Hey Guys,
I bought this car. Luckily there were only two other guys that were Intrested in the car. The bid started at 10 and within seconds went up to 25 and then it was me and one other guy whom I had talked to earlier. I had hover around the car several times and didn't find anyone that said much .... the car was not available for inspection the day before the auction like they had advertised... That might have helped the situation. On Friday I was very disappointed as the car was not there , and waited until the last minute and checked at the auction counter several times to see if the car was cheeked in. Each time I asked they looked up thier system and telling me "nope so sorry" finally as I was leaving at about 7 pm closing time I see at the corner of my eyes an CS Coupe had same color as the catalog, I said it had to be it!! but was parked out side the area with the public cars!!!! it wasn't there when I had come to get a snack from the car I was driving ... I walked toward it and touched the hook and it was apparent that it was just brought In ... I gave it a quick look but was afraid that since the car was parked outside may be the owner has changed his mind about selling it. (By the way if the seller decides to pull the car they usually have to pay a stiff penalty as per terms of normal auction co contract). So I didnt open any doors but gave it a very good look. Next day the doors open at 9 and auction started at 10. It gave me plenty of time to look over the car. It is a solid car. One of the most rust free cars I have seen in 4 years of my search, looking closely at over twenty of them. The Ex-owner , a very nice man, an 86 year old pharmacist who claimed he was the second owner. He is California resident for most of his life he said and bought the car in 88 a year after the engine was fully rebuilt. The car has always been a California car. When he sold his house a year ago and moved to his condo he lost all his papers. (What a bummer) The engine has a 79 year head on it and original Zenith carbs. When I asked did you ever thought about changing to Webber carbs. He said I had no reason to .. car always ran fine... He said "I always wanted it original".... I asked are you a member or do you belong to E9coupe forum ? He said: " what is that?" ....
The seller has just paid big money to have the Carburators to be sent to San Fran for full rebuilt, and tune up at N&w German Auto, a garage in west LA which primarily works on older German cars, and has done all the service work on this car ever since the seller stopped using Coupe king. Several years ago when he said , he used to take the car in to Coupe king for tune up and other service. He took their advice and paid them to repair the rust and rust proof the rest of the car. It has AC, but with a freon leak. Everything works, rear bumper has a slight damage and bracket needs to be worked on. It has very nice old respary with good shine. Dash is perfect , wood is all original in an very good/excellent shape for its age, and no de-lamination noticed! Floors are solid with slight surface rust , trunk is solid with slight surface rust around the edges. It drives nice and steers very well. The car is currently back to N&w Garage for fine tuning the Carburators. After that I will manage to hopefully drive it 1400 miles to Oklahoma . I like the car a lot . Ceylon is not my favorite color but it is definitely growing on me. I see myself 1)fixing the AC as one of the first thing I would do and 2)Bumper
3) couple of paintless dent repairs 4) cleaning the Window regulators to free them up a bit. And drive and drive and drive and drive and drive and then ........more driving .
More to come on this later...
Cheers Guys!