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> 53 years ago today, I walked into a Porsche Dealership
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post Apr 25 2026, 01:47 PM
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I was 18 and wanted a new Honda 750... Which my parents were against.
They told me to go buy a "nice car"..
My dad knew one of the owners of "Park Hagerty Porsche" in Lawrence Mass.
He had bought Volkswagens from them for years.

There was a 914-6 there that was just traded back for a new 911..

Yeah, my dad co-signed the loan for me...

Was a lifetime ago

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post Apr 25 2026, 01:53 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 02:25 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 02:26 PM
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Well, it is a “nice car”. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)

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post Apr 25 2026, 04:37 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 05:29 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 05:35 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 05:45 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 06:02 PM
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post Apr 25 2026, 06:38 PM
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Congratulations on this 53rd anniversary! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Apr 25 2026, 06:41 PM
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) I wanted a red,white,blue v-8 chevy monza ,,at 18yrs old...
followed my Dad and bought a 914-SIX.. too..

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post Apr 25 2026, 09:13 PM
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Did you ever get the 750 tho
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post Apr 26 2026, 03:52 AM
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Yes, bought a 750 in 1975.. Sold that a few years later and and bought this..
Have only had this for 47 years…

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post Apr 26 2026, 06:02 AM
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post Apr 26 2026, 07:04 AM
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Awesome story. When I was 17, I had a really good job in the supermarkets and I was very good with saving money. I wanted a new ‘83 GTI.

Had to get a cosigner and my dad was the boss in the family, otherwise I would’ve went to mom. He wouldn’t sign for a ““ foreign car.. well then I said I wanted a Mustang GT. He wouldn’t let me get a V8. I ended up settling for a car that looked neat— a 1983 escort GT. Probably had 60 hp.

Turned out to be a lemon—used to sit at stoplights and it would just ghost rev up to 4000 RPM and then shutter down to about 200 RPM and do this a few times then take a long nap. Four flatbed rides home the first year.

Of course I didn’t know what the lemon law was and neither did my parents. Sold it after about three years.

The next car, my dad bought for himself was a 1984 Honda Civic. A couple years ago I was reading in the papers that the GTI back then was the first Volkswagen to be made in America. Even if I knew that there was no way I could’ve convinced my dad—we did not have conversations. He believed in that old adage—kids should be seen and not heard.

Who knows maybe he saved my life, he probably did. I would’ve been taking some fast corners in the GTI, and some full on speed bursts in that Mustang GT.
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post Apr 26 2026, 07:13 AM
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QUOTE(gandalf_025 @ Apr 25 2026, 03:47 PM) *

I was 18 and wanted a new Honda 750... Which my parents were against.
They told me to go buy a "nice car"..
My dad knew one of the owners of "Park Hagerty Porsche" in Lawrence Mass.
He had bought Volkswagens from them for years.

There was a 914-6 there that was just traded back for a new 911..

Yeah, my dad co-signed the loan for me...

Was a lifetime ago

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Nice! Awesome car.


I did buy a 1976 Honda 750 in 1977. Sweet bike with so smooth power. Sold it for college funds a few years later. Huge mistake. Never got another bike. My 914 was purchased in 2003.
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post Apr 26 2026, 07:42 AM
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The last part of the 914 story was I had a 4 year loan on it and somehow, my dad co-signing the loan got his name on the Life Insurance Policy that was part of the loan.
He passed away 2 years later at 50 years old and the 914 got paid off.
It was his final gift to me and that is why I could never sell the car. Even though it hasn't been registered since the late 80's.
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post Apr 26 2026, 07:49 AM
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I think the time is right for you to get it back on the road. You’re my age and time isn’t on our side.
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post Apr 26 2026, 08:19 AM
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That's awesome!

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I think the time is right for you to get it back on the road.

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post Apr 26 2026, 08:49 AM
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QUOTE(rudedude @ Apr 26 2026, 08:49 AM) *

I think the time is right for you to get it back on the road. You’re my age and time isn’t on our side.


(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) same here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) figure what it takes and get after it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sawzall-smiley.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/welder.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif)
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