle". As many as twenty of us ply the roads of the world secure in the knowledge that the extra downforce from our third brake light enables us to attack turns at speeds beyond even a Hoosier-shod RS can attempt.
In town our basket handle is easily visible in the rear view and reminds us that our third brake light has not been stolen! Teenaged girls swoon at the sensuous curves and the Mies-esque arch which muscularly stretches from one side of the decklid to the other.
When we see each other on the road, we make the secret sign, the sign of the Basket Handle.
We scorn you unlucky souls whose brake light pines for release within the glass prison of the backlight.
And best of all, secret spy shots of the 997 TRIPLE TURBO have a funny piece of "camoflauge" above the decklid....
In town our basket handle is easily visible in the rear view and reminds us that our third brake light has not been stolen! Teenaged girls swoon at the sensuous curves and the Mies-esque arch which muscularly stretches from one side of the decklid to the other.
When we see each other on the road, we make the secret sign, the sign of the Basket Handle.
We scorn you unlucky souls whose brake light pines for release within the glass prison of the backlight.
And best of all, secret spy shots of the 997 TRIPLE TURBO have a funny piece of "camoflauge" above the decklid....
10-13-2004, 02:21 PM
#53
Race Car
Thread Starter
Originally Posted by mnmblu
Oh yes, I am glad someone said it. And... so poetically I might add. I REALLY love the basket handle. I think it adds an element of design, as you say, a Vanderohish style to it. That negetive space aspect! My eye say YES to the basket handle and anyone who removes it is blind to style, IMHO.
10-13-2004, 02:44 PM
#54
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Originally Posted by Rob 97 993c2
im suprised, 11 GT2's have responded.. how many were made?? only 50?
10-13-2004, 03:13 PM
#55
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I don't think of Mies as doing many arches, in furniture or in architecture. The Barcelona chair has some curves to it, but the net impression is those big rectangular cushions.
10-13-2004, 03:34 PM
#57
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Originally Posted by 993RS
You guys seriously like the basket handle??? You are seriously delusioning yourselves... Beauty of design consists of simplicity... not baroque add-ons... basket handle? who has basket handles? Little Red Riding Hood!
In years to come the basket handle will be seen as the "split window" of 993s, denoting the very first and purest cars to come to our shores. Concours competitors will furtively drill holes in their decklids by moonlight to surreptitiously "basket mod" their cars in the hopes of securing that last important point. Imitation basket handles will flood the market. Middle-aged men who post on dating message boards such as Match.com will lie about having the famous "Basket 911". The 998, when it arrives, will have a stressed carbon-fiver basket handle baked into the monocoque of the car.
I offer you the basket hand of friendship one last time. Join us or die. It's easy to join the club. Just order three simple Porsche part numbers, a little paint, and a weekend of a good body shop's time. Basket handle widebodies... the time is now.
10-13-2004, 03:36 PM
#58
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Thread Starter
Originally Posted by Pzkw993
Pas du tout.
In years to come the basket handle will be seen as the "split window" of 993s, denoting the very first and purest cars to come to our shores. Concours competitors will furtively drill holes in their decklids by moonlight to surreptitiously "basket mod" their cars in the hopes of securing that last important point. Imitation basket handles will flood the market. Middle-aged men who post on dating message boards such as Match.com will lie about having the famous "Basket 911". The 998, when it arrives, will have a stressed carbon-fiver basket handle baked into the monocoque of the car.
I offer you the basket hand of friendship one last time. Join us or die. It's easy to join the club. Just order three simple Porsche part numbers, a little paint, and a weekend of a good body shop's time. Basket handle widebodies... the time is now.
In years to come the basket handle will be seen as the "split window" of 993s, denoting the very first and purest cars to come to our shores. Concours competitors will furtively drill holes in their decklids by moonlight to surreptitiously "basket mod" their cars in the hopes of securing that last important point. Imitation basket handles will flood the market. Middle-aged men who post on dating message boards such as Match.com will lie about having the famous "Basket 911". The 998, when it arrives, will have a stressed carbon-fiver basket handle baked into the monocoque of the car.
I offer you the basket hand of friendship one last time. Join us or die. It's easy to join the club. Just order three simple Porsche part numbers, a little paint, and a weekend of a good body shop's time. Basket handle widebodies... the time is now.
