Bragging on a 912

[Dschuetze]

I don't know if this is the place but I couldn't find a better one to brag on an old car.
I have a 1967 912 and just completed a trip from Canada to San Diego and back in the last few weeks with my wife with me on the return trip. I did send out a post because of generator problems but let me tell you, other than those annoying "small" electrical problems I see no reason to not do long road trips. I stayed off of the freeways except for going from Grants Pass to Olympia. It cruised along nicely at about 70 MPH. That's true MPH by my GPS. The speedo of course showed 80 MPH.
The motor, tranny, clutch, brakes and everything else mechanical worked great and I wouldn't hesitate to do the trip again next week. The whole trip used about 1 quart of oil which seemed fine to me.
So, get those cars out on the road if you haven't.

[MichaelB]

I did that for my 50th b-day. Drove the whole Napa Valley in my sunroof '67. Keeping the faith.

[NYNick]

Porsches are meant to travel. Some of my fondest memories are doing long trips in my 68 912. I love those old cars.

Good for you!

[msort81]

Fantastic ! sounds like a great trip. Feel free to brag more often

If you are not winding your Porsche out, and simply cleaning it to show off at cars and coffee you're not getting the point. Porsches are not investments, they are metal glass and plastic and should be driven accordingly because anything can be fixed, and the real joy of these cars is the actual driving.

[Dschuetze]

I did have one other problem. My car has an electronic fuel injection system and the aftermarket pump failed. If I hit it with a wrench it would work again. After a few days it was happening too often (like in the middle of an intersection) so I ordered another one for about $100.00 and had to stay an extra day in Venture (poor me). It took and hour to replace it and away we went.
One of the other posts here says how no one appreciates or notices these old cars any more. I sure didn't find that. I had comments all along the way and lots of thumbs up as I drove.

[NYNick]

I had to buy a wedding present for a friend of mine in 1973. I stopped at an antique shop in Newport, RI and fell in love with an oak rocking chair that I thought would be perfect for them.

As I dragged it outside I realized it was going to be difficult transporting this lunker of a thing to Massachusetts in my 912.

I slid the passenger seat forward all the way off the rails, pulled it out of the car, folded it in half (or reclined it all the way IDR) and fit it in the frunk. Then I managed to finagle the rocking chair into the car.

Those early cars are cool.

[thamlin000]

Very cool trip! Good time of year with the weather also.

Back when I lived in Colorado, I would take my 67 into the mountains when I when snowboarding. With the skinny tires and engine weight over the rear wheels, these cars are awesome in the snow. Much better than my then-new Toyota Tundra. Got a few wtf looks from the locals in their Outbacks and SUVs while stuck in the Sunday PM eastbound I70 ski traffic/gridlock.

SWB are a great in the snow but the heat and defrost suck. But the I’m sure very few of the current group of owners will experience this. Too bad for them.