SeattleAllroad

I'm considering an early 70s 911 in the Northamption, Massachusetts area. I'm not too familiar with the geography. Does anyone have recommendations for PPI in the Northamption area?

Thanks,

Kei

ricster

Hoffman Porsche....I work here in sales..but you can call us...we are pretty close by.

Ric Nanni

84_Carrera

Musante Motorsports, also in CT.
Eurotech in Framingham MA (A bit further than the 2 above).
Dan Jacobs / Hairy Dog Grrrage (even further than the 3 above) in Oxford, CT

SeattleAllroad

Ricster, 84_carrera,

Thanks for the recommendations. I've heard of Musante...any thoughts about them? I guess the only concern is that this is an older 911 with MFI and unsure about how much knowledge there is out there on MFI and older 911s.

Kei

Streetfighter

Or try European Performance Engineering. They are in Natick, MA, they did years of service on my car before I bought it from the previous owner. Highly recommend they know aircooled Porsches well!

butzip

Musante is about 5 minutes from my house and I know Chris well. He and his techs specialize in early 911s. 70's MFI cars are right in their 'wheel-house'. Atuomobile Associates in Canton, CT Scott and Kenny will take care of you as well. These are the 2 best indy shops in northern CT. Dan Jacobs, mentioned, is also tops but approx. 1.5hr south. North Hampton is approx. 25 minutes north of me I might be able to check it out for you. I won't be able to do a leak down or compression at the sellers house but I can evaluate everything else.

http://www.musantemotorsports.com/
http://automobileassociates.com/

art

If you want a general idea of body/paint quality and correctness, how it runs and drives, I have a friend in Easthampton, MA that could do that. 413-527-8303, Steve. He knows early 911s reasonably well but is not a total OCD expert that some of the other pros mentioned are. He has done several restorations and builds on 911s and 914-6s and knows most of the details. Currently has a '67S soft targa in for some involved detail work.

SeattleAllroad

Thanks to everyone on this thread. I really appreciate the input. Here's the car that I'm considering

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1972-...7%7C240%3A1318

Jay Gratton

No offense to richster, but I wouldn't go to a dealer for an older car like this. I would do one of the local places like EPE. I don't know if the techs have the training needed for MFI.

Streetfighter

+1 go with an independent on this inspection. More knowledge on the older 911's, than a dealership dealing mainly with 997, 996, boxster etc.