Hello everybody, never posted on here before, but have learned a ton in the short time I've been reading on here. I am currently living in Pensecola, FL, in flight school in the Marine Corps. My wife and I are from Wichita, Kansas and will soon be moving to Texas for more training. That kinda frames my situation and may help you understand why I don't cart my 911's and 2002 with me on every move, they are safely tucked away sleeping in Kansas. The goal of this thread is for me to show you guys what I have, and get your (more experienced) advice on what to do with these cars...
My first 911, a '71E was pulled out of a field in June '11 and purchased from the 2nd owner. He bought it in '75 and brought it to Kansas from Cali, apparently the original owner was a Navy jet pilot, thats all he remembers. Sadly, it had been sitting in this field at least 15 years. At some point, vandals stole the targa top and every emblem off the car. This is what it looked like.
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Cool car, right? This is all original, pretty much nothing has come off this car since the factory(not sure if the comfort 14” wheels are original). Only thing that’s been done, the owner said, was it got a front S suspension in the 80’s cause he didn’t like the hydro E struts, so it has aluminum S brakes and all that. Got the COA, everything matches of course, no mention of the (crusty) sport seats it wears, not sure if they were factory or not either. Also, just today, I realized its very possible it has an aluminum decklid(didn't know they existed before reading the 1059 thread). I never thought anything of it in the past, but it is significantly lighter than the decklid on the other car. Won’t be able to check on it for awhile though…