Drunk

Tricky Keg Stands

A collection of various and sundry things.


Words:
essays, creative nonfiction and random shiz
Projects:
bands, cars, nerd stuff
Life:
photos, resume, etc.


The 924SE

In 1987 Porsche released a 924S option package to the European market called the LeMans Edition. The idea was to produce a lightweight car with an adjustable suspension suitable for weekends at the track. In 1988 they released it to the US as the 924SE. 500 were produced. All had black exteriors with a lightweight grey/maroon cloth interior, manual windows, staggered 16" phone dial rims, adjustable height struts with koni inserts, larger sway bars, mud flaps, and optional sunroof.

I got an itch to do some DE events with a 924S. I figured if I was going to buy one, I might as well find something that is somewhat unique and rare. So, I went on a 4 month search to find an '88 924SE with no sunroof that was good enough to use as a daily driver and for the occasional DE's held at Gateway.

My 1988 Porsche 924SE - "Baby Rat"

The photo in the CL ad

Getting dropped off

wrong battery, old shirt keeping it from shorting out on hood. RUSTY ass battery compartment. some duct tape.

rusted out floorboard

the KY license plate used to cover hole in floor along with the guy's parole meeting reminder found on top of the license plate. Was he trying to tell me something?

SE cloth interior no longer exists

I immediately had to rebuild the engine

CLEAN ENGINE!

this is what my garage looked like for about a year.

the first of many breakdowns while working out bugs

 

A Complete 924SE

There is a lot of confusion about what distinguishes a real 924SE. I found a trashed, but complete one about an hour and a half south of my house. I went down to have a look. I would have bought it, but I don't have the room and my experiences with the above car put a nasty taste in my mouth… (insert some joke about a nasty baby rat.) Here are some photos of the correct interior, mud flaps and wider rear rims on a real 924SE:


What is this all about?

I threw an anonymous site together in 2004 as sort of a repository of raw notes, stories, ideas and pictures. I kept my name off the site so that I could really let loose and say anything I wanted.

Four years later I realized that:

A) I didn't have anything that needed to be anonymous.
B) Few people stumbled upon the site.
C) Most who did promptly left.
D) The whole thing was damn ugly and difficult to navigate.

It was time for a change.

I took out the trash, spit shined the leftovers and did my best to turn it into a typical, self-serving, narcissistic, personal shrine to myself. Don't you just love it?

If so, be sure to hit the contact page and let me know what you think. Feel free to tell me how neat I am and how amazing and life changing you found my website. No, really, do it. Now.

Please? Seriously. Maybe we can like meet up and hang out or something. I like lunch. In fact, I eat lunch almost every day. What's that? You eat lunch, too? See, we have so much in common. I knew we'd be pals! I'm so glad you contacted me via my website.


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