Porsche content, not 914, Dad was cooler than me Options

[moparrob]

My mom was cool.

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Unfortunately, she was also the photographer of the family, so I have no pictures of her with her Swallow Doretti.

Wow! I wonder what that is worth today??

The Swallow Doretti was a two-seater sports car based on the Triumph TR2, made between 1954 and 1955.

The marque came from Swallow Coachbuilding Co. (1935) Ltd. which was sold in 1945 by Jaguar (formerly S.S. Cars Ltd.) to the Helliwell Group which was taken over in 1946 by the British conglomerate, the Tube Investments Group (TI). The Dorreti name was derived from Dorothy Deen, who ran the US dealership Cal Sales.[2]

The first and only model produced by Swallow under TI ownership was the Doretti, which had a tubular Reynolds 531 Cromolly chassis with a body made of a steel inner structural skin and aluminium outer. Most cars were supplied with overdrive and they were capable of 100 mph. 276 cars were made, including a single fixed head coupe version.

[euro911]

My dad had a '40 Ford convertible when he was 21


... and no, that's NOT my mom in the pic (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) ... she did have some pretty cool cars though ...

'55 Chrysler New Yorker



'62 Pontiac Bonneville



'89 Camaro



and her current car is a '07 Mustang. She still has a thing for convertibles.

Mom will be 87 in November ...

[Skid]

Well this is a somewhat recent photo, but I think it proves that my dad is cooler than me. All 4 cars in this photo were his at that time. He is the one who gave me the porsche bug. While I grew up he owned everything from 914's to a 930 Turbo. I may have even come home from the hospital as a baby in a porsche (this is unconfirmed, but I like to think its true). He is a great guy and a great dad.

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[Skid]

Here is a shot of me in front of my dads 911E.

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[hwgunner]

My grandfather did not even need a car!


Dad (left) and a friend. Had a massive Caddy engine in the car and had to put the fan on half way up the hill!

[hwgunner]

Another.

[914four]

Here is a shot of me in front of my dads 911E.

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Is that a TR-250 or 6 in the background and was it your mothers?

[Tom_T]

My Dad was cool, but more of a family car guy with a twist.

He did get a HD 67 Chevy 3/4 ton pick-up with a 327/2bbl & Auto (so Mom could drive it too) that he put a cabover camper on the back for our annual Summer XC trips San Diego to Pittsburgh. It was one of the family cars I learned to drive in - the other being a 62 Olds 88 wagon with a 396 IIRC - and that truck could haul ass even with the camper on it.

But it suffered from 7 mpg, so Dad added 2 saddle tanks from an IH pick-up & a fuel tank selector switch from an aircraft to get decent range out of it (IIRC the tank behind the seat was only about 16 gals.). Good thing gas was only 25 - 27 cents a gallon back in the 60's, but it still hurt to pump 60+ gals. into those 3 tanks! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)

Like Rich's Dad, he was into science - chemistry, and did a bunch of NASA & JPL stuff on which he has or shares patents, as well as on the polyurethane varnish we all use on furniture, house & boat projects today.

His younger brother Merrill was the real hot car nut, who built a Model A Roadster Rod, had a 58 Vette barn find that he tweaked & drove XC Santa Ana to Pittsburgh several times in under 48 hours on pre-interstate old highways, then build it into a dragster in which he held the class record at the old Orange County Speedway for 2 or 3 years, then he built a rial to race there blown with an aircraft supercharger. So I learned basic car repair & maintenance stuff from my Dad, and more hot rod & custom stuff from my Uncle Merrill.

Merrill thought I was crazy to pay more for my 73 914-2.0 than I could get a Vette for back then, but both he & Dad liked to ride around with me in it - especially on the twisties! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Sorry - no old pix, as they're back at home in CA in my storage sheds, & I'm on the road in GA.

[Andyrew]

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Heres my moms 2nd car! My parents got married in it.

[jeffdon]

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Heres my moms 2nd car! My parents got married in it.

Got married IN it? Musta been one of those vegas drive through weddings! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)

[malaga_red75]

left to right: Cooper buick, Ferrari 250GTO, Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, Chevrolet El Camino tow car

This was my mom's families set of racing cars. Phil Hill raced for my grandpa for several years. This was in front of their 6-car garage, equipped with a gas station, full time mechanic and living quarters above the garage. never got to meet my grandpa or drive the cars, but i have 5 uncles who have tons of stories.

Including one time when Carol Shelby was over for dinner and had to leave and left his prototype gt350 mustang for my oldest uncle to drive around while he was in HIGH SCHOOL. unbelievable.

[dw914er]

I don't have pictures, but both my parents have had some pretty interesting car choices

Dad:

In highschool, he had a '56 Chevy 210 Post that he rebuilt after his family recovered it (it had been stolen and stripped). He also converted it from a three on the tree to a three on the floor (and how it was a PITA). Later on he had a modified Toyota pickup 4x4, then bought the 914 from my mom. When I was growing up, we built our jeep and now he has a '11 Camaro RS/SS convertible.

Mom: In highschool she drove around in a 70 Oldsmobile 442 with the four speed on the floor. She sold that in 73 to buy a new Porsche 914, which she had kept until she sold it to my dad (before they got married). Since then that car has been at their wedding, my birth, and is now mine.

[billh1963]

Wow! Unbelievable retirement fund there!!!!

[sofi2t81]

I love that thread. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/first.gif)

[racerbvd]

What I gave my Mother for Mothers Day (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[bam914]

Here's my mom with her 356.

And my dad (Al Meredith on here) with his VW Beetle.

[mgardstr]

I don't think Sagan's kids are members of this site, so I'll help them out by saying that their dad was cooler than they are.
Here's proof with one of his cars.
I'm in Hong Kong for a few weeks, but when I get back home, I'll find a pic of my dad and submit it as well. In 1967 he wanted to buy a 356 cuupe from a fellow Marine pilot going to Nam. My mother said $600 was way too much money for that old car...