Stijn!!

[Jim Richards]

It’s been raining here for the past few hours. WhooHoo! Free lawn watering!

[Porsche-poor]

They say we are possibly going to see white fluffy crap this weekend.

[Jim Richards]

Clouds?

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

found it, I think. the article says it went to Germany and then later sold to the third owner, but doesn't say if the third owner brought it back to the states.

Of the original 1590 RS's made, only about 12,000 of them still exist including an estimated 25 "first ones".






https://www.autoclassics.com/posts/news/first-911-carrera-rs

At the Porsche Parade last year in Missouri there was a beautiful 1973 Carrera RS in the Concours.

It had all the original owner's manual, tool kit, and was just beautiful. Lots of guys slobbered on it. Lots of the uninformed thought it was just another old 911. I wondered then what that thing was worth. Lots for sure.

[RKDinOKC]

FRIDAY !
Yay

[Porsche-poor]

That it is. Dinner out to celebrate that I don't have a little kid anymore. He turns 18 today.

[RKDinOKC]

Gradcundulations

[GH85Carrera]

Dang, 18. You are getting old!

My wife's youngest nephew turned 40 yesterday. That is just killing his mother. I think my mom was more traumatized when I turned 40 that I was. I did not care one whit, it is just a number, and a young number looking back.

It looks like Mrs. Carrera is not wanting to go with me to south Florida in July. That works out great, since I was going to spend the night at my brother's house the first night out. Now I can just take him along instead. I have not spent a week with my brother in many decades. He gets to pay his way so my costs are going to be lower as a bonus.

[Porsche-poor]

as always send lots of pictures of the trip.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

as always send lots of pictures of the trip.

Fer sure. I really want to get a photo of my car as I cruise by the furthest point in the continental USA. Of course every bit of Hawaii is further south than the Keys, but I can't drive there. I know I will never be shipping my Porsche there just to drive it.

It is possible I may drive to Canada some day, not really likely, but not impossible. As soon as David is out of the area, I can get up to the far northwest. I am still bummed out I missed the drive up to Spokane. I need to hit the far northern states like Montana and the Dakotas and points west while drivin my Porsche. We made it to Portland parade but we cheated and flew up and rented a Hyundai. I have been there, but not in my Porsche.

[Jim Richards]

Hola, y’all.

[RKDinOKC]

When I had the 914 planned a trip around the perimeter of the contiguous United States.It would have taken a month. There was no way at that age I could have taken a month vacation let alone pay for the food, gas, and lodging for that long. Don't remember what the estimated miles were.

[GH85Carrera]

I just want to hit all the 48 states driving in my Porsche, and lots of other interesting places. I feel certain I would have never gone to Mackinac Island, and the Grand Hotel if it were not for Parade. Another cool hotel in Colorado where some of the scenes from the Shining where the two girls stood. We were there on the 4th of July for the 100th anniversary of the hotel and got eat on the front lawn. There are just tons of cool places to see in this country.

Eating in the Pink house in Savannah, GA was great. The house was deeded to the original owners by the British crown in 1771. It predates the USA.

Wait, I just noticed, all three places I mentioned involved eating. Hmmmmm. The best buffet on the planet was the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island.

[Porsche-poor]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Fer sure. I really want to get a photo of my car as I cruise by the furthest point in the continental USA. Of course every bit of Hawaii is further south than the Keys, but I can't drive there. I know I will never be shipping my Porsche there just to drive it.

It is possible I may drive to Canada some day, not really likely, but not impossible. As soon as David is out of the area, I can get up to the far northwest. I am still bummed out I missed the drive up to Spokane. I need to hit the far northern states like Montana and the Dakotas and points west while drivin my Porsche. We made it to Portland parade but we cheated and flew up and rented a Hyundai. I have been there, but not in my Porsche.

See I knew I was the reason you were not coming. I'm getting a complex.

[GH85Carrera]

Only losing my job and any source of income and having to pay to start up a company from pretty much scratch kept me away. My wife was convinced it was a really stupid idea to go spend several thousands bucks with no paycheck. It still cost me a lot of money since national does not give back any money late in the game for any reason at all.

I am just glad I was at a point in life that we had not one bill, except the ongoing utilities, and insurance and such. I had the reserves to fund half of the startup, and get back in the air with the company. We are not killing it, but we are making more money than I did with a paycheck.

[Porsche-poor]

I still think you were avoiding me.

LOL I'm glad I went but it would have been more fun to have met you.

[GH85Carrera]

Last year was a central USA Parade. This year far southeast. Next year far southwest. Likely 2021 will be northeast, then back northwest for 2022.

[Porsche-poor]

lets see if I still own it on 2022. The car will be 43 years old by then.

[flipper35]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Many moons ago I had a 914 with a chebby 350 ,and kuhmo victorracer tires. Tread wear rating of 50, DOT approved street legal. Barely.

I could steer that car through a corner with my right foot.

My last set of tires on the Cobra were Goodyear Bluestreaks. Sticky as all getup and driving on the gravel driveway sounded like a rainstorm. No preservatives in them though so they don't last very long and while they had good grip they were not real friendly communicating the edge of traction. They were OK, just not great. I hear the Avons are awesome, but they start at $500 each and that is a lot of money for a weekend toy. Have Mickey Thompson's on it right now. Great street tire, not a great track tire.

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Just fix the AC. You have 18 months to get it fixed. It is nice to have a car you can drive in the heat.

With no top or side windows I never bothered with A/C on the Cobra. I seldom drove it in July or August when I lived in El Centro. Here in WI I just skip November through February. I am not legally allowed to drive it in January with Hobbyist plates unless I pay an extra fee. Not that I would have wanted to Wednesday with it -30* here. The wind chill would have been a wee bit bitey! Not sure the defroster would keep up in that car anyway.

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by Porsche-poor

lets see if I still own it on 2022. The car will be 43 years old by then.

My 911 will be 37 then with 200,000 plus miles. My brother's daily driver is a 1954 VW bug. so a sprightly 64 years old. He was telling me that the other day he was out looking for good deer hunting spots, and was way out in the sticks on a dirt road when the gas gauge showed in the negative side. So he flipped it to reserve which gives him 40 or so more miles to go. As soon he turned it to reserve it died. There he was way out in the country and the car died. So he looked around and noticed a piece of wood had jammed itself in the reserve switch and prevented it from going all the way on. He flipped it out, and drove on home.

It has a gas gauge that is operated by air pressure. He said after a fill up he has to push a little rubber bulb like the prime button on a 2 stroke engine to equalize the pressure, and then it works fine. That is the stock gas gauge for back then. My 1960 VW bug did not have that option. No gas gauge at all.