Alan's car is in play again

Looks like some mods were done.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsche-356-wide-body-replica_W0QQitemZ200381254719QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_Cars_Trucks?hash=item2ea7a74c3f&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245

Who ever buys that white speedster will get a honey of a car, I would put back on the Eagle 117 polished aluminum wheels and windshield frame mounted mirrors I had on it.
How weird is this?..... I just listed my triple black VS today. ~Alan

Wow. Two bombs in one thread. First the white car is for sale - AGAIN! And next Alan is wanting to sell the black VS. Just when I though the world was becoming stable again, BAM!!

"Who ever buys that white speedster will get a honey of a car,"

Whomever buys that car will just be the next one in line to succumb to the curse. That damned thing is jinxed ! ! ! ! ! !

"That damned thing is jinxed "
Nope....you're way off on that & that's how things get out of kilter.

This is what took place:

I built and showed the speedster at Carlisle with positive compliments from Henry and others..
The guy in NYC that buys it the following month from me
He then five weeks later he decides to trade it in on a Lexus in Ohio and take a $10k loss.
The present owner in Kentucky buys it from the Ohio Dealer and does a few mods.
That's the nothing special, boring story about a one off, super nice custom speedster. ~Alan

You're just too close to it . . .

If you knew NOTHING about the deal and I told you about this Speedster that was built by this guy who really didn't think that he'd EVER sell it! That it was going to be the last Speedster that he EVER built. BUT he sold it just ONE MONTH after showing it.

And the guy who bought it and supposedly LOVES it then trades it on another car in just a little more than ONE MONTH after buying it and takes a HUGE loss on it to boot!

An THEN some OTHER guy buys it and even HE doesn't keep it and it goes up for sale yet AGAIN ! ! ! !


You'd say, "MAN, that car is FUCKED ! ! !"

And I'd say right back at you, "YUP, you're RIGHT ! ! ! It's gotta be jinxed ! ! !"



You're just too personally involved here. That car is somehow, someway fucked up. Not your fault. But I wouldn't take it for free if part of the deal was that I had to keep it. Too creepy, too jinxy!

The replica hobby of building selling and buying is a 16 year continuing story that has at times approached near insanity.
Each time I buy or sell each has it's own unique chapter with little rhyme or reason.
From unknowingly arriving in Indiana at the front door of basketball star Larry Byrd's home to buy a CMC speedster.
Seeing a custom high end speedster in Manassas,Va. and stumbling on that same car just a mile or so from my house some 9 years later and buying it for a song then selling it to a divorcee for her 16 y/o son to have "second car" . I deliver the speedster a few days later to find that he'll park speedy next to his new GTO that the long legged tiny butt Mommy also just bought him.
Driving in NJ, we stop at a place to eat dinner and the young waitress asks about the Bradley and if it's for sale....by the time we have desert, her Granny arrives with cash in hand to sponsor the girl's purchase ....and it goes on and on. ~Alan

Cool stories. You ought to write 'em down and share them all with us. Kind of like a story hour. I know that I'd LOVE to hear them ! ! ! !

It must be different with various Speedsters and kit cars, more personal because of the build and also because the buyers are taking something of you with them when they get the car. Different from just selling the family truckster.

Share some of them with us some day, OK?





FoRUm PriCk

I'm pretty sure a voodoo priestess is involved somehow.

Alan - Why oh why is the black one up for sale? It's such a nice, worry-free car. Have you found an even better one? You realize, of course, that it's in our contracts that we HAVE to rib you about it.

If I can get what I want for the triple black VS, it will sell if not, I'll drive it well into the Fall season, it's a very nice solid driver and gets a lot of attention.
I enjoy change in the toy box inventory a bit more often that most others do, I have nothing new in mind right now other than a in progress Berrien Nostalgia street buggy build. This has been on my "Bucket List" for many years, will sell it when done and if lucky break even.....Ribbing permitted and encouraged :)

I predict Alan will make a venture to the dark side.

