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One of the nice things about Porsche is that so much old stuff is still available. There's some German rule that says you must produce all spare bits for cars, even long after they've gone out of production, but Porsche Classic has made an amazing job of extending this. They work with independent suppliers to spec, make and officially endorse everything for old cars, down to the smallest screw that only appeared on one model for one year. And most stuff isn't actually that expensive.
What you do notice now is since cars like that orange one have become worth six figures specialists have increased their labour rates. Which I guess is fair enough. Economics innit.
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Was sexy whatever it's called. Looked absolutely factory fresh inside too, almost too good to be original. I was thinking it must be very hard (read: expensive) to get a factory spec re-trim in that material though?
Guy driving it couldn't have been a day older than 25.
Also, note the Rolls in the background that was prepped for wedding duties.. That's my bimmer parked next to it. My girlfriend opened the passenger door and the wind caught it and blew it right open with some force, was probably about 3mm gap between the edge of door and the Roller. Time slowed down when I saw it happening and my heart skipped quite a few beats....