Help in a relative way...
I'll keep my eyes peeled for a set for your car
Help in a relative way...
I'll keep my eyes peeled for a set for your car
Hey, Bryce . . . .
Been a while, now . . .
Time for a bump-date
Hi Rick,
Thanks for the nudge!
Not nearly as action packed a life as 1059, my car has still had a memorable year to date.
Since I've taken it out on a few great trips posted earlier in the thread (Amelia Island, FL & Highlands, NC), it's been a slow drip of the odd Sunday morning cars/coffee event and the vintage races up at Road Atlanta. Mostly been tinkering with it in the garage or hanging out with it at the local man cave
Then something new this past weekend. Coincidental to your bump was my first concours with the car. Now I'm not really a concours participant, more of a spectator... since my cars are all well maintained drivers, including my once show car 911. But the venue was Piedmont Park which is basically my backyard, so I couldn't pass it up. Plus a chance to get the family out for a stroll before the eventually fizzled Tropical Storm Karen was to hit the area.
Weather held for the afternoon, met some nice people, and saw many very clean Porsches. There were people actually duct taping the dirt molecules out of their carpet--me, I vacuumed my car for the second time since I've owned it and didn't have a chance to clean up the interstate grime from a run up to the historics a few weeks ago... but anyway, I placed 3rd in French. I actually tied 2nd with an original owner 70T, then they rejudged exterior to break the tie and his 1 year old clearcoated repaint of Burgundy Red won out over my old, fading, I believe the new term is 'patinated', single stage Polo Red. The winner was a never driven concours bomber, 1 of 1 Gulf Blue 79 930 that was the personal car of Gulf Oil chairman back then.
At any rate, I give full credit to the revamped Panorama for pushing me to give the local chapter a try. They pulled off a nice event in a spectacular venue. Kudos to Jeff Frye and company.
On other fronts, I've been busy tracking down the arcane, smallest of details and correcting them to my satisfaction. I bet most people didn't know that the windshield washer stickers on the clamshell varied from year to year... My interior is right where I want it to be. If I can only keep these original leather seats supple and usable, the whole cockpit can age gracefully as one...
P.S. Excuse the photo quality. Camera phones are the best I can do these days... kid gear takes up the rest of my hands
Good update. Sounds like a pretty full calendar for your car, in my opinion. Georgia allows you to use the 69 plates for your car, it appears. You got fortunate with the black color for 69. 1968 Florida tags... Red. Not such a good look on a Polo Red car.
1968 911S
1986 Carrera
2006 Carrera S
1973 BMW 3.0CS - Frances (gone but not forgotten)
Yes, the black plate against the red does look nice, I agree. Other years were different colors.Originally Posted by Peanut
In Georgia, if car is MY70 or older, you can run a vintage plate on your car.
Know how that works. So . . . here's a suggestion
My camera'd been running outta battery power at a coupla Car Shows --- and I was getting a little tweaked about it, too . . . so I'd decided to get some extra batteries. Problem was --- my camera's kinda old . . . like, ~10+ years? Kind of a challenge
So, I took the part numbers --- for camera + battery . . . and hit the 'net. Nothing available on the manufacturer's web-site, so? . . .
. . . I went to eBay
All kinds of batteries --- new, used, etc . . . but --- better, still? . . .
I found a complete camera oufit --- w/ camera, batteries, cases, chargers even data cables!
Actually --- I found two . . . bought 'em both . . . for $70 total
SONY Cyber-shot, model DSC-T9. Not the slickest/smartest/latest/greatest, but . . .
6 mega-pixel isn't small, come w/ s/w to 'steady' the shot, Zeiss optics, and no-balony-it's-a-SONY
Fits in the palm of my hand --- and my pocket. Just pull it out, slide down the cover, point + shoot . . . down-load to the lap-top
Virtually every shot that I've posted here --- for the last 5 years . . . came courtesy of these Little Marvels
So --- if you've gotta pocket? . . . then you can take a decent picture . . .
. . . and not just of your cars
Remember . . . if you don't take a picture? . . .
. . . it's like it never happened
Last edited by LongRanger; 10-09-2013 at 01:23 PM.
That's the route I ultimately had to take. Thankfully, the color works better w/Polo Red.
1968 911S
1986 Carrera
2006 Carrera S
1973 BMW 3.0CS - Frances (gone but not forgotten)
Does your rear wiper "park" when you turn it off? Mine doesn't yet with three wires to the motor it seems to me it should.
my 69S twin down under car to Bryces also has a rear wiper and yes it parks
Clyde Boyer
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed
1973 2.4E Coupe RHD Aussie 5 speed my first ever 911 (1995)
1997 993 Twin Turbo
Early S Registry Member #294
First Aussie R Gruppe Member #366
TYP 901 Register Inc #6
Yes, mine parks properly when the switch is turned off and ignition is on.
Test the red wire on the motor assembly for 12v with the ignition on. If you have voltage, then I would look inside the motor assembly. There is a cam type system with a pin that is the parking mechanism. This could be inop or gummed up from lack of use.
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