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Originally Posted by GH85Carrera
Back in 1967 my dad was ready to get a new car. I pestered him and wore him down enough that we went to the local Porsche dealer and he test drove a 67 911S. I was in love with the car, but dad saw cars as a big expensive appliance we kept outside in the weather. Dad made a better choice for a family with two teenage boys and bought a Oldsmobile Delta 88 with a 454. They literally called a junk yard to come pick it up, because they could not sell it for even $150 bucks when the gas prices started shooting up. The 67 911s was not a good choice for a car for a family of 4, but damn I wanted him to buy it. It likely would have turned into a pile of rust long before the Olds did, but it would have been cool rust!
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Around 1984 I was at a dealership waiting to pick up a car I'd bought a few days earlier. It was a "Sporty" Nissan sedan and about 18 months old. When I got there the salesman told me they were running late in the workshop and the car wouldn't be ready for about an hour or so. As I sat in the waiting room I could see across the road into another car yard and they had an orange 911 for sale. Curious and I had time to kill so I walked across the road to get a better look at it. The only thing I remember is that it was orange, a sportomatic and about $1,500 less than the car I just bought!
The Nissan Bluebird TRX. (Australian made) Like mine but without the side stripes and hood pins!
