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The Gold-Plated Porsche: How I Sank a Small Fortune Into a Used Car, and Other Misadventures

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"This isn't a book about Porsche restoration. It's about Wilkinson's colorful life. That, along with elegant writing, is what makes this book so endearing-the tales are told without ego. This is less a tale about a machine than a tale about a man enjoying a machine."--"Car and Driver" Stephan Wilkinson was looking for something to do. So he bought an old, run-down Porsche and over the next two years tore it apart and rebuilt it in a garage behind his house. The project cost him a small fortune, and it started him thinking about many other things. Quirky, cool, entertaining, and opinionated, The Gold-Plated Porsche captures Wilkinson's inspired digressions on his various other careers and misadventures. As he recounts his own personal history, Wilkinson also waxes eloquent on the history of Porsche, American engineering and culture, status, and all things mechanical.

About the Author :
Stephan Wilkinson claims to have majored in sports cars at Harvard, which did not amuse the administration. He is currently automotive editor of "Conde Nast Traveler."

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." . . this isn't a book about Porsche restoration. It's about Wilkinson's colorful life. . . . That, along with elegant writing, is what makes this book so endearing--the tales are told without ego. Wilkinson is amused by life's inevitable disasters and humiliating blow-ups, trotting them out so everyone can laugh. This is . . . less a tale about a machine than a tale about a man enjoying a machine."--"Car and Driver" ."..fascinating and delightful. He dissects enthusiast car ownership with such clarity and spirited writing that it is refreshing. Brilliantly crafted and a great read no matter what season."--" More" magazine Your Porsche book is magic. If on picking this up a reader expects a how-to manual on restoring a Porsche 911, he will be disappointed because all you give him is a how-to manual on life. The clear and colorful way you explain difficult and convoluted mechanical functions is pure John McPhee at his best. Your experiences - with cars, as a merchant seaman, as an EMS driver, building airplanes - come together in this glorious tale. Thank you for sharing it."--"AutoWeek" "Finding the meaning of life with a Craftsman wrench is the idea behind this book, but that doesn't get across just how entertaining it is. The writing is crisp, the narrative stays lively with a series of deliberate digressions and blended segues, and there's plenty here for everyone."--"Library Journal" "The Gold-Plated Porsche is the highly entertaining story of someone who seems to have been playing while everybody else was at work."--FlyingMag.com "Your Porsche book is magic. If on picking this up a reader expects a how-to manual on restoring a Porsche 911, he will be disappointed because all you give him is a how-to manual on life. The clear and colorful way you explain difficult and convoluted mechanical functions is pure John McPhee at his best. Your experiences - with cars, as a merchant seaman, as an EMS driver, building airplanes - come together in this glorious tale. Thank you for sharing it."--"AutoWeek" ." . . tinkering, in this memoir, is a vehicle itself, a way to take the reader on a tour of Wilkinson's life in the driver's seat... all retold at a fast clip and with plenty of pep."--"Conde Nast Traveler" ," . . this isn't a book about Porsche restoration. It's about Wilkinson's colorful life. . . . That, along with elegant writing, is what makes this book so endearing--the tales are told without ego. Wilkinson is amused by life's inevitable disasters and humiliating blow-ups, trotting them out so everyone can laugh. This is . . . less a tale about a machine than a tale about a man enjoying a machine."-- Car and Driver , .."fascinating and delightful. He dissects enthusiast car ownership with such clarity and spirited writing that it is refreshing. Brilliantly crafted and a great read no matter what season."-- More magazine Your Porsche book is magic. If on picking this up a reader expects a how-to manual on restoring a Porsche 911, he will be disappointed because all you give him is a how-to manual on life. The clear and colorful way you explain difficult and convoluted mechanical functions is pure John McPhee at his best. Your experiences - with cars, as a merchant seaman, as an EMS driver, building airplanes - come together in this glorious tale. Thank you for sharing it."-- AutoWeek


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781592287925
  • Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
  • Publisher Imprint: The Lyons Press
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: How I Sank a Small Fortune Into a Used Car, and Other Misadventures
  • ISBN-10: 1592287921
  • Publisher Date: 01 Sep 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: N


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