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i moved from Europe over to NYC back in September 2013, brought my car with me. very disappointed by how little is organised in the area. no meetings, no cars and coffee. where do you meet? any one up for an informal gathering to celebrate the first day of spring?
we have lots of activities in CT just a short drive from NYC. We have lots Porsche owners.
I'll send you a PM with my contact info.
Jerry
We have good roads, great cars, and nice people here in Ct.
Dana
Well... not a total desert...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4JEcivazOE
It would be cool if Mr. Seinfeld would have an open house of his 83rd St. garage :)
That won't happen, but there is actually a lot of activity out here. It's not California of course, but I'm not sure how you have tried to hook up with people. Posting here is a good start. Send me a pm with your contacts and I'll see what I can suggest.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxster03
Holy crap! Yale is on Petrolicious? Totally missed this. Good stuff, Yale.Quote:
Originally Posted by 767driver
I know, I find CT much more fun. I showed my Speedster in Norwalk last year and met some great people. But it's more of a desire to meet up informally, go for a drive, have a drink. Without all the formality of a rally in Long IslandQuote:
Originally Posted by a57356
let's meet up and go for a drive in the spring. I tried the metronypca went on a couple of rallyes in LI in my 58 Speedster but that was all about showing off the new 991 or the tuned 997. Not really about 356s and and long hoods and certainly not for meQuote:
Originally Posted by yale
The clubs are for new cars. You have a 73s as well right?
Have to repectfully disagreeQuote:
Originally Posted by yale
There are plenty of fans of the older cars who are active in PCA's CVR, for example. Its just that old cars AND new cars are usually equally welcome.
ds
almost. she is nearing completion. Undergoing a full , extensive and time consuming ground up rebuild. Hopefully end of AprilQuote:
Originally Posted by yale
The first day of spring is usually sometime in early May up there... Until then roads and weather can be problematic for the car enthusiastQuote:
Originally Posted by jussy1254
Not sure where CVR is (CT valley?, what valley is that anyway? Is there a valley in CT? :), but the New York City region (it's not actually in NY City) is almost all new cars with no long hoods showing up for any event I went to. NJ seemed a -little- better.Quote:
Originally Posted by rstrahota
Hopefully we can get some momentum going- let's get something on the calendar when the weather gets better (if it ever does). Snow. again.
Off topic Kaleid, do you feel there is much difference between your 71 S and 70 E?
to chime in on that Yale - I owned a stock 70E and drove a stock 71S - I felt my 70E out pulled or out torqued the S 0-60mph just like the old Road&Track test drive stated but doing the 75-100++ the S pulled away
CVR is indeed Connecticut Valley Region. Named for the Connecticut River Valley which runs through the center of our region. 2000 members. Very active. More than 45 days of events per year. I think you have been to at least one of our events. Check out the website at www.cvrpca.org. Members can sign up to visit Black Horse Garage on April 14. If you have not been there, it's highly recommended. But only if you like early Benz and Ferrari, too.Quote:
Originally Posted by yale
I would agree- my experience has been that the E is alot smoother and has slightly more pull up front. The S cams are a bit wilder and the car is a bit "rougher" in lower RPMs than the E. The E is a fantastic car- very under-appreciated in my opinion and some great value out there because of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxster03
yes please... that would be great. But please let's not meet up half way down Long Island.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleid
today ended up being quite beautiful. I appreciated the smiles on everyones faces...
might be time to visit the mangalitsas again Yale
I hope your car is not half sheep and half pig
Hey Jussy,
Send me a PM. I am your man here to help!! I answered you in the other post.
Hey Yale, still waiting to meet up and I pass through SoHo daily. On my Bike mostly in Manhattan but a Coffee would be nice soon!
I'd love to do a drive anytime, but you'll need to email me, I'm not online here much anymore.
This is precisely what saddens me!!!!!
No new thread.
Nothing planned in NY
:(
there use to be a periodic gathering @ McSorley's but not a drive -
Last weekend there was this event, which included an optional 60 mile tour through some very nice backroads. Go to their website to get on the list for the next event in September. A few nice Porsches were involved.
http://www.thehour.com/news/westport...9411960fe.html
http://concoursdcaffeine.com/index.html
Next weekend is the Greenwich Concours (Porsches on Sunday)
http://www.greenwichconcours.com/
Also the PCA Club Race at Watkins Glen - have you visited the International Motor Racing Research Center?
http://racingarchives.org/
June 6 is the Ramapo Concours
http://www.ramapoconcours.com/
When was the last time you were at the Saratoga Automobile Museum?
http://www.saratogaautomuseum.org/
Each of these could be part of a great drive in an early Porsche...
Its there for us if we look. Enjoy!
ds
The Connecticut Valley Region PCA has some coffee runs which are usually okay. Usually start in Stamford, to various places.....
The schedule for this year......
http://www.cvrpca.org/docs/2015CVRCoffeeRuns.pdf
Yeah, once again, there really are tons on things going on, but the repeated posting on here about nothing going on is not the way to actually build a community of people who want to drive around with you. Just start actually contacting people and invite them on a drive. Did you ever contact Steve Var for instance?
