More hype and plain silliness

[IMIA]

g7jhp said:

mph said:

I can't keep up with the prices, they seem to be all over the place.

Is this one far too expensive or possibly a good buy ?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141618394488?_trksid=p20...

£40k for a 1977 SC, that's expensive.

But it is only 70k miles and I like the colour!

Beautiful car. Are you sure that car's original? Think it may have had extensive restoration and wasn't in best condition pre resto?

[mph]

IMIA said:

Beautiful car. Are you sure that car's original? Think it may have had extensive restoration and wasn't in best condition pre resto?

The advert certainly doesn't give the impression that it's a restored car , vendor says it's extremely original, always garaged etc. Do you have inside info ?

[roygarth]

g7jhp said:

mph said:

I can't keep up with the prices, they seem to be all over the place.

Is this one far too expensive or possibly a good buy ?


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/141618394488?_trksid=p20...

£40k for a 1977 SC, that's expensive.

But it is only 70k miles and I like the colour!

My view is that from '74 to '89 its the same car being more and more developed and getting better and better. They are all old enough now to be termed 'Classics' , so I don't see why you'd give the same for a '74 as an '89 - unless you're crazy about the older interiors.

I'd give £35k max, but I suspect it will sell pretty quick if as described.

Makes this look good value http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

All the above IMHO and is it worth commenting on a market when this sort of malarkey is going on! http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

[BrewsterBear]

I'm sure that green one was for sale last year for £25k. At the time that was really strong money for an SC, even one that looks to be in as good a condition as this one. I considered flogging mine and putting the extra to it to buy that one. Instead I decided to fully rebuild mine. £20k later and I still have a workshop full of bits. Hindsight, eh.

[g7jhp]

BrewsterBear said:

I'm sure that green one was for sale last year for £25k. At the time that was really strong money for an SC, even one that looks to be in as good a condition as this one. I considered flogging mine and putting the extra to it to buy that one. Instead I decided to fully rebuild mine. £20k later and I still have a workshop full of bits. Hindsight, eh.

The one for sale above is a 1977 911 SC.



I believe you're referring to either the 1978 911 SC which was restored.



Or the 1979 911 SC which sold a couple of times last year and ended up being sold by SVP Porsche.



Gmund also sold this 1979 911 SC



They're all clearly different due to the interior. Amazing how many of these SC's are around in this colour!

Edited by g7jhp on Thursday 9th April 17:57

[BrewsterBear]

By jings, you're right. It's definitely one of those.

I thought I saw it for sale privately, although with very good photography. Come to think of it, the one I'm recalling may have had a Pascha interior.

[g7jhp]

BrewsterBear said:

By jings, you're right. It's definitely one of those.

I thought I saw it for sale privately, although with very good photography. Come to think of it, the one I'm recalling may have had a Pascha interior.

The SVP car was sold privately first!

[Black_mamba]

..the second one down was on my list, chap was going abroad if I remember, I was too slow

[IMIA]

g7jhp said:

BrewsterBear said:

I'm sure that green one was for sale last year for £25k. At the time that was really strong money for an SC, even one that looks to be in as good a condition as this one. I considered flogging mine and putting the extra to it to buy that one. Instead I decided to fully rebuild mine. £20k later and I still have a workshop full of bits. Hindsight, eh.

The one for sale above is a 1977 911 SC.



I believe you're referring to either the 1978 911 SC which was restored.



Or the 1979 911 SC which sold a couple of times last year and ended up being sold by SVP Porsche.



Gmund also sold this 1979 911 SC



They're all clearly different due to the interior. Amazing how many of these SC's are around in this colour!

Edited by g7jhp on Thursday 9th April 17:57

Beautiful cars all of them IMO and love the colour. The 1977 car if all original seems a superb buy and I expect she's already sold. Love the interior too.

[P50]

This thing made over 35 grand.

I remember when this old banger/smokers were 7 grand.

Plenty of money to be paid on it but I suppose it's an S so worth doing.

It's funny. The late IB cars need to have FSH, no panels even the valet key!

But the long bonnets can have a reshell and a different engine but it's OK!

