Like everything I do, I have no idea of dates and times.
When I do these cars, I squeeze them in as I’m trying
to make money fixing dents and crashes. Sometimes
I try to write things down, but that usually doesn’t help.
I think I had about 2 months on the ugly 356. And 1 month
on the Cab. I hope I don’t bore you with this story, but
it is kind of interesting. About 8 years ago, Tony, who
now owns both of the cars, gave my name to his friend
who owned the Cab. It was left outside with a cheap cover
on it, and it ruined the paint. He wanted me to paint it.
I took the car, stripped it, and found the best body I have
ever seen. All original everything with 43,000 miles on it.
I called Tony and asked him to come up and check it out.
After I painted it, it went to an auction in our area. The
guy who owned it was getting old, and realized he could
get some good money for the car. Tony had a 1955
Speedster in the auction too. The Speedster had some
serious history, and sold for a lot. The white Cab came
up, and I told Tony to bid on it. He got it for $125,000.
So the car went in a big circle from his friend, to me, and
then to Tony. I have never driven any old Porsche that
feels like that Cab. The bottom of the car looks like it
is brand new. Totally solid. Just the opposite of mine!
Tony is a cool guy and a great friend. He has had some
fantastic cars. One more quick story. He had a early 60’s
Ferrari. I can’t remember the model. Someone put a
water pump in it, and did something seriously wrong.
Tony pulls into my shop with white smoke coming out
of his pipes. Blown head gasket. He brings the car back
to the mechanic to have it fixed, and they couldn’t get
the head bolts out. If you can imagine, they had to drill
out all the head bolts on a 12 cyl Ferrari. He sold the car
as is, and left the new owner to deal with the insanity.
It turns out it cost over $70,000 to fix the motor.
Anyway, blah, blah blah. Tony has driven in the Milia Millia
a couple of times, and I can tell you stories all day about
his cars. Anyway, I’m going down to his house next week,
and I’ll pull the cars out, and send some good pictures.