FW: 928 in a barn: the legend lives on (no Audi content)

[John Karasaki <johkar@teleport.com>]

This is a cool story.  No Audi content, but neat none the less...


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>From: "Gibbs, Edward" <EGibbs@avionics.itt.com>
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>Subject: RE: 928 in a barn: the legend lives on (actually 944S2)
>Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 11:16:39 -0400 
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>There was an article in C&D a while back about a guy who found a Mercedes
>Gullwing literally in a barn in Texas, covered with mud.
>
>He bought it for next to nothing, and set to work restoring it.  Only
>problem was he had a hard time getting parts to fit - the measurements were
>all wrong on the car, and a lot of the pieces seemed to be handbuilt.  So he
>called up Mercedes in Germany to ask them what was going on.  The asked him
>for the numbers, and said they'd get back to him.  When they did, they said
>"You seem to have factory prototype number three.  It was built for racing.
>By the way, it won Lemans.  We'd very much like to buy it back from you."
>He declined, and restored it himself - he found that after it's racing
>career it became a Mercedes exec's personal car, and the exec had it fitted
>with a three person bench seat, which he was able to reproduce.  The car
>looked beautiful.
>
>Ed Gibbs
>'84 944, Guards Red
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Best Regards,

John Karasaki
Portland, OR