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MY LITTLE BATHTUB PORSCHE/THE DESIGN OF TODAY?

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My 1967 Porsche 912 Experience: Part One   This maybe a subject that many of you have asked yourself of late. Why did Porsche create a Boxster and then a 911 with the same stylings in mind? I know what you thinking a moderately priced Porsche for the masses only to rival the the 911? Well, let us ponder this a bit. The first generation of Porsches back in F.PORSCHE day was the bathtub 356. As we all know the classic and most sort after unit is the 356 in any form or nomenclature. The four cam marvel was the thing cafe racers only could have dreamed of back then and Ferrari took noticed as it won race after race at Le Mans. Yet,I digress. In 1965 Porsche 911 was said to be the to end all  Porsches by Car and Driver. And when I look back at my little 1967 912 sitting in my driveway on Pestalozzi stre