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Post by inboost on Oct 31, 2022 8:55:24 GMT -8
Bravo victor - you couldn't have said it any better and I couldn't agree more. That Targa 3.2 Carrera is a sweet machine. I hope it's back on the road soon!
I had a 1984 Targa Carrera in "Schieferblau" briefly as a young man. It came and went as fast as it drove. My young bride was ready to quit work and stay home with our son and not yet conceived but planned for second child. I knew it would be the best decision I'd make in my life to sell the car and support my kids upbringing. It worked. My Wife didn't take a job until our third was in gradeschool and I know my kids benefited enormously for it. I would do it again, and I know it would hurt just the same. I hope to someday get back into an air cooled 964 with a 3.6L warmed over by one of my motorsports dealers. It's going to be a minute with Porsche prices the way they are today
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Post by victor on Oct 31, 2022 9:30:57 GMT -8
I know where you're coming from there inboost . I started out (more properly, my wife started out with it, but she let me drive it) in a Guards Red '91 944 S2 Cab, which her parents gave her in return for their first grandchild. That enormous 4 cranked out loads of power and its 50/50 balance made it sweet driving in the mountains. My daughters rode in the backseat as toddlers in that one.
I eventually found myself a black '94 968 which had a little more power and slightly better handling, though it was constrained by an early Tip transmission; my one and only sports car with an auto tranny. Once again my girls rode in the back and it took them through elementary school (and they did love being dropped off in front of school in either car). Lovely car, but I bought it from a non-Porsche mechanic, and unbeknownst to me he'd been at the wiring at some point - one day I was bombing down a back road when white/grey smoke started pouring through the dash vents. I pulled it over and tried to turn it off, but it wouldn't. Popped the hood and had to bang the connection to the battery off to turn it off. Unfortunately it was an electrical fire that destroyed the wiring harness - the insurance company totaled it.
So with cash in hand I went looking and stumbled upon my '84 Targa. The owner was a young banker who'd invested a bit in restoring the car, only to have his wife tell him, after she announced she was pregnant, that they needed a minivan and he didn't need the Targa. His bad luck was my good luck. Needless to say, my daughters loved being carted back and forth to school in that car.
My mechanic has some ideas of upgrades to improve performance for the car. I suppose the engine will eventually need a rebuild, and that's when we'll make some changes - hopefully that's not soon though, as I'm happy with what I have.
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Post by small on Oct 31, 2022 11:05:30 GMT -8
Ahh I guess I'm a lucky one. M1stW; actually before she was my 1st, and just months before the wedding, gave the nod for me to go ahead and get my Sportster. Back in the day, there were waiting list, or market pricing. The dealer in town would call the top three guys, and the first one with the purchase price got it. If the story is true HD said you must have a list and call the people on the list... If the first three were no shows, or couldn't get the deal done, the dealer would bring it in back. Once in back, they would load it with chrome, and bs, jacking the price to at times double MSRP. Then on a nice day a guy with more cash than patients, would wonder in and buy it. We had a term for them but not in mix company.
I had my name on a couple of list, and even had a deposit returned, once they found out their allocation for the year. Summer was over, and a friend from the time, I was a mechanic (cough cough) at Sears (cough) came in to the bar I was tending at. He had just scored a job at a remote HD Dealer, that was looked down on by some at the time, because they also sold Japanese bikes, under the same roof. He had gone to school in Arizona and was looking to see who was still around the old haunts. He asked about whether I'd ever managed to score a two wheeler and I said no. (I had a 68" BSA 650 for a summer but sold it) He came back in around Xmas, to say that because of the CAT Strike, guys were leaving their name, but passing up the bikes as the were getting them in, since they had no idea when they'd be going back to work. I gave him my current digits and he said he'd pass it on to the sales lady...two weeks later I got the call. I didn't get any option "this is what we have take it or leave it". Of course it was the Delux model and almost $1k more than I'd budgeted for...Oh and it was Nugget Yellow not White like I'd wanted. I talked to the soon to be 1stW and she said "go ahead, I'm not going to let you say to me, when you turn 40 that I never let you have your motorcycle" So I bought it and still ride it today.
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:09:46 GMT -8
Porsche 917, reproduction maybe? In Gulf livery
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:34:38 GMT -8
The Alfa 8C is not uncommon at the auctions, but this is the only time I have seen one in the wild... In Paris several years back...
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:35:36 GMT -8
And I don't even know what these are - but I guess when you have a car this short you can rethink what it means to parallel park
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:39:22 GMT -8
A guy just down the street from me has an original Dino that his dad bought new, and passed on to him. Crazy what they are worth nowadays - fun fact, you will find no Ferrari branding on a Dino... and check out the shape of that back window!
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:41:13 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:47:21 GMT -8
I can't easily sort originals vs kit car versions of the Cobra, though for some reason I thought this is likely a "real" one. Somewhere I have photos of the "Daytona" coupe version - which is my favorite...
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 12:48:59 GMT -8
Another eclectic one I really like is the Volvo P1800S
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Post by small on Oct 31, 2022 13:03:01 GMT -8
And I don't even know what these are - but I guess when you have a car this short you can rethink what it means to parallel park Wow you don't know? I'm betting those are the colab between Mercedes and Swatch...Smart for twos...
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:05:14 GMT -8
You're right, those do look like Smart cars... I think I need more coffee! It has me thinking, I used to see those around a lot, but not really any more these days... They were Mercedes branded in the States, but I don't think they were in Europe
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:45:33 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:47:29 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:49:12 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:50:12 GMT -8
Another uncommon one to see locally - or anywhere really - a french "Facel Vega"
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 13:52:58 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 14:32:44 GMT -8
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 14:34:19 GMT -8
And one of many Diablos that we see around
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Post by dapellegrini on Oct 31, 2022 14:34:56 GMT -8
Here's that Daytona / Coupe - one of my favorite American classics
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