This car is part of me.
It isn't just a thing.
It's part of my personality,
my sense of self.
This car is a really special edition because it celebrates 50 years
of existence in the market.
For me, this is really special because I also turned 50 this year.
1963 cars were built and mine is number 1154.
It's a car that... it isn't a replica
but it takes a lot from the first 911 that was built,
including the color. There were three colors they used
and that's Geyser Grey, which is the one I have.
It has special details like the chrome moldings
that you can't find on other 911s.
And it has interior details on all the instruments
that are...
a callback to the first car.
The first Christmas I remember, that's when I got a slot car track
and it came with a little white Porsche that I still have.
I played with it all the time and raced on the track
and I started to take the car apart
and find out what it had and modify it,
and make it go faster,
and that's when this passion for cars was born.
So, since then, since I was five or six,
I always thought about having a Porsche.
It isn't a brand, it's a lifestyle.
It's part of you.
So, when I finished high school
my dad was going to buy me a car.
and I told him, "No, I'd prefer an old car..."
and I'll use the money left over to save up for my Porsche."
So, for a few years
starting my career I began to save for this car, because it was my dream car.
I grew up, I started a family
and I knew the brand comes out with an anniversary edition every 10 years
and for me 50 years seemed really important.
I knew it would be really special
and when I turned 50 I looked for it.
At first, for me it was tough
because they told me no, I couldn't. That it would be hard for me to get it.
The 50th Anniversary edition was exclusively for those who
were already Porsche owners.
Plus, there was a waitlist with eight to ten people
and they had only sent five or seven cars to Mexico.
The person I talked to was named Saturnino
and later we became good friends.
He tried to sell me other models,
and I told him, "No, if it arrives it's because it has to be mine."
The one day, February 5th, he called me.
Coincidentally the other five or six people on the waitlist
were on vacation, and I wasn't.
In that instant you think, "Should I buy it or not?
My wife told me, "Go on, you've saved up your whole life."
The car arrived and I didn't even know what color it was, nothing.
The best part about having this car
is driving it.
Looking at it is a passion.
Looking at it is... for me, it's the prettiest car in the world.
But, driving it is indescribable.
When I get in...
my car, my Porsche 911,
right then and there I become part
of the car,
we become one.
The feeling when you start the engine
and feeling the vibration of the engine, grabbing the steering wheel
it goes through your hands, your body.
That feeling is indescribable.
Honestly, you get on the highway, you get on the open road,
you go for a drive, taking the car out
and it's like going for a run.
For me, my life has changed and has been shaped
in tandem with cars, you know?
That passion to put together and take apart a car
offers you a different way of living.
A feeling that you're doing something
I don't know, something else in your life.
And being able to say that my plan
is with my 911,
is to always have it, because for me it's a jewel.
It's a classic for a lifetime.
And one day I'll leave it to one of my kids to preserve it.
My name is Manuel Franco
and I drive a Porsche 911 50th Anniversary.