It was a great day!

[tomh]

May 31 2012 was a very, very good day! After not hearing the sound of the 2.4 for almost 9 years she came back to life yesterday! I got the call late the day before that she fired right up so upon completing the work I knew I had to get done I took the 30 mile trip to the shop. As I pulled up I could see her sitting on her wheels with her butt out of the door, the hood up and I could see she was running! Oh what a nice sound to hit me as I opened the door to the truck, Terry standing there grinning and saying she is a little rich but sounds good. Now since owning the car I had never heard it run with the MFI (I had it in a box) so that was a 1st, and with the revs set about 2500 for the break in the sound coming from the bay and exhaust was so freaking sweet!
Should be back on the road with in a couple weeks and I certainly cannot wait!
Just had to share the moment and a few more thoughts!

That 9 years ago when we parked the car there were several reasons why #1 was called a 15 year old male son who had just taken Mom's A6 Quattro out and was trying to power brake it around the neighbor hood at midnight, #2 was we knew she needed at least valve guides and probably a lot more, so the keys came out the cover went on and we walked away.
Fast forward to the present and the kids are grown and gone, sold the big house, no place to keep her, knew the car was special and that it deserved to be back on the road so we sent her off to get ready for the prom.
I had pretty much lost the passion and considered selling but after watching this board, being around the shops that worked on her, and HEARING that certain sound that only comes from these cars I can hardly wait to feel her under me.
So soon another rust free, number matching, early LWB NEBRASKA S will be back where she belongs on a nice road trip thru the Sand Hills, I might even take her up to see Kathleen in Burwell!

73S Targa

[210bhp]

Congrats for hanging in there all this time. It will make the reward even sweeter. Enjoy (and post a pic, not of your big cheesy grin, but of the old gal herself). I know how you feel.

Regards
Mike

[mrgreenjeans]

Congratulations on a terrific day of reunion with your old love.

Have a wonderful and joyous drive, rekindling the passion

This heartens everyone reading this post, and we await those pictures........

[kentf14]

Congrats! And enjoy the sweetness of the first drive. I guarantee it will be worth the wait.
Happy to hear you saved her from the teenage boy! My own 4YO has declared that the '73 is his. I'm already planning on how to keep him out of it as a teenager. Hopefully I won't have to take such a drastic measure.

Post a pic when you get a minute and congrats.

Kent

[LongRanger]

Yeah, yeah --- definitely post some pics! . . .

. . . and what about the beginning of The Story?

Why an Old 911?

Where'd your find yours?

Any details? Color, equipment, VIN, condition, etc

And any other Tales to Tell?

And congratulations . . . .

[tomh]

Yeah, yeah --- definitely post some pics! . . .

. . . and what about the beginning of The Story?

Why an Old 911?

Where'd your find yours?

Any details? Color, equipment, VIN, condition, etc

And any other Tales to Tell?

And congratulations . . . .

Below is most of the story behind the car and answers most of your ?s But to add a few things I will say that the reason for the 911 well that has a number of WHY's!
Now being 56 yrs old and I can look back it all started from hearing the stories of when my father was a Studebaker Dealer and him driving an early 50's Super Hawk or Golden Hawk with a supercharger or turbo on it, to the older brother driving Muscle Cars in the 60's then having them myself, racing motor bikes of 2, 3, and 4 wheels, drag racing, and even being involved in the local stock car scene, from there graduating into sports cars of the English type, MGB's, Midget's, and TR6's (still to poor for the Jag). So the love affair with speed has always been there, the lack of reliability with the British Motor Cars just got to be to much of a hassle, tax brackets improved (if you want to see it that way) and I became friends with a number of local guys here that were enjoying the Porsche Brand. The brand has always had a mystigue about it, and as Magnus stated everyone knows the 911 no matter what # they put on it it is still the 911!!! And having been in the Heartland (Nebraska) all my life there just was not many of them around so when you saw one you took note of it and in my case it was that thought 1 day I will have one of those weird sounding, oil dripping, good looking, machines that drive all the girls crazy! So I bought it and it is still driving the girl who has put up with me for 32 years CRAZY on several fronts (if you know what I mean).

The guy doing the work has been taking pics and so once we get her back and on the road I will get some shots posted!
Maybe even give the GoPro a shot!
I have the COA and will get that up also!
Thanks go to guys like Tom Butler and Carrera6 on here for getting me some parts that were missing, Terry of Terry Worick Restorations, and Gerry of GK limited for all the fine work they have done for us over the years!
http://terryworickrestorations.com/Cars.html





New to the Registry
Just wanted to say Hello and give some back ground as well as some observations.

We have a 73S Targa VIN and Chasis # 913310632, Engine # 6331487 I do not have the trans # at this time but will get it here in the next couple of weeks as the motor is coming out.

