Monday, January 8, 2007

1961 Porsche 356 Roadster

I've had this car for many years and always enjoyed what it has to offer. Great top down driving, wonderful sounds and the pleasure of driving something kind of unique. Less than 600 produced in '61, and less than 3,000 ever made.
Supposedly valuable, (I refuse to check anymore) but pretty easy to take care of and parts are reasonable too.

This past summer I got to enjoy it more than ever before, and I wasn't driving! The couple standing behing the car are Steve and Lois Will of Springfield, great friends and gearheads to the core. Mighty fine herb garden too. That's me, sitting on a stump in the background, Kathy took the picture. Anyway, Steve arranged for us to participate in the Kansas City Ferrari club Crescent Rallye this past summer and we took some intresting iron. Steve was actually going to drive his Accura until I convinced him to use one of my rides and he picked this one. Now, I only know 4 or 5 people that I would actually trust to drive my toys and at the top of the list is this guy. Boy was I right, and man did I get rewarded. First, you can trust a guy whose driven a McClaren F1 and an Enzo. Period. Second, I got to see my car run!!! What a treat. Kathy and I followed behind on the wonderful winding roads around Eureka Springs and Steve took great lines through the curves and made really neat shifts and sounds. And I watched. I'd never seen my car like that before. Never noticed how naturally it turns in or how cool it looks even in the middle of a bunch of Ferraris. He got a little wet coming home, okay drenched, drowned, diluted just pick one, the top leaks okay. But it made the trip, made the run, was fun to watch and I had a great time NOT driving my car. Thanks Steve. Whats for dinner Lois?

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