QUOTE(rick 918-S @ May 22 2011, 04:57 AM)
Jeeze, that makes me real sick.
LMK if I can help save that thing. 3K and your buying the engine,trans if it's correct and the title. Column, correct dash. In the salt air of FL in the jungle that car is turning back into iron ore. But it can be repaired.
Yea, most likely nothing but a parts car and I will try & get the Vin (I got bit by something when I waas climbingto get the pix, really) so if it shows up rebodied, we will know the car. What really hurts is the car is only a few miles from the beach & has been for at least 25 years
I was thinking as a parts car too, but I have most that I need (still need a dash, but need a very nice one)
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Pull the damn thing out of the trees and check for rust, then start at 1 or 2k, because it is maybe 1/30th of the way back to real life.
30K and 2 years of hard work is not unheard of for basically getting the VIN and some noncancerous sheet metal on the car to be a real 6 again.
We all know a lot may have to be replaced, and it takes a long time to get deals that don't mean that you sold a kidney, lung and a yard of skin to do it.
But, again, GET THAT CAR, because the VIN is only 1 of 3371 made, not counting the M and other small run variants.
Minus the vegetation!
Please keep us all posted on it's condition and fate.
I have people interested in real 6's, but not ones that that are "Rust Free"*
(*) Steve Gaglione's definition that the rust is at no charge!
At this point in time, I have a few main goals..
1)Finish my building to I can get most of my toys under one roof..
2)Finish the 3 914s (including a solid, matching #s "6") that are important to me..
3)Get rid of ALL my other extra parts..
Not that long ago, I would have been all hyper to get this car & try & save it, or at least mate it to the "six" tub Andy has.. At least it would still be a real Six....
Course my current health issues have to straighten up firtst..
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What's with the cab top? I've seen some original sixes modified but cutting the targa bar off and fitting a cab top is a bit over the top. I agree with TC on this one...
That is a Speedster kit, might be a old Beach Boys Racing one, I forgot, it belongs to a customer of his, I know the guy, but hadn't seen him in years. The plan is to put a Lexus V8 in it...
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If he knew the cars, he would Not have left them out in the Jungle
He really does know the cars and has been working on them for at least 30 years, why, when I know, that he has known the value of this car, he hasn't doe anythng, is beyond me.
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