You think that's bad. I went to look at what was advertised as an '86 911
Carrera Coupe for $14K over in St. Petersburg several months ago. The guy
was genuinely stupid and was looking for someone even more so. As I pulled
up to the rear of the Porsche I saw a "Carrera" badge stuck onto the deck
lid UNDER the original "911SC" badge. Both badges were on the car. A quick
look at the vin confirmed that is was an 82SC (10th position of a modern vin
is a letter equating to the year in case you didn't know - A = 1980, in this
case the 10th digit was "C" for 1982). The guy then tells me that the cars
engine had been replaced with one from an '86. So I opened the hood. Now
for those who don't know the difference between the CIS engine of an SC and
the EFI engine of a Carrera, lets just say that it's as easy to tell apart
as SU's and Solex's. This was not an '86 engine. As a mater of fact it
didn't even have the very common Carrera chain tensioner retrofit.
I still see the car advertised as an '86 Carrera every once in a while in
the Auto trader. You would think some people would learn.
Brian
Brian Hollands
Client Operations Analyst
ADP/Hayes-Ligon
(813) 672-4408 Office
(800) 523-8477x414 Voice Mail
-----Original Message-----
It reminds me of a "2000" I went to look at that turned out to
be a 1600 with "2000" badging.
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