The Story/History of the car is some what long and I have spoken with 5 of the 6 previous owners (we are #7) and have owned the car since 96. The only owner I have not spoken to was the original owner who is now passed.
The car was purchased in Omaha Ne. by a farmer from Hamburg Ia. his wife did not want the car as it was a manual trans and she wanted a Vet. with a auto trans. The original plan (as told to me by the 2nd owner) was to give the car to their son when he came back from a Foreign Exhange Student program in Europe and he would take the car to college in California at Stanford U. Well as luck would have it Dad was caught speeding on I29 in excess of well over 100 MPH to which he lost his license and the wife said the car has to go back to the dealer and wait for the son to come back and pick it up after only 1,500 miles. The son makes it back and claims it is a used car and he does not want it, he wants a Blue 74 with a snack tray and graphics so that is what he gets.
The 2nd owner (from Lincoln Ne) who knows the car is at the Dealer and has seen it gets a call from them telling him that now the car is available when only weeks before it was not so he makes the trip up the road and buys the car. He was a Mechanic and wanted to Autocross the car (which he did), he is still into the Pcars and races down at Topeka Ks. He had a shop and was getting a lot of grief from his customers about how he must charge to much to be able to afford a Porsche and finally gave into another 73S Targa owner in town and sold it to him, this individuals family was well to do and owned numerous businesses and property all over the country, he came back from a trip, went back to the 2nd buyer and said I need to sell some things do you want to buy the Silver car back. The 2nd owner was raising a family and said he just could not justify it but he had a guy that would take it. Thus the 4th owner purchased the car and used it as a daily driver ( my wife worked with this owner) after a couple of years he sold the car to a business associate in Omaha (5th owner) and after only several months of ownership the car was stolen. It was found after only 2 days in Omaha with the radio missing, no dents, no dings and not all torn up. Well he had a bad taste in mouth for it and sold the car to the 6th owner who lived in Lincoln and was a friend of mine. He drove the car for a # of years before I purchased the car from him.
While the car has lived in the Midwest thru out it has been driven in the snow only 1 time and that was a freak storm that blew in, the 2nd owner called the 6th after seeing it parked at the Court House (his wife was a lawyer) and told him to get the car home before they put salt down which was done.
Upon our purchasing the car knowing that it needed a re-paint due to some one covering it right after bringing it home which caused it to orange peel I drove it some then took it apart myself in my garage. All the glass (man are those back windows tough), bumpers, chrome, door handles, decals, wipers, valances, hoods, etc. at that point I loaded it and took it for a bead blast back to bare metal. At that point we found 1 8"x8" repair on the left front fender right where the 3rd owner told me it had been backed into. The paint was completed including both sides of the hood and trunk lids, door jambs, all window areas (as seals and glass were out) so HOPEFULLY I did what you all would recomend. All new seals from Stoddards were ordered and installed in all lenses, lights, door handles, windows, targa bar, etc.
We then enjoyed the car for several years but priorities changed with kids activities, driving a nice new A6, and along with knowing the car needed valve guides and a few other things done. So once the son reached 16 I pulled the car in the spare garage space, pulled the key, and covered it. That was 8 years ago and the car has been started spairingly during the time it sat.
Now to present time we sold our house by accident and had no place for the car to rest. Thus with all the family gone and it is just the wife and I we decided to do the right thing and have the motor re-freshed.

Any way that is most of the story of our S Targa, I have sent in for a COA and will post it when I get it.
74,000 miles, original sport seats, original carpet, Mono wheel, Fuchs, AC, has Webers but we also have the MFI which is going to be put back on as well, no rust on any pans, battery boxes, or any place on the car, and of course a cracked dash.

I will post some photos when I can but it will be a while before I can get that done.

Comments or tips are VERY WELCOME!

Tom H
Lincoln Ne.

[beh911]

I remember your initial post above from last year.

Looking forward to some visuals.

Very happy for you
Enjoy!

[LongRanger]

Thanks, Tom . . . .

Interesting cars have interesting lives

And ditto on the visuals

[tomh]

That they do, while the car has had several owners I know 4 of the other 5, those 4 are all in the same town with me and 1 in Omaha(45 miles), not sure if the original is still in western Iowa or if they are even still living, checking into them will be in on the list as they were from a town close to a good friend and darn good Porsche/VW mechanic.

Thanks, Tom . . . .

Interesting cars have interesting lives

And ditto on the visuals

[Ted_S]

Tom,

Great story!

Small world... While I grew up in Omaha, I've been out in California for last decade+. I got the early 911 fever a couple yrs ago, and after a long search randomly found the car of my dreams in... Nebraska! It's the 72 pastel blue s that terry restored w the po. It's been running great and looks beautiful - feel lucky to have her every time I drive her.

Go big red!
Ted