ADDED 924 Turbo to stable!, New Restoration Project Options

[Gatornapper]

Dear 914 friends -

At 76, I think I've got one more project in me. My Porsche genius friend Rick found me this in Cleveland:

https://cleveland.craigslist.org/cto/d/lake...7387301032.html

And I have a contract on it for less than asking price. Friends in Cleveland looked at it closely on Wed. nite, sent me 7 close-up videos of it and gave it a huge thumbs up. Engine did run for few seconds with starter fluid, started immediately and sounded like new. Almost no rust, interior immaculate.

This is a very rare Special Edition with custom interior, wheels and two-tone paint.

Looking for a great source of info on 924's but can't find much. Nothing like 914 world.

Any pointers for a resource like 914world would be appreciated - tho I'm sure there is none.

NO - not selling the 914! My garage has room for both cars.

TIA,

GN

[wonkipop]

i'm a bit mellower with age than i used to be.

doubt i could find anywhere these days to wind out the 914. it takes so long to get it up to the ton that you are bound to run into trouble with the law or run out of road. its only a 1.8

i managed to squeeze it up to just a tad over 80 mph back in march on a country run on a bit of empty road where i could see any cops hiding behind trees or speed cameras in the back of parked SUVs on the side of the road. also no other traffic to endanger. no float at that speed which it gets too with minimal fuss. starts to hit the wall somewhere just north of that and takes forever to get to so called top speed. fastest i ever got it to was just over the ton in WA back in the 90s. but it was floating around and i wasn't feeling it with a grin.
might have had something to do with the half shot boges that were still on it then.

[Gatornapper]

Yeah, age does mellow us. I'm 76 but still go 100mph all day every day.

Well, maybe 90 now.....but I do collapse and pass out once about every month......get up and go at it again.....but hey! At doc visit yesterday morning my BP was 120/78!

Not bad for an overweight (but former runner til I was 69) guy who had open heart surgery 12 years ago with a triple bypass and aortic valve replacement.........

GN

i'm a bit mellower with age than i used to be.

doubt i could find anywhere these days to wind out the 914. it takes so long to get it up to the ton that you are bound to run into trouble with the law or run out of road. its only a 1.8

i managed to squeeze it up to just a tad over 80 mph back in march on a country run on a bit of empty road where i could see any cops hiding behind trees or speed cameras in the back of parked SUVs on the side of the road. also no other traffic to endanger. no float at that speed which it gets too with minimal fuss. starts to hit the wall somewhere just north of that and takes forever to get to so called top speed. fastest i ever got it to was just over the ton in WA back in the 90s. but it was floating around and i wasn't feeling it with a grin.
might have had something to do with the half shot boges that were still on it then.