My "new" 944
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I just picked up a 1985 944 after being 944-less for the past 12 years, if you don't count the 944 that we raced in 24 Hours of Lemons 5-6 years ago.
This is my 3rd or 4th 944 and my family has had about 12 of them. I decided I needed another old car to toy around with since I sold my 928 and our doesn't fill the void. I was looking for an early car because I am weird and I like the old dash. This car fit the bill and is in fairly decent shape, so I pounced on it. So far I have driven it about 800 miles and I am loving being back in a 944. I spent the last few weekends installing a new shift ****, shift lever, hatch spoiler middle section, taking off the rock guards...
I'm looking forward to tinkering with this car and driving it whenever I can.
Enjoy the pics!
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This is my 3rd or 4th 944 and my family has had about 12 of them. I decided I needed another old car to toy around with since I sold my 928 and our doesn't fill the void. I was looking for an early car because I am weird and I like the old dash. This car fit the bill and is in fairly decent shape, so I pounced on it. So far I have driven it about 800 miles and I am loving being back in a 944. I spent the last few weekends installing a new shift ****, shift lever, hatch spoiler middle section, taking off the rock guards...
I'm looking forward to tinkering with this car and driving it whenever I can.
Enjoy the pics!
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She's a beauty
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Car looks great, and I'm with you on the early interior (secretly wish my '86 was an early car). It just oozes charm and character.
Speaking of which, let's see a few pictures of the cabin..
Speaking of which, let's see a few pictures of the cabin..
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Beautiful! Very nice photos.
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That's a beautiful Guards Red 944!!! Would love to see more pics if you had the time to post them!!
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Since getting this car about 8 months ago, I have continued to enjoy it more and more.
My commute to the office is 6o miles each way and I regularly drive the 944 3 out of 5 days a week. I find it hard to walk by the 944 in the morning and not want to drive it to work.
Since buying the car, I have done the following improvements/mods
-hatch seal
-hood badge (nicer one I had lying around)
-shift modification
-shift **** (OEM style)
-Momo Prototipo steering wheel (loved this wheel since my first 914 back in 1996)
-Redline trans fluid (huge improvement over the swepco that was in the car)
-reference sensors (fixed random no start issue)
-new stereo with usb and aux (nice for listening to podcasts on the way to work)
-Vitaloni Seabring mirrors on stock bases (motorsport look, and was never a huge fan of flags)
-Hankook Ventus RS3 tires (sticky and very nice for the price)
-FR Wilks PowerProm chip (smoother, faster)
-door handle and mirror gaskets
-rear wiper delete (cleaner looking without it)
-H4 headlights (what a huge improvement)
-red and black Coco Mats (very nice and don't slide around at all)
In the next few months I will be installing new covers on the front seats in black leather with houndstooth inserts, and maybe doing RS style door panels as well as center console delete. I would also like to have the dash refinished.
Here's a few pictures before the new tires and rear wiper delete...should be able to take some more pics this weekend.
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9433_zps7b67e39a.jpg)
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9690-Edit_zpsf0e91e0e.jpg)
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9668-Edit_zps89cb9923.jpg)
My commute to the office is 6o miles each way and I regularly drive the 944 3 out of 5 days a week. I find it hard to walk by the 944 in the morning and not want to drive it to work.
Since buying the car, I have done the following improvements/mods
-hatch seal
-hood badge (nicer one I had lying around)
-shift modification
-shift **** (OEM style)
-Momo Prototipo steering wheel (loved this wheel since my first 914 back in 1996)
-Redline trans fluid (huge improvement over the swepco that was in the car)
-reference sensors (fixed random no start issue)
-new stereo with usb and aux (nice for listening to podcasts on the way to work)
-Vitaloni Seabring mirrors on stock bases (motorsport look, and was never a huge fan of flags)
-Hankook Ventus RS3 tires (sticky and very nice for the price)
-FR Wilks PowerProm chip (smoother, faster)
-door handle and mirror gaskets
-rear wiper delete (cleaner looking without it)
-H4 headlights (what a huge improvement)
-red and black Coco Mats (very nice and don't slide around at all)
In the next few months I will be installing new covers on the front seats in black leather with houndstooth inserts, and maybe doing RS style door panels as well as center console delete. I would also like to have the dash refinished.
Here's a few pictures before the new tires and rear wiper delete...should be able to take some more pics this weekend.
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9433_zps7b67e39a.jpg)
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9690-Edit_zpsf0e91e0e.jpg)
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9668-Edit_zps89cb9923.jpg)
![](http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/Laneskelton/Porsche%20944%20Lane/IMG_9606-Edit_zpsca47f06f.jpg)