Rick Cruse and his rare 1992 Porsche 968 are just cool - Malibu Surfside News
And because I coached soccer back in the day for many years, I could appreciate shooting Rick Cruse’s 1992 Porsche 968 in the midst of him trying to coach baseball. Porsches are very serious machines, but they are built for one reason and one reason only — to have fun. No one can knock that because it’s what we all want to do. You may or may not like a car, but you can’t fight the fact that Rick is all smiles about it and that brings him joy. As a corporate law and copyright attorney — in his previous life he was a rocket scientist with Rocketdyne and an environmental chemist with the United States Environmental Protection Agency — Rick gets to whip through Malibu in his 968 like the... It’s got a 16 valve, 3L engine, which was most powerful engine of its type in the world in 1992). Top Speed for this car is 156 mph. “I haven’t done much in the way of mods, but it has a chip in it as well as a modified air intake to give it more horsepower,” Rick said. “I also removed the rear deck right behind the front seats to access the rear seats and covert it to a 2+2. I will put the rear deck back in to turn it back into a true two-seater when I hand it down to my son. Rick bought it in September of 2012 in Altadena from a Craigslist seller who wanted cash. He actually wanted a 944 Turbo back in the ‘80s, but never got around to closing the deal. Source: www.malibusurfsidenews.com
