Introducing my ‘73 T

[plasgar]

Hello Ladies and Gents-

I think I messed up by going straight to the for sale forums rather than introducing myself. So I would like to introduce myself and my new project. I am an 83 SC owner since 2012 and a year ago a friend sent me a picture of car he saw in a field hidden behind a Honky Tonk bar in very rural Arkansas. I spent the last year talking with the property caretaker to get the name of the car owner and finally broke through last month. As best as I can put together it is a numbers matching 1973 T, aubergine, tan interior with light metal wheels (per the COA). The owner said she cried when I sent her pictures of it while I was attempting to buy it. She thought it was still a “like new” car which they had put in a new interior. It was supposed to be inside getting carb work done when life overcame her family. Instead unbeknownst to her it sat in a field for 20+ years with the engine and trans sitting on a pallet out in another field. I am trying to get an idea of what I have and don’t have and the extent of work that will need to be done. I believe I have a good group of skilled local Porsche experience but I am more than open to suggestions from anyone. Here are some pictures starting with what my friend first sent me.

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The way it was first shown to me.

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Up close after a year of chasing it.

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This is not how I would have stored a bumper, exhaust system, and oil tank if I had just replaced the interior.

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Yep that’s the only side of Webers that was with it, but honestly it felt almost like Christmas since I had not been able to open the trunk until after I owned it.

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Found these under early 1990 gas receipts in the glove box.

[NZVW]

The way it was first shown to me.

I gotta go to that"Honky Tonk" bar.

Out of curiosity, just what was it that grabbed you, from the way it was first shown to you?

Good on you and I do like the fact that it no longer will be without shelter.

Mark

[plasgar]

Mark-

First I was intrigued by the fact that it was a pre impact bumper car, second I was really curious about the history of it since it had an Air Force Base pass sticker on the windshield. Not in the badge pictures was the 911S badge and the fact that the engine shroud was repainted in S colors.

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Its home for for the last 20+ Year’s! Probably not what Dr Porsche would have imagined!

[NZVW]

I think that the story, the pictures and what your now doing is fantastic.

Looks like a couple of others parked up for a couple of 'brew's' 20 odd years ago and forgot where they parked their cars,

Keep us posted

Mark