Dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the Porsche 944 seriesβ¦
It was an early model that inspired my passion for these cars, Gemini Grey over Black Leather with Cookie Cutter wheels.
I was shopping for my first car, having just turned 16. It was waiting on the pre-owned lot of the local Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge dealership. Coming from a small-town, middle-class family with three kids, it was well beyond our price rangeβ¦ higher than the value of my motherβs car at the time. But she could see my unbridled excitement and she feigned interest to the salesman, entertaining my dream for a fleeting moment.
Iβll never forget the sensation of the exhaust growl when I started that car, the smell of the leather and oil, the movement of the downward-sweep tachometer. Everything aligned and it all felt perfect.
While I ended up with a cool, but not nearly as amazing, high-mileage 1985 Toyota MR2 for a fraction of the cost, the 944 dream lives on... in a slightly different iteration.