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Old 04-12-2006, 10:01 PM
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Old 04-12-2006, 10:05 PM
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that is a nice looking car. very curious what it brings
Old 04-12-2006, 10:16 PM
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The oil filler cap looks weird.
Old 04-12-2006, 10:19 PM
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4.5l not an S, does a good job of hiding the damage to the dash..
though the conversion looks pretty nice, if only it were on the east coast
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Funny, the paint looks reasonably nice but they painted over the door locks, latches and mirror gaskets- very Earl Schrieb. If it were mine I would clean that up prior to selling. My cab needs paint, but at least there isn't that much stuff that has been over painted.
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at a very quick glance it looks like a TVR 280i
Old 04-13-2006, 01:23 AM
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Originally Posted by karl ruiter
Funny, the paint looks reasonably nice but they painted over the door locks, latches and mirror gaskets- very Earl Schrieb. If it were mine I would clean that up prior to selling. My cab needs paint, but at least there isn't that much stuff that has been over painted.
Thank you! I kept looking at this, admiring the shiny paint, and sometihing didn't look right for a car with 136k miles. I noticed on one picture that the innder door lock looked red, and wondered, if they tried to enhance the image in PhotoShop to make the red more vibrant. But you are right: They probably painted the whole thing and just masked things off. How sad... Nevertheless, it's a neat car to have.
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2 out of 3 ain't bad, Roger. That should have been the car that was the star of Magnum PI.
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What is that thing just above the PS reservior????
Old 04-13-2006, 03:24 AM
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Oil filler looks fine. Thing above PS reservoir looks to be an air-horn compressor.

They did a nice job of painting the washer lines and hood hinges too.
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Rixter,

Just curious, how can you tell it is a 4.5L?
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Originally Posted by Stan.Shaw@Excell.Net
Rixter,

Just curious, how can you tell it is a 4.5L?
Bureau of Automotive Repair sticker clearly states 4.5l
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How doe these drive in a cab form? All the cabs I have driven felt like wet noodles over bumps, RR tracks, etc. With the weight of a 928 I imagine these cant feel very solid.
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Thanks Rixter, I guess it wasn't obvious enough for me

Nobody bid on this, I will buy it cheap
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Matt,
Since I have an almost identical cab and a coupe I should be able to answer your question, but unfortunatly I cannot. In the handeling department my coupe is definatly tighter, but I think that is mostly because I have nice Kuhmos on it and old used crap on the cab. The brakeing and power on the coupe are much better but I think that is mostly because the the difference between a '79 euro with hacked up exhaust system (the cab) and an '82 us S comp group but Borla cat back. The shifting on my cab is also much worse, a combination I think of the earlier trans plus needing an intermediate plate adjustment. Also, the '79 euro and the '82S us use different gear ratios and this has a huge effect on the seat of the pants feel, I think. The cab certainly feels lighter.
In sum I guess I am saying that I think any seat of the pants difference in feel between cab and coupe are probably over shadowed by differences in condition and year model.


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