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Recently my elderly lady neighbour 'Helen' told me about this little early model Porsche that a another neighbour lady friend of hers has stored away that I had no clue of. The lady doesn't even look at it. Keeps it covered. Outta sight - outta mind, I guess.
It was her Father's car. He passed away six years ago and evidently there is a load of pain associated with it regarding whatever the car represents to her and her memories of him. I am sure that she rode around with him as a younger girl or something. I don't have the full story.
I walked down with Helen to take a brief look at it. She said when we got to the car, "Go ahead and lift the cover and take a quick peek."
I lifted the canvas cover, quickly looked at it and exclaimed out loud how pristine it was. I was shocked! These 'Garage Finds' are usually reserved for magazines or other people!
It was a White Targa, Red Leather interior, black dash with 6.8k on the clock. I believe it is a 1965 or a 1966 because it had the 356 carry-over four cylinder in the engine bay. Everything appeared correct and it was almost like it was sitting in a time capsule, even though it was under a cover. I couldn't see any rust anywhere? It even had the moon
The next day, I walked down with my Brother to ask about it,, and as we approached the car, she bolted from her back door running towards us,, her significant other was glued to the inside of the back door window watching (probably scared stiff of men). Anyway - she ran up to us, her long gray unkempt hair blowing in the wind,, she was dressed slovenly and spoke with grim trepidation, "Can I help you?" "What do you want?" with a really scared and hollow look on her face almost like we were robbing her.
I told her as I pointed up the street, 'Yes, Helen told me yesterday that she spoke to you that we would be coming down to ask you about the car! Didn't she say something to you about that?' She said, "Yes, but I am not interested in anything,, the car is not for sale!!!"
I was stunned by her reaction to say the least as I immediately checked her hands for a weapon of some sort. She was completely edgy. Hell, she could have just shot us right there for all we knew. So, to tried to calm things down a bit, I apologized to her for any inference to insult her and expressed that we certainly never meant to tread on sensitive ground!" We never knew how many deep emotions our speaking of the car would have or we never would have done it!
I asked somewhere through my repeated apologies if whether sometime in the future she may consider selling and she softened a bit and said,, "Well,, maybe some day!"
I have no idea what it could be worth. Might anyone here have any thoughts? I like Porsche's, but I just not on the marque regarding the early ones.
It was her Father's car. He passed away six years ago and evidently there is a load of pain associated with it regarding whatever the car represents to her and her memories of him. I am sure that she rode around with him as a younger girl or something. I don't have the full story.
I walked down with Helen to take a brief look at it. She said when we got to the car, "Go ahead and lift the cover and take a quick peek."
I lifted the canvas cover, quickly looked at it and exclaimed out loud how pristine it was. I was shocked! These 'Garage Finds' are usually reserved for magazines or other people!
It was a White Targa, Red Leather interior, black dash with 6.8k on the clock. I believe it is a 1965 or a 1966 because it had the 356 carry-over four cylinder in the engine bay. Everything appeared correct and it was almost like it was sitting in a time capsule, even though it was under a cover. I couldn't see any rust anywhere? It even had the moon
The next day, I walked down with my Brother to ask about it,, and as we approached the car, she bolted from her back door running towards us,, her significant other was glued to the inside of the back door window watching (probably scared stiff of men). Anyway - she ran up to us, her long gray unkempt hair blowing in the wind,, she was dressed slovenly and spoke with grim trepidation, "Can I help you?" "What do you want?" with a really scared and hollow look on her face almost like we were robbing her.
I told her as I pointed up the street, 'Yes, Helen told me yesterday that she spoke to you that we would be coming down to ask you about the car! Didn't she say something to you about that?' She said, "Yes, but I am not interested in anything,, the car is not for sale!!!"
I was stunned by her reaction to say the least as I immediately checked her hands for a weapon of some sort. She was completely edgy. Hell, she could have just shot us right there for all we knew. So, to tried to calm things down a bit, I apologized to her for any inference to insult her and expressed that we certainly never meant to tread on sensitive ground!" We never knew how many deep emotions our speaking of the car would have or we never would have done it!
I asked somewhere through my repeated apologies if whether sometime in the future she may consider selling and she softened a bit and said,, "Well,, maybe some day!"
I have no idea what it could be worth. Might anyone here have any thoughts? I like Porsche's, but I just not on the marque regarding the early ones.
