Ferdinand Porsche Passes

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Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 5, 2012 22:14:06 GMT -5

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Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, who designed the first 911 sports car and went on to found a consumer products design firm that also carried the Porsche name, died Thursday in Salzburg, Austria. He was 76.
www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-mo-ferdinand-porsche-20120405,0,1456835.story

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agave58 Junior 58/59 Member Posts: 64	Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 6, 2012 10:10:26 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agave58 on Apr 6, 2012 10:10:26 GMT -5 actualites.sport-prestige.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/ferdinand_butzi_porsche-bd.jpg [/img] Ferdinand with the iconic 911 that he designed....RIP
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Stale Air Administrator Posts: 189	Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Stale Air on Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5 Yep, another iconic innovator passes on. But, I do wonder why they didn't mention anything about the 914?
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agave58 Junior 58/59 Member Posts: 64	Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 6, 2012 11:30:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agave58 on Apr 6, 2012 11:30:55 GMT -5 Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5 Stale Air said: Yep, another iconic innovator passes on. But, I do wonder why they didn't mention anything about the 914? Because the 914 was a "Poor Mans" Porsche....
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jays58 New 58/59 Member Posts: 11	Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 6, 2012 23:23:07 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jays58 on Apr 6, 2012 23:23:07 GMT -5 Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5 Stale Air said: Yep, another iconic innovator passes on. But, I do wonder why they didn't mention anything about the 914?
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Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 7, 2012 16:22:54 GMT -5

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Apr 6, 2012 11:30:55 GMT -5 agave58 said:

Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5 Stale Air said:

Yep, another iconic innovator passes on.
But, I do wonder why they didn't mention anything about the 914?

Because the 914 was a "Poor Mans" Porsche....

I heard that those turds were on the same assembly line as the super beetle.

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agave58 Junior 58/59 Member Posts: 64	Ferdinand Porsche Passes Apr 8, 2012 10:27:57 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by agave58 on Apr 8, 2012 10:27:57 GMT -5 Apr 7, 2012 16:22:54 GMT -5 Stale Air said: I heard that those turds were on the same assembly line as the super beetle. I never felt that the 914 was a Porsche, but a ugly VW....
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Post by agave58 on Apr 6, 2012 10:10:26 GMT -5

Post by Stale Air on Apr 6, 2012 11:08:58 GMT -5

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Post by jays58 on Apr 6, 2012 23:23:07 GMT -5

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