OT: 944, New venture Options

[Dion]

Hmmm.... could be bad parenting but...
Well I won an auction on BaT. My son had been wanting a 944
since he was about 13, when he saw one while visiting the Lime Rock Historic races
with me. So here’ we are a couple years later. No drivers license yet. But soon to be.
He’s 16 now and he will now really know what sports cars and
car maintenance are all about. He’s not a die hard gear head but
he enjoys the shows and the can-am cars and the Trans Am series race cars.
Something about the 944 appeals to him. He leaves me alone in my misery of the
914-6 build. Heheheh. Just thought I’d share.
Looking forward to an autocross in the future with him!
Car needs some attention but it travelled without issue in the 90*F heat. Drove it some
60 miles. It’s a early 1983 model. Manual everything! Needs some cosmetic stuff on interior and possible rear trans mounts. Prolly replace timing belt soon.
Less than 10,000 miles on belt but it’s over 5yrs now. Ok that’s all.
Back to the 914 build!

[DRPHIL914]

my nephew has an 85 or 86, and his has about 65k miles on it. last week when I was up in MN his accessory belt snapped , we think because the AC clutch pulley froze up on him, he is lucky it was not the timing belt!!! change them all now is my advice. he has had a few small issues with it over the last year but love the car - and funny thing is even with all the classmates that have muscle cars etc he was voted to have the best car of his graduating class!! ( must have been the female voting that pushed it in his favor)!.

I was told by my mechanic when I was looking at a local one recently that they tend to have an issue with the #2 rod bearings(wait, that may just be the turbo models) and he suggested having that done before it became an issue, since the car had 75k miles- others here will have more information in that regard. But it looks like a nice car, I saw it on BAT as well, I think you did pretty good!

Enjoy