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LOF lives on..

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:26 am
by billy964
Hi all,

i'm pleased to say i am the happy new owner of Helen's old S... a quick thanks to Chris Sargent (GCR) and Nick Moss (Early911) for all their help and advice

hope to keep you up to date with the progress on the car here from time to time...i'm sure i'll be asking for a lot of advice :-)

cheers


Paul

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:29 am
by Ferry Man
Welcome to DDK Paul, nice car you've got there... 8)

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:44 am
by billy964
sure is.. very pleased with it...love my porsches but new to the classic scene...was an eye opener driving it home from notts to kent...wasnt much got past me tho ;-) bit of tweaking and tidying to do should keep nick busy!

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:57 am
by 210bhp
Nice car Paul and welcome to DDK.
You have a rare S and in a great colour. Helen saw that it received the best of attention.
I think you will find it is 68S even though it may have been manufactured in late 67. (the model year ran from August to July). Your 68S is different from a 67S and in fact has several unique one year only features.

Enjoy your new ride!

Regards
Mike

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:03 pm
by billy964
cheers Mike...i did wonder about the model year 67/8...will amend accordingly :-) i read with interest the thread on here about the restoration there really isnt much to do we are talking re chroming and/or re anodising some exterior trim... i had a full inspection done by chris prior to purchase...and when i get the time i'll be dropping the car into nick to sort and have it spot on...

i cant remember how many years its been since i drove a carb'd car and one with no choke at that! struggled a bit to start it from warm..i'm sure i'll learn with practice!

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:26 pm
by 964RS
Nice car, enjoy 8)

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:29 pm
by Helen
glad it's gone to a good home at last. it's been sitting around in the show room for far to long.

yes it's a 1968 with unique elephant hide interior which i took great pains to clean and restore the best i could.

can't say i ever had any real problem with warmstarts maybe it'll improve once it gets used abit more.

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:46 pm
by billy964
yep im sure its just me! it's everything i hoped for.... dog leg 1st also a first for me! but you hear and feel everything in it..you have to DRIVE it not like the modern stuff

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:52 pm
by billy964
so who can tell me how to upload a picture onto my profile?!

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 2:41 pm
by DIRKBROWNFINGER
You have to use a site like photobucket to host your pics and then use the Img or URL tabs before and after the link.

Dirk.

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:00 pm
by Helen
for a Avatar photo. go into your profile via link at top of page. scroll right down to the bottom of the page then paste the url of your small photo into the box provided. click "submit"

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:54 pm
by billy964
thanks guys!

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:02 pm
by hot66
welcome to DDK :) Great to see the S has found a good home.

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:18 pm
by Nick Moss
Hi Paul and welcome to DDK. I look forward to seeing this car at last after hearing so much about and knowing the last 3 owners (excepting Sherwood Restorations).

Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2010 4:25 pm
by Vic Cohen
Will be fine untill Nick gets his hands on it Paul .....glad it all turned out alright .....enjoy it in the last of our sunshine !