[kach22i]

Matte black hoods are all the rage these days if you feel you cannot match the rest of the car.

I'm doing that on my silver car, the donor hood is gloss black already but needs some touch up around the hood crest.

Everyone seems to love my black hood, yet not one person before I did it thought it would look good.

Do not use the engine to slow down the car, use the brakes - Porsche's are known for having excellent brakes.

A few years ago a former BMW owner got on the forum and complained he blew his Porsche transmission and bent up his valves the first week of ownership. He then proclaimed Porsche's are crap, because his old BMW allowed for this style of driving.

Universally people educated him that he wan't supposed to aggressively downshift, and had to lean to drive a Porsche the Porsche way.

I've dialed in my shift coupler the best I can, I don't shift into first until almost totally stopped.

Best I can do it at is 5-10 mph and it's not been a problem for me.

EDIT: I learned quite a while back that some 1977's indeed came equipped with 3.0L not the more common 2.7L. I think the prospective buyer should clarify the displacement.

A twin plug convertible monster, somebody's always going to want to experience this themselves, at least I do.

Do some more work on it and have a Speedster - really mess with some folks head then.