Introducing myself 716 XUY

aircool · Post by **aircool** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 1:25 am

After one or two 'early' posts here, I am introducing myself to the DDK forum.

Since passing my test many years ago on a '55 Beetle, I graduated through numerous aircooled Citroen 2CVs finally in around 1996 to 911s. I owned several working my way initially around the IB variants, via a single 996, on to 993s. After driving a superb 993C2S for a few years, I gave up Porsches - young family, house building etc.

The summer before this, we were in deepest Texas, in Big Bend Country a few miles from the Mexican border and I saw and subsequently bought a white 1959 356A T2.

The car was shipped from Houston in Autumn 2009. It has been a long and tortuous story with it only getting on to the open road 10 days ago, if only to drive to a specialist to have shipping damage rectified.....

So, in a year, I have only so far driven it for a weekend. But it was a magnificent weekend and the pleasure of owning a Porsche has returned.

I have dropped in to the DDK forum over the last year and enjoyed enormously the general porsche chat, much of which I have experienced with previous cars and much of which I expect to experience with my 'A'.

I intend to use the car as much as possible and not preen over it in a garage. It was is regular use in the US and I plan to continue that here within reason.

Have attempted to post 3 pictures as well........ hope it works.

Best, Nick

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Helen · Post by **Helen** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:24 am

love it.
welcome to DDK. hope to meet you and your car sometime.

210bhp · Post by **210bhp** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:44 am

Welcome to DDK. Your car looks great.

I notice several people recently have posted about shipping damage from the US. Is it becoming a common occurrence? Can these guys be trusted?
Or are they just overgrown couldn't care less baggage handlers?
Regards
Mike

sladey · Post by **sladey** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 10:49 am

Welcome to DDK - the car looks fantastic

roy mawbey · Post by **roy mawbey** » Sat Nov 06, 2010 5:43 pm

Nick,

Looks a nice "A" I am always interested to see another "A" on the roads over here especially a 1959 one like mine.

Hope you really enjoy it once you get a chance.

Roy

DeRRis · Post by **DeRRis** » Sat Dec 04, 2010 12:31 pm

Got to love an A, car looks great.

My shipping went pretty smoothly once it was on the ship. But I bet when you saw it at the docks it must have been worth it

58A - 71E · Post by **58A - 71E** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:07 am

Welcome; good to see another A on the forum - I'm always interested in the history of our cars, did much come with yours?

40 scout · Post by **40 scout** » Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:51 pm

Kool car Nick

Glad you prefer driving to polishing!!

Steve