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1977 Porsche 924
Added on July 16 by corsepervita

This is my first Porsche ever. I remember when I was a kid, I saw one and drove in one, and had the chance to drive one and fell in love. Wasn’t fast, wasn’t crazy. But something about it made me fall in love with it.

Later on in my teens I saw one that was being parted out in a junk yard that needed very little. I begged and pleaded with my dad for it to be my first car, no luck. I got a Mustang II instead.

Later on, after my divorce I got back into cars and sportbikes. I finally decided I would feed my dream of owning my first Porsche. I could have bought one already running, could have got a 911 or a 944 but I wanted something that would bring back what I wanted when i was a kid. Call it the “I’m gonna get what i want!” syndrome.

I searched out and found a lady who was the original owner of a 1977 Porsche 924. First year they came to the US. It had rust, it didn’t run, it needed a LOT of work but I was bored and wanted a project. It was mine. We hauled it back from Eugene, Oregon and restoration began. Within 4 months the car was in a drivable state and back on the road.

Now the process of stripping it down, getting it running as intended and turning it into a track car begins.

The image listed is of my 924 and 944 together. The listed album is the entire resto pics from the entire process thus far.

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