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Johnboy Mac
2,666 posts
47 months
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GC8 said: It probably isnt a bad price for a car in that condition, although its too good and too expensive to use properly.
Want. Nail on head. Still, the condition presents a nice dilemma. But I've got to admit, it's simply too good for me.
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LaurasOtherHalf
6,297 posts
65 months
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I can't help thinking there's a bubble that's going to burst with classic cars at the moment.
Not to say this isn't a lovely example of a rare car but a 924 without race history for that price?
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wfarrell
71 posts
89 months
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rubystone
7,049 posts
128 months
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They were always another Testarossa - £17,500 asking price for 20 years....the Testarossa was always £35,000 over the same period....I sill think that's their level...maybe now nudging £20k.... as I still think people struggle to get more than£ 40k for their Testarossas..
Although with the silly prices being paid by people further down the investor ladder for increasingly more prosaic second division classics, who can blame punters for chancing their arm and jumping on the 'buy this, it's a cast iron investment' bandwagon?
The GTS has always been a blue chip car though; a lot different from the 'cooking' GT.
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GC8
9,512 posts
59 months
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924/937 GTS is a very different car to the Carrera GT. Having said that though, to refer to a 924 Carrera GT simply a 924 suggests that the poster needs to find out more about the model concerned.
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agtlaw
1,466 posts
75 months
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NJH
1,457 posts
78 months
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Its arguable that the one model in that whole series with the best race pedigree is the early 85 944 turbo, it was the original cup car and very close to the turbo cup race cars. Having driven a non-ABS 85 turbo it is also my personal favourite out of the 944 through 968 series. Luckily for the enthusiast you could find a nice one for about £5K or so as most tend to be drawn to the lard arse late turbos. Just make sure it has a set of the ultra rare turbo Fuchs, they just look perfect. Another wind up for GC8 those wheels.
Predicting future car values is always difficult. I turned down the chance to buy a mint 2.4S for £17K at Tuthills about 10 years back or so. Always been haunted by that car as it just looked perfect to me, love at first sight you could say. Had a feeling they would go up even though I felt at that time 17 grand was a bit much. Could hardly believe what they have got to now, completely and utterly out of reach now.
996 GT3 mk1 clubsport would where I would be putting 30+ grand now not a 924 cgt.
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Lordglenmorangie
2,554 posts
74 months
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Saw one in Wales a few years ago ( being honest it was over 20 years ago ) how time flys ! It had less than 10K on the clock and I could have bought it for 14K, dam fool that I am. My first Porsche was a million mile 924 Turbo and I love that car 
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blade7
3,648 posts
85 months
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NJH said: Its arguable that the one model in that whole series with the best race pedigree is the early 85 944 turbo, it was the original cup car and very close to the turbo cup race cars. Having driven a non-ABS 85 turbo it is also my personal favourite out of the 944 through 968 series. Luckily for the enthusiast you could find a nice one for about £5K or so as most tend to be drawn to the lard arse late turbos. Yep those "lard arse late turbos" are as heavy as a 968  .
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LaurasOtherHalf
6,297 posts
65 months
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GC8 said: 924/937 GTS is a very different car to the Carrera GT. Having said that though, to refer to a 924 Carrera GT simply a 924 suggests that the poster needs to find out more about the model concerned. Not sure if that was aimed at my comment but I am aware of what makes these cars more special than your average £1500 924  to clarify my remark I simply can't fathom any none-R 924 being worth that much
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GC8
9,512 posts
59 months
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This is a unique car, as the majority of 924 Carrera GTs have been used, so its a strong price but its possibly the only one in this condition.
924 Carrera GTSs make 964RSs look cheap and you could probably buy one in white and another in colour for the cost of a reasonable example. Again, no race history required.
Its a mistake to dismiss them as '924s', because to value you them you have to see them in context, as a limited production, hand built evolution Porsche.
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billy964
253 posts
44 months
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think same car or similar was offered in back of one of the mags for 35k a month ago... cant be compared to 964rs...
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billy964
253 posts
44 months
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bqf said: The 924 GT is the 'best car i have ever driven' according to Walter Rohrl.
Quite a pedigree - £45k quite cheap - in 10 years, it'll be £100k to get into one of these which is why he bought a 964 rs and added 20k to their value over night? hmmm
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GC8
9,512 posts
59 months
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billy964 said: think same car or similar was offered in back of one of the mags for 35k a month ago... cant be compared to 964rs... Read again more carefully. I was talking about 924 Carrera GTSs, which currently sell for twice what 964RSs do. Like it or not, a 964RS cant be compared to a 924CGTS.
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pikeyboy
1,793 posts
83 months
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Am I correct in thinking that 924 CGTS has rod end suspension etc thus making it a very special car.
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Ken Sington
3,577 posts
107 months
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LaurasOtherHalf said: I can't help thinking there's a bubble that's going to burst with classic cars at the moment. A "classic car" dealer near us is trying to sell three early model Range Rover's at the moment. They are all £70k+! My old man had an early model RR back in the day and it was just appalling in terms of reliabiity and build quality, so where those prices come from is anyone's guess.
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Johnboy Mac
2,666 posts
47 months
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Ken Sington said: A "classic car" dealer near us is trying to sell three early model Range Rover's at the moment. They are all £70k+! My old man had an early model RR back in the day and it was just appalling in terms of reliabiity and build quality, so where those prices come from is anyone's guess. Apples & oranges. The only thing in common between those RR's you mentioned & the CGT/GTS is, all cost tens of thousands. Nothing more imo.
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Ken Sington
3,577 posts
107 months
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Johnboy Mac said: Apples & oranges. The only thing in common between those RR's you mentioned & the CGT/GTS is, all cost tens of thousands. Nothing more imo. I am not comparing apples and oranges. A comment was made by another poster that the classic car market is a bubble waiting to burst. Old RR's for that sort of money are indicative of a bubble imho.
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LaurasOtherHalf
6,297 posts
65 months
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Ken Sington said: LaurasOtherHalf said: I can't help thinking there's a bubble that's going to burst with classic cars at the moment. A "classic car" dealer near us is trying to sell three early model Range Rover's at the moment. They are all £70k+! My old man had an early model RR back in the day and it was just appalling in terms of reliabiity and build quality, so where those prices come from is anyone's guess. wouldn't be a certain mr hunt would it?! i don't want to derail the thread but a 924 carrera gt at £45k thread is really only going to go one way...... i wasn't buying classic cars in the late 80's so i can hardly profess to be an expert but someone i know who is remembers certain situations that have parallels to the current market. essentially the cream will always rise to the top, & the cars that have been linked are some of the best of an admittedly small market. but when i say the cream i'm afraid i don't mean a 924 gt. gts/r then yes, but not these, & not for this money. the cars that always have & always will weather the storm are simply the blue chip investments, the cars that open doors to people, get you invited places. the 80's classic car crash was preceded by the boom in which any old lump was concidered a "classic" simply because it was old or low mileage. in our realm the likes of a 993 carrera S, which i just cannot fathom at all?! a lovely old car certainly, rare compared to a modern 911, someones pride & joy of course but the type of thing likely to get you on lord marches manicured lawn? get real. i don't know enough about financial things to know when it'll happen, but once interest rates pick up i reckon you'll only be getting half a dozen articles in octane & motorsport magazines each month, the rest will be full of adverts! that's not to say i don't appreciate the cars that have been linked, i'd love to have a poke around them at a club meet & have a craic with their owners but sink £45k into one, not a chance.
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bridey0
1,833 posts
54 months
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wfarrell said: ,any idea what they'd likely ask for thier one?
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