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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Oklahoma
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My daily driver is a 365,000 mile El Camino I have had for 28 years. My toy is a 85 Carrera that I just rolled 170,000 miles on this Wednesday.

I am the worlds slowest mechanic, because I always seem to get distracted on the first project, and see some other thing that needs attention now, or will soon, so I fix it "while I am there" or something I want to change.

My wife asks why I drive the same OLD cars and don't get something new and not spend all that time in the garage tinkering. It is my hobby, and I don't do it under a timeline, and if it takes a week to do a simple task, well so be it, I have two cars for my use.

Right now I plan to drive my 34 year old 911 to Key West soon, and add another 5,000 miles to it. If I had a valid reason to drive my Elky long distance I would not hesitate to go wherever. It is not a great highway car due to wind noise. We still have made over 100 trips to Enid, OK and back and that is a 100 miles each way.

Every bit of both cars work as designed, or better in many cases. I put fuel injection on my El Camino long ago, before the days of FI kits everywhere. It starts and runs like a modern car. I changed the transmission from the pitiful 200 metric to a 2004R with lockup, and changed to a limited slip rear end.

The 911 has AC that will keep me cool in 115 degree heat and all the projects stock Carreras need, have been done.

Someday if I get too old to drive a 85 911, I may sell both cars and get a new 911 with PDK and let the dealer do the work. No time soon.
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49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
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