What next ?? ...

[Lightweight_911]

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After having sold my Elite through Iconic Auctioneers (formerly Silverstone Auctions) at the NEC in November, my thoughts turned to what I could replace it with ...

In fact, that's not strictly true - my motivation in deciding to sell the Elite was the desire to build another modified 356.

This time the plan was to start with a 356B &, in a similar way to the changes made to my old C, gradually transform it along the lines of a Factory GT model.

To this end I started lo accumulate any suitable parts as & when they materialised ... at 'realistic' prices.

During this time I was keeping a close eye on cars coming up for sale & quickly came to the conclusion that many sellers were over optimistic with their expectations - often refusing to lower their asking prices despite the fact that their cars had been on the market for many many many months ...

I enquired about/looked at a fair number of cars - many of which were over-restored for my purposes (or were obviously full of filler under their recent glossy repaints) but eventually I found what seemed to be a perfect candidate ...

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[theorangeperil]

Looking forward to this…

[KS]

[rhd racer]

Great!


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[markm]

looking forward to this

[hot66]

Exciting stuff Andy. Your old C was one of my favorite 356’s .. even have a pic of it on my desktop

[911hillclimber]

Hope this adventure gets going soon!

[IanM]

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[210bhp]

Great, looking forward to the details of your build especially mechanical Andy.

Regards
Mike

[yoda]

Excellent, my next car is going to be a 356!! ( - ;

[bjmullan]

Looking forward to this as well, your last 356 was fantastic

[Lightweight_911]

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The car concerned was a T5 356B which had been fully restored some years ago during which a number of my intended modifications had already been incorporated (uprated engine, Speedster seats, etc). Located in Italy, it wasn't advertised on the open market but was being sold on consignment via a high-end art auction house.

Unfortunately, it proved impossible to make contact with the actual owner & after protracted negotiations with the auction house, an acceptable deal couldn't be reached.

So it was back to the drawing board …

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[hashman]

OOh can't wait for this, Andy.
It's bound to be uber cool.

Karl

[jtparr]

Settled in….looking forward to this…….

[jury]

Let's go Andy, going to be cool !!! Reach out if you need anything