You posted on your own for sale thread 17 times over 7 days, usually with just a couple more pictures. I was following the thread simply because I have a long hood. Every time you posted a new pic, I got notified and went to look at the thread. No one else on the first 2 pages posted to their own thread more than 11 time and the next highest after that was 6 times. I struggled to decide if it was annoying or smart as a strategy. Maybe both. It allowed you to keep bumping your thread to the top beyond what would normally be tolerated because you were technically adding new information. Of course this was information you could have put in the original post, but chose not to.

Seems like the car sold at the extreme high end of what it could have brought. What would the same car go for with a running, numbers matching, engine? $20-20-25K? The new owner will never have a numbers matching car.

Tom

Good job Bob. I'm sure the elderly seller and the new owner are both happy.

Exactly what I thought. Three threads going on the car. The one on Tech, Marketplace and For Sale.

The car got a lot of attention as I thought it would......................the photos sold the car and messages came into to me to post more, especially of the undercarriage. As long as the Pelican management is not adverse to a limited number of photos or "bumps" on the sale pages, strong photodocumentation is a powerful tool and obviously worked.

Bottom line despite the critics is IT SOLD!

I am a little surprised it went for full asking price, but only by a couple of grand.
After seeing all the photos and reading the excellent classified ad, I was expecting $10 - 12k. I guess an extra couple of $k in a $30k restoration is not really that big of a deal.

Glad it worked out for all involved. Also glad I got into the longhoods before they were cool. :D

Do you know that the forum only tracks discrete viewers? You can go in and out of this thread 40 times and the number of "views" won't change. I'm just saying...

Here is how i see it:

1.) maybe be the person wanted to build/rebuild an early car to their specification.
2.) maybe he / she was in a position with the time, motivation and cash to tackle a restoration/or this type of project
3.) maybe they saw the car as good basis for their project..solid, rust free and maybe the RS mods were in their plan.
4.) maybe they had plans to drop in a 2.7, 3.0, 3.2, 3.6 for 3.3 turbo they had sitting around or build a crazy fast2.4 mill.
5.) they have been looking for the right car for their project and felt $15k was a good deal.

At the end of the day, the car sold and is:

1.) helping to maintain early 911 values
2.) keeping another neglected 911 from being parted out or going to the crusher.

Spot on Charles.

He plans on taking it apart and doing a total restoration in his shop. Engine goes out the door!!

Good point, I didn't know that. I guess the thread really did have a lot of discrete viewers. :D

Tom