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    The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo

    02-01-2010 08:05 AM #1

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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (andlf)

    02-01-2010 08:14 AM #2
    I was expecting some atrocious kit car! A 924 Carrera GT, that's a little better.
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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (andlf)

    02-01-2010 08:15 AM #3
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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (andlf)

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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (Motorjunkie)

    02-01-2010 10:07 AM #5
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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (andlf)

    02-01-2010 10:13 AM #6
    I still have this issue tucked away somewhere. Very cool car.
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    02-01-2010 10:21 AM #7
    Nice. I bring my Audi and Porsche to Sewickley Audi/Porsche. I never knew they used to service Alfas too. I'll ask them about this car next time I go in.
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    Re: FV-QR (chucchinchilla)

    02-01-2010 12:15 PM #8
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    Nice. I bring my Audi and Porsche to Sewickley Audi/Porsche. I never knew they used to service Alfas too. I'll ask them about this car next time I go in.

    cool! hmmm...wonder if its still in one piece?...or at the other end of the spectrum, its currently stuck in the back of a garage covered and hasn't been driven in 10 years. inquiring minds want to know!

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    02-03-2010 12:24 PM #9
    I would do unspeakable things to own that car!!

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    Re: FV-QR (greychinchilla)

    02-03-2010 12:26 PM #10
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    Re: FV-QR (greychinchilla)

    02-03-2010 12:27 PM #11
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    I would do unspeakable things to own that car!!

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    02-03-2010 12:42 PM #12
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    speak a few!

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    02-03-2010 01:26 PM #13
    Quote, originally posted by greychinchilla »

    Do you happen to remember Julian's (Robert Downey Jr.) character in the movie Less Than Zero?

    THAT is what I would do...

    What you'd do a lot of cocaine, be self-destructive, and....ohhhh.....thaaat. Care for some Listerine?


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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (geofftii2002)

    02-03-2010 02:02 PM #15
    Quote, originally posted by geofftii2002 »
    I was expecting some atrocious kit car! A 924 Carrera GT, that's a little better.

    This. I must have missed it entirely- never heard of it before. Nevermind that I had probably barely been conceived at the time it debuted.

    Slick wheels- that's my new favorite 924.

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    Re: The Archive - European Car-How to make a "Carrera GT" out of a 924 Turbo (andlf)

    02-03-2010 05:04 PM #18
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