2/28/16
After a night with a slight amount of buyer’s remorse, I mentally committed to the project. Mark, my mentor, and I exchanged several emails with respect to the car I purchased, as well as several of the ones he was in the process of restoring. I have to admit, the car is not much to look at. It is a Peru Red 1977 911S Targa. The paint, from what I can tell in the couple of pictures sent by Mark, is shot. The body looks pretty good, though many cosmetic items need to be fixed. The car is currently in New York. It has over 100K miles on it, but the engine runs and is not leaking oil, a very good sign. The car has a five speed manual transmission, the 915 per Porsche numbering scheme. It is a serial matching car that has been in the proverbial barn for the past several years. Prior to that its history is unknown.
Mark queried me on my mechanical prowess this week. I successfully answered his questions with one word – NONE! I am capable of looking at mechanical things and diagnosing issues, but I have not done much in the way of fixing things. That is about to change, and I am both excited and anxious about it. I will also need to get the garage ready for the 911, starting with the driveway gate, which does not open sufficiently to allow a car to pass through it because the neighbors shrubs are impeding the gate from opening all the way.