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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Indiana
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1980 Porsche Indy car on Ebay.
It's tempting to sell my VPJ3 car to get this, but I just can't bring myself to part with it. Of course my wife would probably kill me!! -Nick
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: South of Heaven
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WTF is with the tiny pictures on the ebay page?
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You'd think on a half-million-dollar auction they could spring for the photographs that are bigger than 2"x2" and you can actually see the car in.
Would be awesome though.
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05-13-2008, 09:10 PM
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Taken at RR III:
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Unkless it's a rubber vent hose for a 911 SC, the price can be really high and some fool will buy one 
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05-14-2008, 05:31 AM
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Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Out of kindness, I suppose.
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The description stating that "the car was poised to win the race" seems more than a bit presumptuous, considering it never turned a wheel at the Brickyard.
And after you've spent your $550K, what would you possibly do with this thing, other than as a static display, as was the case at RRIII? The mechanicals are described as "wonderfully preserved", which means you'd likely be in for another $100K minimum for refurbishment of a 28 year old unrestored race car before you'd be able to drive it anywhere. A very odd duck. Other than the footnote factor, I don't see the attraction. Tim |
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05-14-2008, 07:04 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: San Pedro,CA
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It would be fun to do the $100K resto and run it in vintage races.
Yeah, that is a lot of money but look at what the uber rich are spending on new super cars.
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05-14-2008, 07:12 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Off the grid- Almost
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It would be fun to show up at the next local autocross with it.
Being so original, can I run it in the Stock class? |
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05-14-2008, 10:15 AM
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550K buy in seem steep for a crappy non winning race car.
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05-14-2008, 10:31 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
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It would be interesting to see how far the bidding would go if they started at $100 with a reserve of 550k
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05-14-2008, 11:18 AM
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1973 Porsche 914 1.7 very modifed
