Thank you Santa "boyt911sc" :)
 

Delivered by your Pelican elves today...
I have always believed that my Santa drives an air cooled 911 ;) Thanks Dad.

Tony needs to show you how to upload a picture... :)
As the saying goes, it isn't real until we see pics...

Pics pics pics??

Pics! :D

Cross country drive........
 

Dennis,

Drove his '87 Carrera from Philly to Carmel last month. After 3500 miles drive it needed about a quart of oil. The car performed flawlessly in 5 days of driving and very satisfied with its performance. He's not a car guy like me but he's willing to learn. A week before I left for Philly, I started removing the old cracked dashboard and let him installed the replacement dash. He did a good job. He has a lot to catch up but he's willing to learn.

Last week he called and informed me that the car was running very rough during idle. So my immediate reaction was 'what have you done?' He said that he added 2 quarts of oil while the car was sitting on the inclined driveway!!!!! WFT.

After he drained about 2 quarts of oil, the car came back running like it should.

Tony

Good to know he has Santa watching over him... :)

Tony,
You know we're all going to give him a hard time for not getting pictures up because of who Santa really is....:D

87 Carrera Coupe
 

The car delivered by Santa :)...now with CA tags

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Day 1 of father & son east to west bound road trip in our project car...657 mi under 10 hrs...pitstop overnight at Indy

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Day 2 of our father & son west bound road rally from Indy Speedway thru St. Louis, MO ...overnight pitstop in Tulsa,OK

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Day 3 of father & son west bound road rally from Tulsa, OK (Dad got a lucky break when the OK State Trooper was in a great mood...only gave my co-driver a warning ticket and a smile ) thru OKC , then Amarillo, TX and an overnight pitstop in Albuquerque, NM

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Day 4 of father & son west bound road rally from Albuquerque, NM , Flagstaff/Kingman AZ, Boulder Dam , Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge and an overnight stay at Casa Moreo in Henderson,NV...epic drive with my Dad and got our kicks on Route 66 ;)

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Day 5 was a rest day yesterday in Las Vegas...Today is Day 6 ...left Vegas this AM...thru Mojave Desert, then central CA to El Paso Robles, with the very last leg thru the northbound PCH/ Highway 1...long winding twisty way home via Big Sur... finally Home Sweet Home :)

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Congrats, looks like you had a great trip and an awesome copilot. Enjoy your new ride.

Nice!

Awesome, looks like you guys had a great time.
Keep us updated on your new car experiences.

Driving experience.........
 

Dennis,

The cross country drive with my son went very smoothly except for two (2) incidents due to my stupidity or carelessness:
1). At the end of the second day at Tulsa, OK while checking the oil level, I inadvertently dropped the dip stick into the oil tank. It was getting dark and no tools to retrieve it back. Fortunately, the maintenance guy at Marriott was able to retrieve it after several minutes and it was a relief!!!!!!
2). On the third day of the trip from Tulsa to Albuquerque, I passed an OK state trooper cruiser at 80 mph on a 70 mph section of the interstate!!!! I was side by side with the cruiser when I noticed the state seal on the door and overhead lights. Hit the brake and passed the cruiser and immediately the multi-colored lights were blazing. Pulled over on the side of the road and handed my driver license and car registration to the state trooper.

Several minutes later, he handed back the driver license and registration with the 'ticket'. On the ticket or citation it said........."given a warning to drive carefully!!!!!!! What a break and luck I got. So the next 200 miles to the state boundary (Texas) was driven with care and caution not to violate the traffic rules. It was a great feeling when I crossed the state boundary and resumed my regular driving habit (not too good).

Considering that the car was on the lift 24 hours before the trip started with a problematic starter and did not have enough time to test drive it thoroughly after dropping the engine/trans weeks before, the car did perform flawlessly. I was not expecting it to be this easy and fun driving 3500 miles in 5 days. BTW, I'm few weeks short of my 70 year birthday and proud to say I did it and will do another one soon. This time it would be West to East trip.

Tony

Excellent!

Now you have the room for my car :-)

Gary

Nice work Tony, nice work indeed!

Thats a great memory to make with your son. Glad you guys had a safe trip. Pictures are great.

I have had the pleasure of meeting Tony a few times and spoken to him on the phone as well. He is a great guy. I spoke to Tony just a few days before Tony and his son embarked on their adventure. He was so excited to take the trip.

Congratulations on your making it safely and the memories you both will have for years to come.

A&J you are lucky to have a father like Tony. I envy you. Enjoy the ride.

Don

Oh no Gary, I'm next.

loved the pics - made me really smile - cool !!!

Thanks for sharing and becoming a part of a great group

You are a good man, Tony.