Part One
-How did I get here? / Purchase story
My build began with an old Porsche. One that I had done a lot of work on to get to my liking. I was finally at a point where I had a car almost finished, except that I wanted to do a 3.6 liter conversion, which I knew would be horribly expensive. What does almost finished mean anyways?????
Then I happened to find a 1991 NSX through the grapevine. I went to drive the car and made a deal on it. Although, it was my father who was looking for something fun and reliable after selling his 1967 Morgan. When I spoke with him I told him if he didn't buy it I was going to, as I had already given my word to the seller. He decided to buy the car and I knew from that point forward that I was going to have to buy an NSX and get rid of all of my other cars. Car life for me was about to change.
So off went my '77 Porsche, '63 Karmann Ghia, and '91 GTI 16v and my search began.
My requirements were:
1. It had to have a CTSC. I knew I would never fork down the cash to buy one later on.
2. It couldn't be black as I'm far OCD to handle such a color. I had a black GTI in high school that I painted silver within 4 months.
3. It couldn't be red, as almost every car I have owned has been red because I bought the cars on condition not color. Also, my father has had way too many red cars and I don't like the attention.
So, I ended up with.....................
You guessed it a RED 1991 NSX. The deal was right and my father bought it on my behalf, sight unseen with the following :
-50k miles
-not in snap ring range
-recent TB and waterpump
-CTSC installed by our known Porsche mechanic
-Comptech exhaust
-RM headers
-RM intake
-RM springs and swaybars
The first opportunity I had to check it out was Christmas of '06 while visiting.
Twins:smile:
Once I had the car home I started driving it all over. All of my expectations were exceeded and I couldn't have been happier with my decision to concentrate on one great car. Rather than messing around with bunch of other mediocre cars.
-How did I get here? / Purchase story
My build began with an old Porsche. One that I had done a lot of work on to get to my liking. I was finally at a point where I had a car almost finished, except that I wanted to do a 3.6 liter conversion, which I knew would be horribly expensive. What does almost finished mean anyways?????
Then I happened to find a 1991 NSX through the grapevine. I went to drive the car and made a deal on it. Although, it was my father who was looking for something fun and reliable after selling his 1967 Morgan. When I spoke with him I told him if he didn't buy it I was going to, as I had already given my word to the seller. He decided to buy the car and I knew from that point forward that I was going to have to buy an NSX and get rid of all of my other cars. Car life for me was about to change.
So off went my '77 Porsche, '63 Karmann Ghia, and '91 GTI 16v and my search began.
My requirements were:
1. It had to have a CTSC. I knew I would never fork down the cash to buy one later on.
2. It couldn't be black as I'm far OCD to handle such a color. I had a black GTI in high school that I painted silver within 4 months.
3. It couldn't be red, as almost every car I have owned has been red because I bought the cars on condition not color. Also, my father has had way too many red cars and I don't like the attention.
So, I ended up with.....................
You guessed it a RED 1991 NSX. The deal was right and my father bought it on my behalf, sight unseen with the following :
-50k miles
-not in snap ring range
-recent TB and waterpump
-CTSC installed by our known Porsche mechanic
-Comptech exhaust
-RM headers
-RM intake
-RM springs and swaybars
The first opportunity I had to check it out was Christmas of '06 while visiting.
Twins:smile:
Once I had the car home I started driving it all over. All of my expectations were exceeded and I couldn't have been happier with my decision to concentrate on one great car. Rather than messing around with bunch of other mediocre cars.