Hi all,
Many of you know my father, Mike80911, from his years of being on this forum.
I am sad to report that he unfortunately passed away unexpectedly back in February, and I just wanted to drop in and give everyone here a thank you.
My father was fanatical about air-cooled Porsches, having owned around 20 throughout the years. He sold his first one, a pristine black 1989 911, when my mother was pregnant with me because he knew he'd need a more practical car.
He then reignited his passion for them when I was around 8 by purchasing a guard's red 1981 911 convertible, and helping him work on that car and going to car shows is what sparked my own interest in cars. I even learned to drive on his 1986 930 when I turned 16.
At the time of his passing, he owned a 1989 930 Cabriolet, which I am sure many of you have seen in person at Metro NY PCA events throughout the last few years. This car was
the one, and I truly think he never would have sold it. He had always wanted an '89 Cabriolet because he loved the 5-speed 930s, and this one had it all.
However, after much deliberation, we have decided to sell it. I just graduated from school, got married, and moved across the country, and my mother can't drive it. I looked into many different ways to make keeping it work, but unfortunately it just isn't feasible at this point in my life. On the bright side, part of me is excited at the prospect of the car making someone else happy the same way that it made him happy.
So anyway, thank you all for reading this and for the community you provided for my father.
I'd like to leave you all with the last photo I took of the car. It was taken while on a Thanksgiving drive through Hawk's Nest in NY that him and I went on almost every year, organized by some members from this forum.
