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gorbieone  



Joined: 16 Feb 2012
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Location: indiana
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:29 pm    Post subject: new owner of 82 931 Reply with quote
New owner of a 1982 924 Turbo, wife's valentine present. The car was on ebay a few weeks ago and the owner , Porsche mechanic, has worked on my 912 and some of my driver cars. I am located 35 miles northwest of Indianapolis. Will post some pics when I get more familiar with the board. BTW, wife surprised me after the ebay try, and we decided not to get another Porsche as we only have a 2 car garage. I am pretty much a air cooled person, but what a absolute fun car to drive! jerryg
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Khal  



Joined: 26 Sep 2003
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Location: Sunny and lovely interior BC, Canada
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Welcome aboard!

gorbieone wrote:
wife's valentine present.


Riiiiight...

Allow me to be the first to say... Bwahahahaha! Welcome to the dark side!

I have a serious thing for the old dak-daks... um... I mean "Porsches"

But you're gonna love that thing, I promise. Every now and then a company grabs a box of leftover bits and makes something properly stunning. Porsche did it with the 924 Turbo (Lately, BMW did it with the 1-Series M... not allowed to call it the M1, sadly).

And you have the best one, the '82.

Congrat's. Enjoy!
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ideola  



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Location: Spring Lake MI
PostPosted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 9:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Hey, welcome aboard...

...if you don't know when the timing belt & tensioner were last serviced, you should do it immediately before driving any further. The belt is like $7, the tensioner like $30, and the service is very easy to do. The engine is interference, so you don't want to risk running the car on a belt of unknown age or use.

BTW, we'd love to see pix!
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gorbieone  



Joined: 16 Feb 2012
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:13 am    Post subject: pics coming some day... Reply with quote
but after being retired 4 years, I've slowed considerably. Anyway, the latest issue of 9 Magazine has an article, and pictures of this car, in it. I assume Tony, the owner and restorer of this car has taken care of the tensioner and belt. He drove it to the Parade in Savana, and then made a trip back to the Mille, or whatever, in Atlanta.He is a Porsche certified mechanic on 924's. And does a very good job on the 912, when needed. But thanks for the tips. jerryg
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