Oh! Sixteen Candles do I ever remember them,unlike Jake my ride wasn't a red 944 but an old 1950 Ford convertible with a beautiful flat head V8 (no oil change in that one, that was unheard off) broke my piggy bank paid $100 for it. Everytime I'll hit a pothole or a railroad track both doors will fly open so I got this bodyshop to tack weld both of them in place (end of swinging doors problems) but what an hassle to get the girls in when came smootching time.Don't ask me how old I am.wish I had a time machine will go back there life was lees complicated then:

 

16 candles sold alot of 944s. That why I wanted one. Don't you love product placement!!!

 

Did the 16 Candles car have Fuchs or Cookies?

 

The attachment point for the coolant hose looks like it's a later housing that has a bleeder screw, not the one in the hose.

 

Congratulations on your purchase. With some work, your 944 will be a real head turner. Looking forward to seeing your progress. Best of luck!

 

Thanks alot for all the support guys. One other thing. Do you know if there is supposed to be a cover on the inspection hole for the flywheel? Seems to me there should be, but I wasn't quite sure.

 

There is suppose to be a plug, But Ive yet to see one.

I wouldn't worry about it

 

Cookies

 

1983 Risky Business = 1982 928, 1984 Sixteen Candles = 1983 944, 1983 Class = 1983 911, 1988 Mystic Pizza = 1987 911 Cabriolet

the public awareness of "Porsche" increased significantly as a result of these films -- and sales exploded -- coincidence ?

 

You've got a big pair of stones to buy a car for $1850 then make a 36 hour road trip.

 

That wasn't the original plan. Just worked out that way. I was going to get it shipped for a really good price, but that fell through, so then I had a car 1000 miles away and only 48 hours to get it. So that's what I had to do. I probably will not be doing that one again, but oh well.

 

^^Sounds like a plan.


We took that off the rocker panel and found out it had been replaced before. Doesn't look as bad as we thought it was going to be and we will hopefully get this one fixed up pretty soon. The quarter panel is still kinda worrying me, but I have faith that we can get it done and still make it look somewhat like its supposed to be.

Here's what I got done Sunday.

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We're checking on black metal right now and doesn't look like its going to be too bad price wise, $39.50 for an 18G 4x10 sheet (as measured the original steel is 20G, But that has to be special ordered). When they replaced the rocker panel before they overlapped the original material by about one inch then riveted/tack welded it in-place, not a clean job but I couldn't tell it had been replaced until after I was already taking it off because the coating on the bottom of the car covered it up.