1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car

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Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car

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Ferry Man wrote:Image
Isn't Mexico Blue fantastic?! 8)
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left4dead wrote:Isn't Mexico Blue fantastic?! 8)
My all time favorite, came very close to buying one recently.
cheers, Mike.

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Mike wrote:...came very close to buying one recently.
A Ferrari in MB? Not so sure about that combo, Mike. :wink:
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left4dead wrote:Isn't Mexico Blue fantastic?! 8)
Also enjoying quite a resurgence as a modern Porsche colour.
You can't beat those seventies colours.... 8)
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left4dead wrote:A Ferrari in MB? Not so sure about that combo, Mike. :wink:
Right you two, no more talk of Ferrari on this thread please.
That's a yellow card (giallo fly). :wink:
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Ferry Man wrote:
left4dead wrote:A Ferrari in MB? Not so sure about that combo, Mike. :wink:
Right you two, no more talk of Ferrari on this thread please.
That's a yellow card (giallo fly). :wink:
Quite right! Mike didn't tolerate any off topic chat on his thread. [mumble]bloody Ferraris[/mumble]
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Quite right, no more of the F word here! This is the car I was chasing, in the end we were 10K apart but it was beautiful.

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cheers, Mike.

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1994 968 Club Sport Riviera Blue
1994 993 C2 Carrera Riviera Blue
1972 911S to Martini RSR Prototype Spec
1973 911E to RS Lightweight Specification
1981 924 Carrera GT ex Mexborough car
3.2 Carrera Sport x2
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Ah yes, I remember that one. Brian Burrows owned it and then it went to EHarris from memory?
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was 60k with Ed Harris couple of years back.. I had Autofarm inspect it.. few details wrong, ex Freisinger restoration. Replacement cases with original engine number partially stamped on.. have the inspection report somewhere if of any use.

believe for sale now 130k+ euro in Europe
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Re: 1974 Carrera Coupe - RHD, UK car

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Kinda related ... see Bonhams listing the last of the '74 3.0 Carrera RS ... http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21284/lot/31/

Estimates are already eye-watering :(

BTW, lot.11 may be more to peoples taste ... http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21284/lot/11 :)
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This could be the longest resto thread ever if we all keep hijacking it!
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Paul, what paint have you used on the garage floor ? ;)
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hot66 wrote:Paul, what paint have you used on the garage floor ? ;)
Slate grey
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