NH911S is ready to come home in a week

[Irhmsd]

Well, it has been quite a journey since January of 2016 but my 1974 targa is coming home in a week. In 1988, I found a 1974 911S targa in a local newspaper. My dad, who always loved cars but never had the funds to buy a toy accompanied me to look at the car. I was around 25 at the time. He fell in love and bought the car that day for $5500. He loved that car! In the first 4 years of ownership, he ended up having the engine rebuilt and trans freshened and had the car painted. The car provided many years of enjoyment for both of us and it was truly a major bond between father and son. In December of 2015, about a month before he passed following a courageous 5 year battle with Melanoma, he gifted me the car. I immediately sent it to Bruce Baker in Collegevillle, PA who is a renowned 356 specialist. He did my 356 back in 2000. The goal was to get this car spruced up and back on the road by May 2016 so my dad and I could enjoy it. Nobody knew how fast my dad would decline. Bruce diverted nearly all of his shop's resources to this car. He disassembled the car and then in about 4 weeks had done a voluminous amount of body work. The biggest rust offense was in the door lock post area, all corrected with new metal. Simultaneous to all of this body work, gauges were rebuilt by No Hollywood Speedo, Interior was being refreshed by Jimmy Quar****s in Parkesville, PA (also did my 356) and wheels were in motion for a newly rebuilt 3.2 swap by Paul McDonald of Performance Automotive in Malvern, PA. Well, after around 5 months of super intensive work, lots of steps forward and many steps backwards, the car had its 40 mile shake down cruise on Thursday and drove amazingly! She looks stunning, tracks beautifully and has gobs of power. There are a few more very minor bugs and details to work out this coming week but the car will be home one week from today. It has been a tedious journey and a lot of money but worth every nickel. Many will likely flame me for spending so much on a mid-year, especially a targa - but here is the deal. I happen to love the mid year body style and now that I have replaced the 2.7 with a handsomely rebuilt euro 3.2 all is good. I also spruced the suspension and upgraded the AC. She is super sound. And, most importantly, this was the car that my dad and I loved together. That can never be replaced - it just happened to be a mid year that we bought in 1988. Anyway, for anyone interested in see a serious documentation of the last 5 months, I have captured it on a special Facebook page. You can see the whole process at:

https://m.facebook.com/NH911S/?ref=page_internal

[Discseven]

Ir... sounds like a wonderful connection between your Dad and yourself. Respects. Have yet to check out docs of car. Am heading there now.

[Irhmsd]

Thanks Karl. A definite labor of love. I updated the face book link to take users right to the cover page for the history of NH911. Oh, and for those wondering about the name, NH911, NH were my dad's initials. So I now always refer to the car as NH911

[Discseven]

[Irhmsd]

NH911's younger brother. The genes were strong. :-).

[Discseven]

... also has a 3.2 installed. Great engine!

[Speed Buggy]

Beautiful. Your dad will be riding with you every time she's out.

[Irhmsd]

[patz]

Nice ride!