Some things will never change

Dan, a fellow 912er recently posted on the 912bbs, a snippet from Panorama Magazine from August 1968, a concerned reader wrote in with his concerns about 912 owners:

New Club for 912 owners?
From Karel L Koke, Santa Clara, Calif. 95051, Golden Gate Region--

Several comments have appeared in PANORAMA recently regarding headlight blinking between Porsche drivers. The reason why so many of them don't blink their lights is quite simply that they own 912's and many 912 owners should never have purchased a Porsche in the first place, but did so because "they liked the looks of the new model," hightailed it to the local VW dealer, who was anxiously waiting for them as his inventory of 912's was high and his commission about the same for the 911.
Anybody wanting to purchase "the one with teh big engine,' was easily convinced that it was simply ridiculous for anybody to spend $2000 more for 2 more cylinders that would only contribute to plug fouling and all sorts of other nasty problems associated with a newly designed engine.
Gentlemen, I submit that the true Porsche addict can only be satisfied with either a 356 or a 911, and I should hereby like to move that 912 owners be excommunicated from the esteemed organization, known as PCA, and form their own Non-Porsche Non-Blinking Headlight Club of America.
Any seconds to this motion?

Some things will never change.  There is still some animosity out there for 912ers with their smaller engines.  Thankfully times have changed quite a bit though and attitudes have improved, especially in the last 5 or 6 years.  I think quality cars and the rising values have improved this view.  For example, the better the cars and the higher the values, the less we see cheap shortcuts, body kits, and vw engines -all of which hurt the image of the model over the years.  But that stigma is going away and more people are becoming interested in 912s.  

Though, maybe this explains a lot.. Browns, Indians, Notre Dame football... 912s?  I am sure a shrink would have a field day with that one.


a big thank you to Dan for sharing....