Just curious

[wizard]

Hi all
Just a curious question - I notice some of you have modified (heavily) your turbo cars and have gone to lengths to change the badge to spell Turbot - what does it mean?

I must add, as a new owner of a 944T I have found this forum extremely useful and picking up alot of good information - well done.

 

[Guest]

I havnt changed my badge!!!

I might once i get it up to 500bhp

Porsche 944Turbo(brown pant edition!!)

 

[wizard]

No - I don't remember seeing it on yours Slim, it was a red turbo, can't think of who it belonged to now. ...

 

[wizard]

I have been following your topics with great interest Slim. I am sure when I have sorted the 101 things to do on mine, I will be following yours and others footsteps.
Might even get a 'Turbot' badge when i know what it stands for.
Does the 't' stand for 'Tweaked' or 'Tampered with' []

 

[Diver944]

I await the arrival of the Essex contingent.

C'mon Rick (Eastnder) put Wiz out of his misery []

p.s. you should take a look at the current badge on the back of Ricks car

 

[John Sims]

C'mon Rick (Eastnder) put Wiz out of his misery

He's not bitten yet. []

As I understand the Turbot conversion is to 951's what RUF is to 911's. It represents the ultimate in conversions. Take a great car and make it even better. []

 

[944Turbo]

More turbot pics here on Ricks web site

Something fishy about that conversion [][]

Tony

only a Turbo but I did look at adding an S (decided not too as I would of needed a new Turbo badge as well as an RS badge to make it look right.

 

[steve 944t]

this looks like a suitable excuse to sneak in a picture of the rear end of my Turbo S!
(please ignore the rather jaunty angle of the rear wiper, which has packed up, soon to be removed alltogether!)

 

[Diver944]

As this is a frivolous thread [] I think it's fair to say that we actively encourage jauntiness from 944 owners []

Tony - thats your cue for a pic of your jaunty Le Mans racing numbers

 

[Fen]

ORIGINAL: steve 944t

this looks like a suitable excuse to sneak in a picture of the rear end of my Turbo S!
(please ignore the rather jaunty angle of the rear wiper, which has packed up, soon to be removed alltogether!)

I know that registration number from somewhere, but I can't think where. Was it sold thru Northway after getting a new head gasket there in June 2001?

 

[944Turbo]

Did someone say jaunty numbers?

 

[944Turbo]

just found another one []

 

[steve 944t]

I know that registration number from somewhere, but I can't think where

no, it wasnt sold by Northway - I bought it last August from Cridfords. Previous owner had it for 6 years, and at some point registered it as VWU 944 (he wanted £1500 for the reg, which I declined so it has reverted back to the original plate.)
If you are brave enough to venture into Slough [:-] then you may have seen me trundling around there.

Steve

 

[Fen]

Nope, that's not it - never been to Slough in my life.

Did you buy it from a Titanic lister? Anyone else think JNX rings a bell?

 

[steve 944t]

no, didnt buy via titanic. It's a mystery then! I believe the previous owner was a PCGB member so perhaps you saw it at a show somewhere before the private plate was fitted.

 

[Fen]

Oh well, not to worry. It might come to me but if not I have managed to stop racking my brain trying to think where I know it from...