A fellow Pelican posted a car that he was parting out. It was an 81 911 coupe in a color most people describe as something between bland and drab. The car had a salvage title, a roller as the engine/trans had already gone to another project. It was definitely on its way to the knackers, after all who wanted a run down, roller chassis, salvage title 911 in 2007?
I did. Put a drivetrain into it and hit the road. I drove it for work for years. Traveled all over the western US with the car. Other than a failed regulator (still got me home) it has never had a mechanical. With the 3.0 engine, I routinely got 25 to 28 mpg. The car made so many trips compensated by mileage that it paid for itself, paid for the 3.0 engine and head studs, and still put money in my pocket. My handsome husband bought me an 85 drivetrain a couple of years go, so the 3.0 went to another project and it now sports a 3.2 with a limited slip transaxle.
This is Butters - the Blue Collar 911. Here's to the next ten years!
angela
