Interesting Audi "supercar" article link

[The Quattro King]

You were probably high on weeds and "shrooms" at the time.



Shayne P., Still thinking you should be shot.



1972 MB 280 SEL
1984 4ksq
1987 4ks
1991 v8q5
1991 200q Sedan
1992 S4

Parting:  1972 Mercedes Benz 280 SE 4.5

> From: "Thomas J. Donohue, Jr." <donohue at netconnx.net>
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 20:00:09 -0400
> To: Kneale Brownson <knotnook at traverse.com>
> Cc: The Quattro King <quattroking at hotmail.com>, Motor Sport Visions
> Photography <msvphoto at pacbell.net>, quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Interesting Audi "supercar" article link
> 
> Well, a few details...I had a stripped down 66 230SL bought new @$4900 at the
> end of the model year.  No power steering...no steel roof.  White with dark
> blue vinyl interior.  A bitch to park with the "wide" tires at the time.
> Decided to order a new 68 250SL, maroon, with black hard & soft tops, black
> leather and POWER STEERING!  Sold the 66 for $4500 and bought the 68 for
> $6850(!!!)  Drove it for a year or so and a friend of mine, who worked at the
> dealership where I bought the above SLs, acquired a 55 gullwing from a local
> doctor, then promptly was sued for divorce.  It got nasty and he had to sell
> the gullwing.  I sold the 68 for $6,000 and bought the gullwing for (I still
> can't think about this for too long) $5,000.  What a blast!  Silver with kind
> of tricky blue vinyl rolled & pleated covers over cloth(!) seats.  You could
> put it sideways with a hard shift into 3d gear.  Then I sold my house in the
> suburbs and decided to move into a highrise building in downtown Philadelphia
> while we looked for a house in the historic area.  Decided that the gullwing
> was not a good center city car.  Advertised it.  Guy came down from Brooklyn
> and peeled $6,000 from a much larger bankroll, slapped it on the hood of the
> Benz and said "Take it or leave it."  Still can't believe I took it!  Can't
> talk about this any more (sob). Tom
> 
> Kneale Brownson wrote:
> 
>> At 03:44 PM 09/13/2000 -0700, The Quattro King wrote:
>> 
>>> You sold a Gullwing?????  You should be shot.
>>> 
>>> Shayne P.
>> 
>> Add me to the firing line.  I didn't actually sell one, but just as bad, I
>> failed to acquire one.  Guy wanted a '69 911 I had so bad he offered me his
>> gullwing AND a Beetle to drive in exchange.  I almost did the trade but I
>> took the gullwing on a 60-mile trip to have a really familiar wrench look
>> it over, and he found a bunch of things in poor condition.  I got such a
>> terrible headache from the unbalanced tires and the exhaust leaks into the
>> cabin I just couldn't see taking on the trouble.  That was before the
>> Porsche developed the first of two burned pistons from an intake manifold
>> casting that was porous and opened up when heated up.  Had I only
>> known.....  The SL I ended up with was a 230.
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