How long have you been---

[gamin]

53 years. Bought a used 66 912 in 67 and have had a Porsche ever since. Still have the 70T I bought new in Madrid. It's been across the pond 3 times. Just returning it to the road after an
engine fire. Survivor.

[Racerbvd]

Since I was skinny with dark hair.
Current

[Scott Douglas]

This was my first Porsche, a '66 912. Traded my '73 Alfa Spider to my brother straight across.



Wife was pissed when I got home with it. She asked where was her pretty little blue Alfa.
Took some explaining to convince her that the rebuilt engine and trans in the 912 was worth more than the Alfa alone.
My brother had bought the 912 for the Perfect 4.5 Fuchs that were on it. Engine had a broken crank. He ended up configuring an engine [CE modified heads w/big valves, Shasta pistons (11.5:1 CR), Norris cam] and had his buddy, the late Duane Spencer, assemble it for him.
I eventually found a car with a better body as the '66 had a really sad hood. The '67 Sunroof coupe had a bad engine so my son and I did a power train swap.
That car took me to a lot of 912 Rendezvous and got me into the P-car scene.



When my knee started to give me trouble, my brother had the answer. A '78 911 SC with a Sportomatic trans in it. Again, we swapped straight across.




He still has the sunroof 912. When I got laid off back in '12 my wife said I could either sell the 911 or keep the Accord. I kept the appliance and haven't regretted it.



The yellow Alfa is what really started it all. It was a 'free to me' finders fee I charged my brother when I found him a 356 that he made a bunch of money off of. My son and I started to restore it when I found the blue Alfa through a friend at work. Since the blue car was running already we just took all the things off the yellow car that we'd had refurb'd for it, and put them on/into the blue car.



All in all it's been a fun journey and I still get to live vicariously through my brother since he's still got a mess of P-cars to play with.

[Scott Douglas]

The yellow Alfa.

[Bill Douglas]

Great looking cars Scott.

[Rikao4]

took me a while..
born in Heidelberg and lusted after your american metal..
once here I realized I was more suited for Z's..
had a few 260's...
and was rolling a 280 while stationed in Stuttgart of all places..
traded with my cousin on week ends..
his ride..was a 83 moss green Targa....
mine 83 Chiffon White..
15 years now..and my daily driver until last year..
looking at another Z tonight..

Rika

[Scott Douglas]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Great looking cars Scott.

Thanks Bill. It was tough to do while putting two kids thru school but I managed. And my wife always had more invested in her sewing machines than I did in the Porsche's so she couldn't complain too loudly.

[svandamme]

sewing machines that cost more then 911's? whut?