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One of my (bigger) regrets is not purchasing a '64 911 with a blown engine in 1982. It was a California car (with no rust which is rare here in central PA) and
by smoyer 11y ago
One of my (bigger) regrets is not purchasing a '64 911 with a blown engine in 1982. It was a California car (with no rust which is rare here in central PA) and the paint was horribly faded but completely intact. As an 18 year-old, I couldn't fathom spending $2000 on a car with a blown engine. Now that I'm a bit older, and have rebuilt several cars from scratch, I wish I'd taken the plunge - back then you could rebuild a VW or Porshe engine for well under $500 in parts.
- mattkrea 11y agoCentral PA? Glad to see other Pennsylvanians on here. And yes, the stuff they put on the roads here (and really NY, NJ, most of the NE US) does some serious damage.
- smoyer 11y agoThe new saline spray is horrible ... it will eat cars that were impervious to the rock salt and aggregate they used to spread. I'm looking out the window at an almost pristine '71 Super Beetle that will be going back into the garage for the winter sometime in October. Where in PA are you? I wonder if we can create an HN meet-up this far from Silicon Valley.
- moron4hire 11y agoOh man, I grew up in Central PA (Chambersburg). I now live in DC, but I get back to see my parents very frequently. Find my email in my profile and keep me in the loop if you do this.
- m_mueller 11y agoI assume you guys do know Regular Car Reviews, made by another Pennsylvanian? He's gotten quite a fan base now, including me.
- mattkrea 11y agoYeah, I see him driving around out this way sometimes. I've only heard about him recently.
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- mattkrea 11y agoThat'd be great. I'm outside of the Lehigh Valley closer to Hamburg (but work in Allentown). There are some tech meetups in the Allentown/Bethlehem area but nothing that has been very interesting so far.
- allwein 11y agoYep. I'm a former Lebanon, PA guy that transplanted to Pittsburgh. Gotta love the midstate.
- brc 11y agoNot to mention that if you had done that, and kept it all these years, you'd be sitting on a car worth up to $200,000