Darn... Out of town at McCormicks Auction in Palm Springs.

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Hi guys.

UK based member here in LA until Sunday night.. are you guys organising a drive this weekend??

Any chance I can hitch a ride and take some photos?

SURE James...you can ride with me If you can make your way to Seal Beach Sun early AM...around 6ish.
As of now probably just a few cars but nice to get out for a little drive after recent rain storms.
PM me if interested.

Oscar

I’m in

That's awesome....

We can meet you at my house at 6am.
23e Heure (James) from London is leaving his rental car at my house as he's riding with me. We'll drive down to Seal Beach to meet up with Eddy before heading out for drive and breakfast.





Oscar

I’m coming...

terrific....

I'm out.

I have a couple friends stopping by to finish digging dirt out from my crawl space so we can run HVAC ducting to my newly remodeled den. We got a lot knocked out today, but didn't quite finish ...

... and I don't have a running 914 anyway

Have fun

See you tomorrow morning 6:30 glory days looks like only five of us “weak”.

Had a great time! We got to meet James ( 23e heure )
Great guy . We had six cars 2 4 cylinders 2 6s , and two eights .
We cruised had breakfast and drove a little more than headed home.
Thanks Jim h , Larmo, Oscar,James and even jerry who we had to wait for
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Thanks for organizing the drive Eddie; it was good meeting James ( 23e heure ) who traveled across the pond.
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Thanks for organizing the drive Eddie; it was good meeting James ( 23e heure ) who traveled across the pond.
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Jim...... Oscar car is 914-4. Raby

Nice day and great cars out there!
Next time, will do my best to get out --- booked weekend!
Felix

Ok....I thought it was Oscar's car....so who's car is the black/orange 3.6 that has got to be one of the top 10 art pieces I have seen around.....?? Thank you....
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That is Oscar's /6.

It's hard to miss, such a tough car. The orange is over the top and works perfectly.

It was so nice to meet a fellow 914 freak from across the pond. James was a perfect gentleman, and somehow he bought breakfast for us all. We really had a good drive, I encourage everyone to join in on these impromptu drives. A good time was had by all, and good that the cop that was behind Jerry (that I missed in the rear-view mirror) didn't pull me over.

Hey buddy... if your going to talk smack say it to my face!! LOL this was a good time and I enjoyed hanging with you guys.

Great time with our new honorary SoCal member James.
Eddy and Larmo took us on a nice beach route. I lent James my blue car while I drove my black SIX.

Until next time...

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James is blessed for just visiting SoCal, he was able to drive one of Oscar’s beautiful car and it is even the Car of Month! Well as usual Oscar is always a nice guy!

Mystery solved.....thank you.
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I landed back in London a couple of hours ago, and I am still BUZZING from the drive yesterday morning.

Oscar is a legend for loaning me his car, and I thank you all for making me feel so welcome.

It was still dark at 5.50am when I pulled up outside Oscar's place.
I knew the satnav must have taken me to the right address, when I saw this beauty parked outside:



It was only when I wandered up the drive to introduce myself that Oscar told me: "You're taking that one!"

No time to pinch myself, Jerry arrived just then, and it was time to head out into the still dark morning:



Any worries that you SoCal guys might be slow drivers were soon gone, as Oscar opened up his black 6, and I did the same to keep up in the blue GT:

As the sky started to turn pink and yellow, we soon arrived at Seal Beach where we met up with the rest of the group:

Even the super warm welcome the guys offered me could not ward off the cold of the morning, so we all jumped into the cars, and headed onto the PCH...




Eddie (Eddy?) is pretty brave putting the hammer down with all that V8 power, but only skinny wheels!





Now these photos aren't the best of the bunch - it's not easy to take good shots when a) driving someone else’s car and b) your hands are shaking because you are just so darned pumped with the situation you find yourself in.





But I want to post them here as a reminder for myself of simply the most special of moments.
You SoCal guys may have gotten used to your surroundings, but this is where I found myself:

...I am at the wheel of a SWEET GT...

...Glancing left I squint into the rising sun...

...Squirting off into the road ahead of me are 914s...

...In my rearview, more 914s...

...And then, when surely it can't get any better, the vista opens up to my right...
...And I see about 50 surfers riding the waves, their trucks and even a few old VW campers parked beachside.

You have NO idea how exotic a that entire scene is to a guy from London..

It is a moment I will surely treasure until my dying day

Of course, I didn't actually manage to get a photo of the surfers! I can just about make them out as dots on the sea in this one...

It wasn't long before the pier at Huntingdon Beach came into view:




Jim was still keeping up at the back!

Lawrence led us a merry dance through the back streets of Huntingdon, our exhausts waking the joggers and dog walkers, up early to buy their over priced coffees.

And then we found ourselves facing the pier. GREAT photo opp!

More scaring of the locals whilst being led by our pied piper, Larmo...
Next thing we knew the sound of his pipes had led us out onto Balboa Island:

James-

It was our pleasure having you join us. Nice pictures and write up.
I felt the same way when I meet up with the Nor-Cal, East Coast and South West 914 groups.
I've been part of different car scenes over the past 40 years but the 914 community rocks, IMHO!!!

Gotta give a shout out to Andy and all admin...thx for giving us this playground.


Oscar

Good to meet you James. What a great day. Had a blast.

Oh, for sure... the 914 community rocks... if our cars are misfits, then how about us the owners!?



















I LOVE this car!

I think it's safe to say that I made five new friends yesterday.

Thanks guys for making me an honorary SoCal region member.

Work will bring me back to LA soon, I'm just hoping I can make it coincide with another chance to be part of the crew again...

Looks like you fellers had a good time. Maybe some day I'll have a running car again and be able to brave a cold early morning drive too

Oscar!

.........................ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK!

I'm glad to see you guys enjoy my home turf...
I do miss the West Coast, the Team NARP party's and the views. My house is 3 miles down Warner which is the light at the Jack-in-the-box in the picture.
I still have to finish up my divorce and will have to go back and flip that house and we will have The last party at Team NARP Headquarters.

The NARP Bar-B-Ques are legendary; It would be great not do one again.

Hey guys...I got this link from James.


Again...great time.


http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic...f=1&t=64424


Oscar

Absolutely !!!

Here is an active link as I could not get through on the link provided.

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic...f=1&t=64424

Let me know how I can help you with any Real Estate matters....

This thread has been a bit quiet...
Are you guys still doing your last Sunday of the month drives?
I'm hoping to be back later in the year, and will try tagging along again!

In the meantime, I've been spending most of my time in Asia with work, but am trying to meet with Porsche folks wherever I go.

Here is a morning in Bangkok, for your pleasure:
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic...f=1&t=64686

No 914s that morning, but one of the guys I met there is part way thru a full resto of a 74 2.0, and I hope to snap that on one of my later visits to Thailand.
He reckons that there are less than 5 914s alive and running in all of Thailand!

Hey James-

Good to hear from you...we tend to have informal drives and meet ups here in So Cal all the time.
Let us know in advance and maybe we can hit up a different area to drive to next time.

Curious of the condition of the 5 914's in Thailand with all that humidity.

Take care and safe travels,

Oscar

James,

The 2019 WCR is coming up this June in Monrovia and surrounds. See the thread in the garage; great opportunity to meet more 924’s and drive in the local mountains.

Hey guys,
Any plans for a drive this coming Sunday (June 30th)?
I fly back out to LA tomorrow, and it would be great to catch up again.
Cheers!