On Saturday morning I arrived home after 5 days driving my new grey 1986 911 from LA to NYC. It was quite a trip. The car never missed a beat and felt really comfortable and planted in the road and was fantastic to drive. A huge thank you to Bill Kelley (Techweenie) for making it possible for me to buy the car and brokering the whole deal, really going above and beyond on my behalf. Also a big shout out to Robbie over at Dutch treat for a really solid appraisal of the car.
The only real glitch came when I went to get new rubber put on the car in LA. John at Wheel Enhancement discovered that my 8x16 R/R Fuchs had a balance problem which required so much lead it meant the wheel had a structural problem. Luckily the guys at W.E hooked me up with a pair of 16x6 Fuchs, and though they are far from pretty they did a great job to get me home. I will be on the hunt for an 8x16" once I have given the car some well earned TLC this week. The craziest part of this whole thing is that I would happily jump back in the car and do the whole trip again. We saw some amazing stuff on the way, I'll never forget the magic hour drive through canyons in Utah and the early morning drive through Colorado springs the plumes of steam rising and the sound of the 911 in the tunnels there.
I really like the color of this car and plan on keeping it mostly stock. except for removing the wing and sorting out the 'bling' look the PO gave the Fuchs.
Before we left LA
3000 miles later in NYC
