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Originally Posted by COLB
I concluded it because I believe that a car that had not been run up to operating temperature in 10 years is almost certain to leak like a bloody sieve because every gasket and hose is almost sure to be perished -- most especially the fuel hoses.
I have no doubt the buyer "might" be able to swap the DME relay, drain the tank, put in some new gas, and be able to fire it up and drive it around for a while. But that doesn't make a 10 year non-runner truly road worthy.
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True that. The amount of work in lines and hoses is enough to baffle the mind if done right. A 10-year non-runner is a tremendous amount of work. Tremendous. I am a romantic, and always see an old 911 as a glass half-full, but man be ready to put some serious time and energy in. These are old cars, and if they sit, well...