[douglas bray]

My 911 was built in November of 1987 for a math professor at Ohio State. At the time I was serving a mission for my church and was assigned to Fairfax, Virginia. At a professional office next to my apartment sat a red Targa Carrera with full DP body treatment. It was gorgeous and I was in love. I tried the handle one day and it was unlocked. I jumped inside and had my companion snap a quick picture with my camera.....scandalous! LOL.

....But since my 911 is an '88 I'll give a detail or two of that year. Got back to California in August and got a job as a bellman at the Red Lion for $4.00/hr. After some blood tests my doctor suspected I had Hemochromatosis, or too much iron. Turns out I had the worst case my HMO has ever dealt with. To confirm the diagnosis they biopsied my liver TWICE. This sent me into full cardiac arrest REPEATEDLY. Over the next 18 months really cute nurses removed 150 pints of blood from me to lower the iron level.

Needless to say that DP Carrera never left my mind. I told myself some day I would own one. Well, it ain't a DP, but a deal is a deal, right? My wife said that if I was the one that got fixed, I could buy any old Porsche I wanted as long as it was a 911 cabriolet.