[OK-944]

Postscript: She left me yesterday. It was time. Too many other irons in the fire at this point…house and yard projects, raising our rescue pup, and I really want to get back into my large format (film and darkroom) photography, which I’d retired from as a business recently but is still a passion at least equal to that of fixing up and driving 944’s. I also design and build large format film cameras, and have a few more of these in me yet!

Plus there is a bit of “marital harmony” to consider. Although my dear wife has tried her best to be considerate, she rightly recognizes that this 924S would require lots of time and resources (as had my ‘87NA), which, given that she will soon retire from full time work as a nurse practitioner (and a good one at that - voted 2015’s “Vermont Clinician Of The Year”), and that she and I love to hike, paddle, travel and explore, I owe it to us to help keep our “retirement dreams” alive.

Finally, I owe it to my 1987NA, which is my daily driver, to keep it in top shape for the road ahead.

But still, it was very sad to see this particular 924S go. Then again…it looks like there is a very good chance that my haul-guy Justin (who is very into fixing up cars), or someone in his family, may take this on as a project, with my agreement to help out on occasion as needed. So my fingers are crossed that this somewhat humble but still potentially great little car may yet ride again!

In the meantime, many thanks to all for the thoughtful advice, moral support, and reality checks!

(Later Edit: If Justin or someone else decides to move forward with this car...it will need a repaint, because while the oxidation was pretty easy to remove (I tried rubbing out a spot), this only made the truly deep defects more visible).