FS: 69 S in New Mexico

[zmayne]

http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1050725379.html
no affilliation with seller. Nice color combo.

[Herr Softie]

Somebody needs to get the story on this pronto!

I want pics of the 993 body kit, Lambo doors and hack job convertible top, cause if this is for real I am dying that I don't live close enough to drop what I am doing and buy it.

[Alan B]

Committed to buy it if the PPI is OK.

Alan

[Kjell]

If it real it's a steal!!

[zmayne]

No idea if its real or not, but it appears to be.

[quattro]

Just called, someone is on their way with a mechanic and bag of money.
Looks like it might be gone.

[kenikh]

I hope it is you, Alan. '69S is one of the best (as you well know).

[Targa Luminum]

http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/1050725379.html
no affilliation with seller. Nice color combo.

Aw, geez... the ad is no longer visible. anyone have a cache of the ad?
Hope Alan got first crack at buying the car.

_________________
In future please post snapshot of the ad-- any advert on Ebay or craigslist can be captured as an image before being deleted or flagged-- it's easy to do as an Image or as an Attachment:

• While viewing the advertisement, just hit Ctrl + PrintScreen simultaneously (some keyboards use PrtSc)

then, Open 'PAINT' using bottom left Start menu.

Click 'Edit' along top of screen.

then click 'Paste'.

then save as a separate document.

In this way, the ad is stored permanently and may be included
as an attachment or image within a posted message.

(I've also used this method if I am interested in a car or other item on craigslist- used as a safeguard to help filter out potentially unethical
sellers who may modify their ad copy or photos during the time
their ad is running, or simply to memorialize an advert/ phone # which
may eventually appear in a future fraudulent posting somewhere)

[gruen911]

Careful with that car. When a deal is too good to be true it usually is. Those pic's were taken at quite a distance, no motor pic's and no underside pic's confirming no rust. The car is New Mexico though and that is almost as good as AZ when it comes to rust free cars....

[Alan B]

OK, here's my follow up and "one that got away" story.

Some of you know my car; a lightweight tourer that Rod and Gary Emory built for me. Among other adventures I drove the car from Cincinnati to San Louis Obispo with the Midwest R gruppe guys last October. That trip confirmed that I had a fantastic car, but that having one with undercoating, soundproofing, and heat would be the right second car. As mine is a nonmatching everything car with many modifications, I thought that an original and unmodified car would be the way to go. My 3 boys argue about who gets my car when I'm gone (probably next week if you ask them) so if this was #2 in a few years I could buy #3 and each of them could start working with me to take care of their car. My Emory car is a 1969 S Targa, so an original 69S was perfect. It had to be fate.

Thanks to Zmayne I found the Craigslist ad and called right away. I spoke to the owner's nephew who told me that he was selling the car for his uncle who was in his 80s and had bought the car new. He described the uncle as a fanatic about his car and pointed out the floor mats with his uncle's initials.

I told him that I would buy the car if it passed a PPI and offered a nonrefundable deposit. The nephew said that he would pass this on to his uncle. The way he talked made it clear that he had had no firm offer. I asked him to consider mine an offer of cash to buy the car.

I left a post asking about a PPI and did some searching on my own. I came up with a local shop that knew early Porsches and seemed like very good guys as well. I called the nephew back and told him that I had arranged for a PPI and that if necessary someone could come to the house (great offer from Russ at PMCI) and get the car started or do the PPI on the spot if needed.

A few hours later the nephew called me back. He told me that his uncle had spoken directly to someone from Santa Fe who had come to see the car and left a deposit. His uncle told the buyer that he did not want to deal with a PPI and it was take it as it is or leave it. The buyer said that he would go back home and think about buying it without a PPI.

I told the nephew that I would buy the car without a PPI and again offered the deposit. I also pointed out that this was a firm offer and not a "think about it". I was still hopeful. There was a chance that the buyer would decide not to take the risk (about like the chance that the tissue paper cat chased by an asbestos dog will make it through hell, but I was REALLY excited about this car).

Last night the nephew called me back. The uncle had decided that he couldn't sell the car to someone else when he had agreed to wait for the buyer's decision. The buyer had bought the car.

I spoke to the shop that was going to do the PPI for me and it turned out that they knew the buyer and had been to see the car. Russ told me that the car was a jewel, and at that point I asked him to stick an icepick into my other ear rather than continue to tell me what I great car I had missed.

So, an honorable seller, an honest buyer, and a great car sold. The nephew told me that when the buyer came to complete the purchase he brought his family and a bottle of wine. Sounds like the car went to someone who is going to appreciate it.

There's one out there for me. I just need to find it.

Stay tuned.
Alan