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Kruder’s Cars & Conversations By Bill Kruder, Region Advertising Chair Photos courtesy of the Author ason and I first met J about a year ago at a very cold and dreary Porsche Cars & Coffee in Addison. Well, as luck would have it, I ran into him again a couple months ago at an “impromptu” Saturday coffee gathering and he invited several of us to stop over at his garage to see his ‘76 911. It was that Saturday that Julia Cleath nudged me and said “this guy’s your next interview,” and so he is. Here is the next in my series of “conversations” I would like to share with you . . . Jason Morski, owner of 1976 911S and several others, member since 2010 Bill Kruder: So are you guys originally from the Dallas area? Jason Morsky: We are from the New York/New Jersey area; my job brought us here back in 2006. I was working for an investment firm and they offered us a promotion of sorts, telling us that after training we would have to move; but as luck would have it we landed in North Dallas. BK: Did you wait to move here to get your first Porsche? JM: No, we bought our first while living in New York; it’s a 2001 Lapis Blue Boxster S. BK: And you guys still have it? I think when we met you were driving a 911S? So you have both? JM: Actually we have been very fortunate and we have five now. But yes, I was driving the 911S all the time for about four years. BK: What else do you have then? JM: We have our first Porsche the 2001 Boxster, the ‘76 Grand Prix White 911S, a 2005 paint-to-sample Riviera Blue 997 Carrera S, the ‘89 Guards Red Carrera, and lastly our 2013 White Cayenne S. 12 <strong>January</strong> BK: So what’s the favorite to drive? JM: Well that’s a hard one, as they are all a blast to drive, but the ‘76 and ‘89 are the most fun to drive. The Cayenne, for an SUV, just might be the most impressive. The power and handling you get out of the Cayenne; it does so many things well. BK: How did you go from one to five? JM: Well that’s kind of a funny story; I may have to blame a trip to Jack Griffin’s house for that. I had been looking for about six months for the right car and had gone up to Cars & Coffee in Plano back in 2010. Jack was driving the ‘76 911S and was about to put it on the market. I had left C&C and decided to turn back and talk to him about it. So we talked and pretty much agreed on the details but he said he had plans and wouldn’t be around for several hours. Well at that point I had to have the car so I must have called him constantly from 9 am to 1 pm that day. I was like a stalker! So we met at his house, he took me out back to the garage, and I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I didn’t even know how many he had at the time but I was hooked. BK: What made the 911S so special? JM: Well, the Grand Prix White over red was a knockout. Then the records showed it had come from the Porsche dealer in Manhattan only blocks from where I was born; thirty five years later it comes full circle to me. Guess it’s those little connections that we make with a car that only we understand. BK: So this is the car we saw in the garage several weeks ago? JM: That’s the one! It was in great shape. It had a respray I think that needed a little work but the combo of the Grand Prix White over the red interior, again, was just too much. BK: And when we saw it you were well into the restoration. How did that come about? JM: Well, as I drove, I would tinker with things, cleaning this, replacing that, and then one day I thought, what the heck, why not just tear it down and start from scratch. At that point the frame-off restoration began. BK: And are you bringing it back to its original or doing some modifications? JM: Oh, it’s going to be modified, kind of what you might think of as an “outlaw.” BK: What kind of things are you planning? JM: I’ve tinkered with the body some, making it look a bit more balanced from the front hood to the bumper, and also at the rear, and am doing some things to the brakes and suspension that will make the handling much like today’s cars. And of course the engine: the Jason with his 76 911S “outlaw” restoration
original had a whopping 2.7 producing 160HP, while the new one will be a heavily modified 3.4 producing upwards of 300HP. BK: What’s your biggest learning so far on the restoration? JM: Hmmm . . . I would say patience; everything takes so long. It took me almost a year to get Randy Marshall to agree to paint it for me. But I had seen his work and knew he was the only guy I wanted. The chrome takes forever to get back; the problem is the best guys are Max cleaning up his new ride, he traded me his wagon for it. booked solid so you just have to get in line. BK: This is quite the undertaking! Were you around cars a lot as a kid? JM: My dad was into them big time; he would build and race them in the ’60 and ‘70s as part of the SCCA circuit. Then, as my twin brother Chris and I got older, we started racing Formula Ford with him up at Watkins Glen. BK: And do you race anymore? JM: I haven’t in a couple years now, but in 2012-14 I started racing in the Pro Shifter Kart series as part of the Texas Pro Kart Challenge at the Dallas Karting Complex (DKC). In order to really excel, it’s very demanding of your time and money, so I decided to stick with my Porsches. Plus we had Max, our son, so I really needed to be home more. BK: And I understand you and Carrie just had another new addition to the family? JM: Matter of fact we did: Addison was born the day before Thanksgiving. Needless to say we have been a little crazy around the house right now. And to think that a couple of chance meetings would uncover yet another great personal story of a guy and his car, or in this case, cars. Come experience the .co difference! Call us now for any Porsche or European service and repair needs! Autoscope - Park Cities 6134 Denton Dr Dallas, Tx 75235 214-350-3050 lovefield@autoscope.co Autoscope - Plano 601 Coit Rd Plano, Tx 75075 972-867-7467 plano@autoscope.co Autoscope - White Rock 9796 Ferguson Rd Dallas, Tx 75228 214-320-8280 dallas@autoscope.co 13
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