Slipstream - March 2020

I couldn’t drive a stick. He taught
me in my apartment parking lot.
SS: Mine? It was a ‘99 Ford Ranger.
BK: First Porsche?
SS: That would be our 944; we
found it on FB Marketplace. We
took it for a drive and decided we
weren’t going to buy it. As we drove
away, we started talking about it
more and sure enough, I made a
U-turn and we went back to buy it.
That was September 2017.
KS: Of course, once we had it
home, like all older cars it needed
repairs and we would be out in the
apartment parking lot at all hours
doing repairs. Then one day Scott’s
dad appeared with a trailer and took
it home with him. Once he had it,
he would send us pictures of our car
with another 944, then another. As
it turned out, his dad bought three
other 944s just for the parts!
BK: So you come from a car background?
SS: I do. My mom and dad both
are car people and used to be club
racers and paid instructors. My
mom had a 1979 Porsche 930
and my dad a 1983 Lamborghini
Countach, which he still has.
BK: The 930 is the one you now have?
SS: Yes it is! My mom gave it to me
as a graduation present. It’s black on
white, and has some factory upgrades,
making it very similar to a 934.
BK: When we first met you had your
914 out. Tell me about it.
KS: It started after a tour of Auto Atlanta.
There was an orange one they were
restoring there and I fell in love with it.
SS: Well, my dad had the 944 so
we were without a Porsche and we
decided to start looking for a 914.
We made several attempts to buy
one, but each time we found one,
it would sell out from under us. So
in November 2018, we found one
on Craigslist. It’s a ‘73 Sunflower
Yellow 1.7 liter.
KS: Well it was a 1.7 until we recently
did an engine swap to a 2.0 liter.
SS: And she does mean WE! Katie
is right there with me working on it
and we’re both covered in motor oil.
And there you have it . . . Driving
Friendships!
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