Old Porsche Stories

[CaptDale - is secretly British]

After watching another video of the white 911 with 402k miles on the clock from one of the Hoonigan guys and sharing it with Rally Wrench cause of his white 911, I got reminiscent of the black 911sc that got away.

Anyway, since I saved my kinja posts, I thought I would reshare the 911 that got away story.

Original post:

If I had been able to buy my friends 1978 911sc back in highschool, the odometer probably would have rolled over by now. I had bugged her for years (backstory: she is my mother’s age, but growing up sailing with her and my mom, we became friends) to get the car driving. It was a black 911sc that had be race prepped at one point. Her and her late husband used to race them. At their last race with her car something wasn’t feeling right after they were told someone tampered with the car and they garaged it. Years later he passed, she sold his car, and her’s stayed in the garage. Well after enough badgering she got it into a friends shop and made driveable. What they had found was their rival had ground off bolts on the rear that would have allowed the car to fall apart on the track. Which is fucking scary. But it was all fixed up, we drove around in it a couple times and she said she would sell it to me for $10,000 if I could come up with the money. Anytime, didn’t need to be then. So as I saved my pennies for a couple years plus mom was going to help out cause I needed a car anyway, but then she sold it to a friend that had heard she got it fixed and running. Sold her Surban too and bought a Prius. Yeah I know! I really wish I had been able to buy her car. Not for the wealth of what it would be worth now, but because it was her car and there was a story and it meant something to me. Maybe I should try to find it, but I know I could not afford it.

That is me and the car... I still have that jacket, but it is ruined and tattered.

It is one of those cars I may forever regret letting get away and one I will always be upset about her selling off. I still have a deep desire to own hers and maybe one day, hopefully sooner than later, I can get the buyers information and try to buy it back. I want to own her’s, I don’t know why, but I just have to have that one, though I’d love to have the “big” ducktail. It was a black on black non sunroof model. I can’t quite remember, but I believe it didn’t have a wing. Along with the black center Fuchs, I just fell in love. Maybe that is the issue, I am still in love with that particular 911...

Overall car example

wing example

[Chariotoflove]

Dylan, forgive me for changing the topic, but every time I scroll to the bottom of your posts, I see your signature, and I smile that you still have the Sprite. I thought sure you’d have dumped it long ago. Any plans, or is it still in stasis?

[RallyWrench]

@captdale-is-secretly-british Love it, man. I know the feeling. Looking forward to swapping keys sometime soon.

[CaptDale - is secretly British]

@rallywrench said in Old Porsche Stories:

@captdale-is-secretly-british Love it, man. I know the feeling. Looking forward to swapping keys sometime soon.

Man once that oil leak is fixed and spreading a virus isn't an issue I am way down! Thought might drive off with it and leave you with the vette ;]

[CaptDale - is secretly British]

@chariotoflove said in Old Porsche Stories:

Dylan, forgive me for changing the topic, but every time I scroll to the bottom of your posts, I see your signature, and I smile that you still have the Sprite. I thought sure you’d have dumped it long ago. Any plans, or is it still in stasis?

No worries! Now that I have a mostly working daily again I have slowly stared working on the Sprite. Trying to get organized and get little jobs out of the way so I can start putting her more and more together. She has door handles for the first time in 10 years. It is nice if not daunting.

[Stef Schrader]

that is...............good parsh

[RallyWrench]

@captdale-is-secretly-british Eh, fair enough. I've always wanted to try out the hawaiian shirts and jorts life

[rctothefuture]

Sounds like my Dad, his cousin had a 69' Camaro that he said he would hold for 5 years so my Dad could save up to by it. At year 4 he had the cash, then my Mom said she was pregnant with me...

So yeah, no Camaro.

[CaptDale - is secretly British]

@rallywrench said in Old Porsche Stories:

@captdale-is-secretly-british Eh, fair enough. I've always wanted to try out the hawaiian shirts and jorts life

As a father, I am sure you could pull it off

[RallyWrench]

@captdale-is-secretly-british Hey that's true, I have every excuse to lean in to that

[CaptDale - is secretly British]

@rallywrench said in Old Porsche Stories:

@captdale-is-secretly-british Hey that's true, I have every excuse to lean in to that

Plus, I mean you could pull a Jay Leno and do the full Canadian Tux

[RallyWrench]

@captdale-is-secretly-british Denim Dan, 'atcha service