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Brewbud said:
The movie "16 Candles". One of my wife's favorites and the reason she likes that car. Historians point to that movie as one of the reasons for the car's popularity.
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I believe that car was popular cause its drop dead gorgeous. I drove my 76 VW Scirocco lowered by torch & taped on wood measuring sticks, milled head, header, and big weber carb and pretending it was a 944, haha. Bring back the 80's.
 
freeram said:
I believe that car was popular cause its drop dead gorgeous. I drove my 76 VW Scirocco lowered by torch & taped on wood measuring sticks, milled head, header, and big weber carb and pretending it was a 944, haha. Bring back the 80's.
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Back then, many of us just thought of it as stylized 924. I like the look now but definitely not back then.
 
I didn't post this one up because I let it go last year. 1967 Jeepster half cab, Buick 350 / turbo 400. I owned it for years and rebuilt the engine when I first bought it. It sat around for too long and I didn't have space to keep it. Sitting around is worse for a car than putting miles on it. It was fun to drive. It could be scary too. o_O

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Brewbud said:
Back then, many of us just thought of it as stylized 924. I like the look now but definitely not back then.
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Yes I remember them sediments about the 944, but if you really knew the 944 it was so much more, but as I drove a Scirocco I liked the torpedo look. Back in the 80's the only Porsche I didn't appreciate was the 914, I remember racing one through Seattle and I pushed him so hard sparks where flying every bump he hit and I out powered him.

My Scirocco was fast for its time with all the work I had done to it. I did get embarrassed by a square body Mazda with a Wankel coming down the mountain pass, I was doing 120mph and that sewing machine blew past me, lol. The memories!
 
freeram said:
Yes I remember them sediments about the 944, but if you really knew the 944 it was so much more, but as I drove a Scirocco I liked the torpedo look. Back in the 80's the only Porsche I didn't appreciate was the 914, I remember racing one through Seattle and I pushed him so hard sparks where flying every bump he hit and I out powered him.

My Scirocco was fast for its time with all the work I had done to it. I did get embarrassed by a square body Mazda with a Wankel coming down the mountain pass, I was doing 120mph and that sewing machine blew past me, lol. The memories!
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Oh, I knew about the 944. I just thought they looked like @ss...... and it wasn't a 911. Body style was too similar of a shape to the Datsun 280z for me.
 
freeram said:
Yes I remember them sediments about the 944, but if you really knew the 944 it was so much more, but as I drove a Scirocco I liked the torpedo look. Back in the 80's the only Porsche I didn't appreciate was the 914, I remember racing one through Seattle and I pushed him so hard sparks where flying every bump he hit and I out powered him.

My Scirocco was fast for its time with all the work I had done to it. I did get embarrassed by a square body Mazda with a Wankel coming down the mountain pass, I was doing 120mph and that sewing machine blew past me, lol. The memories!
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I fitted a scirocco manual steering rack into this 944
 
Brewbud said:
Oh, I knew about the 944.

Body style was too similar of a shape to the Datsun 280z for me.
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And how is that a bad thing? Lol

I get it. When it came out it was a poor mans Porsche (still is) Many experts say the water cooled front engine cars saved the company and thus saved the 911.

But, it wasn’t fast then and certainly isn’t fast now. But, it’s a drivers car, like a Miata. They’re gaining in popularity now but they’ll never be 911s.
 
Rockcrawlerdude said:
And how is that a bad thing? Lol

I get it. When it came out it was a poor mans Porsche (still is) Many experts say the water cooled front engine cars saved the company and thus saved the 911.

But, it wasn’t fast then and certainly isn’t fast now. But, it’s a drivers car, like a Miata. They’re gaining in popularity now but they’ll never be 911s.
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I just didn't like the look. I liked driving the 240z. I hated the 280z. I had a friend with a 944 back then. He started with a 924, then the 944 but eventually ended up with a 911.

Now the cars are cool. Well, I still don't like the 280z much. LOL
 
Brewbud said:
I just didn't like the look. I liked driving the 240z. I hated the 280z. I had a friend with a 944 back then. He started with a 924, then the 944 but eventually ended up with a 911.

Now the cars are cool. Well, I still don't like the 280z much. LOL
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I liked the 280z until 1978, didn't like the 1979 ZX as much. Now I like the look of the old cars and trucks, but I like modern tech & creature comforts of the new cars & trucks.
 
Not mine, but pretty cool.

I was coming back from KY and stopped in Cumberland, MD at a Loves to fuel up.

This drove in........... :p

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2009 Wrangler. I've owned it since new and it's had many different looks and uses over the years. It's been a daily driver and weekend warrior, and now it just get's driven for fun, or trailered on long trips to the trails.

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05 American Ironhorse Slammer, 11 CVO Street Glide, 99 Road King, 03 American Ironhorse Staker, 88 Corvette , 13 427 Convertible (less then 1500 made)
 

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