Das 908 Kind: August 2005

Das 908 Kind

Anything and Everything you've ever wanted to know about The 908 Kid.

: Name: "The 908 Kid"; Location: Vancouver, Canada, Canada

Hi, thanks for visiting my blog. This is a passive site, meaning I don't visit or up-date it much anymore. Feel free to have a look around, see some of my old postings (pre-2005ish) and get a bit of an insight into my personal life, my rambling thoughts and interests. If you'd like to learn more about my professional services, click the PROFILE link below and hit the "website" link to GOOGLE my name - follow the bread crumbs. (You can also e-mail me from there, if that's easier...) Thanks! EDITORS NOTE - WHY THE 908 KID?: I've been a racing fanatic my whole life. In my opinion, the Porsche 908/3 (in Gulf livery) was one of the finest short wheel base road-racing cars ever built. Also known as "a lawn chair with 350hp", it was nimble, had a powerful AIR cooled flat-8 3 liter engine, and thanks to it's low weight and great balance, was very, very fast around the mountain roads of Sicily (re: Targa Florio). See my "Wishlist" - on my PROFILE - for the full story.

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Friday, August 19, 2005

Ripley's Believe It or Not!� :: Official Web Site - Ripleys.com

Yeah, I'm a winner!!!

Ripley's IQ game

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

The Restoration of Spyder #550/01

wow. I really, really, dig this stuff.

Restoration Photos

This car is Porsche's first purpose-built competition car, built for the Carrera Panamericana road race in Mexico, during the 50s.

It was restored from the frame / body up by:

Joe Cavaglieri, Cavaglieri Restorations, Sherman Oaks, CA.
The car is owned by the Collier Collection in Florida.

Here's the finished product, as seen on the cover of the 356 Registry magazine...

Photos by Hal Thoms

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Monday, August 15, 2005

Ticket Quota Cover-up Continues with Pennsylvania State Police

Ticket Quota Cover-up Continues with Pennsylvania State Police: "In 2002, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette uncovered the creative methods that top police officials developed to avoid the letter of the law. The specific number of tickets that troopers must now meet is known as the 'station average.' Each trooper must log the number of traffic stops and citations and if a trooper for any reason issues fewer tickets than his colleagues -- the station average -- he will be disciplined."

Friday, August 12, 2005

ALMS News - Porsche RS Spyder completes first tests.

ALMS News - Porsche RS Spyder completes first tests.: "The new car, named the RS Spyder after the car which first gave Porsche international motorsport recognition in the 1950s, ran for three days at Estoril, with Porsche factory drivers Sascha Maassen and Lucas Luhr sharing driving duties."