Porschephiles

[Joe Bob]

Originally Posted by McLovin

Started with 914 World around 1996, that was a great forum.
Then Pelican in 1998. A few months after it started. A lot of the 914 guys posted here in the beginning. In fact, as I recall, when Pelican started the 914 tech board had the highest post volume. It took a while for the 911 board to pass it.

Sure it wasn't 914 Club? 914 World split from the Club after Bradhole melted down and was arrested for the 914/6 prototype faux paus.

Rennlist was cool, I have a life membership there....never go anymore as the new owners are asshats.

[Halm]

I seem to remember that someone has a complete archive of Porschephiles and can extract any post you may be looking for. A very quick search here and at Rennlist didn’t turn up the thread or name, but maybe someone with a better memory than me can come up with it.

[RWebb]

Originally Posted by shadowjack1

Looks like this question stirred a few memories. You all must be old guys.LOL

well, the really old guys never got on the new-fangled "Electric mail" thing (shocking) and are hanging on to their copies of DownFixin'

[McLovin]

Originally Posted by Joe Bob

Sure it wasn't 914 Club? 914 World split from the Club after Bradhole melted down and was arrested for the 914/6 prototype faux paus.

Ah, yes, Club.
There was certainly no shortage of drama there at the end.
Man, that was a long time ago. The 914ers were the best.

[Neilk]

Originally Posted by Halm

I seem to remember that someone has a complete archive of Porschephiles and can extract any post you may be looking for. A very quick search here and at Rennlist didn’t turn up the thread or name, but maybe someone with a better memory than me can come up with it.

If so, please find Ted Matsumura’s story about checking the oil of his 911 while wearing a tie. Still crack up thinking about it.

[IROC]

Originally Posted by Neilk

If so, please find Ted Matsumura’s story about checking the oil of his 911 while wearing a tie. Still crack up thinking about it.

Or the saga of locking his keys in his car.

Spoiler: IIRC, it took a couple of hours to unlock it, it was running the whole time and as he waited for a locksmith to show up, his wife reached through the partially-opened window and unlocked it with her hand...

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by IROC

Ted Matsumura?

aka Ted "Wing Commander" Matsumura

(yeah, I was on Porschephiles too, back in the day)

[widebody911]

Kindel Systems - Charlie's Searchable PorscheFans Archives

[widebody911]

The T*d archive

http://www.analogman.com/911/TED.TXT

[IROC]

Originally Posted by widebody911

The T*d archive

http://www.analogman.com/911/TED.TXT

Awesome. My lunch time reading for today. A quick skim and I noticed my name in there...

[IROC]

Originally Posted by IROC

Or the saga of locking his keys in his car.

Spoiler: IIRC, it took a couple of hours to unlock it, it was running the whole time and as he waited for a locksmith to show up, his wife reached through the partially-opened window and unlocked it with her hand...

This is crazy, but thru Thom's posting of the Ted archive below, I found my original email from ~25 years ago telling the Ted/locked car story:

Mike Dayton [email protected]

someone wrote:

>> 8. Locked his keys in 911 with engine running, calls SO to
>> bring spare keys, can't find them, breaks window (with head I expect)
>> to get in. Wonders why everyone laughed at this story

>The way I remember hearing this story was that he had locked his keys in
>the car, but his SO was IN the car!!! :-D

I think the way it happened was that he had stopped to put some air in
one of his tires (slow leak I guess from curbsurfing), he left the engine
running and locked the door. He called his girlfriend to bring the extra
set of keys, but she showed up about a half an hour later saying she
couldn't find them. Ted then calls a locksmith who breaks the windshield
trying to "jimmy" the lock. After about 45 minutes (remember the engine
is running the whole time) they realize that the window is open a few
inches and his girlfriend reaches in and unlocks the door.

Ted then tries to sue the locksmith for a new windshield.

Mike Dayton

[shadowjack1]

Looking back, I got on Porschephiles back in 92'-93'94'???? and I was driving Porsches for 20 years before that.
Which means I have been into these cars for almost 50 years.. God I'm old..