[968griz]

Hello!

When I was young I had a 924, big mistake because I fell in love with the car. Four years later life demanded that I need to sell it to pay bills. Worst day in my car life. I moved on and finally retired, I took the opporunity to go looking for a "new" sports car in my life. 924, maybe a 944, hit the local sales lots, three state radius of newspapers and found nothing that I thought match my old 924.

Talked to a friend that knew somebody, that heard about some Porsche up north. ( When you live in Missoula, Montana, that could be anywhere). Long story short I now own a 1994 968 coupe (know nothing about it as a car). It has some differed maintance, missing a knob here, carpet a bit faded,looks to be factory paint with a chip here and there .............. but oh my, what a sweet sounding engine and drives even better than what I can remember of my old 924. I'm just worried that I might be to old for this fine sports car. We'll see !

968Griz

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[94SilverCab]

Welcome,



I hope yopu are OK with a wrench, because I can't imagine there are too many 968 savvy mechanics in your neck of the woods. That said, this is a great car and I bet it runs like a monster on those wide open roads.



Jay

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[tamathumper]

Welcome Griz. Great name. I too started with a 924, then moved on to a 944S and now the 968.



If the maintenance was deferred, your biggest worry is the timing belt, which will pretty much total the average budget if it breaks. And perhaps the most dangerous time for the belt is when you're starting the car, so do get "the belts and rollers" done as soon as possible, and have the water pump given the once-over "while you're in there".



The 968 is very, very different from your 924 - it has balance shafts, variable cam timing, and a host of creature comforts the 924 did not. With proper care and about $1,500 in maintenance per year, you should have a very nice driver for a long time to come.

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[craigawoodman]

Griz - you are never to old to have fun! Welcome back to Porsche ownership, and a great car to boot. As per previous posts, make sure the belts are done.



Great forum here and lots of knowledgable people. Lots of great threads on technical issues as well.



Welcome to the Forum and also 968 ownership.

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[gbarrier]

Welcome to the old folks Porsche club. If you can still put it on and take it off then all that is left to do is drive it like you stole it. Like they say in the movies "Porsche, there is no substitute".

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[Cloud9...68]

Welcome! There's definitely no age discrimination on this site! In fact, somebody did a poll as to the age demographics here, and it's centered in the mid-forties to the late fifties, with plenty of folks on the "upper tail" of the distribution. As Craig says, you're never too old to have fun.

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[Tom030]

Hi Griz and welcome.

If you haven't already done so you might want to contact the local PCA region, Big Sky.

They can be a valuable resource for parts, and local mechanics. Dave Cooley is the zone rep. lives

Great Falls and is a real motor head.

-tom

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[MB968]

Griz, welcome to the forum. I think you're going to fall for the 968 even more than the 924, though it is hard to replace fond memories of sports cars we had in our youth.



We have a couple of things in common; fellow retiree, and missoula. I live on an extinct volcano in Portland, but most Mt Tabor is from the missoula floods that covered the area in hundreds of feet of water each time the missoula ice dam let loose. The huge floods pushed a lot of glacer/river rock up against the side of the small volcano; I live on one shoulder of it. Makes digging in the yard a bitch as it is roound rock upon round rock with a little soil that has filled in the gaps since the floods 15,000 years ago.



Good luck and enjoy

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[Rap]

Welcome. Keep this old retired stuff to yourself. There are a couple of really sensitive fellas here who always think it refers to them!! Lol

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[rhudeboye]

Welcome. Love your intro.



This line of yours got me - "drives even better than what I can remember of my old 924"



LOL, I should hope so.

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[Langley968]

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Welcome. Love your intro.



This line of yours got me - "drives even better than what I can remember of my old 924"



LOL, I should hope so.

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[sguy]

Welcome 968Griz, I'm over the hill, getting there figuratively and live in Moscow, Idaho so actually. I've gotten into vintage racing and we have people in the 70's who are still very fast. We're racing at Spokane County raceway June 1,2, The Spokane Festival of Speed, SOVREN is the club. It makes a great trip in a 968.

Cheers,

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[Grandpa#3]

I'm late but Welcome to the forum, Griz. Never too old to enjoy any Porsche, I'm 73 and still enjoy my 968 cab even with a bad lower back. As mentioned check when the Cam and Balance Belts were last changed. Rule of thumb as they are cheaper to replace than a head is 3 years old or 36K miles, whichever comes first. The next big thing is checking the Cam Tensioner Pads for wear and when they were replaced. The below link is for a 944S or S2, but it shows the Cam Tensioner Pads and what happens if they fail. Another helpful link is at Clark's Garage for the 944 but the 968 is the younger brother so has many of the same needs.



http://www.944online...;num=1294429355



http://www.clarks-garage.com/shop-manual...index4.htm



Cheers,

Larry

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