If you're ready to do 90% of the work you could organize a meet for early owners somewhere. If enough people show up, you could make it a recurring event.
People get contacted they just don't contact you back - last I heard it requires two way communication
I'd be up for a drive
I keep reading this sentence above and I just can't figure out who this is even addressed too? Me? Jussy? Confusing.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxster03
Anyway, I really shouldn't post on this thread anymore, but like a moth to flame or something.... because Jussy just goes - no one wants to do anything - and some of us offer suggestions and then what happens next? It's all an ellipse.
I know how that goes....I'm up for a drive anytime if you can tolerate me.
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Originally Posted by yale
^^^^^^^^^^hah!
i was being provocative.. attempting to illicit a few responses as the thread had gone dead...
i've been KO with spine surgery but am on the mend
great to see comments and suggestions. thanks for that
i'll be contacting you all shortly with a few proposals
I'm finally back following 3 months of back issues.. The car is ready and the weather is looking good. France a drive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaleid
My space is still avail on W55 for something on a Saturday early gathering. By appointment only with the wash space during week. I Emailed Jussy and waiting for a response. Just got my 914 on the road so no excuses from me.
WHat do you mean? I think it's a very crowed city :D
No more space on W55. please do not stop by.
just double park like everyone else does
Hi All,
I'm in NYC for a couple of days next week ( 10-12 Sept ) then going upstate for a week, any Porsche things happening. Or anyone want to meet for a coffee, I'm President of Porsche Club Ireland and have some good Porsche stories to trade !
Dave
hello Dave
The next big thing is this weekend at LimeRock which you will sadly miss. Old Westbury Gardens is on the 27th. So you have slotted yourself in between these two events. I'll very happily meet you for a coffee but on my turf as I am tied to my business in Brooklyn Heights.
Have a safe trip over
Paul
One our daughter gives me her plans for us I'll pm you.
thanks
Dave
I used to organize that outing. . . but we decimated the Beer population so savagely that they asked us to stop.Quote:
Originally Posted by boxster03
There are PLENTY of longhood owners here. . . alas, NYC is not really a driver's town, most cars are outside the city (Yale excepted of course).
As far as PCA being a new car club, I don't mind if 991 owners want to take a look at my SWB. It has this really cool lever between the front seats that when you push a pedal on the floor and move the lever (which has kind of an eight-ball looking thing on the top) the gearbox changes gears.
Classic Cramer sarcasim ...miss seeing you every once and a while John
Some will garage their car near a train station. But here is one right in the middle of Manhattie...
Just live up the block but never see the door open
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Originally Posted by boxster03
Ahh, the civil liberty of the new Alcalde, where we have open containers on 83rd street! Sure beats Giuliani and that "law-n-order" stuff! :):)
Here's the thing, nine years ago today, that door opened up, in the middle of February with all the salt and crud that the Department of Sanitation could lay down present on the roads, and out drove the most unobtanium Porsche of all time. . . Seinfeld's #1.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1171110132.jpg
For years I watched the door when passing by. . . hoping for a glimpse of the beasts within. . . a 911R. . . a 917. . . I fantasized that Jerry would foul the plugs of some magnesium-cased hydrocarbon monster and I would come to the rescue, armed with an encyclopaedic knowledge of early Porsche electrical systems and known to be difficult to restrain. . . .
. . . .but Nada. All you get these days are the guys from the Hertz garage parking Buick Enclaves there when they get in the weeds from a parking surge occasioned by a new Dinosaur exhibit at the AMNH a few blocks south.
Mark: I am still very much here, lying in wait for the waves to pass over me. When the global tide of liquidity recedes, and takes with it the speculators, flippers, tire-kickers, whiners, commercial sellers, stereo punks, 419 scammers and flaneurs, I shall still be here, head full of minutiae, ears full of the beautiful flat six song.
well, here is another peek inside - not sure who took this photo but it sure wasn't me...
Cool with #1 inside - wonder what the white one is above - maybe that open container has made me miss a few open door glimpses ��
Nice word smith
"Mark: I am still very much here, lying in wait for the waves to pass over me. When the global tide of liquidity recedes, and takes with it the speculators, flippers, tire-kickers, whiners, commercial sellers, stereo punks, 419 scammers and flaneurs, I shall still be here, head full of minutiae, ears full of the beautiful flat six song."
Yo early 911 New Yorkers.........I purchased a 70S Targa in 2013 with 39K original miles. In doing my research, I was able to find out that the last owner of the car before going to the 2013 Scottsdale auction was a New Yorker but the auction house will not give me the name of the previous owner. Does New York DMV give out the names of previous owners if you can prove you are the current owner of the car?
https://www.glenmarch.com/auction-ca.../56921/results
Cheers……..Barry
Based on a ch nbr search on this forum, it appears that Autosport Designs on Long Island sold this targa at Gooding.
Do a search for the chassis number in the search function and you will find a thread.
You could call the guys at Autosport Designs and see if they could put you in touch with the owner, assuming they have records that far back of course.
I have pretty good idea of what NY DMV would do to help:)
Thanks Flunder! I called Autosport Designs today & they asked me to send them an email with the info I have. They will try & help. I will keep you guys posted