Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-28 Thread Larry T
HAHA! That reminds me of a old R&T P.S. where they have a cartoon or humorous photo - a few years ago they showed a guy with a XKE Coupe that he had grafted a large Fin on to - like a D Type but in the middle - the caption read, "After years of work Bob finally managed to build a XKE that actu

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-28 Thread G Mann
Well that's impressive... someone managed to make the worlds ugliest car even more ugly... that took "talent". Is there a Darwin Award for cars? On Sun, May 27, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Rich Thomas < richthomas79td...@constructivity.net> wrote: > Someone got a JCWhitney catalog for Christmas > > --

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-28 Thread WILTON
Hood "bulge" may be just tacked onto hood top; 'doesn't seem to have any real purpose, otherwise. Wilton - Original Message - From: "Larry T" To: Sent: Monday, May 28, 2012 7:40 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928 You mean yo

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-28 Thread Larry T
You mean you don't like the hood? HAHAHA! can't imagine why Anyway - the only worrisome thing IMO is when he says "needs electrical work" which covers a lot of territory. The clutch is not a big deal - I'll bet any shop doing a job like that charge the proverbial "arm & leg".Any

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-27 Thread Rich Thomas
Someone got a JCWhitney catalog for Christmas --R On 5/27/12 7:37 PM, Alex Chamberlain wrote: http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3037185251.html What in Creation is going on with that hood, and how much would a replacement from a junkyard cost? $2750 seems like a deal unless the hood is o

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-27 Thread Walt Zarnoch
Supercharger bump... er, no thanks. That ain't a mopar. Walt On May 27, 2012 8:31 PM, "Rick Knoble" wrote: > I believe 5-speeds were uncommon in those cars. All the tacky ricer crowd > goo-gas would have to go and it would have to be re-painted a more tasteful > color. > > Rick > Sent from my iP

Re: [MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-27 Thread Rick Knoble
I believe 5-speeds were uncommon in those cars. All the tacky ricer crowd goo-gas would have to go and it would have to be re-painted a more tasteful color. Rick Sent from my iPhone On May 27, 2012, at 6:37 PM, "Alex Chamberlain" wrote: > OTOH, it does need a clutch

[MBZ] OT: Cheap first year Porsche 928

2012-05-27 Thread Alex Chamberlain
http://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/3037185251.html What in Creation is going on with that hood, and how much would a replacement from a junkyard cost? $2750 seems like a deal unless the hood is only the beginning... OTOH, it does need a clutch (which is where on a 928? Up front with the eng