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Picked up an SC in Utah and Drove Her Back
Found and '82 SC advertised in Excellence.com which seemed under valued by a few grand and immediately jumped on it after an hour conversation with the owner. I broke all the rules, bought the car sight unseen other than the pics on Excellence. Yes I felt a bit ill at ease sending a check to a person I had never met in another state, which may or may not have a real car. What sealed the deal is was speaking to the owner, a retired Air Force officer, who is associated with a university and worked for fortune 500. We talked for over an hour and I quizzed him on what was wrong with it for such a good price. His response is that the hood shocks were shot. I just about fell over. The deal was done.
I told a younger coworker about flying down to Salt Lake City and driving it back to Washington and his reaction, was he would sure like to go. I asked him why not and in 10 mins he had a ticket on the same flight. We got up at 3:00 AM on Friday and caught an early flight. We arrived in a grey cool (38*) SLC and were picked up by the owner in his SUV. We drove an hour to his house and he provided bottled water for the trip. Had to be one of the nicest people I have had the opportunity to meet. He lived in a beautiful house in a nice neighborhood which were all good signs. His wife served us a wonderful lunch, we packed our 2 small bags in the front after he gave us an extra set of 6's and 7's and a car cover. We split the trip into two 7 hour days, driving from NW Utah through Idaho, Oregon, and finally Washington. The weather varied from sunny, to clouds to freakin downpours. Here a few pics of the trip. Mtn range East of SLC  Heading out Utah toward Idaho. Not a cop in sight.  Driving through Idaho  Eastern Oregon  Threatening skies before a major downpour which slowed us to 40 MPH  Scenic overlook in Oregon before the WA border.  Pics in Eastern WA.   Got her home with no issues and tucked in next to her stable mate 
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05-03-2013, 10:04 PM
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And by the way - I absolutely love the way this car drives. It's solid, handles well, has leather 89 sport seats, and is a very comfortable way to haul in the miles. It did have some minor flaws most of which are already corrected, but the motor is strong, the tranny is great, the body is straight, and all is good.
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05-03-2013, 10:09 PM
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Nice purchase! It seems now, if you don't break the rules, someone else will. If you want a SC or Carrera, better get one now!
Dean
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05-03-2013, 10:25 PM
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Sounds like a great trip, and a great score. Those pix of Eastern WA sure look like Lewiston/Clarkston...?
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05-04-2013, 05:13 AM
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Nice SC. Lose the bra.
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05-04-2013, 05:16 AM
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Nice story, great trip, happy ending... congratulations.
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05-04-2013, 05:20 AM
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Congrats, nice looking ride. Now I want to take a road trip
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05-04-2013, 05:27 PM
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That would have been a fun trip! Thanks for sharing the story and pics. Enjoy!
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05-04-2013, 07:28 PM
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Nice story. I always guessed that by the time the magazine was on the shelf, anything that was in the classifieds was probably sold already. More pics please.
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05-04-2013, 07:38 PM
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need more pics of the car please
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It sounds like a fun sort of vacation I wouldn't mind doing myself.
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05-06-2013, 08:13 AM
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Nice SC. Thanks for the pics
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05-06-2013, 09:49 AM
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Nicely done sir! Unbelievable purchase. I will have to check out your cream puff soon. Hopefully you will have the hood shocks replaced by then
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05-06-2013, 10:45 AM
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Nice score rick.
Al checking in from beautiful downtown Indianapolis
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05-06-2013, 12:55 PM
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Nice car...I have two road trip/car retrievals in my past, lots of fun
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05-06-2013, 02:41 PM
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I'm due for another far away purchase-retrieval project. Threads like this make me yearn for a nice SC/Carrera for the street.
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05-07-2013, 05:59 AM
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Haha that car was in providence utah near Logan, I called on that car. The PO was a super nice guy. Congrats on the new purchase! I would have beat you to it but I can't do red.
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05-07-2013, 06:37 AM
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Great looking SC!! I was the second in line according to the owner.
Congrats on the purchase, you beat me by a couple of hours I think! |
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05-07-2013, 08:54 AM
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05-07-2013, 10:48 AM
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Great looking SC. Enjoy it!
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05-07-2013, 06:36 PM
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