I'll bite at this.
I acquired this somewhere around '00/'01 as an impulse purchase. I thought (should say "I felt") at the time my Q45 engine was toast (it wasn't) and rationalized that I needed a car I could work on myself. That's what my dad and I did in the 70's/80's with his Mustangs and my 240Z. Well ... it's 2024. Life happens and 7 kids, 3 houses, a boat rebuild, and two companies later (same wife
) I've still got 'er (the car and the wife) and still plan to get 'er (the car) on the road. Is there a record on Pelican for longest running project, or most obstinate wrench head?
My financial situation in '01 along with the PI factor (Porsche ignorance) led to a Chevy 327 conversion route. To condense the 20+ year drama within one sentence, in my fifties my means, skills, space, and time allow for better standards of work than in my 30's, so I've re-done everything (and still going) that I once did, and then gone further. It's still a budget project relative to most things Porsche, but I've not been in a hurry and don't mind paying for what I want. I think I am in a hurry now though, because I'm about to build a house and the
wife says the 911 is not making the move unless under its own power. My two paragraphs are up.
I can still buy that hood graphic, and I think I will.
Before digital camera
My son (now married with first baby), when his mom informed him dad's Porsche "had to go". Note 930 fiberglass flares. I decided against that.
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