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Originally Posted by DAEpperson
Aside from a very easy to understand explanation for which I thank you, you also have an enticing user name. Care to post a photo?
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Boy, do I wish I could. It was the first Porsche I ever drove. My dad's friend, Rudy Zurman, bought the car from Augie Pabst about 1961 or 2. Silver with red interior, dual plug, roller cam, etc, etc. I was 14 or 15 I think, knew exactly zero about driving it which was just slightly less than I knew about the car. I terrorized residential areas of Friendly Hills in Whittier for about an hour until I fowled a set of plugs limped home to change them holding my breath for, oh, about 6 years hoping no one knew. Wet my pants as I got my first lesson about oversteer as I came very close to looping it on a downhill offcamber section. What made me hit the throttle instead of lifting I'll never know. My dad's friend had driven the car out here from Milwaukee and sold it to some guy who drove up in a 1950 black Oldsmobile. Sold for some insane amount of money like $2500 and it was pristine to the 10th power. Today, given the ownership provenance I'm sure it is atleast a $200K piece. I wonder if anyone here knows anything about the car's history after my attempt to write it off. lol
I use the screen name to remind me what started the love affair with early Porsches and a driving lesson I'll never forget - DON'T LIFT! TRUST IT!