OT: 911 (was Re: A Great Find & A Defense of E-Bay)

From: Merle K. Peirce <at258_at_osfn.org>
Date: Mon Jun 19 12:12:48 2000

The Mini (1958?-present) and the FX-4 (1959-1997) came immediately to mind.


On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Chris Kennedy wrote:

> Dave McGuire wrote:
>
> > When I say "changed very little" I meant compared to certain other
> > models of car we see on the roads these days. Certainly there are
> > dozens to hundreds of changes every year or couple of years...I have
> > an '83 and a '95, and they're very different cars. But, to the
> > non-911-geek, to see them sitting next to each other in a parking
> > lot, they're damn near identical.
>
> Without a doubt. That the stylistic lines are essentially the same
> as they were in 1966 is nothing short of amazing. I suppose some
> Mercedes come close to the same phenomina, but I can't think of
> a single care from a US, Italian, French, British or Japanese
> manufacturer that's been that timeless. Well, okay, the 2CV, but
> I did say *car*... :-)
>
> -Christo
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> Chris Kennedy
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M. K. Peirce
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