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myUncleappearedatourhousewithhis911.He’djust
drivenitfrom DundeetoourtowninFifeandIcould
hearitbeforeIsaw it.I’dneverseensuchathinginmy
life.Iwas10yearsoldandIrememberfeelingtheresidualheatfrom
thebackofthecarandhearingthe
coolingfantickingawayevenaftertheenginewas
switchedoff.Suchwastheimpressionthiscarmadeon
me.
IvowedthenandtherethatItoowouldhaveone
myself,oneday.
Fastforwardtwentysixyearsandaftermany944’s,
924’sandevena968ClubSport,thedayfinalyarrived
whenIboughtmyfirst911.A19803.0SC non-sport,finishedinsilverwithblackandblue‘chess-board’pasha
halfleathertrim.Ironicalyitwasalsopovertyspec,but
thepurityofthissingle-mirrormodeladdedtoits
charm.Itwasevenbereftofrearseatbeltsandsidere-
peaterindicators(theywouldn’tbecomestandarduntil
the1981modelyear).Furtheritwascompletelyoriginal
andunmolested.Neverfittedwithanalarm,never
adornedwithaprivateplateandcompletewithitsoriginalPanasonicstereoradiocassette.Nowireshanging
underthedasheither.
Orderednew from GlenHendersonPorscheinGlasgow
byalocalbutcher,hewouldcover55,000milesinKSJ
740W inthesixyearsofhisownership.Thecarwas
thensoldbyEdinburghdealerKennyDunntoanengineerbythenameofAndrew
from Torphichen,WestLothian,in1987.
IbecameKSJ’scustodianinNovember2007havingrespondedtoanadinPorschePost,thePorscheClubOf
GreatBritain’sexcelentmagazine.Adealfor£6,600
wasagreedandIwassettocolectthecarafew days
later.
Andrew hadownedthecarfortwentyyearsandcoveredamere20,000milesinhisownership,maintaining
ithimself.Maintenanceofnoteincludedtheheart
transplantoftheoriginal180bhpengineforaslightly
later204bhpunit,renderingthecaranon-matching
numbersexample.Suchimportancewasn’tplacedon
originalityinthosedays.
Havingdreamtoftheday,andImeandreamt,both
duringsleepanddaydreaming,Ipicturedinmymind
thatitwouldbeabeautifulsunnyspringorsummer’s
day.Theelectricsunroofwouldbe open,thefrontwindowsdowninordertohearthatgloriousflatsixreach
6,500rpm againandagainasIfeltthe‘G-force’push
mebackinmyseatasIhadasachild,RayBan’son,
andeverythingwouldberightintheworld.
Therealitywassomewhatdifferent.Andrew hadcollectedmefrom
work,fundsexchanged,andhedrove
metohishomeinhis911’sreplacement,aVauxhal
Zafira.Sucharethejoysoffamilylife.
WearrivedatAndrew’shousewheremy911wassatina
hugedoublegarage,theplacewhereithadcaled
homefortwentyyears.Andrew ranthroughsomeof
themoreimportantquirksofthecar(alofwhichI
knew,suchwasmyfanaticalresearchonthemodel
overtheyears).KindlyhealsoincludedseveralvolumesoforiginalPorscheworkshopmanualswhichhe
hadboughtfrom thefactoryuponpurchasebackin‘87.
Itwasawildwintersnight,afarfarawaydayfrom my
anticipatedblissfulsunnyday.It’sfairtosaythatI’m