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Nope, bought it off of an ad in Autotrader from a guy in LA... the story is that he spun out on the freeway in the rain and hit a curb that knocked out the drivers side suspension and kissed a guardrail on the front corner. I took a chance trailering it back to my house and hoping I would not go broke fixing it up... seems to have worked. 
The funny thing was that after I had paid him and we did the paperwork the bodyshop ended up using floor jacks to get it on my car trailer (it would not move on its own) and punched a hole through the engine block!! I told the guy I did not want the car at that point but he was desperate to get rid of it. He gave me the money for a new motor (mostly) just to get it out of there. That was one hell of a long day!
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The funny thing was that after I had paid him and we did the paperwork the bodyshop ended up using floor jacks to get it on my car trailer (it would not move on its own) and punched a hole through the engine block!! I told the guy I did not want the car at that point but he was desperate to get rid of it. He gave me the money for a new motor (mostly) just to get it out of there. That was one hell of a long day!
David
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Chaud, wow that is interesting. The whole deal was pretty shady and scary too... I am leaving out alot of details on this. Might be interesting to chat privately to see if it was the same guy. I will say it was in the middle of Compton in a run down body shop with alot of high end Euro cars... seemed very odd. I guess I was lucky to get the car for the price I did and make it out alive. When I told my friends the story of going down there they said I was nuts. I even wondered if the title was good for it but in the end the title was clear and everything worked out.
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Chaud, wow that is interesting. The whole deal was pretty shady and scary too... I am leaving out alot of details on this. Might be interesting to chat privately to see if it was the same guy. I will say it was in the middle of Compton in a run down body shop with alot of high end Euro cars... seemed very odd. I guess I was lucky to get the car for the price I did and make it out alive. When I told my friends the story of going down there they said I was nuts. I even wondered if the title was good for it but in the end the title was clear and everything worked out.
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David, I will definately PM you to arrange a get together in the future with Loren, Chuck Jones, and anybody else local that would like to join us. It would be fun to meet & do a open track event at either Thunderhill or Infineon.
Again, you did a great job on the rebuild & mods.
Here are my project cars. The Vesuvio one went to a new owner a couple months ago. The Iris blue car is almost done and a OEM MK 1 aero kit is waiting to be installed. Iris Blue has Billy Boat headers & mufflers, EVO CAI, RSS plenum, GIAC flash, B&M SSK, PSS9s, factory LSD.
Again, you did a great job on the rebuild & mods.
Here are my project cars. The Vesuvio one went to a new owner a couple months ago. The Iris blue car is almost done and a OEM MK 1 aero kit is waiting to be installed. Iris Blue has Billy Boat headers & mufflers, EVO CAI, RSS plenum, GIAC flash, B&M SSK, PSS9s, factory LSD.
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wow! did that first one have an engine fire? the remnants of the deck lid look charred.
you guys have way more patience than me to devote so much time to restoring cars. i'm sure it's a labor of love. great work!
you guys have way more patience than me to devote so much time to restoring cars. i'm sure it's a labor of love. great work!
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