Classic Car thread

[AUinHsv 579]

And more fun to come for the MGA. Otherwise known as carpet.  And whatever you think you know from American cars - the British have a totally different idea. A two seat roadster has about 18 different pieces - and that is just to get to the back shelf. It doesn't cover it. Some are glued in and some use lift the dots fasteners. Of course Moss Motors sent me the pieces. You have to install the fasteners. As a very knowledgeable person on the MGA forum put it - no one includes instructions any more since you might mess up and demand a new set. The new versions of the carpet do not have sown edges - you get to trim as needed. This is totally different than my first MGA. Carpet took about half a day and a staple gun. The garage warned me that they usually needed about 15 hours to do it right.  Grrrr.....

 

[locodos 5,387]

3 minutes ago, AUinHsv said:

And more fun to come for the MGA. Otherwise known as carpet.  And whatever you think you know from American cars - the British have a totally different idea. 

laughs in Lucas!

[AUinHsv 579]

And forgot to add - can't do the carpet until I get the car back. Probably end of year so I get to do this in cold garage

[Mittens 8,251]

There’s a new Singer in Austin. Keep an eye out for this gorgeous ride:

[G650 14,229]

 

 

 

I thought you classic car dudes would appreciate this. My old man's '67 427.

 

We had really high tides this week so he asked to put it in my garage, since it's higher elevation than his.

[wackawacka 177]

Looking to buy an old model porsche. Besides bringatrailer.com -- are there other good sites?

[AUinHsv 579]

21 hours ago, G650 said:

 

 

 

I thought you classic car dudes would appreciate this. My old man's '67 427.

 

Possession is 9/10 of the law. Congrats on your new car.

21 hours ago, G650 said:

We had really high tides this week so he asked to put it in my garage, since it's higher elevation than his.

 

[Mother mopar 3,318]

11 hours ago, wackawacka said:

Looking to buy an old model porsche. Besides bringatrailer.com -- are there other good sites?

Hemmings, ebay, porche specific sites etc. However, Ive had good luck with autotempest.com, as it aggregates all for sale data and puts in one searchable database. Makes it easy when looking for a specific car. Happy hunting!

[NYTransplant 145]

14 hours ago, wackawacka said:

Looking to buy an old model porsche. Besides bringatrailer.com -- are there other good sites?

Can you be a bit more specific. You're covering almost 80 years of production at this point.

[wackawacka 177]

2 minutes ago, NYTransplant said:

Can you be a bit more specific. You're covering almost 80 years of production at this point.

70s - early 90s porsche.

 

may bid on this. https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1987-porsche-911-turbo-coupe-46/

Edited Sunday at 02:46 PM by wackawacka

[Prepuce of Doom 21,052]

2 hours ago, Mother mopar said:

Hemmings, ebay, porche specific sites etc. However, Ive had good luck with autotempest.com, as it aggregates all for sale data and puts in one searchable database. Makes it easy when looking for a specific car. Happy hunting!

I don't remember the site name anymore (ultimately decided to go with the E63 wagon for my final garage space instead) but when I was considering a 911, I know that there was a similar aggregate site somewhere - maybe something like pcarauction.com or some such? I couldn't find it with a cursory search from my phone (pcarmarket is the closest I could find, and that's not it) but I would be surprised if it ceased to exist. 

There's also the classified section on Rennlist - I would poke around there too. 

[NYTransplant 145]

7 hours ago, Prepuce of Doom said:

I don't remember the site name anymore (ultimately decided to go with the E63 wagon for my final garage space instead) but when I was considering a 911, I know that there was a similar aggregate site somewhere - maybe something like pcarauction.com or some such? I couldn't find it with a cursory search from my phone (pcarmarket is the closest I could find, and that's not it) but I would be surprised if it ceased to exist. 

There's also the classified section on Rennlist - I would poke around there too. 

https://www.pcarmarket.com/

Edit - missed your reference. Sorry. 

Might be worth check autotempest.com as well.

Edited Sunday at 10:04 PM by NYTransplant