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080 // ANNUAL REPORT PORSCHE AG 2013
Look, don’t touch! Those were the
instructions given to the Porsche
Museum crew when the container from
California arrived in Zuffenhausen in
January 2013. Kuno Werner’s shop
team was all smiles when they saw
the contents. They had acquired a
magnicent vehicle in the Golden
State and brought it back to its birth-
place. The car in question was a 1967
model, fully preserved in its original
state, with 70,000 miles on the clock
and sporting a sand-beige-colored
exterior. “Restoring it was out of the
question,” says Werner. “You don’t go
painting over the Mona Lisa just so it
looks more colorful.” That makes the
chosen car a worthy representative for
the 50-year story of “Follow the 911”.
The trip through nine countries on four
continents was ready to go – it would
be a real marathon of a tour.
Without any kind of major warm-up run
or general checkup, the car headed off
to Paris right away for its “première”. At
the Rétromobile trade fair, the sun-spoiled
Californian re-import made some of the
younger classics look awfully old. High
water in the Seine River would prove to be
opportune for a subsequent photo shoot.
The quays had been closed to street traffic
as a precautionary measure, yet an excep-
tion was made for the star of the exhibition,
and the ’67 Porsche enjoyed an exclusive
parking space with a view of Notre Dame
Cathedral. A popular car like this 911 may
not be able to part the waters, but it still
has the power to get exemptions from
strict regulations – something that would
be demonstrated time and again over the
course of the world tour.
A cracked oil line in Paris showed that
Porsche really had sent out a completely
unrestored vehicle. However, a new part
was quickly obtained and the leaky line was
replaced. As an aside, it should be noted
that the situation proved that supplying any
Porsche with replacement parts works –
regardless of the model year. “A world tour
with a vintage car also means implicitly
trusting problem-free technology,” says
Werner. “But if I knew this project was
being undertaken with a car other than a
Porsche, I would strongly advise against
such an endeavor.”