The story of Porsche U27 continues;

On Sunday November 8^th U27 was loaded onto the trailer for a trip up to the Petersen Museum in Los Angeles; rather uneventful trip really – sorry, but there is just no- way that I can make this part of the cars journey any more juicy. Unless of course you count lighting off U27’s 2.0 liter motor in the parking structure of the museum and then driving up the circular ramp to the 3^rd floor……the noise………….GLORIOUS J Damn I love this car !

We would like to thank some nice folks at this time…Jim Jaqua, who got us in touch with the right folks so that the car could be part of this magnificent display and of course Tom McIntyre at the Petersen; who has been nothing but gracious and helpful. Thanks guys!

Our good friend Tony a2z and I drove up to the Petersen last Thursday for the Trans-Am Tribute; what a day!

The original Trans-Am series was, in the opinion of most, THE best racing series that ever happened in the U.S. I can not think of a time in motor sport when manufacturer involvement was greater. How much they were involved and how strong their desire was to win was about to be revealed, and in an entirely new light……reality was that Chevrolet, Ford, Mercury, Pontiac and Mopar knew that winning in this series was going to sell cars….lots and lots of cars!

At 2:00 pm a panel discussion started and MC’ing the event - the ever popular Dave McClelland. Dave has been the voice of motor sport for some 50 years…this man digs cars and it is rather obvious that he knows his stuff and has done his homework. The topic for this panel was “The Golden years of Trans-Am and “creative thinking”. Rather quickly relabeled as “Cheetin’ in the hood”.

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