What do You Look For . . .

[LongRanger]

. . . What so special about that ........ smugglers box? . . .

Cars that've been elaborately restored --- dipped/stripped/blasted/baked/etc . . . or thoroughly/extensively cleaned/re-finished/personalized . . . or (gulp!) damaged/rusted . . . will almost always show some trace of that in their smuggler's box

I've re-built motors and fixed + re-painted bodywork --- but I've never restored a car . . . or owned one. I like 'old' cars. I like the way 'old' looks . . . the way it feels . . . the way it works . . . the way it smells

So, when I go looking at an Old Car? . . .

. . . oxidized paint
. . . crusty/dinged-up wheels
. . . moth-eaten carpeting + upholstery
. . . dingy/stained head-liner
. . . dull gauges
. . . dirty/un-scarred fittings + fasteners

. . . and --- in an Early 911? . . . a dry/dusty/never-touched smuggler's box


= 'old'


Keep in mind that --- when it comes to Porsches . . . this is not the image that most people have in their heads. And Old Skool PCAers are notorious for their enthusiasm for tidiness + attention to detail. So --- seeing something like this? . . . on a Porsche? . . .

. . . isn't enthusiasm. This is entropy

And --- for ME . . . entropy trumps enthusiasm

[Mrzoop]

Wow Rick, that's some nice original dust and crud you have there.
I had to rush home to look at mine for comparison. Here you go...



Luv those drains !!

[Haasman]

So the suggestion here is not even clean the dust and dirt in smuggler's box area?

[LongRanger]

. . . So the suggestion here is not even clean the dust and dirt in smuggler's box area? . . .

No-no-no, H --- this is just an example the kind of 'crustiness' that I look for . . .

. . . and I love 'old' --- as in nasty/mangy/original/un-restored . . . cars



Also --- remember . . .


. . . I'm an idiot

[LongRanger]

. . . that's some nice original dust and crud you have there.
I had to rush home to look at mine for comparison . . .

. . . Luv those drains !! . . .

Hey, Mark . . .

Betcha seeing that brought tears your eyes, huh? . . .

. . . but you already knew your car was like that, didn't cha?


How many people do you think have ever looked there, in that place --- or even known that they could? . . .

. . . to see a Sight Like That

[Frank Beck]

This is what you look for.

[Biancaneve]

[beh911]

This is what you look for.

I wonder how that would hold up at 180 in the tri-oval...

[Frank Beck]

I wonder how that would hold up at 180 in the tri-oval...

I'll never know what 18 mph feels like. These tires/wheels will be strictly for the grass. I think I'm going to leave the 44 year old inner tubes in them just for bragging rights.

[Frank Beck]

Yep, it's German air. Made a schaaaa noise when I pushed the shrader valve.