44 years later
#49
Originally Posted by porschenut911
What's that?
#51
Originally Posted by snowboarder54
It's a Mahle piston out of, as far as I can find out, a 935. There was a hand full made and engraved with the Porsche crest back in 1985-86. They were given as gifts to some special customers and dealers. I managed to end up with 7 of them, well actually I only have 6. I gave one to Sharky & James. But that's another story.
#52
Originally Posted by sharkster
June Next time you're in I have to show you the RS clutch stuff... Light.
#54
Originally Posted by snowboarder54
You are a tease!! If you expect me to fall for the LWFW you will have to give me a Porsche to drive home while James does his stuff, and it has to be sorted-out with fresh tires and race fuel!!
#58
Originally Posted by Wow
that IS cool.
Wasnt that around the WW2 or Depression time?
How were u able to afford such a car at 20 years old?
The one pictured above was actually my 3rd Porsche, I had forgotten about the 1958 black one below. The first was 1956 red Cab, also pictured below. I purchased the 56 Cab from my stepfather at age 15. I had two jobs on the weekends, summers and after school starting at age eleven. When I wasn't working, at school or sleeping I was reading about Porsche's and Grand Prix racing. My first love in life was Porsches. I got the family deal on the 56 as a tree had fallen on it and I think I paid him $1500 for it in 1961 after it had been repaired. I remember I had given him $450 down and was making payments of $40.00 a month. It really wasn't in very good shape and had lots of bondo on it but I truly loved that car. I remember I didn't help it any by running it off the road even before I had my drivers license. I keep that car for nearly a year then after getting a job after school with Vasek Polack and going racing with him on the weekends I bought the black 58 from him. Next I had the green one which was pretty much my favorite 356 which I also bought from Vasek. After that I had a few other 356's another silver A a B and a C and then there was Vietnam, which kind of brought everything that had anything to do with Porsches to a halt. But again, that's a another story
Here's a photo of the first Porsche. Trust me, it didn't look as good in person as it does in this photo.
#60
^ I was about to say the same thing. I love this thread. Years from now I hope to make a post on 8Speedonline about all the Porsches I've owned and make a bunch of relative youngsters drool in admiration.