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first drive since Dec. '06!!!!! Pelican made it possible!
Well after doing a front pan, rebuilding carbs, paying to have dizzy rebuilt, paying to have gas tank refurbed, cleaning up front suspension and lord knows what else i actually took my car for a ride today. last night i drove about a mile up the road to the gas station but today was an honest to goodness ride!
I have many projects to go and will probably have a good porsche wrench give her a once over to double check my carb work, etc. but i am back to actually driving my damned car! The help offered here and at earlyS is what makes owning a car like this possible for a guy like me. i can't just write a check every time something goes (nor do i want to, wrenching is very therapeutic for me) and yous guys are such a HUGE help. it is my sincere hope that i can give back even 1/4 of the help i've been given.    
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Congrats!!! Neat pics too.
Cheers, Paul.
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Congratulations, it can be a daunting task as I'm sure you know, keep plugging
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05-18-2008, 08:39 AM
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Why only a mile!?
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Beautiful! I love the 2.2 - great engine.
Still stock? Interior pics? Jim
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05-18-2008, 09:32 AM
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Ready for a ride? East Coast meet! Car looks great.
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I bet you had a smile on your face and your head cocked to one side listening to the beautiful noises coming from the back!
Congrats, it looks great!
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Beautiful classic. Is that black or dark green/blue?
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Congrats! I can only look on enviously, it will be over a year before my baby is back on the road...
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Where in MD are you? I'm in Baltimore and had my '69 912 out this morning.
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Beautiful car and nice job.
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Congrads, You had better bring her down here this summer.
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i'm in Berlin, just outside of Ocean City. Will definitely be heading out on runs to meet all my philly, balto., dc., va porsche neighbors!
car is a dark green metallic painted by the PO (oe is conda green). interior is in pretty nice shape as well though i only currently have one seat mounted (Nurburgring model from GTS Classics). motor is a 2.4 euro T case w/ S cams, 2.2S pistons and webers (haven't verified internals as of yet) per PO. i'm not taking any LONG road trips just yet as i want to feel it out and make sure all systems are good (brakes, fuel, ignition...just about every major system was tweaked/refurb'd during this period). rick i'm probably going to pay a visit to Matt DeMaria for some weber follow up and final tune up time in the next month so i'll check ahead with the Dorki group and see if i can't work in a visit depending on how long he needs the car. i'll probably trailer it up as i don't want to put a LOT of miles on the car w/o a weber expert checking my a/f and such. how's your longhood project goin???
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05-18-2008, 12:52 PM
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oh, pics are among the first w/ my new 50mm 1.8 lense on my Nikon D70. it's kinda neat to be forced to work with one focal length and causes you to be more creative.
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Nice work!
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I know exactly how you feel. It's great, isn't it?
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Well done, great work and I also think nice pics. Just bought a 70-300 VR for my D70s but now I want to practice getting that look!
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05-18-2008, 05:28 PM
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john i'm going to rent a long lense if i can make it to the historic grand prix at Watkins Glen this year. my other lense is the kit lense so i'm just now experimenting (did a wedding gig and would like to do a few more to pay for more goodies).
the 50 runs about $100 and many say it is Nikon's sharpest lense. 1.8 is pretty fast and the depth of field at 1.8 or even 2.x is quite shallow so you get a very cool effect.
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Well done! Your efforts have encouraged me not to give up!
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Moke
1983 Porsche SC
1969 Porsche 911T 2.7RS Spec with Webbers
1966 Porsche 911
1971 Porsche 911T
1983 Porsche 944 Lux
The Orange
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