I have been a Porsche fanatic since I was a kid (although some may still consider me a kid at 24 yrs old) and have been on Porsche forums (Rennlist, Pelican) lurking around for quite some time. Living in the Bay Area has exposed me to amazing car culture and has fed my Porsche addiction and hopefully I will feed this addiction with my first Porsche in the near future.
Now for the second and more interesting part of my story. It seams that the Porsche addiction runs in my blood as my grandma has been a Porsche fan all her life and owned two early 911. I have very little information about the cars but I figured if there is anywhere that I could find them this would be the place to go. So here is the little information I have according to my grandma.
The first car was what my grandmas children (my father and uncle) affectionately referred to as "pee yellow" and served as her "training Porsche" before my grandpa would buy her a new 911. She bought it used from a gentleman in Piedmont,CA in 1968 when it was "well used" which leads me to believe that it was an early SWB 911. My grandma is about 90% sure that the license plate was 179 DED (100% sure that this was one of the two Porsche's she owned license plate).
After owning the yellow 911 for about a year she bought a new pastel blue 1969 911s from McPeak Motors in Walnut Creek. Shortly after she was rear ended at the corner of Mt. Diablo Rd and Moraga Rd. in Lafayette,CA in which she also damaged the front end on the car in front of her. Fortunately a police officer was waiting in the parking lot next to hear and documented the entire accident. The car was not salvaged although according to her it was never quite the same after (pulled a bit under braking) and it spent several months back at McPeak motors being repaired. After the accident she drove the car as her daily driver including several trips every year to Tahoe until it was sold in 1979 at auction so I would not be surprised if there was some rust and high mileage. This is where the trail ends for both cars. It would mean a lot to me and my family to find these cars and any leads or advice would be greatly appreciated.