Christmas Intro (914club style), Introduce yourself Options

[cooltimes]

A few years ago I started an annual Christmas Intro on another 914 site.
Seems like it would fit nicely in here too.
Just introduce yourself. Tell the rest of us a little about you and your family, your 914.


Mike Cooley aka Cooltimes, MikeCool
I am a 914 addict or just plain old 914 nut from Memphis TN
Married to "Red" since 1961
We have 1 son, Mike Jr also a 914 person for life
2 Grandsons, Paul and Tony
Pet is Katie cat

I have owned lots of 914's, around 30, since 1970.
My latest, a 1975 914 1.8 fuel injected, was a gift from another 914 group on Rennlist.

Merry Christmas, Happy holidays or whatever.

MikeCool

[jwalters]

Hello, my name is Jonathan, and I am a convicted porschephile

During my growing up years I was touched in all the wrong places by my fathers squareback vw.

Numerous psycotherapists have failed to cure me from my "got have a German car" syndrome--

My first hands on experience was the 1973 VW superbeetle--which I promptly amassed 145,000 miles in two years of ownership by exploring every road down to and including all cow pathes in the surrounding 4 counties of rural mississippi. I would pass stuck 4x4's with impunity. one gallon of gas would transport me about 55 miles, I made 45 dollars a week as a dishwasher at 14 yrs.

On Dec. 1987 a 1979 Pontiac grand prix ran a stop sign and forever changed my life. Were it not for the tire laying flat in the trunk and pumped up--I would surley not be here. That was the precurser to the "airbag"

It was not until many years later I happened across a 1986 porsche 944 on a used car lot for sale at the tidy sum of 2000.00. The salesman told me it had a blown head gasket, due to my continuing psychologic wanings of my mind I knew better and promptly relieved said salesman of his unbeknownst prize.

A 25 dollar oil cooler gasket update kit had me on the road in one day---drove the hell out of it and amassed 45,000 miles in only 1.1 yrs. Was stopped by an Alabama HP for doing 129 in a 65 on the interstate ( there was NO other cars for miles) Talked my way out of that one in front of the judge--( my psychosis power is strong Jedi)

During a trip from al to miss. an errant rodent darted from the darkness in front of me as I was exceeding the speed limit by a factor of 1. Total demolishment of my entire front end ensued--I was in the middle of "You got a pretty mouth on you',land" and drove it till it broke in my home town. Minimal repairs later I traded it on a dodge 1500 P.O.S...but I was lurking and biding my time as taught to me by my dear friend Hannibal Lector---------

Now a mere 1/2 yr. later in another state--I procure three marvels of technological prowess, a:'72, '74, and '74 914's--one for parts, one a driver, and one not driving but has all the right good sheetmetal for a total sum of 2100.00 USD.

Now I am on a mission to bring my mid engine supercar that so many other manufacturers have copied to stardom----

And as I write this I am rocking to Pink Floyd the "WALL"----and devising another PERFORMANCE upgrade yet to follow----------

MUUHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/happy11.gif)

Do you watch the tv show COPS??? ............................... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)