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Parked next to it at a 2011 PCA event & talked to the guy who bought it after Atan888. PCA staff videoed it & the owner, who then put the car on eBay (2011 link & photos are still active!).
There's a 2012 update on germanCarsForSaleBlog.com's "Big Bird: 600 HP 1996 Porsche 993 For Sale With No Reserve."
According to a comment posted there, the auction closed at $94,500.
Last year I re-sent an old PM to Alvin; hopefully we'll hear from him here soon
Alvin-- In the off chance you're anywhere you can see this: give me a shout.
Check out 'your' Big Bird, meeting up with Speedy again:
From the "Legends of the Autobahn" thread...
NorCal RLers: FWIW, United Auto Collision Center in Burlingame (just off Broadway and 101) did the body work on Big Bird and Alvin had pretty exacting standards. They are good guys!
I do know at one time this car was having lots of issues. I wouldn't let S Car Go touch one of my cars.
The motor build went wrong. The oil pressure was VERY low at idle. Instead of tearing into the motor and fixing the problem they bypassed the low oil pressure warning light.
The problem was from cross drilling the crank to aggressively. That caused it to bleed off too much oil pressure at idle.
Alvin got screwed badly on that whole deal. I know a LOT more than I care to reveal online. Needless to say I would heed Pirahna's advise.
The motor build went wrong. The oil pressure was VERY low at idle. Instead of tearing into the motor and fixing the problem they bypassed the low oil pressure warning light.
The problem was from cross drilling the crank to aggressively. That caused it to bleed off too much oil pressure at idle.
Alvin got screwed badly on that whole deal. I know a LOT more than I care to reveal online. Needless to say I would heed Pirahna's advise.
I wonder if the new owner ever got the problems resolved? Alvin put a ton of money in that car
The motor build went wrong. The oil pressure was VERY low at idle. Instead of tearing into the motor and fixing the problem they bypassed the low oil pressure warning light.
The problem was from cross drilling the crank to aggressively. That caused it to bleed off too much oil pressure at idle.
Alvin got screwed badly on that whole deal. I know a LOT more than I care to reveal online. Needless to say I would heed Pirahna's advise.
Right. On the chassis, on the 1000000000HP turbo engine that was an impulse buy off of Craigslist, on the end result. (I think I emailed Alvin about the engine, when he concurrently found the ad himself. Always felt bad about that.)