Yes, a Spyder it will be.

Alan, I am your father.... You know it to be true.

Prepare for Ludicrous speed...

Alan - Did you place at BugOut 66 with your VS? No posting to their site as to the winners and weaners. There were 3 Speedsters there (counting Alan's) - one claimed to have 356 "chassis" but quick look said VW T1. It did have 356 engine with appropriate patina. Save for VW pull up brake handle - Alan's could easily be mistaken for real thing.

Great comments and made me laugh....
Danny: Spyder would be a nice upgrade into the dark side
Lane "Dad" please send the back support payments in the form of a lump sum directly to me....
Jim : Speed.... Who me ?
Greg, I have no idea if I placed at Bug Out 66....

As the current owner and now seller of the white wide body I can say that the car is cursed by having had the worst owners possible. She had Alan, who has never owned a car long enough to change the oil in it; the guy in New York, who did not know the engine was in the rear and gas tank in the front, so had to trade before she needed a fill-up; me, who had her parked in the front space of a deep garage and having her blocked by a new Boxster S that got to see all of the good action this summer. I hope she can change her luck and that her next owner will buy her as a second car with his first car being a four door econobox.

bwaaaaaaaaa haaaaaaaa, Good one Michael!

My wife Kim say's, "If her car needs new tires it's time for a new car".... so I guess the oil change thing applies to me.
The actual story of the NY buyer is that he though, the speedster was...... a 911! (Must have got his contacts Rx filled at K Mart) ~Alan

If I buy this car are you guys gonna say nasty stuff about me? Dont call me Mr Jinx or put anymore spells on it.

Of course not. We'll applaud your good taste.

Doesn't Mr Buchanon keep cars just slightly longer than Mr Merklin?

Ill go through two tanks of gas and one oil change. This is the second one Ive bought that my buddy Alan built out of the 20 some that Ive owned. Ill keep for 6 mths. or better than sell it to move to another car.

I hope you enjoy her Tom. I am already thinking about getting another one. I have more than a little seller's remorse.

I constantly have a slight case of builder's remorse... ~Alan

Kim has Alan remorse! :-)

Tom and I should go to weekly meetings~

Hello, my name is Alan, and I am in Speedster denial...

Or, maybe Speedster envy....

Do I still have to go to the meetings if I consume mass quanities and work on speedsters? The car still looks good...some paint flaws...bad tranny leak...motor idles like it has two plug wires off. I guess if I didnt have something to complain about or work on my stress level would be much higher. Was that a beer can that just cracked open?

Heck, Whaddya expect, no one's owned it long enough to sort it out. :)

~WB

Sorry Tom, I thought we talked about the spot in the back on the paint, I did not have transmission fluid on the garage floor and guess I did not know what a VW motor should sound like, besides you know Alan paints his cars with a brush and roller and orders his motors and transmissions direct from Mexico.

We're are stand up individuals, I'm sure that there will be proper resolution.

Oh hell, if Tom didn't have something to tinker with he'd do something crazy, like buy a V8 powered Bug... oh wait... ;)

Tom,
Not Bugzilla?

I think Alan put a bid in on this Speedster we saw at Carlisle...

I've seen Karl Konen's Corvette powered Bugzilla ~ should really be renamed Ballszilla.

Not me Brother Jim, I'd loose my driver's license by noontime...
talk about cooling issues....That is located some where in Maryland, the seller wants $17k and still has it on Craig's list, would be streetable with the dbl stacked intake setup was removed and a 4bbl bolted up ....it's worth $10k to me. A custom MV tag could be "weeDaddy"

No.... no, Alan- I think the intake's gotta' stay. If you're gonna make a statement, make a statement.

Please post a link to the Craig's List listing, if you would be so kind.

Un-stinking-believable!

I just saw some photos from a local cruise-in, Bugzilla is still sporting a "For Sale" sign.