There was a great program on Porsche on the Biography Channel a week ago
followed by another hour on Ferrari. I sat here mesmerized while they
recounted the progress of both of those companies and the men who made them
great.
I wonder what Ferry Porsche would have said about the AC Cobra body?
Incidentally there was a comment on Porsche and the French. They contracted
with Porsche to design a car for their auto industry. He designed a running
prototype and then they stiffed him. Some things never change.
I turned off the tube in disgust when they introduced the next TWO HOUR
biography on some rock musician. If I want to hear about talented musicians
who ruined their lives with drugs I'll watch programs on Stan Getz, Chet
Baker or Charlie Parker. I much prefer that kind of music.
Wes
on 3/14/03 6:10 AM, ardunbill@webtv.net at ardunbill@webtv.net wrote:
> Wes, this reminds me of a story I read about the time the great original
> Dr. Porsche was trying to set up his post-war sports car company, and
> his worker-bees had laboriously fashioned the first prototype body for
> the proposed 356 model, all hand metal-working. The Professor looked it
> over very carefully, front, back and sides, and told the foreman, "Take
> it back and work on it some more. It's not symmetrical side to side."
> I often think about that when I look at production vehicle bodies now.
> We do expect that. Bill
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