"Excellence" magazine

I called Henry at IM today and he mentioned he's been busy with people from "Excellence" who are apparently there getting info and/or taking pictures for an article on the 911 engined car he just finished for a customer.

Almost got my car in 'Pretty Darn Good' magazine...but they said it was only so-so and not really PGD material. It didn't get in. So, I called So-So magazine and they looked at the car and said that it was too good for their magazine. It was better than so-so but not quite PGD stuff. So, I called Okay Magazine and I'm still waiting for their response. I hope my car is Okay!
Ron (the above dribble may not be true)

I wonder if Ron writes like he thinks or thinks like he writes.
Just kidding!
John H.

The problem, John, is that I seldom think when I write. I think that I think like I write...but I also write like I think....and I think it's a good idea to write..and I think that writing, for the sake of writing, without thinking, has its benefits too...which is why I seldom think when I write...didn't I already mention that?
Ron (the dribble just goes on and on)

Hey, John, didn't I say that about you...about a month or two ago?
Ron

Ron,
I think your comment was about writing/talking or talking/writing. However, at my age, short term memory was the first thing I lost. As far as the second thing, well, I don't remember. But wouldn't that be long term memory? What is the dividing line between short and long? Will it be long before the short becomes long? Please help me, I'm so confused.

For me, long term memory is when I want a tool or something and walk down to my garage, which is about 100 feet from the house. Usually, by the time I get to the garage, I've forgotten what I came down for. But it works out okay, because I'm easily distracted and often find something to do in the shop. This drives my wife nuts, especially when she sent my down to the garage, and is waiting for what ever I was suppose to bring back.
Ron

Ron,
Yup. Same same. For me however it doesn't take nearly 100 feet. Did you notice that nobody has chimed in on this one yet? The other guys must think we are members of the "rusty zipper club."
John

I'd chime in John, but I am still LMAO at his post. I'll check at Barnes to see if there is a current issue of "So-so" magazine featuring VS and JPS cars. ;^)

Jim

Yeah, Me too!! Uhhh...BTW, What were we talking about???
BD. (I think)

You know you're getting old when someone asks for your phone number and you give them your phone number...that you had 30 years ago. Works the same for addresses. Sometimes I feel like Ozzie Osbourne.
Ron

I think I'll back out of this one while I can still maintain a modicum of my dignity.
Joe H......I mean John H.
1965 Corvair Corsa
Upstate New York
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John, I had a '65 corsa 140 convertible, then a '66 Corsa 140 coupe. After they had been tuned both would catch rubber on the shift from 2nd to 3rd (4-speeds) and both were a LOT of fun to drive. I got a V8 mid-engine kit from Ted Trevor at Crown Engineering after I drove a friends 350 LT1 V8 conversion, but never got around to installing the kit in my car.

This is better than cable. You guys should have your own show. I laughed so hard I think I wet myself. Nope, just spilled my coffee.

I think the responses are funny, too, but I'm wondering if some of you are so Porsche ignorant that you don't know what "Excellence" is?

Oh sure George. Isn't Excellence published by Hustler Magazine?

Erik, I met one guy that bought a used VS after he saw the movie "Doc Hollywood" because he thought they were (in his words) "neat lookin' cars". He didn't have a clue about Porsches (or much of anything else...).

They indeed are "neat looking" cars. While friends in high school were driving muscle cars I was lusting after the then long in the tooth 356, a classic design if ever there was one. Another classic is the Ducati Hailwood model, oh lordy, heart be still!

Erik, I was a BMW/Ducati/Moto Guzzi/Laverda dealer in the 1970's. We also sold a few MV Agustas. I had a 1975 dual-ignitioned, red/white cammed Ducati 750 S/S Desmo that was da bomb. In 1976 I imported one Ducati 900 S/S Desmo from the Canadian distributor because Berliner Motors (then the US duck distributor) didn't get any 900's shipped to the US.

My 750 S/S desmo was smooth as silk, quick as lightening, and handled better than any other bike I ever rode. I was going to trick out the 900 S/S with cams, dual ignition, etc., but got a good offer for the dealership and sold it lock, stock, and barrel.

George I want you to watch old Seinfeld reruns until you start to laugh and do not, I repeat, do not go back to watching the Beverley Hillbillies.
Ron

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Thanks for caring so much for our cultural enlightenment Geo ;^) Who'da thunk you cared so much.

Jim
Subscriber, Excellence Magazine

Yea, George, my '65 was also a 140 with the 4 Rochesters. I replaced then with a ram induction manifold and a Carter 4 barrel, which was not such a smart move. With some abuse, I could get rubber, at least a chirp, in all four. This was the car GM came up with AFTER Ralph's FU book. One publication said it handled better than a same year Vett.
John H.
Ps. I have looked over a friends copy of Excellence and it is a primo rag for sure. Jim, do you belong to the registry? Would they accept your car with a VW VIN?????

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John, the '65 and later Corvairs were GM's test bed for the Corvette IRS. The '65 still had the weak 4-speed, but in '66 and later the stock Saginaw V8 4-speed transmission was used 9which made the Corvair V8 conversion easy).

I tried a ram manifold with the small 390 CFM Holley 4 barrel carb and after a lot of tuning (meter block changes, etc.) the '66 coupe ran pretty well.

Ron, here's quotes from a scene in "The Beverly Hillbillies" pilot program before they struck oil. Not verbatim, but you get the picture.

Granny: "Jed, we're down to our last piece of fatback. You want me to render it to make soap or cook it up for dinner?"

Jed: "Render it down, Granny. God will always find a way to feed us poor folk but we have to do our own washin."