Thanks for the responses.
Je suis de Grenoble. Expat depuis plus de la moitié de ma vie, mais je me rappelle d'une Turbo qu'avais un voisin, une des toutes premieres avec le super tableau de bord et j'ai toujours eu un point faible pour ces voitures.
I have never tried, oddly enough. It never felt right enough to push to its limits so I ended up dismantling the car bit by bit.
The car was parked (b/c of the clutch, I think) about 13 years before I bought it. It was "made to run" by the shop that sold it to me in CA, but those never had it running well, it would barely idle. I got it running with some basic fuel system fixes but it was never right. Did an oil change since I had my doubts that those tools had used adequate oil and when I used synthetic, I essentially flushed out any gunk from the system. That caused a bunch of gunked up oil to go into the oil cooler, blocking it and creating the excessive oil pressure. But I'm still checking the oil pump this week, as well as all oil passages in the engine when we take it apart.
Tell him to call me if he wants to sell it. No joke, I get about 3-4 requests for these cars each month, they're still very much in demand.
This is Grey market vehicle, never officially imported into the US. But Sun International was one of 2-3 importers who knew how to do it legally. It has a clear US title and is insured like a regular car. I have every intention of racking up miles on it as soon as I can. Ca finira bien comme une restauration complete: pompes a essence, jauge dans bacs, durites essences, injecteurs, echappement 4 en 1, pompe a eau et durites, faisceau électrique puis moquettes, ciel de toit, pneus et roues. Je n'aime pas les maths mais quand j'additionne les montants, je deteste vraiment les maths! :o