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Ok here it goes

In order
87 924S - Got it in 91 in high school. Left it home for college, Dad wrecked it in 96, Now a parts car for my racing.

88 944 Turbo S. Purchased Feb 97 with 90k from eventual friend. (became friends after bought it)Now has 116k. Pleasure driven.

98 Jeep Cherokee 4x4- Daily driver from 12/97 to 12/00. Put 65k on it in that time and eventuall installed 4.5" lift for more serious off-roading. Now used just for camping'hiking/biking trips, off-road excurstions, and light hauling. (now has 80k on it)

84 944 - Bought as beat-up non-running car for $1400 in mid summer 98. Now used as my race car with parts from the 87 924S

2001 VW GTI (1.8T) Daily driver purchased in 12/00. Gets 31 mpg. daily driver and has 29k on it now.

Other P-cars in the family
84 944 - Father's Show car purchased from the same guy as my Turbo S. (So nice he wish he never sold it as it was his first P-car and got in new in 84). 72k - Total Garage queen and concour car.

86 944 Turbo - Father's track car. Still stock, but used by my father for DE track duty. Nice with 74k. Bought for $7k in 99 from a guy who was going to trade in for Mercedes Benz. Dad got there first !

91 924 S4 - Mom's P-car. 50k. Purchased in 2001. Since Mama does not drive Stick we need a nice auto for here to partciapte in p-car drives. Nice GT car for the folks now!

hrk

- 76 Alfa Romeo Spider
Car which is everything my other car is not. In good and bad. Reminds and surprises every time for the fact that pleasure is not always measued by stopwatch. I can feel like driving 9/10 in backroads without really driving too fast.

-86 944 Turbo
Daily driver and autocross and DE beater. Very nice for that purpose but >10000 miles within year including 6 days at track shows in car and spare part costs.

-94 Ford Econoline
Conversion van with 5.8 liter engine. Bought it for family car secretly hoping to have a future tow car. That remains to be seen. Wifes daily driver.

In storage far away
-76 924
This is future Carrera GT eater. It has already few very good parts including intercooled 931 engine and 944 brakes and suspension. Lightest waterpumper chassis made. Quick!

-82 924
Technically sold to friend.

hrk

Bill

The stable, starting with the longest owned:

1960 VW Beetle
Purchased in 1970 (yes its been mine for 33 years). This started my love of
German vehicles. It is a European car, with spedo in kilometers and has semiphores. Semiphores are little arms in the middle of the car which raise to signal that you intend to turn. They were made illegal in the states by DOT in 1956, but were continued in Europe til 60. DOT felt that drivers tended to gauge their stop from a cars lights, and felt that lights in the middle of a car was not safe. I have never been hit in 33 years of driving this vehicle....makes you wonder about the logic of our legislators.

1970 VW Beetle
This is kept as the starter car. It has lived through 1 daughter learning to drive and has 4 more to go. Currently rebuilding engine for daughter #2, as #1 threw the fan belt and seized the engine. $500 total cost for a rebuild...gotta love it. As each new daughter gets their crack at this sturdy ride, they will be allowed to repaint, in a color of their choosing and redo the interior. Cost approx. $1500 (VW dollars are not Porsche dollars).

1969 VW Karmann Ghia Convertable
Currently under going a complete ground up restoration. Nothing like the wind in your hair on a nice summer drive. What color did we paint it...Porsche Guards Red of course. Had it media blasted with walnut shells (less friction than sand, thus no warped panels) to bare metal. It should be a beauty when finished. It sits in the garage with the 951, just a shell, and when neighbors walk by they always note "isn't that a Karmann Ghia", the Turbo is never commented on. Go figure.

Early 1985 944
Purchased in 1987. Always wanted a Porsche. Did not think I could talk the wife into a 911 so I showed her the "Porsche Station Wagen". It worked. This began my love of the 944 series cars which endures to this day. Guards Red. After owning this for 16 years, my wife has been telling me to go out an buy a "NEW" Porsche (996), but I prefer the 944 series. Dumb you say, maybe.

1991 Chevrolet 3/4 ton PU
My rolling trash can. It sits filling with cardboard until it is time to go to the dumps. Gotta have one of these, as compost is not a good thing to haul in a 944.

1995 Ford Aerostar Mini Van
This is used to haul the 5 girls and a wife. (yes I am out numbered 6 to 1, but they have no interest in hanging out in the garage, my safe haven).

1990 Jeep Cheeroke
My daily driver.

2000 VW new Beetle
Y2K not? Urban Assault Vehicle.

1986 944 Turbo
Purchased in 2001. Finally listened to my wife and bought the "NEW" Porsche. Don't think this is what she had in mind, in fact I know NOT. It is a beauty with 69k miles on it. Oh did I mention Guards Red. Much to the shagrin of my wife I spend more time working (modifing, but don't tell her) on it, than I do driving it. I DO miss driving it, when it is in the middle of a mod though. As my tag states "Damn I love this car".

2002 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer
My wifes daily driver. It keeps her away from the 951. When she asks to drive the 951 I say either "Honey, you have a new car" or "Honey, I am working on the 951".

Currently only my wife, daughter #1 and myself drive. Daughter #2 is months away and is so ancious she could burst.

With the exception of my wife, they all know that they will never....ever....get to drive the Turbo!

Daughter #1 (who is now 24) was allowed to drive the 944 NA once........in a parking lot.

She was lucky.

With out my passion, where would I be?

Brett

Well my stable as of 2 days ago:

89'944; got it 2 yrs. ago after highschool and sold it 2 days ago <img border="0" alt="[crying]" title="" src="graemlins/crying.gif" />
87'951; just got it 1 month ago and I'm already a severe boost addict!