Celebrating the 993 turning 30 years, in the best way possib

[ch3tman]

Certainly can't think of many better ways to top this?

Highlights

• Meeting Tony Hatter, the Porsche designer who penned the 993 all those years ago
• Convoying with 30 or so 993s for almost 2 hours
• Filling Porsche Centre Bournemouth with as many 993s as possible, under the showroom lights
• Enjoying a live Q&A session with Tony Hatter at Porsche Centre Bournemouth
• Icing on the cake: Having Tony Hatter ride as a passenger in my 993 for around 30min, chatting all things 993
• Cherry on top: Having Tony Hatter sign my very own 993!

Lunch Stop:

(courtesy of @porschesatpubs)


Video montage:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzMQcYIIbHj/

Porsche Centre Bournemouth walkaround video:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzMx1vrIViw/

Tony Hatter with my 993:

None of the above would've been possible without Lee & 9WERKS ( https://9werks.co.uk) team's ideation and execution (despite Storm Ciarán's best attempts to derail planned activities). Forever thankful to them, Tony, as well as Porsche Porsche Centre Bournemouth, for helping create some fantastic memories.

Tony Hatter and his team at Porsche, with the finished 993, three decades ago:

Edited by ch3tman on Sunday 5th November 14:58

Edited by ch3tman on Wednesday 8th November 19:55

[Orangecurry]

Didn't even know it was happening, otherwise I'd have been there.

Was Tony impressed with the extra exhaust system you've installed?

......and don't you just love those 1990s big suits?

ch3tman said:

[AndrewD]

A friend of mine was telling me he drove all the way from Suffolk in his silver 993 for this event in torrential rain.

It sounds like a wonderful event. Thanks for sharing.

[ch3tman]

Orangecurry said:

Didn't even know it was happening, otherwise I'd have been there.

Was Tony impressed with the extra exhaust system you've installed?

Good spot! Exhausts didn't actually come up in convo apart from when we were reeling off our respective 'mods' to each of our cars. On that note, rather than exhaust chat, he mentioned he had seen the YouTube video on my car last year, soon after it had the mid-weight flywheel installed, and then decided to opt for the very same item himself - so we had more in common than can have imagined!

He's just as passionate about the 993 today as I imagine he was back then; the 30 min or so in the car just flew by.

AndrewD said:

A friend of mine was telling me he drove all the way from Suffolk in his silver 993 for this event in torrential rain.

It sounds like a wonderful event. Thanks for sharing.

No worries! Thanks goes to your good self for sharing with mere mortal PH'ers what you have of your super special Tuthill 911K. Simply stunning!

The torrential rain and crazy winds luckily did not stop play, but did come close to doing so; the pub for the planned lunch stop had lost gas and electricity! It was quite a site to see 27-28 993s driving into the heart of Storm Ciarán given weather warnings had been issued. It all added to the drama.



More coverage of the day, and event, has now been published here, along with some quite brilliant photography:

https://9werks.co.uk/articles/picture-gallery-30-y...

[julian987R]

This one looks rather special

https://www.hangar136.com/vehicle/porsche-911-993-...