figured i'd better do a "hi its me!" thread with some pics..
Hi !
bit of a random porsche history ... first car i drove after passing my test was a 1987 911 targa 3.2 supersport in guards red (not mine obviously) proceeded to spin it two or three times during that year (and a daimler.. and an elise.. ) thankfully without doing any damage..
moved to the alps and decided i wanted a cheap, well built, good handling, RWD car for alpine snow fun
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so bought my first porsche ... a B reg 924 lux in black .. with a scabby interior and a dented wing, all for £750 ! loved it .. it didnt seem to mind the cold, and the colway remoulds were that good on snow/ice that i never got round to buying snow tyres..
it tried to kill me a number of times.. like the alternator earth falling off.. in a congested UPHILL motorway tunnel outside geneva .. wanna push a car up the middle of a busy motorway tunnel ? no .. me neither ..
but took me round france, belgium, switzerland, germany, holland, and back to blighty looking no worse than it had 9 months previously having received cock all maintenance .. even put 140mph on the clock on a long downhill french peage (ok, so the tyres were lower profile than stock .. but still, thats FAST in a 924, almost 7500rpm too iirc, lol)
then i crashed it (lightly).. assumed it would be written off and taken away. So bought another one !
it was white with a brown interior and no sunroof, also B reg. didnt like it.
got the black one back, fitted a second hand wing and front bumper for £70.. did some panel beating to make the other side match .. painted it satin black all over, with a kawasaki green bonnet stripe and white squares on the doors ! then fitted some 17" rims
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sold the white one for buttons as i'd been robbing little bits off it, and the tax/test was up.
then a month or so ago a cheap black C plate 944 popped up on ebay.. so bought that and (sadly) the 924 went off to be scrapped (everything, like EVERYTHING needed doing after nigh on 3 years of abuse, and realistically.. it just wasnt economically viable. Shell was good, that was about it though, tried twice to shift it on ebay.. no joy..)
and thats that !
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after much swearing a few skinned knuckles, a lot of coffee, some brake discs, wheel bearings, tyres and fettling later.. she's mot'd and on the road for about £1200 all in .. now.. just geometry and belts to do ! (and maybe a v8)
Ttfn !