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Guy selling the 928 told me he was offered $75K yesterday. He was pretty excited, he felt like he could easily get $90K it was valued by Hagerty because of the great condition and unique color combo. It is getting a paint restoration detail this weekend. Funny, what they call a paint restoration detail today I called cleaning and waxing a car when I was young. Charged $20 in 1975, they charge $500 today. It only took me 2 hours, they are spending 3 days.

My Dad and next door neighbor started a detailing business. After a couple of summers I inherited the business from them. Dad would pickup the cars and take them through a touchless car wash, then drop them off from me to clean and wax. We lived next to an expensive neighborhood and I got a reputation. Did all kinds of cars including sports cars and even a couple of boats. The paint back then would oxidize and I had a cleaner wax that would remove the oxidation. Used an orbital buffer with an 9 inch pad that worked better than anything sold today. Removed bugs and tar with plain old kerosine, but had to wash it off well before waxing or the kerosine would oxidize the paint. Also did the interiors including shampooing the carpets and treating the vinyl and leather. Cleaned the tires too and they typically had white walls, didn't use any of that greasy protectant either. And there was gobs of chrome that i used the same polish as on the glass. Even had some special stuff I used on vinyl tops. Quit when the shaft on the polisher broke and we couldn't fix it or find another one that worked nearly as well. They were all too fast and too light weight.

It will be interesting to see the 928, most waxes/coatings make it so the metallic doesn't realy shine through. When I used Mother's California Gold the metallic would really let the violet metallic shine thru the blue. Other stuff made it shiney but not that metallic shine. The Mother's only lasted a month though. Last I put on it was Zaino Brothers because it lasted the longest despite toning down the metallic a bit. He claims the detailer knows his stuff and was recommended by his daughter the local Porsche dealer's service tech. So will be interesting.