Story by Dan Scanlan • Photography as Credited
The left arm hangs out of the new metallic brown Porsche 911’s window as it passes, a red-patterned shirt hiding an inked sleeve with tattoos of an American eagle, a screaming Thrush muffler bird logo, and flames flowing from under the driver’s black chronograph.
Then Magnus Walker unfolds his lanky frame from the …
And a sort of related story. File this as well under driving your Porsche everywhere: Mark Pribanic and his 356. When we caught up with him, the odometer showed 280,000 miles. And he's covered many miles since.
I have the 277 Hot-Wheels hanging on my wall. He is a man I would love to meet someday, I think I need to take a long long road trip someday soon when my car is ready for the road again.
I talked with Magnus Saturday at the Porsche show , I have known him forever but just in passing , we would see each other at shows etc
interesting guy , works hard and deserves the credit !
I really wanna buy him a haircut. Cool guy, just needs a haircut. And a shampoo.
A++ dude all aroound, always been gracious and down to conversate. Also sang a Sisters of Mercy song with me, so I know he's good people.
In reply to fatallightning :
Rock the f' on.
I'm sorry, I can't get past the hair.
Love the cars. I wish I'd have gotten into air cooled 911s when they were affordable too.
AnthonyGS said:Love the cars. I wish I'd have gotten into air cooled 911s when they were affordable too.
I wish I hadn't sold mine while they were still affordable
loosecannon said:I'm sorry, I can't get past the hair.
That's unfortunate.
Appleseed said:loosecannon said:I'm sorry, I can't get past the hair.
That's unfortunate.
Yup.
Mark is actually my neighbor. I used to drive past his house every day on the way to work. (They are rebuilding the bridge into my neighborhood so I have to go a different route at the moment.)
He was on the ferry Saturday morning on the way to cars and coffee.
And a gratuitous shot of my air cooled 6 cylinder before I took the Porsche pictures.
Magnus.
I get it. He is one of those fortunate ones that has been smart enough to use the technology available to express in terms understandable to those of us that also get it, the real joy of driving a lightweight sports car. I applaud him for his presentation on all levels.
Funny thing about how he affected my life. My mid-engine beetle was built for the installation of an air-cooled 911 six banger. When the build started we had a air-cooled 6. Back then folks were pulling them out of old cars and upgrading. The air-cooled engines were reasonable units. Then, along comes Magnus. He makes Air-cooled cool again. Our engine became so frekin' valuable we couldn't in good sense put it in the build.
So now I'm stuck with a Raby built 2300 four banger... that causes the front wheels to not want to touch the pavement at 110 mph. I can't imagine what the 6 banger would have been like.
Still, struggle to get past the hair when its in dreadlocks.
So now I'm stuck with a Raby built 2300 four banger...
I have absolutely no sympathy for you.
In reply to pimpm3 :
And I rode back with him Sunday evening. 
Nice!
Somehow we got parked right behind Mark even though we didn't line up right behind him. Maybe the parking dude knew.
fatallightning said:Also sang a Sisters of Mercy song with me, so I know he's good people.
You just made my day. That's awesome.
Magnus Walker at McQueen Show, 2015
While cleaning up some stuff in my home office, I uncovered this.
It's a short list of car guys who have their own Hot Wheels. That's a great looking car too.
In reply to nderwater :
Several years ago, we were heading over to the Las Vegas Convention Center for SEMA. It was the day before, I think, so maybe we were going to get our badges.
Anyway, I heard something with a "good" exhaust note heading our way.
It was Magnus in the 911.
The next day, it was on display on the show floor.
Ransom said:fatallightning said:Also sang a Sisters of Mercy song with me, so I know he's good people.
You just made my day. That's awesome.
Cool dude. Personal story: I worked with him at a booth in SEMA. Prior to that, I sort of knew him, but had no opinion one way or another. My respect for him went WAY up that day. There were quite a few other "personalities" there, and many were pleasant on stage, and celebrity needy (aka rude) offstage. They turned on the charm for their time commitment, then wanted out of there as quickly as possible. Magnus showed up early, just to get the lay of the land so he knew the procedure. Then, when we cut off the line (politely) about 10 minutes before his signing session was up, he walked out to the booth girl and ask what was going on. She told him they needed to cut it there so he could be done on time, and he say he's happy to stay longer, these people waited to see him. Even after he was done for the day and just wandering around, people would stop and ask for pictures, and he always had a smile and humored them. I know I would get tired of being interrupted like that, but he shrugged it off like it was no big deal, for hours. His wife is also a class act.
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