Joining the "Club"

[VaSteve]

Barring any unforseen disasters, I will be heading to NC to pick up my new 83 Targa tonight. I will post some photos and whatnot when I return.


Many thanks to Keith (KC911) and Tim (l33t9eek) for checking it out on Wednesday!!

See you all on the flip side as an owner!
Steve

[Tim Walsh]

Hopefully you'll have a good trip. See you in a couple hours.

[Rot 911]

Haven't we closed the 911 club to new members? Oops excuse me, that was RGruppe.

[cab83_750]

Welcome to the wild side.

P.S.,

Had to work hard yesterday. So as a reward, I bypassed the Freeways and took my SC to Pacific Coast Highway (to cruise and enjoy the sea and sunset), to the windy canyon roads (for the 5K RPM/leg stretching/tail almost-whipping, moisture burning exercises), and, Boy, what a stress-reliever!!!!! HEEEEEEE HAHHHHHHH!

[TMR]

Welcome aboard! Come out and join the NoVA gang during one of the next fun runs...it's a blast.

....pssst...."you didn't hear this from me" - beware, you might experience an engine drop before you actually get to drive your car.

Post some pics once you pick her up!

[Bob's Flat-Six]

Welcome, Steve

[Cornpanzer]

Originally posted by Kurt V
Haven't we closed the 911 club to new members? Oops excuse me, that was RGruppe.

Nobody likes a wiseguy

Welcome Steve......you will love it!

[Jim Richards]

Welcome to the gang, Steve. Since you live in NoVA, I need to ask...when's your engine drop planned?

[KFC911]

Hi Steve, Hope you made it back to NoVA without incident...now wipe that silly p-car grin off your face! Glad to have been of assistance with your purchase, and good luck with your new 'baby'! Sorry we didn't meet up today, but we'll have to get together for a 'fun run' some time...enjoy!

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by TMR

....pssst...."you didn't hear this from me" - beware, you might experience an engine drop before you actually get to drive your car.

yeah.. I read that the NoVa area is some kind of 911 twlight zone capital of the country. I thought it was all rumor.

I bet what happens is that Light comes alive when it hits a "mass", could be the wall, the shoe, the person.
Then all "mass" is composed of protons, electrons, etc. The point is mass = magnetic fields, no kidding.
So all Light is electro drawn to the mass's magnetic flux.
So the most efficent Light is the angle that's the shortest distance. I think the word for the inner angle is called ?
So the 911 engine has big energy flux, no kidding.
And the shortest distance of all the angles that are scattered all over the whole country is in the NoVa area.
So the 911 engine Is the most mass receiving the most energy, which equals dropped engines all over.
so I'd be concerned about being enLightened
....... Ron

[Halm]

Just remember one thing: Targas rule!

[RoninLB]

Originally posted by RoninLB

So the most efficent Light is the angle that's the shortest distance. I think the word for the inner angle is called ?
....... Ron

It may be called "incidence"

[pwd72s]

HOOT!

[Jim Richards]

I read that the NoVa area is some kind of 911 twlight zone capital of the country. I thought it was all rumor.

Hehehe...it's all true, Ron. We drop engines left and right. We dropped one today, another will fall in a week or two. Three of us with 993's are busy planning transaxle only drops. You'd think we never drive our cars 'cause they're sans engines...but we drive a lot, too. How could this be? Come to NoVA..."it is another dimension: a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind. You're moving into a land of both shadow and substance, of things and ideas. You've just crossed over into... the Twilight Zone."

[Doug E]

Ron - LOL. You've got to get down here sometime and experience some of our fun for yourself!

Steve - welcome and make sure you also join our NoVa board: www.dorkiphus.com/porsche.

[keithlambert7]

Steve,

Go get that car, and come join the fun. NOVA rules!! Dropped Doug's engine today, lowering Vu's car next weekend - right? The fun NEVER ends.

Keith

[bell]

Originally posted by RoninLB
yeah.. I read that the NoVa area is some kind of 911 twlight zone capital of the country. I thought it was all rumor.

I bet what happens is that Light comes alive when it hits a "mass", could be the wall, the shoe, the person.
Then all "mass" is composed of protons, electrons, etc. The point is mass = magnetic fields, no kidding.
So all Light is electro drawn to the mass's magnetic flux.
So the most efficent Light is the angle that's the shortest distance. I think the word for the inner angle is called ?
So the 911 engine has big energy flux, no kidding.
And the shortest distance of all the angles that are scattered all over the whole country is in the NoVa area.
So the 911 engine Is the most mass receiving the most energy, which equals dropped engines all over.
so I'd be concerned about being enLightened
....... Ron

[vesnyder]

You can't go wrong with an '83 SC. Has to be the best of the SC's. Now if you would have gotten a Cab ...

[VaSteve]

OK, we made it back!

An exciting journey, but tiring. Getting into Greensboro at 1.30 am to jump back in the car (even a new p-car) for what ended up being a 7 hour drive was a bit taxing.

Some thoughts:
-Thank goodness there are two sets of heat controls. My wife was trying to sweat me out (and I wanted to take off the roof).
- The radio is clearly not important at certain speeds, you can't hear it.
- My body is not used to a sports car suspension. (Maybe I'll blame this one on Amtrak - our ride down).
- It is DAMN FUN taking the scenic byways of VA and rolling past the beautiful sights.
- I can't wait until spring.
- Pelican members are the best! (Thanks Keith and Tim for previewing my new ride)!

The specs:
- 1983 SC Targa
- Rosewood exterior (tan interior)
- 99,150 miles (at purchase)
- 99,500 miles (today!!)
- one owner (a Dr who passed it to his wife in 1992 with 83K miles)

Following are some lousy photos (of course it had to rain part of the day yesterday )

Can someone tell me what these two devices are in the last photo? (Under the heater controls and to the right of the heater controls....

[VaSteve]

OK, here's the photos... Again please note #3. What *is* that stuff???