(see yesterday’s post)

Turns out that Herman was unable to get his ’44 started due a fuel line failure, brought on by the PO’s use of improper fuel line hoses, fittings and clamps. Herm’s wrench told him that he was lucky that the leakage didn’t result in a fire, as the loosened hose was atop the engine.

Astonishingly, just a few hours before Herman sent me his photo, I had been perusing Rennlist 944 forums and came upon this horrific account of just such a fire, leading in this case to the demise of a fine 944.

A beautiful 944 destroyed in three minutes. Condolences to Rennlist user “83 944”. Bummer.

By the way, this is NOT an April’s Fool thing.  This is serious stuff. 

And speaking of fuel, I wonder if this guy was using ethanol-free gas … see this earlier post.

Last year, Volkswagen averaged $23,000 in profit for every new Porsche it sold.  Must be nice to be selling something to an audience that is not all that price-sensitive.  Not exactly an appropriate comparison here, but it does seem to make ownership of a 944 downright bargainistic.  See the full story here

Added to the rotation array of 944Folly header images is this magnificent cowscape, celebrating my Iowa farm youth and the disturbing impact of Porsche on my later life.