My Porsche project

In 1988 We were in the market for a new car. Michelle (@michelle.gent) and I looked at Porsche 911s and Mercedes 380/450SL.

We looked at a blue and a bronze Porsche 911 Targa

We also had a drive in a Mercedes 450SL.

Michelle fancied a Mercedes but I talked her around to the 911.

I did find another car I liked but after taking a look I decided it was not practical for an everyday car.
A Ferrari Dino 246GT in red. It was £10,000 and would be worth over £400,000 now.

In the end, on 2nd October 1988 we purchased a white Porsche 911SC from Autobahn in Coventry. It cost £13,950 and that's about £35,000 in today's money.

It was born on 28th August 1978 and registered on 17th October 1978.

In 1994 I was made redundant from the mines and we decided to put the car away in my dad’s garage until I got another job that could pay to keep it running. The value of the car was down to around £5,000 at that time and we didn't think it was worth selling. We also thought it would not take long to get it back on the road.

This is what it looked like after being stood in my dad’s garage for 17 years.

We then had some work done on it.

New front brakes and suspension.

Petrol tank.

And some welding on the right inside wing.

Then we ran out of money and after a few problems and about a year away, it was put into my garage.

That's were it has been for the past 7 years. Making it 24years since it last ran.

I now plan to use steemit to help get the car back on the road again by following its restoration and using any funds raised on my car posts.