Maybe the Porsche had more air flow across the ignition coil and kept it cooler. All I know is I went through 4 coils in VW bugs and my wife put 50K on the transporter with no coil problems. Fuel pump still died with some regularity.?
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While 1960 was fun, I was 9 and I have zero desire to go back. No air conditioning. No personal computers. the cars were crap.?
I thought the spinning plates were neat...consider a 9 year old boy who could trip over his shadow... those plates were magical. Although I watched the American debut of The Beatles, I didn't understand the fuss.
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But then I wasn't a girl either. My older sister almost fainted from excitement watching them. I thought she needed her head dunked in a cold bucket of water.
I was 13 and sort of impressed by their guitar work. I'd been playing about a year. Mom wanted me to take lessons but that would have meant riding a city buss carrying a guitar. Even in 1963 Lexington wasn't quite that safe.
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