Who are original disciples and who are converts?
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Having a ride in the back seat of a black 911 Turbo in Germany in 1974 -oh wow!!
Attempting to draw a blut orange 911 Targa outside a hotel in Baden-Baden in '75 in the snow -I've still got the picture!! Turned out to be the owner's wifes car who took pity on me and took me for a spin!
Driving my dads Rover SD1 around the 'ring in 1978, mother had problems holding the luggage back on right handers......
Driving my Mk1 Escort flat out -1980 (and I thought I was quick!!!
) at the end of the A40 near Cheltenham and being overtaken before a corner by a Lotus Elan that didn't brake....how did he DO that? Now I know......
First time I looked under a V12 XJS bonnet in the showroom after parking my bicycle against the wall -all that plumbing...
Formative moments.......and still have the Matchbox collection in a glass case in the office!!
Melv
Attempting to draw a blut orange 911 Targa outside a hotel in Baden-Baden in '75 in the snow -I've still got the picture!! Turned out to be the owner's wifes car who took pity on me and took me for a spin!
Driving my dads Rover SD1 around the 'ring in 1978, mother had problems holding the luggage back on right handers......
Driving my Mk1 Escort flat out -1980 (and I thought I was quick!!!
) at the end of the A40 near Cheltenham and being overtaken before a corner by a Lotus Elan that didn't brake....how did he DO that? Now I know...... First time I looked under a V12 XJS bonnet in the showroom after parking my bicycle against the wall -all that plumbing...
Formative moments.......and still have the Matchbox collection in a glass case in the office!!
Melv
Hmm a tough one probly my dad was my main influence.
As a nipper having ya old man with a Karman Ghia (and my mum with a 6 volt beetle) plus a long line of VW transporter work vans, probly ment I would have some type of German car influence later in life, although I also liked his 1600E Cortina & absolutely loved his Ford V8 Pilot too.
Prob the biggest influence was in 1977 (or was it 1978) when Lotus had won the F1 word championships & as a little lad my dad took me to the town of Norwich (I think it was Norwich anyway)where the town had given Lotus the freedom to drive there F1 cars around the town.
Black JPS Lotus's giving it full beans in little narrow town streets was one hell of an experience- guess, it may also explain why I was deaf for a few yrs too
As a nipper having ya old man with a Karman Ghia (and my mum with a 6 volt beetle) plus a long line of VW transporter work vans, probly ment I would have some type of German car influence later in life, although I also liked his 1600E Cortina & absolutely loved his Ford V8 Pilot too.
Prob the biggest influence was in 1977 (or was it 1978) when Lotus had won the F1 word championships & as a little lad my dad took me to the town of Norwich (I think it was Norwich anyway)where the town had given Lotus the freedom to drive there F1 cars around the town.
Black JPS Lotus's giving it full beans in little narrow town streets was one hell of an experience- guess, it may also explain why I was deaf for a few yrs too
Being taught to drive by my elder [10yrs+ brother]in my mum's Austin A40 Devon probably started it off. I was somewhere around 8 at the time.
But it really got going around 10 ish when the same brother took me to his work. He was a night shift service mechanic for Callender Garages in Glasgow.
The cars in for work included:-
Iso Griffo
Aston DB5
Merc 600 Pullman
Oh and he arranged for me to sit in and be driven in the "Goldfinger" Aston which they had on show between their various showrooms. Also sat on the BSA Lightning from "Thunderball"
That prob did for me and set me on the path to ruin
Allan
But it really got going around 10 ish when the same brother took me to his work. He was a night shift service mechanic for Callender Garages in Glasgow.
The cars in for work included:-
Iso Griffo
Aston DB5
Merc 600 Pullman
Oh and he arranged for me to sit in and be driven in the "Goldfinger" Aston which they had on show between their various showrooms. Also sat on the BSA Lightning from "Thunderball"
That prob did for me and set me on the path to ruin
Allan
Very late convert. I'm a born-again PHer! 
About 25 when a 944 pic captured my imagination forever.
I've told my story in elsewhere www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=85067
About 25 when a 944 pic captured my imagination forever.
I've told my story in elsewhere www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=23&t=85067
When I was 2 Dad had beetle then three vw fastbacks (1600TAs I believe)
First Porsche was matchbox metallic blue 911E. The superfast wheels looked passably like fuchs alloys.
Took me another 31 years to get a real one.
Does this make me a convert or a disciple?
Tim
Am I dreaming this or is the interior light on the 993 the same item as in the VWs?
First Porsche was matchbox metallic blue 911E. The superfast wheels looked passably like fuchs alloys.
Took me another 31 years to get a real one.
Does this make me a convert or a disciple?
Tim
Am I dreaming this or is the interior light on the 993 the same item as in the VWs?
Formative motoring years were in Germany (with BAOR), so got used to seeing lots of Porsches and lusting after them. The hook really sank in one day on the M25, watching a magnificent black 928 easing its way through heavy traffic in a masterly and compelling way - no question, then, that I'd have to have one, one day!
Luckily, that day came (seven years ago) and I have no regrets about buying a 928. In January, I swapped it for a 993 Targa because I wanted to experience the 911 series for myself. Again, no regrets, though it's a very different car from the 928.
So I wasn't so much 'converted' as 'bewitched', with no other ambition but Porsche ownership from the time I first saw one.
Luckily, that day came (seven years ago) and I have no regrets about buying a 928. In January, I swapped it for a 993 Targa because I wanted to experience the 911 series for myself. Again, no regrets, though it's a very different car from the 928.
So I wasn't so much 'converted' as 'bewitched', with no other ambition but Porsche ownership from the time I first saw one.
The Porsche bug started in 77 (aged 7) when my old chap bought his first of many 911’s a white 2.7 Carrera, enough said really. I remember when it was bought going to the showroom and sitting in a full martini spec Turbo with the full red white and blue interior and demanding its purchase rather than the Carrera. If that wasn’t enough there was a red Boxer stood next to it, far to much for a seven year old to cope with, come to think of it it’s a bit much for a 34 year old as well.
It was made worse by being taken to the then lamborghni concessionaires which if I recall correctly was somewhere on the south circular. To this Ph-er the sight of a mid seventies lambo
It was made worse by being taken to the then lamborghni concessionaires which if I recall correctly was somewhere on the south circular. To this Ph-er the sight of a mid seventies lambo
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