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Originally Posted by racer_X
I was 13 years old when I bought (with my own money) my first Porsche in the winter of 1979. My father and I were looking for a car project for us to do before I turned sixteen. There was a 914 on my paper route in Holliston Mass. The owner was asking $500. My father talked him down to $200 (the amount I had saved). We drove it home with no license plate and parked it in our barn. The car ran great, but was sagging from the amount of rust in the floors. We moved to Florida six months later and the car was the last thing that they loaded into the moving van. My father never really had the time to help me with it, so I was left to my own. I spent hours and hours streighting the car out so you could take the targa off and shut the doors. I had no idea what I was doing.
About a year and a half later I was driving the car without a drivers licenses and without plates when a Buick LeSaber t-boned me. I was knocked out and had glass from the other car hit my face. Long story short is that was the last time I saw the car, it was totaled and I got the book thrown at me.
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I don't want to encourage behavior like this, but I admire your dedication. Great story!