It looks like jaeph-84 (the seller) is no longer a register user of eBay and all three of his auctions for this car have been completely removed from eBay. His new Craig's List ad has also been taken down. This could be a good thing or a bad thing, or maybe mean nothing at all I suppose.

Does this guy even remember he has already sold the car?

…seller was probably expecting buyer to "flake out" on him, so kept car listed.
I bet the deal went down and seller "finally" stopped listing the car....

a quick edit....over the past 15 or 16 years, I've seen more flakey buyers than shady sellers.
we do tend to hate the shady guys (for good reason), and forgive the flakey ones

As a seller, it's not sold until you get the cash.


I "sold" a 911 roller on ebay yesterday. The ad is only two sentences and one says it's a roller without engine and trans. Guy "buys' it and then asks me if I will include the engine and trans for the same price. I said no and he cancels the "sale".

People also don't read, or look at pictures, I routinely have people ask if they can fly in and drive a car home, a car like this...I tell them it better be downhill, the whole way home.

Might not buff out! but these days even this poor 356 will bring crazy $$.

OP sounds as though he is not a rookie. Make the trip to see the car with a check in your pocket. Either buy the car or walk

I don't think 12K is too much to ask for sure if it is straight and unmolested and hope one of our guys got it.

I know this because my original blue plate CA 1.7 car went for a lot more than that and that was three years ago.

Used car business is crazy right now...my 2018 95B I could sell now for more than I bought it for. Lookin hard at 993's now.

Keep us posted what happens.

Hi everyone,

Not a very exciting or great update from me - I'm passing on the car. The seller was just way too difficult to work with. Very atypical transaction especially if he has recently sold several other of his grandfather's cars. A potentially fun purchase and project was turning into a lot of not fun and hassle.

The car does exist and while I still haven't seen it in person from Michael's description it does sound like a nice car worth saving.

And there are some strange title/history/owner's name/missing paperwork stories that really need to be understood by the future buyer to be comfortable with the purchase. If someone pursues it I'd proceed with extra caution and patience.

-Steve

Darn. Sorry to hear that. He seemed fine when I was talking with him. I wonder if it could be a cultural issue as they are not originally from the USA.

Craigslist ad is gone.

Sketchy and missing paperwork is a real nightmare in CA.

I went through this once and it was expensive and time consuming to sort out.

It could easily add 10-15% to the cost of the car to get sorted, and that is if everything is legit to start with.

Just a FYI to any potential CA buyers since I learned the hard way.

Steve, bummed it didn't work out. Have a soft spot for stock/early 914's as well.

You did the right thing. Sometimes the best money spent is the money you didn't spend.