01-11-2009, 03:31 PM
It appears that 'we' have been bestowed particular names for certain wheels - those two 17" types fitted to 968's come to mind as good examples
Can anyone provide any corroboration as to official Porsche ascribed names for particular wheels.
For example, the ones referred to by Porsche in their literature as "Cup" ('Porsche Service Information Technik 92') or "Cup design" ('968 Model Series'). These variants originated in 1992 and were fitted to example the 968, the 928, and 911, and then went through a design change in 1993. Porsche described these wheels, in PET, as "Wheel, cast aluminium, alloy" with a Part Number, offset and a description of the wheel size, colour and sometimes model designation. Adrian Streather, a well known authority, in his book 'Porsche 911 (964): Enthusiast's Companion' refers to these particular wheels as 'Design 92' and 'Design 93'. Whilst not an official Porsche designation, it was his, and one way, of describing the wheels on the 911 variants of the time. Other people, less known authorities, club members and the general public have described these particular wheels as 'Cup one' and 'Cup two', as Adrian did, non-Porsche derived nomenclatures were ascribed. The moderator(s) of this particular forum use yet another describer, "C2Turbo" and "93 Cup".
I refer back to my original question, what OFFICIAL Porsche names were ascribed to wheels, and can anyone provide evidence.
If there is a wheel variant, such as the type referred to, by Porsche ("Cup, "Cup design"), and it is a description that refers to two slightly differing designs, how do we distinguish the two types? Who determines what these names are to be? As freethinking individuals, do we use the terms that we have become acustomed to using when trying to describe a particular object, or do we have our behaviour changed so that we describe a particular object in the manner that suits another, or adopt the formally applied but what could be a rather lengthy description?
No opinion here, just facts.
JP
Can anyone provide any corroboration as to official Porsche ascribed names for particular wheels.
For example, the ones referred to by Porsche in their literature as "Cup" ('Porsche Service Information Technik 92') or "Cup design" ('968 Model Series'). These variants originated in 1992 and were fitted to example the 968, the 928, and 911, and then went through a design change in 1993. Porsche described these wheels, in PET, as "Wheel, cast aluminium, alloy" with a Part Number, offset and a description of the wheel size, colour and sometimes model designation. Adrian Streather, a well known authority, in his book 'Porsche 911 (964): Enthusiast's Companion' refers to these particular wheels as 'Design 92' and 'Design 93'. Whilst not an official Porsche designation, it was his, and one way, of describing the wheels on the 911 variants of the time. Other people, less known authorities, club members and the general public have described these particular wheels as 'Cup one' and 'Cup two', as Adrian did, non-Porsche derived nomenclatures were ascribed. The moderator(s) of this particular forum use yet another describer, "C2Turbo" and "93 Cup".
I refer back to my original question, what OFFICIAL Porsche names were ascribed to wheels, and can anyone provide evidence.
If there is a wheel variant, such as the type referred to, by Porsche ("Cup, "Cup design"), and it is a description that refers to two slightly differing designs, how do we distinguish the two types? Who determines what these names are to be? As freethinking individuals, do we use the terms that we have become acustomed to using when trying to describe a particular object, or do we have our behaviour changed so that we describe a particular object in the manner that suits another, or adopt the formally applied but what could be a rather lengthy description?
No opinion here, just facts.
JP
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2009, 03:44 PM by frogisland.)
