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"Welcome"

I Have A Love For
Horses
And a Passion For Porsches

This is the Fist Porsche purchase, a '63 Karmen Notchback
There Were Only a Few Manufactured
With an Electric SunRoof
A Very Rare Little Car, Even More Rare Now
This Car ended up in a Garage Fire
~ CAUTION ~
Gasline & Karosene Heaters Do Not Mix


On a search to purchase another 356
.....for some reason these cars are always found in barns
Finding one in Eastern Washington, up in the Mountains,
and Ready for a REAL Adventure......

.....hmmmmmmmm

.....HMMMMMMMMMMM

This is when the Artistic part of me has its Disadvantages....
I can VISULIZE IT!!

Mmmmmm ....Yeah....Midnight Blue Pearl Metalic!!




RUST? ...Only the First Two Feet Up!!

Okay....A little bit of mouse nest here and there....

New Tires and New Paint Job ......


HaHaHaHaHaHaHaHaHa!!!!

"Keeping The Faith"

a Total Restoration
....and Two Years Later....

"The Sponge"

"Hay Bales & Asphalt"

This is an Annual 356 Three Day Campout in Oregon
Road Trips, Great Food, Live Music and Fun People

About 70 of these old classic Porsches meet,
with amazing amounts of camping gear
Filling the back seats


A Different Barn To Call Home


.....Another Day....a Different Barn.....
Purchased this '55 Speedster while waiting for
"The Sponge" to be restored


After Finishing the Restorations on "The Sponge" this car ended up going to Australia to the Race Track





Janis Joplin's 1965 Porsche 356 Cabriolet


Janis Joplin paid about $3,500 for this 1965 Porsche 356 Cabriolet when she bought it from a Beverly Hills auto dealer in September 1968. Prior to the sale, the dealer had painted the car oyster white. Joplin, however, wanted something more dramatic, and Dave Richards, a friend and Big Brother roadie, created this psychedelic design, which includes an image of Janis and Big Brother on the front left fender.

The car quickly became identified with Joplin, who drove it around San Francisco, where she lived, and down to Los Angeles, where she recorded. Whenever she parked it somewhere, fans would leave notes under the wipers. Once, while Joplin was at a gig, the car was stolen. The thief spray painted it gray, but when it was returned, Joplin found an autoshop that was able to recover the psychedelic finish.


Janis Joplin's car is displayed in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland Ohio



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