I Have 30 Days to Sell !
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Michael you're right it's a gamble but not completely. I wouldn't buy my next car site unseen and I have an eye for details. If it's not the right car to meet my goals I wont' go for it. But if it's close and needs a T-Belt or Steering Rack I wouldn't hesitate. IMHO Mechanical items are much easier to get right than cosmetics. I won't be showing in a full concours, just the top only so I won't care if the new steering rack has blue cad plating instead of gold....etc. T-Belts aren't visible to the eye, they perform a critical function but it doesn't matter if it's made by continental or goodyear. Now matching paint on a metallic car is difficult to do and as Sterling has already demonstrated with his beauty, just can't be done 100% perfectly without redoing the entire car. Same applies to redoing the leather. If I install a new leather seat cover on the drivers seat I will regret not covering everything else because it won't be perfect. I guess that's what makes me tick and I can say that not many will agree with my thinking.
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Afshin sent me some documents that detail the amount of work done to the car......WOW I am impressed....Worf928 (david) keeps excellent records with photos of all work done.....and a really sweet program of tracking future work....amazing.....I keep a running excel spreadsheet of the work I've done & thought that was pretty good until I saw Afshins file...
Afshin sent me some documents that detail the amount of work done to the car......WOW I am impressed....Worf928 (david) keeps excellent records with photos of all work done.....and a really sweet program of tracking future work....amazing.....I keep a running excel spreadsheet of the work I've done & thought that was pretty good until I saw Afshins file...
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Ok. I'm dying here. Saying that you have an eye for detail is like saying... oh, I dunno... Mark Anderson's an ok driver or that Wally's mildly good a debugging, or that Earl Gilstrom's knows a little about 928s.
Folks, Afshin's scary. He can see a speck of dirt from 20 yards away or an imperfection in paint in bad light with his peripheral vision.
I keep my cars covered when he comes over...
Between the two of us we could probably open up a restoration shop just for sharks....hmmm that would be cool
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I haven't seen him around in a while but there is a guy named Tony over on the 944 board with a cobalt blue 944S2, he used to try to show his car locally in the PCA and other car groups. He drove to and from shows with blue tape on the front/mirrors and side panels so that he wouldn't get nicks and chips, he literally kept his car inside the house not the garage, the in the house during the winter where he could clean it and keep it from harms way.
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I have probably 120 hours of Dave C work on my S4, complete with write-ups that include part numbers, color pictures, and conclusions worthy of a doctoral thesis at M.I.T.
Having a "Dave C'ed" car is way beyond scheduled maintenance, preventative maintenance, or enthusiast owned. It's "**** probe maintained".
I have done all the easy stuff myself: pan gasket/mm, suspension, brakes, etc.
Just a funny note: at SITM I always try to get Wally P, Earl Gillstrom, Dave C and some others to sit at my table so that I can get smarter just by listening.
Having a "Dave C'ed" car is way beyond scheduled maintenance, preventative maintenance, or enthusiast owned. It's "**** probe maintained".
I have done all the easy stuff myself: pan gasket/mm, suspension, brakes, etc.
Just a funny note: at SITM I always try to get Wally P, Earl Gillstrom, Dave C and some others to sit at my table so that I can get smarter just by listening.
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Here's a link to Chucks site with more infor and pictures on the car. Still thinking of upgrading to a GT this spring if the S4 Sells.
http://www.928registry.org/1987-928S4-0110.htm
http://www.928registry.org/1987-928S4-0110.htm
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Thanks Angela, I also love this color especially on a shark. I won't show Sean your comment for fear he might get some ideas.