Les,
I attended the CANAM race at Laguna in 1974 when Mark Donohue kicked everyone's butt in the 917/30K. Talk about a mobile earthquake! I was so amazed, I went to Riverside the following week to see the same thing happen again. There were reports back then that in quali trim, they were putting out close to 2000HP. That thing with Donohue driving just destroyed the McClarens.
Sadly it also destroyed the CANAM series, and was pretty much the beginning of the end of true run what ya brung professional road auto racing of all descriptions.
Holland,Years ago, I attended the Monterey Historics when Porsche was the featured marque. You are right, watching and listening to those vintage Porsches go around the track, the sound is incredible.--On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 7:25 PM, Holland Phillips <[email protected]> wrote:Wowzers! If you could pick it up for around 500K, it would be a cool fixer upper! Ever hear a 918 under WOT? Oh my god, un flippin real!
~Holland
To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/CABrbKBnj%2BLOKt4DYir00m9ZAuh6ecpQ_a6DcpPT-8grEn9WkMw%40mail.gmail.com.On Jul 13, 2016 18:20, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote:----Here is a fun listing. A million dollar Porsche: http://www.copart.com/us/Lot/26559066
Since the auction is ‘on approval’ the insurance company would probably want to see at leask $500K for this car to let it go. Getting repair parts for such a rare car would probably be super challening.
-Larry
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry Velez
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 2:11 PM
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Subject: RE: [mk2-16v] CoPart
Les,
CoPart is basically a software company. They took the old business of a junkyard and added a layer of software and brought the auction process online. They now run large yards across the country and also work with local yards to be the marketplace for salvaged (and sometimes just used) cars. They have done a good job of building out the software to run the auctions online weekly and like Ebay there is a community of people making money from their marketplace as they buy and restore or part out cars much more efficiently than if you had to drive to a local yard. They will even ship a car to many of the other states efficiently because they are sending multiple cars between their own yards regularly. I think they have a couple of competitors trying to do the same thing LKQ and iaai.com are two.
As for Mk1/Mk2 hybrids like the Cabrio – they probably suffered from their Frankenstein design – sort of like the VW Fox.
-Larry
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Noriel
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2016 1:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] CoPart
I once had a 92 cabriolet. It wasn't my favorite MK1. Although it was probably the least problematic of all the MK1s I'd owned in the past. It just didn't have that tight feel of the Scirocco or the Rabbit.
Les
On Jul 13, 2016 10:33 AM, "Les Noriel" <[email protected]> wrote:
I've never heard of Copart. Apparently they're being auctioned. Is it similar to eBay motors? Or is it asset liquidation site?
Les
On Jul 13, 2016 9:32 AM, "Holland Phillips" <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Actually, two of the three are technically Mk1's, since there were no Mk2 Cabrios.
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> ~Holland
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> On Jul 13, 2016 09:28, "Larry Velez" <[email protected]> wrote:
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>> Was surprised to see Mk2s on CoPart.
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>> Figured they would not get such old cars.
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