curve lover

John-- An honor working with you, & being associated with Total 911 Magazine.
Thanks for the wonderful news: an amazing way to start the new year

JPP

I would agree. Can't wait to read the article!

curve lover

2010: The year of Jon Paul's 993 Speedster! Who else can Speedy help push down the slippery slope this year?
New year's greetings from the Rockies: 2nd holiday weekend of snowboarding & mountain sports lined up
...another fun type of slippery slope

Making the most of my break from night school, & wishing RLers all the best in the new decade!

curve lover

Share your favorite Speedy slide # here for submittal to the Rennlist calendar.Glad y'all are checking out the show: Another vote for another photo not previously posted on RL

Slide #139 (for higher resolution: click slideshow)...

curve lover

Here to aid the addiction: photography by Mr. Duane Steiner, co-owner of speedAndMotion.com.

From his on-line "La Dolce Vita Photo Gallery"...

timothymoffat

^^^^^^HOT!

alpinadvl

my favorite..... but maybe it's b/c I have an *** fetish with these cars.....

RJT

Nope Alf. I think it's because you just have an *** fetish period.

JPP

...not that there's anything wrong with that ....

RJT

I love big butts. That is why 2 our 3 993's were wide bodies. The funny thing is as much as I love the wide bodies, my favorite one to drive was my narrow bodied cab. It just 'fit' me better I guess.

JPP

I think it's more than that. I love the dimensions of the standard 993 cars because to me, it's a perfect, unbroken set of smooth transitional lines and curves. It seems like a misnomer to call them 'narrow' when compared to the 964 or any other previous 911 bodies, even the 964 turbo.
I have a friend that is a car designer. He started at Studebaker back in the '50's, then Chrysler, GM and now Nissan. He told me that in the auto design 'Community', the standard 993 body is considered the 'Holy Grail' of design accomplishment, the "ultimate transition to a final product for the 911 body", and he's not the type to gush. Don't get me wrong, I think WB cars are beautiful. IMHO one of the most beautiful WB cars I've seen is Mark Porsche's Speedster where the factory blended in the rear fender and rocker like a standard Carrera without the 'ledge' sticking out between the two:



It really makes the 'S' front spoiler stick out like it doesn't belong. I actually think a standard front bumper would have worked perfectly here, just letting the extra width in the rear draw the discerning eye. Maybe he'll sell it to me so I can fix that ..

curve lover

Jon Paul-- As usual, your insights really connect with me:
When designing Speedy's WB conversion, a difficult stylistic decision was whether to blend NB-style rocker panels into the WB rear quarters. I went with OEM WB rockers, but don't feel it's technically as 'pure' of a flowing, seamless look.
Will your 993 Speedster take this artistic leap to arguable perfection?Alf-- My bride chuckled when she read your post, then said what Jo wrote ... before she wrote it!

P.S. Hope you got my e-mail last week, with a request regarding your request, & answering your question about an east-coast lass (NB).

curve lover

Alf pushing his 'fetish' against Speedy on his "PICS: Monterey/Laguna Seca 2009 REWIND...." thread:

RJT

Is Alf carring a Purse in that picture???

alpinadvl

It's a man's carry all.....It's EUROPEAN !


..... actually it's a camera bag.......and my head is shrunken in that picture ! damn aspherical lenses !.... (or something like that).