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thumper · 03-21-2015, 06:38 AM

zzzz.... snort. ugh i'm awake. need coffee.

not good... the seats in the vette do not look good in the daylight. it's almost like they are molting, but no worries.... transkit resin recaros from an evo8 anyone?

still in a bit of a daze after my visit to the seller's home (aka. diecast disneyland

) to see his rapidly dwindling collection. this man is the real deal. if you are serious about going to see him with the intent to buy it will be a day well spent (maybe money too but some would argue otherwise).

he has some stuff that maybe even wilkinsons can only dream of that i've only seen in pictures or read about until now. i did not know he has been advertising for two months so the nice cars like all of his pagani and most of his lamborghini collection is long gone but even the leftovers are awesome. his bugatti veyron collection is pretty much decimated, but he still has three in particular that made me cry because i would need a bank loan to buy them all.

in the pic on his craigslist ad it appears that he has duplicates, but in reality it's because they are custom made and modified. he has done full color resprays out of a rattle can that i mistook for airbrush work because it was that good.

in the end i nearly spent three hours at his place. i went in not knowing what to expect or how much to spend, but he used ebay prices to set a baseline and negotiated from there. many have come in the past that did not have the money and asked for him to hold, only to not return or string him along, which was frustrating. i ended up using paypal to pay on the spot which helped in the pricing because he knew i was not going to disappear.

i wish i was as organized as he was, ie. there is a method to his madness in his storage and organization of his collection, but keep in mind we are talking about hundreds of cars so budget your time accordingly because looking for the original boxes takes awhile. he was very patient, super laid back and very knowledgable. it's sad to see him let it all go but he's doing the right thing in trading cars for family and lots of kids (some of them his lol). i'm going to have to pull a lot of overtime to make up for the financial damage i caused to myself... and what scares me is that i might be going back (if a certain someone here dosen't buy what i want lol).

moar pics to follow depending on my coffee consumption.

03-21-2015, 06:38 AM	#2010
thumper Witness protection Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: GVRD Posts: 14,427 Thanked 5,343 Times in 2,222 Posts Failed 111 Times in 57 Posts Member's Picture Albums	zzzz.... snort. ugh i'm awake. need coffee. not good... the seats in the vette do not look good in the daylight. it's almost like they are molting, but no worries.... transkit resin recaros from an evo8 anyone? still in a bit of a daze after my visit to the seller's home (aka. diecast disneyland ) to see his rapidly dwindling collection. this man is the real deal. if you are serious about going to see him with the intent to buy it will be a day well spent (maybe money too but some would argue otherwise). he has some stuff that maybe even wilkinsons can only dream of that i've only seen in pictures or read about until now. i did not know he has been advertising for two months so the nice cars like all of his pagani and most of his lamborghini collection is long gone but even the leftovers are awesome. his bugatti veyron collection is pretty much decimated, but he still has three in particular that made me cry because i would need a bank loan to buy them all. in the pic on his craigslist ad it appears that he has duplicates, but in reality it's because they are custom made and modified. he has done full color resprays out of a rattle can that i mistook for airbrush work because it was that good. in the end i nearly spent three hours at his place. i went in not knowing what to expect or how much to spend, but he used ebay prices to set a baseline and negotiated from there. many have come in the past that did not have the money and asked for him to hold, only to not return or string him along, which was frustrating. i ended up using paypal to pay on the spot which helped in the pricing because he knew i was not going to disappear. i wish i was as organized as he was, ie. there is a method to his madness in his storage and organization of his collection, but keep in mind we are talking about hundreds of cars so budget your time accordingly because looking for the original boxes takes awhile. he was very patient, super laid back and very knowledgable. it's sad to see him let it all go but he's doing the right thing in trading cars for family and lots of kids (some of them his lol). i'm going to have to pull a lot of overtime to make up for the financial damage i caused to myself... and what scares me is that i might be going back (if a certain someone here dosen't buy what i want lol). moar pics to follow depending on my coffee consumption. __________________ "The guy in the CR-V meanwhile, he'll give you a haughty glare. He's responsibly trying to lessen his impact, but there you go lumbering past him with your loud V8, flouting the new reality. You may as well go do some donuts in a strawberry patch and slalom through a litter of kittens." Dan Frio, Automotive Editor, Edmunds Last edited by thumper; 03-23-2015 at 08:04 PM.