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

[neo914-6]

My name is Felix and I’m a card* carrying 914world.com addict, *(car depicted may not represent actual car)
I am 44, married to Viola and we have a smart 8 y/o daughter. I bought my ’70 914 in ‘82, non-running inspired primarily by several V8 conversion articles. It sat while I enjoyed my first car, a ’72 Opel GT and my ’67 Datsun roadster. I sold the Opel, Datsun, and ’59 Studebaker Silverhawk, and bought a ‘74 Jensen Healey roadster to drive while at the Art Center in Pasadena. I installed the Chalon kit and the V8 during school breaks but cooling problems kept it sitting. During that time I bought a’72 Lotus Europa TC non-runner which I later traded for a ’65 Maserati Sebring basket case. After school the 914 V8 continued to sit when I got my first job in the Bay Area and bought a ’77 Lancia Scorpion. For a while I had three mid-engine cars. I sold the Lancia and bought a new ’89 Honda Civic SI. I wanted to drive the 914 before my wedding in ’98 and learned my first hard lesson of allowing a hot rod shop to work on my 914. Coddington’s guys has nothing on these idiots. I literally limped it home after paying a fat check swearing never to have someone work on it again. On the original Porschev bbs I emailed Brad Roberts (from Texas) for advise, 2 years later he is in the Bay Area and working on my car (I broke my shop rule), and 2 months later it is on the road. I sold the Maserati to fund this work. The Porschev board had entertaining tech arguments between Brad, Scott (Renegade), and hard core members before it shut down and dispersed everyone to other boards like this one. I organized local Porsche V8 conversions and have enjoyed meeting many diverse enthusiasts like Harry, Chris, Jason, and Sonu. The WCC04 was my first autocross and first ride in a flat 4 914. The 914 outlasted all my cool cars to date! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)