Chipman & Taylor: Porsche 928s

Here's the first installment of the cars I found at the Chipman & Taylor car show. Although this 928 may not represent the majority of cars at the show, that is far from my goal in covering this show. The Porsche 928 is one of my all time favorites, not only is it, or was it, a revolutionary car for its time but moreover the revolutionary car of the time.

The 928 is one of those cars that, like the Karmann Ghia or the first gen BMW M3 has timeless styling. It looked good back in the eighties, it looks great now and it will still look good fifteen years from now.

As I was shooting this car at the show I heard someone compliment the owner on his nice "new" Porsche, and I quote (hence the finely placed quotation marks). In response the owner said something along the lines of heh yeah 1981 like new alabaster...

I'm not sure if he really said alabaster but is sure sounded like it. Anyways that goes to show how modern these cars are, and how ahead of their time they were. They were the the fastest production car in 1987, able to reach speeds of 184 miles per hour. Very fast for 1987, and today for that matter. Something that Jeremy Clarkson appreciated very much in one instance.

These cars are something more than just another Porsche, they are the new age of Porsche we are seeing right now, the Panemera is a front engined rear wheel drive, albeit four door Porsche, just like the 928, Porsche knew what it was doing with its cars before it knew what it was going to do with its cars in the future, and this car is one of the best examples I have seen to date.

 The owner made sure to point out the original miles on the odometer, which I found astounding, considering this is a gt car made for extensive long trips. Also he pointed out the comedy of how Porsche fitted a speedometer that read only 85 miles per hour considering the top speed is double that. I believe this is the same cluster that was used in the 924, a much slower and more fitting car for this speedometer.

It's as if Porsche was trying to build something that resembled the slow 924 for the insurance companies and concerned mothers, but then stuff a 300hp V8 and an LSD for when the owner needed a rush or had an emergency much like Jeremy Clarkson in the above link.

These cars, were made to be an escape for the white collar, something they could take out looking like they were driving something tame and boring but really be driving a monster in a sheepskin, these cars changed the way people looked at the Porsche. It was so civilized and refined it changed the way people looked at there cars in general, from modes of transportation to something with a soul.

I personally find the first generation cars to be pretty ugly but the facelift in the mid/late eighties makes all the difference for me, but if I hadn't seen the face lifted version of the car I would still like this car very much. Here is another commercial for you to enjoy, these are some of the commercials that sold me on the car initially.

Joshua Sewell

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Chipman & Taylor: Car Show and Stuff Blog.

The summer is a great time for the classic car. Sure spring and fall are good and all, but in the spring, people are still finishing up their last touches on their projects, and in the fall the classics are just finished with a good summers worth of use and are most likely not looking their best.

In the early to mid summer the best side of classic cars comes out and I have to say I love going out and visiting the local car shows and seeing what has been worked up over the winter. One of these such events that I anticipated this year was the Chimpan & Taylor car show in Pullman Washington, my hometown. This place is a college town in the middle of a farming community which in my opinion is on of the best combinations for the preservation and showcasing of the classic car.

There is a university to feed the pockets of bored professors, and fuel the restoration of barn finds, but also there is an older community of people that grew up in the muscle car era that love to come to these shows and relive the glory days when drag racing down Grand Avenue was the best thing to do on a Saturday Night. This car show in particular is in my opinion one of, if not the best on the Palouse, I overheard a number in the range of 125 cars on the complex for the car show, and have to admit I didn't have the time to take in the details I would have liked of all the cars there.

Now in all reality I feel like this was an overcrowded, almost unprofessionally put on show but none the less I was there for the cars, not to speculate on how the cars could have been shown better. One thing for sure is that this was a family event, there were free hotdogs, a truck bed full of trophies for different categories of cars and live music. The magical combo for any small town large car show.

So as I post more on the Pumps I wanted to showcase from, keep in mind I wanted to show projects that were something unique, that I haven't covered on Pumps and that also had a high level of finish so until the wait for the first post is over, watch a video on how to Drift, something I enjoy watching very much and have been though at least three times.

Joshua Sewell

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Dogwood Days Final Entry: E-Type

Despite the length of time in which the Dogwood Days car show was held, I still have one more item to show from it on Air Pumps. This is in my opinion is, despite the imperfect state which it appeared, the premiere car of the show.


Although this Jaguar isn't a hard top, which of the two is more rare, I still find it impressive to see this pump at this show, and therefore it speaks to how this car show is growing year after year and also speaks to the rarity of these cars and their legitimacy in being shown at a show even in this state.

Once I laid eyes on this car I knew I had to show it on Air Pumps. Not only was I very surprised to see it but also I was impressed to hear that it drove to the show that same day from more than 75 miles away!

Now this car was far from perfect but I think all the imperfections are someway of telling the story of this old e type. I found so much character in the faded paint with some parts having flaked off, and others having corroded air pockets.

With all the imperfections I found in this car, I felt a real authenticity about it. With some restored cars (I am fully aware this is a unrestored exsample) there is a thing of two about them that makes it easy to see they were gone through with something other than a tasteful artistic restoration in mind.

Unfortunately this fast paced mentality is all to common, I personally would rather see a classic left alone than restored to a sub par level.

So in leave of this brief article I bid the owner of this classic a word of encouragement to not skimp where one might find it easy to.


Joshua Sewell

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