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My dad was a great guy who died way too early, at age 53, back in 1999.
I always got a kick out the fact that his interest in cars was diverse enough to have had such cars as that GTO, a Galaxy with some very rare big block that he referred to as a "stock car engine from the factory", a 62 and a 65 Corvette (both stolen) and then bought a 914 brand new. Sorta eccentric. The funny thing is that when he bought the 914, he went to the local BMW dealership to look at 2002tii's, another car I love. They also had a Porsche franchise, and he left with a 914.
I have pictures of my parents (pre-Dave) with their white 914, and that led me want mine. See signature below. My Eclipse was the car my dad bought for me when I was about to turn 16. Took my driver's license test in it and I still own it today!
His last oddball purchase was a 94 del Sol because it was one of the very rare ones with the early VTEC motor that has the 8300 rpm redline and makes 100hp/liter bone stock. That was pretty exotic back in 94.
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Remember our friends: Warren, Ron, Grady, and Steve.
76 912E RS (i.e. "Real Slow"); 63 Volvo P1800 "S"; 71 Jaguar XJ6 Series 1; 05 GT3; 23 Cayman GTS 4.0; 97 Boxster
Last edited by david c.; 02-09-2007 at 08:18 PM..
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