I've just bought some poverty Pork…
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It seems we're also at a point that 986s are being admonished to the scrapheap for minor misdemeanors. I was after a replacement rear ARB and got in touch with someone who was breaking 2.5. It was being broken due to being uneconomical to repair as it failed its MOT.
Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
Edited by Rosewood Red on Friday 28th April 13:39
Rosewood Red said:
It seems we're also at a point that 986s are being admonished to the scrapheap for minor misdemeanors. I was after a replacement rear ARB and got in touch with someone who was breaking 2.5. It was being broken due to being uneconomical to repair as it failed its MOT.
Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
It all depends on the numbers left, once it starts getting really rare it is bound to start going up. Quite a lot of money is being paid for c**p cars JUST because they are rare, so if a good car like the 986 gets rare it must be worth something.Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
Edited by Rosewood Red on Friday 28th April 13:39
It will take a long time though because loads of these were sold to start with.
Rosewood Red said:
It seems we're also at a point that 986s are being admonished to the scrapheap for minor misdemeanors. I was after a replacement rear ARB and got in touch with someone who was breaking 2.5. It was being broken due to being uneconomical to repair as it failed its MOT.
Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
That seems bonkers. I've just sorted out a blowing cat on mine and changed the front coffin arms. Easy DIY job. What a shame to scrap a car because of that. Still, the more that get the Barry treatment, scrapped or crashed, the better for the good cars that are left. Front springs, needed a coffin arm or two and perhaps the exhaust resealing. Was true poverty spec, ie no climate control, vinyl / cloth seats, and no door speakers, but still, think it's a shame to write it off for just that.
If the current trend continues (and it will - people aren't going to sink in thousands of pounds on something like this if they're not an enthusiast), I wonder if ones in good fettle will slowly start rising in value. Not like air cooled Pork obviously, but maybe like the 944?
Especially now the current model is a turbo H4...
Edited by Rosewood Red on Friday 28th April 13:39
I'm also a Land Rover fan...not that long ago Series II and III vehicles were unwanted and scorned, now they are worth a fortune and as trendy as anything...Brooklyn Beckham drives one apparently. And even my 31 year old Defender which I bought for 3k on eBay has an agreed value insurance of 8k, and I've owned it for 18 months! So for the 986 it might not be anywhere 20 years before prices get high...
The other thing I've noticed is 924 prices. About a year ago Gumtree was full of £600 "projects" that had usually been sitting a while but looked OK and ran. I nearly bought one, but didn't bother over the sake of about £100. Oops. Prices now seem to be heading to the moon, probably because it's the whole 80s cool thing. The 986 isn't old enough to be a true classic yet, but I seriously think that give the world a couple more years of forced forced induction, and people will be crying out for what is far more of a "proper" Porsche than the 924 ever was.
anonymous said:
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Good point, well made, but would you have to chop a 996 much to make it look like a GT3? Shirley a bodykit, wing, seat covers, lowering kit and sports exhaust plus a few stickers would get the job done?Rather than the Herculean task of spending the next 5 years grinding fibreglass and adding a roof to a car made - deliberately - not to have one. Plus having to explain it to the garage if it ever needed work done.
Maybe I've not got the required kit-builders eye for detail? In my world if I started out with a £3k 2.5 Boxster I'd have a lot of fun and end up with ... ... a £3k 2.5 Boxster with a lot more miles on it. Plus I could press a button and the roof would come down - so a win-win really.
I'd need a chainsaw to get the top open on that GT3 kit. Although I do have one, so at least it's possible.
Bluedot said:
What sort of price would it be for doing something like this ?
I'm guessing it wouldn't come cheap ?
Doner car + £20k I'm guessing it wouldn't come cheap ?
http://www.anudimension.com/prices.html
raceboy said:
That's why I'm curious they start with a 3k Boxster rather than a 10k 911. The Boxster will still have the access panel for the top of the engine only now there is a big glass window above the aperture. Don't get me wrong, it's clever what they do but I just don't understand why anyone would pay £20k plus the cost of the original donor car when you could have a perfectly acceptable 911,Cayman, Boxster etc for the same money.
I mean anyone wanting one of these would have to have the interest in cars to actually know what a GT3 is, yet would then have to keep explaining to anyone else that notices that it is not really a GT3.
I suppose people do it to get the odd admiring glance as they drive down the road.
I mean anyone wanting one of these would have to have the interest in cars to actually know what a GT3 is, yet would then have to keep explaining to anyone else that notices that it is not really a GT3.
I suppose people do it to get the odd admiring glance as they drive down the road.
Surely the 5.3k figure is what most people will be paying, maybe with the extra 1200quid to have the panels fitted too.
A DIYer could then have a fairly unique car for less than a ropey 996.
It's not my cup of tea (form over function), but it looks nice from the pictures and I'd probably be fooled by a drive by.
A DIYer could then have a fairly unique car for less than a ropey 996.
It's not my cup of tea (form over function), but it looks nice from the pictures and I'd probably be fooled by a drive by.
ATM said:
raceboy said:
That's why I'm curious they start with a 3k Boxster rather than a 10k 911. The Boxster will still have the access panel for the top of the engine only now there is a big glass window above the aperture. "
ANUDimension said:
the 911 older platform wheelbase is far to short and looks silly the later 911 is longer very close to the boxster and a 3.2 S mapped is on point with a 996 or 997
boxsters can be purchased very cheap now, lots around so salvage parts if needed for engine repairs are cheap".
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