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michael wrote: Mon May 01, 2023 10:06 am

Tom wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 2:24 pm

michael wrote: Sat Apr 29, 2023 11:37 amMy silver rose

Beautiful car. It's a dead ringer for @Crazy Eddie's car. He will be showing his at Luftgekuhlt tomorrow if you are going. If not, he's down here in Silicon Valley and it would be very cool to compare the cars side-by-side. I suspect your interior is a bit more vibrant than his. Yours must be a non-US car, right? The US Silver Rose's all had airbags as far as I know... We did an article on Ed's car in Panorama that may be of interest, linked below for PCA members....

https://ww2.pca.org/panoreader/jun-2015/#page=1


silber rosa article.jpg

I read the article about Ed's car when it came out in Panorama. It is a great story and a stunning car! Mine is nowhere near as clean. It was previously used as PCA club racer and I restored it for street use. As part of this I swapped the cracked dashboard with a good used pre-airbag one and installed the matching steering wheel. Would indeed be very cool to meet up and see Ed's car in person. I was out of town and couldn't make it to Luftgekuehlt unfortunately...

blueline wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:18 pm @Tom @Crazy Eddie

I finally got around to reading the June 2015 Panorama article written by Tom about Ed's 1988 944 Silber Rosa Turbo S - "Sterling Silber" "Special Cars Come From Special People".

Great read, great pictures and a great and very special car. And now I know a little more about Eddie! Talk about detail! Good thing he's not doing barracks, troop or other military-type inspections ... good grief, everyone would be in the stockade for life or worse.

Nicely done Tom and Ed! (The photographer too - excellent photos!)

Crazy Eddie wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:20 pm

blueline wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:18 pm @Tom @Crazy Eddie

I finally got around to reading the June 2015 Panorama article written by Tom about Ed's 1988 944 Silber Rosa Turbo S - "Sterling Silber" "Special Cars Come From Special People".

Great read, great pictures and a great and very special car. And now I know a little more about Eddie! Talk about detail! Good thing he's not doing barracks, troop or other military-type inspections ... good grief, everyone would be in the stockade for life or worse.

Nicely done Tom and Ed! (The photographer too - excellent photos!)

Thank you for your kind words
Truly a high point in one’s life
Just very very fortunate

Tom wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:22 pm

Crazy Eddie wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:20 pm

blueline wrote: Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:18 pm @Tom @Crazy Eddie

I finally got around to reading the June 2015 Panorama article written by Tom about Ed's 1988 944 Silber Rosa Turbo S - "Sterling Silber" "Special Cars Come From Special People".

Great read, great pictures and a great and very special car. And now I know a little more about Eddie! Talk about detail! Good thing he's not doing barracks, troop or other military-type inspections ... good grief, everyone would be in the stockade for life or worse.

Nicely done Tom and Ed! (The photographer too - excellent photos!)

Thank you for your kind words
Truly a high point in one’s life
Just very very fortunate

Just re-read the story from beginning to end. That was my first story in Panorama (or anywhere for that matter) and what I didn't appreciate at the time is what a once-in-a-lifetime experience it was. The end result is a fun story, but getting there with Ed, when neither of us had a clue what we were doing, was one of life's great memories. I tip my hat to @stout for giving us a shot against all odds, and of course to Ed for being such an interesting character, great friend, and having such an article-worthy car! The photographer was Michael Alan Ross, whose pictures are still filling the pages of Porsche magazines everywhere -- great photographer and just a great guy.