Let's play "Long-Shot"...
05-09-2010, 02:13 PM
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Let's play "Long-Shot"...
The first Porsche I ever drove was a 1978 928 in 1986. I was 14 at the time, and the parents were out of town-insert Risky Business joke here. My Stepdad bought the car new from Art Bunker Porsche-Audi in Kansas City, and I think it was one of the first in the city. Guards Red five speed with tan interior. The centers of the seats were kind of off white with navy pinstripes.
My Dad had been thinking of selling it, and I wanted to drive it before I lost the chance. Amazing car by the days standards. Anyhow, after driving it secretly a couple times-the day came when it was going into the paper. My Dad took me to the Shawnee Mission East parking lot-to give me a chance to drive the car. Some kid ended up missing a stop sign, and I planted the car in the side of her cutlass. Bad day. The Porsche with the toasted nose piece was in the paper....
The car was repaired and put in the paper again. All my Dad said was "I hope you learned a lesson-other people's mistakes can be a danger to you when you drive." He was then, and still is a great man.
A Father and Son came up from Neosho, MO to look at the car, and bought it on the spot. That was the last I saw of it. 24 years later, I can remember the smell of the car, the thrust when you hit the gas, the click of a chipped tooth on first gear. It was one of the reasons I got so into cars. My Dad bought it for $24k in 1977, and sold it for $12K 8 years later. I wonder if it still exists....
So, if anybody knows of a Guards Red 928 in Southwest Missouri with a pinstripe interior and a 5-speed, let me know. I have no records of the VIN. Just some pictures of me and my brother with it right before it left us. I can tell you first gear was chipped when my Dad went from reverse to first while the car was rolling. The drivers' side rear was repaired several times (we had a tree at the end of the driveway that was somehow difficult to see), front nose panel had been replaced. Maintained by Bob Hindson Racing-and wore the plate holders from their shop.
Like I said, looooooongshot.
My Dad had been thinking of selling it, and I wanted to drive it before I lost the chance. Amazing car by the days standards. Anyhow, after driving it secretly a couple times-the day came when it was going into the paper. My Dad took me to the Shawnee Mission East parking lot-to give me a chance to drive the car. Some kid ended up missing a stop sign, and I planted the car in the side of her cutlass. Bad day. The Porsche with the toasted nose piece was in the paper....
The car was repaired and put in the paper again. All my Dad said was "I hope you learned a lesson-other people's mistakes can be a danger to you when you drive." He was then, and still is a great man.
A Father and Son came up from Neosho, MO to look at the car, and bought it on the spot. That was the last I saw of it. 24 years later, I can remember the smell of the car, the thrust when you hit the gas, the click of a chipped tooth on first gear. It was one of the reasons I got so into cars. My Dad bought it for $24k in 1977, and sold it for $12K 8 years later. I wonder if it still exists....
So, if anybody knows of a Guards Red 928 in Southwest Missouri with a pinstripe interior and a 5-speed, let me know. I have no records of the VIN. Just some pictures of me and my brother with it right before it left us. I can tell you first gear was chipped when my Dad went from reverse to first while the car was rolling. The drivers' side rear was repaired several times (we had a tree at the end of the driveway that was somehow difficult to see), front nose panel had been replaced. Maintained by Bob Hindson Racing-and wore the plate holders from their shop.
Like I said, looooooongshot.
05-09-2010, 03:34 PM
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This story reminds me of an old tube amp that I made some nice recordings with back in 1994. I sold the amp in 1996 to pay rent, and missed it ever since.
Last year that same amp showed up on eBay. It was the same amp, had the same marks on the faceplate for the preferred **** settings, same serial number, same tubes in it, but in a little rougher condition. Won the auction, and can now remember why it was easy to sell the amp back then.
It ain't real good.
Last year that same amp showed up on eBay. It was the same amp, had the same marks on the faceplate for the preferred **** settings, same serial number, same tubes in it, but in a little rougher condition. Won the auction, and can now remember why it was easy to sell the amp back then.
It ain't real good.
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07-21-2017, 12:42 PM
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Probably not your actual car, but a clone for sure: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...storation.html
07-21-2017, 12:49 PM
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A friend of mine hired a PI to locate his old Firebird from 35 years ago. Cost him around 400.00. Of course the last known owner junked the car and the yard had no record of it
a bit extreme but hey, you never know.
a bit extreme but hey, you never know.
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My first car was a '67 Camaro convertible. My dad bought it in '89 from a friend and we fixed it up and I wound up selling it in '93. I had recorded the VIN, and over the years I would Google it up every now and then to see if it ever surfaced. It never did. It was like the car never existed...
Last November I searched it on Google and for the first time returned some results! The car had been flooded and was sold at a insurance salvage auction the month before! The car had stayed relatively local and was about 75 miles away. The auction house would not give me any information on the sale or even forward my info to the seller in case they would consider re-selling. Last thing I need is a flooded car to restore, but I would have if I had the chance.
Last November I searched it on Google and for the first time returned some results! The car had been flooded and was sold at a insurance salvage auction the month before! The car had stayed relatively local and was about 75 miles away. The auction house would not give me any information on the sale or even forward my info to the seller in case they would consider re-selling. Last thing I need is a flooded car to restore, but I would have if I had the chance.
