Looking for Dad's car
02-21-2018, 10:12 PM
#106
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Exactly, Bertrand. You hit the nail on the head.
What will be even more hilarious is that I have intentionally not really told him anything about all this. I phoned him the other day and asked him about the blue car and he was like "why do you ask?" , i deflected it as reminiscing. I didn't tell him I was looking for it because I didn't know I could find it or not.
My plan is to get the car, spruce it up a bit, and then leave it casually sitting there next time he visits. He lives about 150 miles away and he and mom come down every couple months. Can't wait to see his reaction when he sees it, he'll be floored for sure......priceless.
What will be even more hilarious is that I have intentionally not really told him anything about all this. I phoned him the other day and asked him about the blue car and he was like "why do you ask?" , i deflected it as reminiscing. I didn't tell him I was looking for it because I didn't know I could find it or not.
My plan is to get the car, spruce it up a bit, and then leave it casually sitting there next time he visits. He lives about 150 miles away and he and mom come down every couple months. Can't wait to see his reaction when he sees it, he'll be floored for sure......priceless.
I envy you.
Dave
02-21-2018, 10:33 PM
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Exactly, Bertrand. You hit the nail on the head.
What will be even more hilarious is that I have intentionally not really told him anything about all this. I phoned him the other day and asked him about the blue car and he was like "why do you ask?" , i deflected it as reminiscing. I didn't tell him I was looking for it because I didn't know I could find it or not.
My plan is to get the car, spruce it up a bit, and then leave it casually sitting there next time he visits. He lives about 150 miles away and he and mom come down every couple months. Can't wait to see his reaction when he sees it, he'll be floored for sure......priceless.
What will be even more hilarious is that I have intentionally not really told him anything about all this. I phoned him the other day and asked him about the blue car and he was like "why do you ask?" , i deflected it as reminiscing. I didn't tell him I was looking for it because I didn't know I could find it or not.
My plan is to get the car, spruce it up a bit, and then leave it casually sitting there next time he visits. He lives about 150 miles away and he and mom come down every couple months. Can't wait to see his reaction when he sees it, he'll be floored for sure......priceless.
But now that I know that he will have the chance to live this whole experience with you is simply unbelievable.
Try to keep the secret until he gets to your place... Would pay to see his face when he'll see the car in your driveway.
Hope he has a good heart!
I'm sure both of you will remember this for the rest of your life!
Beautiful story again.
02-21-2018, 11:16 PM
#108
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Bertrand,
Yes, he is still alive, he is 66. He'll take the shock OK. It's going to be great, because as you said the roles are reversed now, and even though the car is not for *him*, he will share in it just as I shared in it when I was in my teens.
My dad was always a car guy and he first had a 1983 928 in like 1986-87. I don't remember that car too well, but he was always cawing about "upgrading to the S4", which he did, the blue car I have described. He would take me everywhere in that car and we'd always take the long way home in it. It's what got me hooked on cars. In 1992 we flew down to LA and bought that black 930 that you see in the pic a couple pages back.
He was so proud of those two cars, the 930 and the 928, but more the 928 - it was his special car. What he achieved was miraculous with his grade 4 education, no shoes on his feet, and sharing a room with the family donkey in Sicily, no joke. Guy was poorer than dirt and his dream was to own that 928 which he kept talking about for 20 years.
It will be quite a homecoming for him just to see it even though he complains about being too old to get in and out of sports cars anymore.
Yes, he is still alive, he is 66. He'll take the shock OK. It's going to be great, because as you said the roles are reversed now, and even though the car is not for *him*, he will share in it just as I shared in it when I was in my teens.
My dad was always a car guy and he first had a 1983 928 in like 1986-87. I don't remember that car too well, but he was always cawing about "upgrading to the S4", which he did, the blue car I have described. He would take me everywhere in that car and we'd always take the long way home in it. It's what got me hooked on cars. In 1992 we flew down to LA and bought that black 930 that you see in the pic a couple pages back.
He was so proud of those two cars, the 930 and the 928, but more the 928 - it was his special car. What he achieved was miraculous with his grade 4 education, no shoes on his feet, and sharing a room with the family donkey in Sicily, no joke. Guy was poorer than dirt and his dream was to own that 928 which he kept talking about for 20 years.
It will be quite a homecoming for him just to see it even though he complains about being too old to get in and out of sports cars anymore.
02-22-2018, 12:09 PM
#109
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Bertrand,
Yes, he is still alive, he is 66. He'll take the shock OK. It's going to be great, because as you said the roles are reversed now, and even though the car is not for *him*, he will share in it just as I shared in it when I was in my teens.
My dad was always a car guy and he first had a 1983 928 in like 1986-87. I don't remember that car too well, but he was always cawing about "upgrading to the S4", which he did, the blue car I have described. He would take me everywhere in that car and we'd always take the long way home in it. It's what got me hooked on cars. In 1992 we flew down to LA and bought that black 930 that you see in the pic a couple pages back.
He was so proud of those two cars, the 930 and the 928, but more the 928 - it was his special car. What he achieved was miraculous with his grade 4 education, no shoes on his feet, and sharing a room with the family donkey in Sicily, no joke. Guy was poorer than dirt and his dream was to own that 928 which he kept talking about for 20 years.
It will be quite a homecoming for him just to see it even though he complains about being too old to get in and out of sports cars anymore.
Yes, he is still alive, he is 66. He'll take the shock OK. It's going to be great, because as you said the roles are reversed now, and even though the car is not for *him*, he will share in it just as I shared in it when I was in my teens.
