tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post7816278800048528295..comments2023-05-02T00:31:56.086-07:00Comments on Teegee: Essays: A Porsche 356A, 1959, of fond memoryteegeehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post-70931388773220354602012-03-11T17:33:37.542-07:002012-03-11T17:33:37.542-07:00Great pictures and even better story, thanks for s...Great pictures and even better story, thanks for sharing.<br /><br />brett in NYCBretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03553410510073816331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post-61597921200833273242011-09-25T20:07:35.116-07:002011-09-25T20:07:35.116-07:00Over here, Porsches not nearly as curious as, say,...Over here, Porsches not nearly as curious as, say, the Sunbeam Alpine of the same vintage or even the MG A and B (what HAD been really popular here one campus was the MG with wire wheels). A couple of members of our Club had Alpines. But the English cars were temperamental and hard to maintain, while the Porsches, even post-356, such as all the 911s were as tough as could be. I didn't realize how unfamiliar the 356A would look even to someone, well, old enough to have a grown son! After c. 1970 all the cars of these kinds became more expensive and more powerful. Ferdinand Porsche, after all, designed both the VW and the Porsche, and at first they both owed their efficiency (33 mpg in 4th gear on the highway for my 10-year-old 356A--no 5th gear, but four adjusted so that 4th was a moderate overdrive, and one could drive up to about 65 mph in 3rd gear without redlining) and durability to the very intelligent design of the power train.teegeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12719991678290299753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-432431864571392297.post-54961203196174889132011-09-25T07:19:33.667-07:002011-09-25T07:19:33.667-07:00I figure the 'Old Californian' quite right...I figure the 'Old Californian' quite rightly has fond associative memories of freedom and identity inter-twined in the recollection of this motor-curio.<br /><br />Not much of a petrol head, but it sure does look and read as if one curious vintage car, and European too !Kevin Faulknerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15482886706239506749noreply@blogger.com