So just to give a little background, my life was turned upside down at the end of last year when my lovely wife was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. We spent the first half of the year with her in hospital in isolation having chemo and me looking after our two small children. I am happy to say she is now in remission and she's made an amazing recovery. The reason I mention it is because it has made both of us re imagine what we want the rest of our lives to look like and buying a vintage Porsche was one of the dreams I have always had. Im sure all of us have a motivation as to why we love these cars and sometimes a big life change can make you take the plunge and actually buy one!
After looking on here and other forums I felt the best approach was to buy something in the US. I have a couple of really close friends in Costa Messa and so initially looked at cars that were available from a dealer in So Cal. There was a few 'nearly' sales and a couple of nearly big mistakes but eventually I found my car advertised on Ebay. The guy who was selling it left an email address on the site and I used Google to check him out and make sure he was legit, ending in me calling him at work (you got to love the internet) and finding out what he wanted to achieve from the auction. We agreed a price and I initially paid him a $1000 to take the car off Ebay while I arranged a PPI. Through EarlyS I made contact with a Porsche specialist Eric Shea (PMB Performance) who offered to look over the car for me as he lived an hour away. To cut a long story short, Eric owns exactly the same model and year and so was able to offer a really detailed report and as such money changed hands and I became the proud owner of a 911T even though it was based in Utah!
These were some of the photos on Ebay
However, I'm really pleased with the car and look forward to the restoration which I will be doing myself (I hope!).
