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Originally Posted by Winter
I love the color despite it being a non-original respray, And it looks great with the duck and the cookies.
Have fun with it!
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Originally Posted by 75 911s
Best possible color for a respray / color change imho. Love the cookies too!
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Originally Posted by BEGNAT996
Nice 911!!!
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Thanks gents - it's definitely a pretty fun combo! I love the color, and am super lucky that the owner gave me three sets of wheels with it - can change up the look anytime. I definitely do want to grab a normal decklid at some point too, but at least for now the ducky looks great on it.
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Originally Posted by ToySnakePMC
What a good story and a wonderful young lady! She's a keeper! My wife will occasionally give the shop a sweeping glance - but NEVER pick up a wrench, lol! Love the middie. Keep this build thread going. Glad to see that your windshield cowl rust was pretty much non-existent.
Congrats!
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A sweeping glance is better than nothing! And thank you - yes, while I was glad to see the rust repair wasn't going to be an entirely involved project, I still can't believe that's how bad it got after only 4 years since the glass-out respray! I guess these really have a reputation in that spot for a reason...hopefully the epoxy primer will help seal it a bit better for longer now. We shall see!
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Originally Posted by Phil1980
Great find on the car, new (job?) opportunity and you meet a girl that wants to work on a cool but rusty and dirty old car with you?
Well done sir, just don't go gambling now because you used up all your luck for a while now!!
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Yes! Definitely feeling the luck these days. I moved to the area to fly a Gulfstream for an individual, and also work at one of his space tech companies building satellites...definitely couldn't say no to that! He had visited the town I was living in in Montana and we chatted about airplanes and my previous beetle project, he found out I was a pilot and a gear head...it was a very lucky encounter indeed.
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Originally Posted by bbturbo
Wow, what a great story. Threads like this are always uplifting. And the nod to your uncle is wonderful.
Good luck with the 911, and Kristen. Having a partner in crime makes these projects, and life, so much better. In fact, I’m about to go for a cold drive with the wife in my SC! Cheers.
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Thank you!! Feels great to have a partner that is interested in this stuff with me. Hope you and the wife had a nice holiday drive together - awesome that she will go for a cruise with you, that's the best part about these cars!!
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Originally Posted by Frog76S
Uplifting thread……….kudos to Kristen for her support and hands on involvement…….it makes the the project and car more meaningful.
Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas
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It really does, and now she is invested in the thread updates also - Merry Christmas, thank you and everyone else for following along!