Well I graduated college Saturday with a degree in graphic design. I wanted to thank everyone on the form for providing me hours and hours of knowledge and entertainment when I should have been doing schoolwork or paying attention in class.
My father and brother picked up 78 targa my freshmen year of college in pursuit of a family restoration project with possible track intentions. We have had a great time working on it and sharing our knowledge of the car. Both my father and brother are mechanical engineers and share my interest in automobiles. Only by using my free time between classes and homework breaks was an able to learn enough about these car on this form and with Wayne’s books to provide useful suggestions during troubleshooting and the restoration processes.
As the project became more and more of an investment my father became more and more attached to the car. The original plans my brother and I had for the car faded as my dad put most of his attention on turning the car back to Porsche specs. So the plans of rs carpet kits, seats with large side bolsters and duct tails went out the window. Last year at the begging of the summer my brother purchased an 80 911 with a wide body conversion for him and myself to work on with out the fears of my dads repercussion. I was working for a multimedia company that summer in Chicago but was able to help with the search of the second car with was bought though pelican. It was nice having a fair amount of knowledge looking into the second car that was purchased with out the parents knowing. The first 911 was purchased with out a PPI or any experience of the complex problems that can plague these cars. We have been pretty luck with both cars and where able to take both of them and the family up to Road America this past summer for the ALMS races.
Thanks again everyone for making these cars such a great experience. This forum is a great community of people who are always willing to help. Hopefully I will have an early hotrod of my own someday and you guys can teach me all about weber carbs, once this economy fixes itself up. Thanks for reading I’m off to look for a job.
-Dan
the cars
Im the goofy looking one in the middle
