[redbaron]

:) John McCarter is selling his 1994 Midnight Blue Powerhaus Conversion for $33k. John attended 2 of the 968 Celebrations in Hershey and many of you have seen his car up close. He is located in Norwalk, CT and is moving to Australia next Tuesday. His car was written up in 911 & Porsche World (Oct 2001 issue, page 13 Forced Four Turbocharged 968). He can be reached at his cell phone 203-984-8331. He has 2000 miles on his coupe since the 2001 Powerhaus conversion. Car has all the features of the Turbo S. Buyer gets my Oct 2001 magazine free.



Don Hassenbein

Hershey, Pa

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[rustech]

How many miles are on the chasis? Have any pictures by chance?

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[NeedPorscheSpeed]

[quote name='rustech' date='Jun 22 2005, 11:53 PM']How many miles are on the chasis?  Have any pictures by chance?

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From what I have seen on another site, it only has 39,000 on the odometer. This sounds like an excellent price for such such a lovely beast! I hope that someone on here gets it. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[Jason Judd]

That is an excellent price! Somebody's gonna' get a great car.



Didn't he have some suspension and brake work done, too?



Wish him the best,



Jason

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[Mark]

If my cash flow was better I would jump on it even though the top doesn't drop.

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[968Z]

I'd like to see some pics, but I am giving this considerable thought. I don't think there's a Turbo S in Atlanta........yet! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[SANDOVAL]

[quote name='968Z' date='Jun 23 2005, 11:01 AM']I'd like to see some pics, but I am giving this considerable thought.  I don't think there's a Turbo S in Atlanta........yet! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/smile.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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Bottom of page 1 and a couple on page 2...



http://www.968s.com/hersheypg1.htm

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[Duckman]

Did this car ever sell?

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[968Z]

I was close to pursuing it, but the wife put her foot down. I would have had to sell her cab, and she wasn't buyin' it! <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/sad.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[KensCab]

968Z----



Keep the Cab's and sell the wife.... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />



Hhmmmm... maybe that's why I'm not married!



disregard.... <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/sleep.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[rustech]

I had the honey's permission, with money in hand, and decided against it. I don't like being rushed into any decision, would miss the cab (yes, she said I couldn't have both), and had concerns regarding drivability. Would have loved the power though. <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[PcarFan]

[quote name='rustech' date='Jul 13 2005, 01:56 AM']I had the honey's permission, with money in hand, and decided against it.  I don't like being rushed into any decision, would miss the cab (yes, she said I couldn't have both), and had concerns regarding drivability.  Would have loved the power though.  <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/rolleyes.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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I dont think you would miss the cab too much if you owned that car! If I wasnt a 21 year old college student then id go for it! Go get it!! fast!! lol

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[BruceWard]

We discussed buying it to go with the cab and selling the cab after buying it.



But I also did not like being rushed as well as the high mileage of the car before going to Powerhaus and the low number of miles driven since the conversion.

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[rustech]

PcarFan, you saw me over at the Renegade forum (if that's what you call it <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> ) so you know I have a desire for more power. I had concerns however with no time to mitigate them.



[quote name='BruceWard' date='Jul 17 2005, 08:10 AM']But I also did not like being rushed as well as the high mileage of the car before going to Powerhaus and the low number of miles driven since the conversion.

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Mileage was also a concern of mine.



One test drive, and I probably would have been sold.

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[PcarFan]

[quote name='rustech' date='Jul 17 2005, 11:49 AM']PcarFan, you saw me over at the Renegade forum (if that's what you call it  <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/tongue.gif" class="smilie" alt="" /> ) so you know I have a desire for more power. 



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Shhhh we can't let them know that we went there lol <img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/biggrin.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[rustech]

<img src="/forum/images/smilies/968/laugh.gif" class="smilie" alt="" />

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[BruceWard]

By Renegade do you mean a small block in a 968?



Dan DeGrunchy took me for a rid around San Fran in his Powerhaus conversion. One ride in that will cure your desire for a V8.



I believe that John McCarters Powerhaus turbo is one of the early conversions with lower power output. Which could be a good thing. Dan had a lot of issues with his which as far as I know were taken care of by Powerhaus but it would be hard for me to send it back to them since it is about 1500 miles.

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[flash]

last i heard, the car was still running hot and it was sitting in his garage because it isn't able to be registered legally - terrible shame



the V8 thing could be fun, likely long-term problamatic, but fun - the gearing thing still has me wondering how "streetable" it really is though - running a V8 at the rpms we generally run to be in the gear we want does not sound like a lot of fun - if they can lower the final ratio, then that might be a great way to go

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[Andre]

Is this car still available? It must have found a home by now, but if not, it would be interesting to check out (I live 20min from Norwalk). Flash, what is the problem with regitration and how bad is the cooling issue?



Andre

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