Last November I trained some owners of early 911s for the Winter Trial (both Arjen Bosman and Leonard Stolk were there amongst others) which got me hooked on the longhood 911. As the day progressed I knew I just wanted one myself. So with the help of some owners I found this forum and started reading about the longhood. Naturally, I also kept one eye at the For sale section and during the summer came across the ad of Paul Schooley in which he offered his black 911 T plus spare 911.
I contacted Paul, but as an overseas buyer I was a bit cautious and didn't know where to go from there. Paul send me some pictures and from what he wrote about the car I got a good feeling about him as well. With the help of Arjen and Chris I knew what to look for and so I asked Paul to get me some pictures of possible weak spots and Paul just delivered and answered every question I fired at him. It all felt good so in the end we struck a deal and his 911 became mine. That is to say, depending on the cooperation of a good and trustworthy shipping company.
The shipping itself only took 10 days, although from the moment Paul and I made the deal to the actual shipping took something like 3-4 weeks.
The deal included the 911 T (which Paul described as a drivers car), most of the spare parts from the spare 911 (we left the rotted body in his garage as the roof seemed the only good part left on the car) and what Paul described as some magazines and books he had on the 911.
Last Friday I picked the car up from the harbour and was amazed at all the work Paul had done and what he had included in the deal. Apart from the car there was a 4x4x7 feet wooden box loaded with a 2.2 and 2.7 litre spare engine, one gearbox, spare doors, hood, ducktail, a full set of Fuchs, RS front and rear bumper, what seemed like all the spare parts of the rotted 911, you name it. The magazines and books included the original Porsche workshop manual, Up-Fixen and both editions of Bruce Anderson's Porsche 911 Performance Handbook and behind the passenger seat Paul had a small gift for my 5 year old son, a GT1 scale model. I was really amazed by all these parts, books, magazines and even a gift for my son. Of course I was very happy to finally be able to drive my first 911 home, but I also realise how nice it was dealing with someone like Paul getting me started into Porsche ownership. Thanks to the shipping company I experienced some uncertain moments and amateurism one would never expect from a professional company, but Paul helped and handled it very well and never complained about all the hassle this deal threw upon him. I have got to know him as a very generous and honoust person and just wanted to share this with you on this forum.
Thanks Paul and you know we will go out in it whenever you're overhere.
John
Pictures of the car in question, the box with goodies, Chris who was a big help, the car at its new home and some interesting literature
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) in the pictures I'd say you're off to a good start in the world of Porsche ownership.
Originally Posted by Paul Schooley
