Re: I'm searching for some photos of my very early MY2000 Boxster S....

Hello All

Nearly twenty-six years ago (November 1999 in fact) I took delivery in London, UK, of one of the very first Boxster Ss. I had ordered the S when the original 986 came out - I went for a test drive in a standard 2.5 litre 1997 Boxster and told the dealer "I'd love to have the faster version when they make one." and he took a deposit from me...and two years later I spec'd the S and then took delivery. It was a fun time. I made lots of friends on PPBB as a result and I think many are here now on Pedro's board.

Would you believe me if I said that I can't find a single photo of that car! Its registration was V961 JGW. The car was mine in the days before ubiquitous mobiles phones with good cameras. However, I am sure that I posted pictures from a digital camera on PPBB...but now that bulletin board is no more, and I can't remember my login details for the archive and I can't find those photos at home.

Can anyone help please? I have good pictures of most of my vehicles, but none it seems of my black Boxster S. I'd love to find those old pictures.

Please let me know,

Thanks

Howard

hi howard. there you go. you should be in there somewhere. i’ll dig through my computer archive in the next few days.

doug_d (cameron park, ca)





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yeah yeah, i know, you didn’t bring your car. i’ll look through my archive.

Hi Doug....yeah, I didn't bring my car. Great memories of the times at TBHLs...

I'm hoping I posted some pics of my new car to PPBB around November 1999.

Howard

Are you also on boxa.net? Might look there is you have been.

… it’s good to hear from you.
I’m away from my office for a couple of weeks but upon my return I’ll try to dig through the archives.
Any picture you posted would have been on a hosting platform, not on PPBB itself, so that makes it somewhat more difficult.
But we will try.
Happy Boxstering
Pedro

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1998 Boxster 986 - 316,000+ miles: [garage.pca.org]
[www.PedrosGarage.com]
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Hey Pedro

Thanks for the heads up on that.... Don't spend too much time searching. I know that it was a loooong time ago!

Nice to hear from you.

Take care,

Howard

And hosting platforms go away or remove posting beyond a certain age. Lost a bunch of pictures that Maurice had sent and referenced in his tops write-ups. Amazing how many folks ask me for them even 13 years or so later.

I am looking for any of your photos, if I have any. I did find these though.


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I am still looking. BTW, my Rawlings Audio stereo system is still running strong.



Tony

Those are great pics Tony.... Thanks.

Sadly, the fruitless search for pics of my Boxster S from 25 years ago continues...