My dad was always a car guy and he first had a 1983 928 in like 1986-87. I don't remember that car too well, but he was always cawing about "upgrading to the S4", which he did, the blue car I have described. He would take me everywhere in that car and we'd always take the long way home in it. It's what got me hooked on cars. In 1992 we flew down to LA and bought that black 930 that you see in the pic a couple pages back.
He was so proud of those two cars, the 930 and the 928, but more the 928 - it was his special car. What he achieved was miraculous with his grade 4 education, no shoes on his feet, and sharing a room with the family donkey in Sicily, no joke. Guy was poorer than dirt and his dream was to own that 928 which he kept talking about for 20 years.
It will be quite a homecoming for him just to see it even though he complains about being too old to get in and out of sports cars anymore.
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I was really enjoying this thread until you told me your "old man's age" - same as mine! That really took the wind out of my sails! [ha ha].
As for being being too old to get in and out of sports cars tell him I have just spent 3 days under mine in 30 degree C heat and it is on axle stands!
02-22-2018, 01:45 PM
#110
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Yeah, I just told him about the 91 year old guy who drove across the country in his 356 to get to the latest Porsche parade. Dad has a pretty bad back however.
02-22-2018, 02:13 PM
#111
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That is a miserable condition! I fractured L1 in the crash I had when losing my 90S4. Fortunately I recovered pretty well but I had to work at it. No idea what ails your old man but when mine gives me grief I find just laying down on a hard floor flat on my back for 10 minutes works wonders for me. Aches like hell for the first few minutes trying to get full contact but then it kind of settles down.
02-22-2018, 02:17 PM
#112
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Besides the fact that he is carrying a little weight in his midsection, his back issues stem from pretty decent Scoliosis which occurred as a result of him having to go to work at 10 years old carrying heavy blocks on his shoulder. His spine is a nice S shape, LOL. He's not a gimp or anything, he still golfs, but he has had a lifetime of back issues caused by overwork as a child. Necessary to put food on the table unfortunately.
02-22-2018, 02:47 PM
#113
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Besides the fact that he is carrying a little weight in his midsection, his back issues stem from pretty decent Scoliosis which occurred as a result of him having to go to work at 10 years old carrying heavy blocks on his shoulder. His spine is a nice S shape, LOL. He's not a gimp or anything, he still golfs, but he has had a lifetime of back issues caused by overwork as a child. Necessary to put food on the table unfortunately.
02-24-2018, 06:22 AM
#115
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Great thread!
I have followed this from the beginning because I also had a Venetian Blue 88 5-spd with an Ivory interior (no blue piping). The car was fantastic and only needed regular maintenance. It was a car that was simply in harmony with itself. Perhaps there is something innately special about the Venetian Blue ones.
As mine was hitting 200,000 I sold it to a friend of Drooman, he kept it for a while and then sold it back to Drooman who sold it (with my 90 GT's factory D90's on it) to someone in Colorado as I recall.
Yes I'd love to have it back (and my D90's) this thread allowed me to vicariously share in the rationale... chase... and, the capture...
Thanks to everyone who participated in helping Catorce's dream come true!
I have followed this from the beginning because I also had a Venetian Blue 88 5-spd with an Ivory interior (no blue piping). The car was fantastic and only needed regular maintenance. It was a car that was simply in harmony with itself. Perhaps there is something innately special about the Venetian Blue ones.
As mine was hitting 200,000 I sold it to a friend of Drooman, he kept it for a while and then sold it back to Drooman who sold it (with my 90 GT's factory D90's on it) to someone in Colorado as I recall.
Yes I'd love to have it back (and my D90's) this thread allowed me to vicariously share in the rationale... chase... and, the capture...
Thanks to everyone who participated in helping Catorce's dream come true!
03-03-2018, 07:56 PM
#117
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So the car showed up today, shipped down from Monterey. It's pretty much a doppelganger of the old car as I remember it. This example has a few cosmetic flaws (disclosed to me) and a few minor mechanical issues (not disclosed to me), but in their defense I didn't do a PPI. Car feels really tight and quiet, but has some slight hesitation on acceleration in low gears (feels like coil/wires/plugs/fistributor/ flappy valve).
As to impressions, man, it;s true, you can't go back. The car feels big, soft and slow compared to modern cars, but man, there is something RIGHT about it. It just hits so many buttons for me that I love it already, flaws and all.
It's such a dead ringer for the old one that it's eerie, and provides the nostalgia I'm looking for.
The ride height is just obnoxiously off, I drove it 30 mile and it's still 2 feet off the ground in the front. Other than that, it's a solid, low mile car. Here's a pic at Home Depot, she's a little down by the stern, but you get the idea.
03-03-2018, 10:55 PM
#118
Thanks for the update. Looks good at the Depot. It took my car about 100 miles before the front end settled down to something less than the off road look. How's the interior look in real life?
03-04-2018, 12:20 PM
#119
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Looks as though it is where Porsche intended it to be, not to be confused with where they often end up [nose in the dirt *** in the air] or as in my case, where I intended it to be.
03-04-2018, 01:01 PM
#120
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As to the interior - it is exactly the same as Dad's except Dad's had blue piping. This will be rectified shortly, because the seat guy owes me $4000.....LOL.
Condition wise, the interior is a hair rougher than I would expect on a 50K mile car. Both front seats are warped and some of the stitching is loose, so this is a good time for a refresh. The carpet also looks like azz which is to be expected on a car with essentially white carpet that is 30 years old.
But the bones of this car are good, and it stops nice, drives nice, and idles nice. The motor mounts sound good, there is no vibration, and it still has the tightness you'd expect from a car with this mileage.
Unfortunately I'm moving house right now so I am not sure how much time I can devote to this right at the moment, but I will try my best. Seats will be done within the next week because the guy comes to get them then does his thing, then brings them back.
This car instantly turned into a "I will never sell" car for me.