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know to this day when it comes to
being a pure, hands-on guy. His
parents owned a wrecking yard
in Manitou and it had become
his property/business as they had
passed away. Yet he worked in
Boulder as a favor to Wolfgang
to help get the dealer going.
Lynn had mad skills. He would
leave every year for one month
and go work the Baja 1000 with a
team. Always came back with some
crazy stories to tell. He also did the
Pikes Peak Hill climb with a team
every year. More crazy stories.
Technically (and I know this
sounds nuts), he taught me how
to better interpret the feel of a
car. To find its soul. To simply get
in and drive it and feel how it has
been treated and cared for. What
it is crying out for. Very difficult
to explain. But he knew. And
I learned with time. He taught
me to study the owner of the car
and to understand their personal
expectations of a Porsche. Then
how to meld that owner with what a
Porsche could do to meet what they
wanted. Again a difficult thing to
explain. Yet they are things I have
tried to do to the best of my ability
through the years. It is my passion.
His mechanical skills were amazing.
How to weld a metal fuel tank
rupture? No problem. Start a car,
run a hose from its exhaust pipe
into the filler neck of the tank
to be welded. Get all the oxygen
out of the inside and go to work.
Broken huge B+ battery cable and
need to make work today without
having a new harness requiring 20
hours work? No problem. Get some
copper piping and start fabricating
a quick very large splice that
is bullet proof and will not fail.
He was the best I have ever been
around when it came to making
it work, getting it right, and never
starting a repair without being
confident of the outcome. Sounds
easy but diagnosis and executing
a lengthy repair sequence
can be very difficult at times.
It has been an adventurous
near 40 years. I have so much
more I want to share with my
fellow Porsche people . . .
Trying to not early apex in life!
Your Porsche deserves a new home!
Let me help you find one… .
Laurie
Wirth
REALTOR
Serving North Dallas Suburbs
Phone: 214-223-7488
Email: LaurieWirth@kw.com
Website: www.LaurieWirth.com
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