I bought this car last June from the second owner who purchased it in 1987 in Englewood, Colorado. My 911 had 61,400 documented miles. It is a grey market car imported into Houston in February 1985

This is a cautionary tale about buying a grey market car from an out of state buyer.

As a ROW car, there were some challenges getting the smog clearance done in California. and in redoing some of the importer's bad conversion work. The car came with a Colorado smog clearance but it failed here. A new cat and some work got it through. Here cars without an OBD have to be tested on rollers at 25 and 35 MPH; it is a strict and expensive test.

The hits kept coming. You can imagine my surprise when found out I couldn't put gas in the car. The importer welded in a restrictor bar deep in the filler neck. I guess the nozzles at the pumps in Colorado are different.  A used filler neck solved that problem. Some emissions plumbing was also strange and had to be reworked into order to solve a fuel smell in the cabin.

Here is the best part. Five months after paying my fees, the DMV still has not issued me plates. My registration applicatin s now being reviewed by the Techical Compliance section in Sacramento. Since the European ZZZ VIN was not in the DMV's datatbase, the registration process is now pushing six months.

I am able to use the car as I have a temporary permit. (I am on my third one)  In spite of the bumps in the road so far, love having the car, my 6th air-cooled Porsche and third impact bumper 911. Stay tuned.

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