9110300251

[LongRanger]

This is a short thread to pull together some information about a car that's been on this site for quite some time now . . . for future reference

1970 911S
Irish green on black leatherette
VIN = 9110300251
Eng# = 6300394
Trans# = ?

AKA Gramps

Also . . .

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...-911S-for-sale

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...turn-of-Grampa

http://www.fantasyjunction.com/cars/...e%206-Cylinder

[beh911]

Thanks for tying this together, Rick. I just read your links in order.

Poor car! No rest for what appears to be a well regarded example.

It is odd though, reading the threads and seeing the car get passed around so much. I guess it's just perspective--I tend to hold on to something for a very long time, while good friends of mine can't own a nice car longer than a few months before they need something different.

Maybe the new owner will settle into a nice long routine of ownership with it and give this forum an update on the car.

[LongRanger]

Hey, Bryce . . .

Yeah . . . the Saga of Gramps is interesting . . . and unsettling

I can also totally appreciate mike66's sentiments --- about selling something when it gets to be more of a responsibility -- a 'burden' --- than a pleasure. It's no fun using something that you're afraid to hurt

I think that The 400 lb Gorilla in the room is the escalating values. I don't remember any pricing at Fantasy Junction, but I believe the 2-Shores asking as ~$90k --- and that was 4 years ago. And we've all seen the auction results/asking prices/etc since --- and not just for Porsches. As the prices climb, the kinds of people who buy these cars --- and why they buy them, how they use them . . . . change

I remember, as a kid, going to one of our local Pomona Swap Meets (George Cross & Sons), back in '70s?, heading for the entry gate, walking through the parking lot, passing by this dusty-beat old 356 Coupe, like a beige-kinda color . . . had this funny-looking vented skirt with a couple bazooka pipes poking through it. I looked on the lid, expecting to read '1600' or 'SC' or something . . .

Nope

Carrera . . . think it was the first time I ever saw/read the name

Those kinds o' cars don't show up in parking lots, any more . . . along with lots of others

So, when I read about a car like this, a 'lucky' car, going overseas, then getting sold 'cause it was a 'burden' . . . I wonder if I'll ever see that car again

[fryardds]

Hopefully no one has broken the 'Gramps' oath, but I fear that his original paint has most likely been desecrated.

Let's hope not.

http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...l=1#post393984

[LongRanger]

Olde Threade Alerte! . . .


Good ole 'Gramps'

Sold into Germany, as I recall


Anybody seen 'im, lately?