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Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 07, 2023 8:41 am
by GordonG
Yes sir! That is pretty cool. Have a great Easter and stay safe!
Gordon
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2023 12:35 pm
by Arne2
My air-cooled Porsches are all in the past, as I'm currently driving a 718 Cayman. But before that...
1984 911 Carrera (driver for 7 years)
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1973 914 2.0 (restoration project)
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1972 911T (restoration project and 3 years driver)
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Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:00 am
by Papa Speedster
I just add one to the stable! I bought my wife a 1983 911 sc for her Birthday
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:07 am
by Tom
Papa Speedster wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:00 am
I just add one to the stable! I bought my wife a 1983 911 sc for her Birthday
A red 911sc coupe is pretty much the ultimate icon of a Porsche in my eyes. Beautiful car! But we have to see that interior!
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 8:13 am
by Papa Speedster
It’s Pasha!!
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:06 am
by blueline
Hmmmm. I've heard that one before - "it's for my wife." In fact, it's one I've used more than once over the years!
Nice 993 for you and your wife! Congrats!!
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 10:48 am
by Tom
That car is a dead ringer for the first Porsche I almost bought, without the pasha though. The one I looked at was a Euro-spec car that my boss ended up owning when a client couldn't take possession for unknown reasons. It had a higher compression engine that made great power, but it would ping on US gas and we discovered a pulled head stud through the PPI. In hindsight, I wish I bought it. If memory serves, we had agreed on $18k for it, with 30k miles.
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:42 am
by Larry C
You’re blowin’ my mind
Beautiful car
Best,
Larry
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:09 pm
by Papa Speedster
Hey Tom this too is a Euro spec car. I was pleasantly pleased when it arrived Tuesday. Original paint, new brakes, clutch
And had motor rebuild with 20k on it.
Re: Post photos of your air-cooled Porsche
Posted: Fri Apr 28, 2023 1:10 pm
by Tom
Papa Speedster wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:09 pm
Hey Tom this too is a Euro spec car. I was pleasantly pleased when it arrived Tuesday. Original paint, new brakes, clutch
And had motor rebuild with 20k on it.
It's been a while, but the little orange parking light on the side is a Euro-spec thing only, right? Either way, the side marker on your car is what prompted the memory really. Be careful with pinging! California has lower octane and higher alcohol than a lot of states, so maybe that compounded it, but on that '83-euro I drove you could hear it ping when you floored it and the poor head stud couldn't take it. Honestly, the car pulled like a train (noticeably better than the US-spec cars I test drove), but I assume it was a ticking timebomb with one stud already pulled out of its threads.