Much like Ferraris. You can get away with murder with the early stuff...


http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Porsche-911-S-2-0-1969-R...

[Axel987]

if i could have any porsche regardless of value to smoke around in every day, it would probably be a 1970 2.2 S coupe. special, special engine.

[hot66]

that 2.0S has a lot of incorrect parts ( are there any genuine S parts left ? ) ... would need a good going over to confirm wether a reshell from an IB car

Edited by hot66 on Friday 10th April 09:54

Edited by hot66 on Friday 10th April 09:54

[squirejo]

Axel987 said:

if i could have any porsche regardless of value to smoke around in every day, it would probably be a 1970 2.2 S coupe. special, special engine.

quite right good sir :-)

[Crimp]

Axel987 said:

letting a 930 G50 go for 40k .... VERY kind of you

Thanks!
Its all relative to be honest I made a nice tidy sum on it, and they cost an earth to keep on the road and running right, the driving experience was crap IMO so if you don't enjoy the car on weekends and high days what's the point?
Plus it was replaced by something a lot more special. "GT2"

[Axel987]

Crimp said:

Thanks!
Its all relative to be honest I made a nice tidy sum on it, and they cost an earth to keep on the road and running right, the driving experience was crap IMO so if you don't enjoy the car on weekends and high days what's the point?
Plus it was replaced by something a lot more special. "GT2"

are they THAT expensive to keep on the road? thought it was pretty simple and solid stuff..

[Crimp]

Axel987 said:

Crimp said:

Thanks!
Its all relative to be honest I made a nice tidy sum on it, and they cost an earth to keep on the road and running right, the driving experience was crap IMO so if you don't enjoy the car on weekends and high days what's the point?
Plus it was replaced by something a lot more special. "GT2"

are they THAT expensive to keep on the road? thought it was pretty simple and solid stuff..

Servicing costs are high yes as you can't get to anything compared with 3.2's and SC's also the fuel system is extremely primitive so if you are a spirited driver which I guess most people are who buy a 930 then prepare to be at the pumps a lot. I regularly got mine down to 6MPG, drive it steady and you'll get 15-18.
Not that quick either to be honest but hey they are an old car and the lag you get is hysterical!

[g7jhp]

Just to keep the crazy price talk in one place..... manual 996 turbo coupe prices recently with asking prices ranging from £32k-57k for sub 60k mile cars:

2003 Porsche 911 turbo, manual, coupe with 55k mies, blue @ £32k




2000 Porsche 911 turbo, manual, coupe with 28k mies, silver @ £36k DEPOSIT TAKEN




2002 Porsche 911 turbo, manual, coupe with 50k mies, blue @ £38k




2003 Porsche 911 turbo, manual, coupe with 18k mies, black @ £43k




2002 Porsche 911 turbo (X50) manual, coupe with 14k mies, silver @ £46k SOLD




2002 Porsche 911 turbo (X50) manual, coupe with 54k mies, black @ £47k at Slades




2004 Porsche 911 turbo, manual, coupe with 17.5k mies, black @ £53k at JZM




2005 Porsche 911 turbo (X50), manual, coupe with 18k mies, silver @ £57k



No surprise to see with the price of everything else going north!

[Crimp]

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/p...

& another........

[PhilRS]

squirejo said:

Axel987 said:

if i could have any porsche regardless of value to smoke around in every day, it would probably be a 1970 2.2 S coupe. special, special engine.

quite right good sir :-)

+1

I drove all the early S models except the 69 mechanically injected one and I owned a 2.4S. The 2.4S was the most disappointing. But the 2.2S was just pure music. I am told, unfortunately, that the symphonic one is the only one I did not drive...

[hot66]

PhilRS said:

+1

I drove all the early S models except the 69 mechanically injected one and I owned a 2.4S. The 2.4S was the most disappointing. But the 2.2S was just pure music. I am told, unfortunately, that the symphonic one is the only one I did not drive...

funny how we all have favorites ... I found the 67S to be disappointing ( great as a stand alone car , but not to my taste) , 2.2 s I like, but I've always prefered the 2.4S. I liked mine when it was stock, now with increased compression & its even better & with a noise to match the 2.2