Cars n Croissants today

Went to Cars n' Croissants in Chatham NJ today. Great cars and people. Abi Singh is organizer and kudos' to him for starting this up. For so long, we had serious envy when hearing about similar events in LA or other parts across the nation.
It was my first time, and I met some nice people. I was looking for the owner of the white 964 and only realized who he was, when he was leaving. Oh well, next time, Rob (redcoat) !

Happy Birthday Dad

Happy birthday Dad. Hope you enjoy yourself tonight. Here is a little "Ode to Denis" on behalf of Audrey and a friend of hers, who is on vocals !!

Did you know that your birthday is just 3 days after Steve McQueen !!

Enjoy .... love NnK

Porsche Magnet

I found this today, courtesy of Art Adams, on Vimeo. Cute ....

Saturday in March --- time for bbq?

We ate on the porch, Saturday, owing to the wonderful and balmy weather with nary a bug in sight

threw some sausages on the grill

the we walked to see how the sleuss gate was doing at Hempstead Lake. On our way we could see that the beavers had been busy munching on birch trees

Next I tried to clean out a little, any obstructions, around the gate

Looking at the lake, you can see that not all has quite melted yet --- but most of it has ... a film of ice on the surface it about it

You see below the beavers little pad

and then we went to check the flow of water from the lake, in to the stream. All was good.

Vitaloni Sebring - Parth the 2nd

Finished putting on the vitaloni's .... works great in my own rather humble opinion

so the lower profile mirrors are more in tune with the wheels and the trim. Gives a tighter more streamlined appearance and takes away the dumbo effect that the flags had (big flappy ears)

Vitaloni Sebring - Parth the Furst

Installed the vitaloni sebring mirror, but only on driver side (i need a little plastic spacer, and i only had one ... i have to get the other this week, and will then complete the set). You can see the flag mirror on the passenger side, so you know what is missing or will soon be changed.

 next you see a closeup

and now a side shot from the front

and the sporty shot

and a shot showing both old and new

War Paint

A little background on some of the painting that goes on with racecars. The 917 short tail pink pig for instance is mentioned. Interesting car, the pink pig.
The story goes that the names of cuts of meat were written in German across it in a similar fashion to a butcher's carcass diagram, earning it the nickname "Der Truffeljäger von Zuffenhausen" (The Truffelhunter of Zuffenhausen) or just plain "Pink Pig". Apparently it was done as a laugh when the body came back after its aerodynamic work had been done (ie. with the short tail - but 5 inches wider and generally much bulkier than its sleeker cousins.
Here is a shot (copied from Porsche 917, The winning Formula by Peter Morgan) from the Le Mans race of 1971.

Essentially when Martini (sponsors) saw the paintwork, they refused to be associated with it. When the factory brought it to Le Mans, the privateers were upset that a more advanced 917 was being run. The needn't have worried as the short tail DNF.
The white #22 Martini-entered 917K (chassis number 053 -see pic above -- to the right of the pig) of Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep, equipped with a magnesium frame, set an overall distance record that still stands today. On the Circuit de la Sarthe, they set a distance record of 5335.313 km (3,107.7 miles) at an average speed of 220.2 km/h (137.6 mph).



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