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This is such an "old school" way of buying classic 911s. It doesn't have to be this way. Who in the heck has time to drive or fly hours on end to check out a car in person? The internet has made it a much smaller and simplified world for reliably vetting a car. Because of the many Porsche forums and PCA, I have made dozens of connections with people throughout the country that I trust to put eyeballs on a car. If the car passes the initial snuff, then I next seek out a reliable third party shop to do a PPI. And again, the shop I choose is based on reliable recommendations by connections I have in that area. It's not too complicated. I live in Kansas, so there is really and rarely nothing within a 4 hour drive that I can inspect myself. I've bought and also sold(sight unseen) five classic 911s using this vetting process. Absolutely no regrets.[/QUOTE]
The only 73RS I ever bought was entirely sight unseen and in early 2000s that was my only option. It took some balls but it worked out well. I was on a trip home to US when my broker friend called me on the car from Japan. I kept telling him to look at the VIN on the windscreen post, not knowing then that there wasn't one there as he kept saying over the phone. He affirmed over again that it was original so I just pulled the trigger then and there. No guts no glory, car #101.
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