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Subject:Re: Porsche 6 cyl, was conversion
From:Benjamin Tan
Date:Thu, 6 Jan 2000 05:45:08 EST

I have seen at least 3 nearby.

MSDS had a "Range Panzer" Syncro with the brush guard and winch parked in the
rough section of the parking lot at the Porsche 50th Anniversary in Laguna
Seca. People couldn't resist looking because it was perched on the hill just
as you came in. There were rare Porsches, Ferraris, and other exotics in that
parking lot. But nothing got more curious looks than this unusual Syncro. I
observed at least 4 people walking right up to the beautifully crafted "Range
Panzer" emblem just to feel if it really was made from Aluminum checkplate.
Cool tall ride. The owner was nowhere to be found

Also spotted in San Rafael (Marin County) early in 1999 - a pair of 911
powered aircooled Vanagons. Neither vehicle looked healthy at the time. Oil
leaks were evident under the make shift oil tanks hanging from the passenger
sides of the engine compartment. Looked like Vanagon transaxles. Exhausts
cobbled-up from Porsche pieces. There was a big collection of dead insects on
the windshield. These guys were not only nowhere near the vans. They were
also probably not local. Are you guys in the list somewhere? It you're here,
it wasn't me crawling under vehicle that they. It was that other guy.

Porschefagnugen
BenT
San Francisco

There. I added that to my spell checker dictionary.