[Marine Blue]

I had been looking for a fun car that would be worthwhile restoring and not too costly so I would be comfortable teaching the kids how to drive a manual transmission with it. Initially my focus was on a 10 year old Golf, a Miata or Mercedes 190 but I could never find exactly what I was looking for. About 3 weeks ago a 944 Cab caught my eye on one of the auction sites. It was the color (Azurite Blue) that really caught my eye but I was also surprised to see a 944 in convertible form as they’re not that common. One thing led to another and it landed in my garage .

I’ll start by saying I don’t make a habit of seeking out cars on auction sites for all the reasons we all know. I thought it would be of interest to others to see the good and bad aspects of buying a car site unseen through an auction site.

Let’s start with how the car arrived to me 3 weeks ago. The exterior picture in the garage is after a quick wash.






I’ll update shortly with some of my initial findings both good and bad soon.