Cool Craigslist story.....(sorry a bit long)

[Monza_dh]

Searching the local Craigslist the other day and saw a new 3.2 Bentley Manual listed for decent price so I contacted the lister and made an offer. He responded and let me know where he was located to make arrangements for a pickup.

He was a few exits away from where I worked so I planned to shoot over during lunch. The location is a suburban town near Boston with a large amount of commercial area so I assumed it was a garage or auto repair facility.

When I pulled into the area where he was located I thought I was lost or he gave me wrong directions since it was a high end residential area with 17th and 18th century mansions with high hedges and stone walls, a really nice area of million dollar homes.

I continued to the location and parked in the driveway and when I got to the door an older gentleman ansered and welcomed me in. This caught me by surprise as I have done deals over Craigslist and usually want to meet people in nuetral locations with all the scams out there.

We chatted a bit gave me the manual and laughed that he got it for free (which I thought was a bit ironic being in a hose I could never afford) he then grabbed a garage door opener and said he he didnt need it because he had a "different" model of Porsche. He walked me out to the garage and as it oppened I saw a 356 sitting next to a Boxter.

The 356 turned out to be a mint '55 Continental model that had a light covering of dust on it but was absolutely mint inside and out. There was a spare 912 engine on the floor along with othe various engine bits scattered all over.

The Boxter was his daily driver and he also had a '63 cab in storage at another location. He owned the Continental for 20 years and had owend many other Porsches over 30 odd years. Very interesting man with a great taste of driving pleasure even in his later years.

I wish I could end the story saying he handed over the keys to the 356 but he didnt (didnt even have a camera to take a pic) but I got a kick out of the whole transaction and the up close view of a model I have only heard a little about. I hope I can return the favor some years from now when I'm old and gray with my '88 still in my garage.

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[Wil Ferch]

Good story.... but .. Boxster....

[Joe Bob]

Porsche got sued over the use of the "Continental" name......probably why they are so nasty about it to everyone else.

[mtndawg]

This is great evidence that normal people use Craigslist too.

[brd]

Cool.

Similar story... went to pick up a front wing for a longhood 911 (similar kind of small ad) here in the south of France. Likewise, after going in through gates etc, I am driving around some serious houses. I meet the guy... he shows me the short wheelbase 911S he is restoring.... and we continue chatting. After a while he mentions he has other old cars and I get to see the only Cargraphic widebody black Speedster (86 I think it was) ... beside an also mint 1973 911 2.4S. The other garage was full with other very nice non-Porsche cars.
They were a pleasure to see.