I only made four of the Co-Hog Special Edition Porsche 911s. Hank Hammer received the first, which was completed in 2/1984. The vibrant Deep Autumn Maple Metallic color with the etched gold wheels and aluminum rims has long been my favorite combination. These wheels and rims were done specially for Hank.
My wife and I met Hank and his wife in Hawaii after Gene Parrill, the Cars In Scale columnist at Road & Track, made a last minute suggestion to call Hank when he found out we were visiting my folks there. Hank and his wife were incredibly gracious. It was a memorable evening.
After ordering and receiving a couple Co-Hogs, Hank made it a standing order for one of any Porsche I made.
The rear view is the best. Porsches always look ready to launch with those wonderful rear haunches.
The Targa was the only other 911 I made and again, just four of those. $400 was the going price in ‘84 for the 911 variants, approximately $1,100 in today’s dollars. The 930 Turbo Flachbau (Flatnose/Slantnose) was a whole other beast and I only made one of those as a special project.
This is the original 911 prototype for both variants, made in 1982 using jelutong for the body and bumpers and maple wheels just as they were in “production”. I drew up and silkscreened my version of the Fuchs rims, which were the standard Co-Hog 911 offering.
One of my sons keeps this prototype with his other ancient parental artifacts.