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Thanks for the article much appreciated.

Also thanks for all the compliments on the Kiln Red car. Like I said, I will miss it too. I'll have to get the new owner to post pictures every now and then. Worse comes to worse (but I doubt it will) I know the recipe if I want to make a new one :D

It's interesting, the 993 is more valuable car but the Kiln Red car has always gotten the most attention even by people who like the newer cars.

Very nice!! Not a bad thing to downsize if it is like that...

Here are two photos of some nice flatnose I saw Saturday at the Oktober Fast event at Daytona...

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192457660.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192457687.jpg

I sold my '88 factory slantnose a few years back to purchase a really sweet '73 longhood (RS conversion). My slant had 21k miles on it and was in concours condition. I didn't drive it much for two reasons: it was pristine, and secondly, the turbo lag with the factory setup wasn't that fun. It was totaly flat until the boost came on, then she ran pretty well. I enjoy quick throttle response and the turbo didn't have any of it.

Nice car...enjoy it, because first and foremost, it's your car/your decision!

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Thanks for the pictures. I'm starting to look for all the ways that the original factory cars can be distinguished from the re-creations in photos.

The red one from Daytona is an obvious re-creation and the silver one is a Euro (or at least configured like one) but I can't tell the year. I'm still trying to learn the differences between the 87-89 cars and the earlier special wishes ones. Any advice from the experts would be appreciated.

What are you planning on doing with it? Are you going to drive it much?

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Maybe 1-2k a year. Sorry, I know but it's just my nature at this point.

Long story...It has to do with my whole Porsche adventure thru life. I got my first one when I was 18, a new 914 2.0 followed that a year later with a new 911. My first few I drove the wheels off of. I probably had 200K miles between my two '74's.

Now especially with living in Florida...the land of straight roads, love bugs and salt spray I just wouldn't drive any nice 911 every day. They are strictly a pleasure car for me. I do love bringing them up to a level of preparation that's as close as possible or better than new. I'm sure it's OCD related :)

And I really love these cars. I have since day 1.

All I know is that whoever buys a 911 I've owned will be impressed with the state of care it received. Now I know there are some out there that will counter that if I haven't driven them much I wasn't caring for them but believe me the maintenance is always regularly done, the cars are driven for 20 minutes minimum after warmup and a few times a year they make the 200 mile trek to Sebring for the HSR and 12hour races..

The red one had Ruf badges on it... how can you tell it is a re-creation?? I touched those fenders and those were metal... everything looked period correct... of course, I am no expert in these cars. Can you share what gives away a conversion?

A few more photos of the red one...


http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192461372.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192461400.jpg

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192461418.jpg

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Nothing to be sorry about. Our "Porsche-life" stories are very, very similar. My current "baby" is similar to yours, and I do probably less than 1000 per year in it. But it is all stock and looks like it did when it rolled out of the factory! I enjoy having it, even though I don't drive it much (or even really see it much). We should probably be museum curators or something. There is a certain pleasure in maintaining something old, in like new condition.

The only difference between us, currently, is that I have another one, more of a "driver," that I do drive on a regular basis (few times per week).

Wachuko,

Please realize that I've been an "expert" for about a week... but on the red one the first clue is on (or should I say not on) the boxed rockers...Doesn't mean it isn't a nice job or beautiful car though...

the,

We do sound a lot alike. I often joke with my wife that I'm a museum caretaker. I have other hobbies that add to that impression. Thanks to guys like us some day there will still be a few nice "old" cars left on the road. It's funny I do take the '73 T out at least once a week. That thing just likes going for little jaunts around town.

Hint:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1192462877.jpg

Nice GPW! Sorry, I couldn't resist. I really love my car too... even though it's a couple thousand miles away right now. It's a little different than most RoWs, as it doesn't have side repeaters. Then again, my RoW doesn't have the Euro lenses.