Areas of expertise
I have done most all of the work that each of these have needed,
Mechanical, Bodywork and Paint, Upholstery, Electrical, Headliners, etc.
Recent learning
On the projects that I have underway,
I even have had the opportunity to use a frame rack,
And these projects needed it in the worst way.
Some of the car clubs that I have been involved in: The Cars
my wife and I have for Drivers are: I
bought this 914 in 1982 and have upgraded the 1.7 with, 96mm
pistons/barrels and Weber carbs, balanced, blue printed, lightened the
flywheel and added a Bursch exhaust. The
engine puts out about 110 hp and it really scoots. Notice
the vinyl around the windshield area, this was only offered on
the 914
for the 1973
model year. This car is an early ’73 with the vin number at 167 and I
am the
third, fifth and seventh owner. It
has only been in three families. It was bought in Oct. ’72 at
Continental
Porsche-Audi in Portland, Oregon by the father of
Bill Emory of Milwaulkie, Oregon from whom I purchased it in
1982. I sold
it in late ’88 to Al Watanabi of Gresham and repurchased
it from him in 1990, then my son, Jim had the car from ’97 to ’99 and I
got it
back from him….long story! Anyway,
I think that this car is destined to be with me ‘till the end. By the
way, it
was named Karl by the first owner and has
always been referred to by that name, trivia. This car has since been
retired as my daily driver and
is pushing 200,000 miles, I just bring it out in the summer now and
keep it out of the rain.
This picture is of me and my wife, Ming, and our SC. It
is basically stock, the only upgrades that have been done are a
set, front and rear, of Weltmiester hollow tube torsion bars, one size
up from stock
and the required lowering. The
addition of the H-4 headlights and PIAA 959 fog
lights on the front and euro lenses and the Duck Tail on the back. I
am the third owner of this local car and have had it since ’91,
the funny thing is, I knew the original owner through the Oregon
Region, Porsche Club of America. The second
owner was a lady doctor who just babied it and this was the nicest SC
that I found when I was looking to buy,
so I bought! The
TANK, a one
ton with the 460ci monster motor. 2001 Audi Quattro 2.8 V6 Ming’s
driver, something safe for her to drive.This is another photo off of the NET. Our car is dark blue and has the five spoke wheels, it looks better than this black one.Personal
Interests
356 Registry
A member since '95 even though I've owned 356's from '74 (why rush things).
Try to make it to the yearly Bull Sessions in the Northwest.
Austin Healey Club USA
I've been a member of this one for over 20 years and been to a few of the West Coast meets.
Porsche Club of America, Oregon Region
A member since 1980, I've held every position in this club except for President,
Edited the news letter "Anzieger" for three years and regularly attended the events until the ultimate burnout as Tech Quiz Chairman for the 1995 National Porsche Parade.
Porsche Club of America, Cascade Region
President and Editor of the regional publication "Auspuff" for '97 & '98.
Morris Minor Club of Oregon
A loose group of Minor owners who have a picnic yearly in West Linn at Hammerly Park
Misc. Interests
There are so many things that I have interests in
it would be too hard to list them all, but here are a few:
Planes, love going to air museums when I travel
Trains, love the museums and have Garden scale and N scale layouts
Boats, like to attend boat shows and had a real nice 20'SeaSwirl Cuddy Cabin that will be upgraded someday
Landscape Gardening, with over an acre of land gives me plenty of space
Motorsports: Daytona Prototypes, Nascar, Indy cars, Champ cars, Vintage, American Lemans, if it races, I'm a fan!
Basketball, GO Blazers!!!!
I have tons of photos and stories that will eventually get up on the site in regards to many of these interests.
A nice Momo sterring wheel and shift knob and a uprgaded blaupunkt
am/fm/casset with a remote CD changer round out the interior.
My
driver, you don’t see many of these cars out there. We have had this
car for eleven years and it has been a very good car. 175 hp and an
three speed auto with overdrive and an average of about 25 mpg. The
only problems with the car is the clear coat is failing, so it will
need a repaint in the near future.
AND this is not a picture of MY car (same color though) but one off of the NET. The one we have has the short rear apoiler and different wheels. I will post a photo one of these days of the actual car, when the weather gets better.
We selected the tiptronic transmission for her to drive as this is a commuter AND she dosen't drive a stick, I just haven't brought myself to sacrafice a transmission to her learning curve.
© 2007 Paul Kust