Well 'ya gotta figure there's story behnd that title!
The first Porsche I ever rode in was a young doctors car that often was parked near the end of my street often months at a time,
the young physician was a boyhood friend that ultimately served some time in the navy as well as a few other places we won't mention.
This seemed to explain the long stints of sitting the car endured even way back in the seventies.
I was just a college kid green as hell when it came to sports cars and about all i knew inside and out at the time was British Leyland.
TR6's and MGs..maybe a TVR thrown in for good measure.
At least in my neighborhood we'd long since outgrown muscle cars and detroit iron,it just wasn't cool enough!
Most of the neighborhood regaled in this one ride almost as much as another friends cousin who for some insane reason has traded a
pristine silver '68 330 GTC 2+2 for a Minerva blue '74 S Targa.
We used to take trips to his part of town just to pay homage to the Ferrari but hell he was a secret service agent for real and had
weapons no one second guessed him...no one!
Anyway the '69 S dissapeared some time after I moved away from the neighborhood and I'd hear stories from time to time where it was
actually Annapolis, my old friends brother had it while he was out of the country...blah blah blah..
Well that brother recently passed and I happened to see and talk to my friend it's even been two years since that discussion where I voiced an interest and possible capability to purchase said 911 S.
Well finally the deal was struck with the widow and the car is back in the neighborhood,hell Iam too bought across the street from my
folks place in '96.
I almost can't belive it ,original tool kit .jack car came from Manhattan Porsche Audi in Rockville ,original engine trans,fuchs w/hearts
sunroof,a/c, no sports, and rebuild done by Heinz Wall in Springfield Va who was a factory trained tech that as lore would have it
pattened the carrera tensioner but that I can't prove..
here's a few shots..
barnfinds are still out there ,eveen if it takes two or three decades!!! This is my christmas present to me ,have a Happy New Years
guys and to all a good nite!
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