07-02-2008, 06:33 PM
Awhile back there was some discussion about the "olden days" and where we may have gotten our interest in cars from. Here's a brief pictorial about where I came from. Needless to say, my destiny was predetermined long before I was ever conceived.
One of my grandfather's many licenses, complete with 'stache.
![[Image: HClicense.jpg]](http://derecola.com/storage/cars/Gpop/HClicense.jpg)
My dad and mom with him and his Porsche Elva at a track I haven't figured out yet.
![[Image: elvafam.jpg]](http://derecola.com/storage/cars/Gpop/elvafam.jpg)
My grandfather doing a hill climb in the Elva in '73.
![[Image: HillClimb73.jpg]](http://derecola.com/storage/cars/Gpop/HillClimb73.jpg)
My grandfather (or is it my dad?) racing the Elva at what I'm pretty sure is Summit.
![[Image: summit.jpg]](http://derecola.com/storage/cars/Gpop/summit.jpg)
Sadly the car is not in the family any more. My dad sold it, and all his other cars except the '67 911S, after my grandfather died in '91. To this day, my dad regrets the decision to sell that car (which wasn't running at the time). Probably the most unfortunate part is I was 13 when he died so he never got to see me drive/race.
One of my grandfather's many licenses, complete with 'stache.
My dad and mom with him and his Porsche Elva at a track I haven't figured out yet.
My grandfather doing a hill climb in the Elva in '73.
My grandfather (or is it my dad?) racing the Elva at what I'm pretty sure is Summit.
Sadly the car is not in the family any more. My dad sold it, and all his other cars except the '67 911S, after my grandfather died in '91. To this day, my dad regrets the decision to sell that car (which wasn't running at the time). Probably the most unfortunate part is I was 13 when he died so he never got to see me drive/race.
'76 911S | '14 328xi | '17 GTI | In memoriam: '08 848, '85 944
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth
"Here, at last, is the cure for texting while driving. The millions of deaths which occur every year due to the iPhone’s ability to stream the Kim K/Ray-J video in 4G could all be avoided, every last one of them, if the government issued everyone a Seventies 911 and made sure they always left the house five minutes later than they’d wanted to. It would help if it could be made to rain as well. Full attention on the road. Guaranteed." -Jack Baruth