Who is marc and cars?
Marc.
I am a 48 year old, Husband, Father, and all round car tragic. I grew up in the car building heartland of Australia, Geelong, Victoria. Having both parents working for Ford Motor Company, the blue oval had a sense of inevitability, which I do still have a soft spot for. Around the age of 10, I saw, and was driven in what was very likely Geelong’s only Porsche 356. The memory is still strong. It was an epiphany after a youth of being surrounded by Aussie muscle cars. Escaping in my teens to live in Sydney NSW, then on to Perth, Western Australia. This is now home.My first Porsche was a 1971 2.0l 914. Black on Black, LHD. Great car until it stopped. Alarmingly underpowered for the chassis and brakes, but a lot of fun. I drove it from Perth to Sydney and back. I had big plans for that drivetrain, but it failed me one Sunday afternoon, and 5 years later, was sold to a wrecker for almost the same price that I paid for it, 7 years earlier. Wish I had kept it…
112029
Our 1960 Porsche 356B (T5), Chassis number 112029, became part of our family in the days following the birth of our daughter, in 2012. This one is staying. She can decide what to do with it when we are gone. It is a numbers matching Ruby Red Coupe, with black interior. We snuck the purchase in just before the bubble got too big, otherwise, I’d still be fantasizing about it.