Porsche Monterey Classic

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The place to be; I hear it's nice in Monterrey this weekend.
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You didn't show the limited run widebody Tuthill 911 GT1 tribute that was brought to Monterrey. Or was that not shown? Is the Porsche classic a separate event? Any 2.7 rs Americas show up? Looks like fun.
I am not attending... But the cars are off-the-freakin-charts incredible. Yes, the 2 events are separate.
 
My idea of a well used Porsche would involve an air cooled 911. No "Ms" in its selling price.
I've read that give it a decade and all of the guys that bought Porsche 356 speedsters will be in retirement homes making the prices go down. I thought by now most of the pre war vehicles would be dirt cheap as who knows how to set-up a generator, points, and all of the constant tuning old vehicles require.
 
A fabulous event ! A few of my Porsche friends are there...One is racing has Jaguar XJ16 although he also has a Lemans winning 962 in the garage !
 
I've read that give it a decade and all of the guys that bought Porsche 356 speedsters will be in retirement homes making the prices go down. I thought by now most of the pre war vehicles would be dirt cheap as who knows how to set-up a generator, points, and all of the constant tuning old vehicles require.
Pre war? The 3XX name does have some implication of a pre-WWII Porsche naming convention, but I'm pretty sure all of the Porsches ever built were post WWII. Unless you mean some different war?

Yes those of us who can deal with points, timing lights, etc are getting older. But we can still drive a manual and many of us have taught our children to do so as well. Which reminds me - have to teach my grandson to set points and timing as soon as he gets to driving age.

The prices may go down for much the same reason that Model As and Model Ts aren't as popular anymore. We saw hardly any when we were growing up so they don't mean a lot to us.
 
The Porches were trendy in the 1970s a few of my friends had them . The 930 Turbo was in my opinion awesome.
 
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