Prices 1975 2.7 - really!

[P50]

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

[hygt2]

P50 said:

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

That really is a lot for that car !!

[Black_mamba]

..."The beautifully thin Lime Green Metallic finish has faded almost down to bare metal and is a joy to behold in detail"...least they don't have to spent to take the paint of, its peeling itself

[Wozy68]

P50 said:

roygarth said:

£30k?! Double it.

That's what I was thinking.

People are getting a bit carried away with the 2.7RS connection here.

An IB 2.7 Carrera aint no RS and never will be.

This be the truth, if memory serves the engine doesn't even rev as high.

Missed out on a gold coloured 2.7 Carrera IB in 2004/5. It was up for just shy of 13k from a dealer. Dealer pulled the sale by the time I'd came to the conclusion I could live with the colour.

Doh

[POORCARDEALER]

P50 said:

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

Good god!

[r4_rick]

stunned to hear it made that price.

[g7jhp]

P50 said:

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

Fool and his money are easily parted. I wouldn't waste my hard earned on that!

[mollytherocker]

P50 said:

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

Stunned!

[r4_rick]

did anyone here go to the silverstone auction, would like to understand why the Jap C4 didn't sell

[Slippydiff]

P50 said:

That's what I was thinking.

People are getting a bit carried away with the 2.7RS connection here.

An IB 2.7 Carrera aint no RS and never will be.

P50 said:

Well it made inc comms/vat £149900.

Put that in all yee pipe and smoke it..

Hold on ........

You can't have it both ways, so which is it ? Next best thing to an original 2.7 RS or not ? Someone clearly thinks it might be. And when the original 2.7 RS is at £1m, this might look like a very shrewd move indeed. Put THAT in yee pipe and smoke it

[mollytherocker]

It all seems like utter madness. But I guess its just good old supply and demand.

These cars are just getting thinner on the ground and the pool of buyers seem to be increasing.

[slippydiffgt3]

I have one of these, so I guess have an axe to grind.. but, the car is virtually the same as an RS. Don't know why people say not. Same weight as a Touring and only minor differences in the shell. Remember there were only 500 proper lightweights and most of those lost their panels years ago.

[BertBert]

Presumably the confusion lies in the difference between the 2.7MFI and the 2.7CIS cars.
Bert

[BertBert]

So I wonder how the man-maths worked. Assuming it's going to get a body restoration and mechanicals re-commissioned, there's a lot more to spend. 30k+??? If it needs an engine and box refresh, then 50k+

Bert

[roygarth]

BertBert said:

Presumably the confusion lies in the difference between the 2.7MFI and the 2.7CIS cars.
Bert

Must confess I get confused over the difference. Please could you elaborate?

[roygarth]

BertBert said:

Presumably the confusion lies in the difference between the 2.7MFI and the 2.7CIS cars.
Bert

Must confess I get confused over the difference. Please could you elaborate? Are the CIS the US cars and the MFI the Euro spec cars?

[BertBert]

I am not an expert, but in simple form, the MFI carrera was an Impact Bumper version of the 2.7RS. So an RS.

The 2.7S had the new and to some people's eyes pretty crap CIS engine (not sure it actually is crap).

There's loads more to it than that, but that's the simple version.

Bert

[Slippydiff]

roygarth said:

Must confess I get confused over the difference. Please could you elaborate? Are the CIS the US cars and the MFI the Euro spec cars?

Morning Piers, I hope you're well ? (many thanks for your kind comments regarding the engine bay foils, they're much appreciated)

The CIS (Continuous Injection System) that's Bosch K Jetronic to you and me, was fitted to the US cars in '73, it dulled the throttle response and sapped horsepower. The MFi cars has far better throttle response and higher horsepower figures.

More can be found on the CIS system here :

http://jimsbasementworkshop.com/CIS/pages/introduc...

anonymous said:

[redacted]

Morning J. As ever on PH there's a lot of piffle proffered as gospel. The '74 Impact bumper carrera 2.7 in its MFi iteration is a rare and thus sought after car, and as you've said it's "flown under the radar". As ever with "special" Porsche 911's, it's a numbers game :

http://carreramfi.com/

Just as 15 years ago with the 964 RS, many saw them as little more than a hard-riding, stripped out 964 C2. The same applies to the '74 2.7 Carrera, it's not "just another impact bumper car". That it's mechanically identical to the hallowed early 2.7 RS only adds to it's cachet to those in the know. It really is a "cheap" 2.7 RS, and no doubt prices will continue to escalate despite the comments by the naysayers and doomongers on here. As ever, those that know, know. And those that don't, well they're often to be found posting as self professed experts on here

And for further indicators on pricing ........ :

http://blog.carreramfi.com/search/label/Forsale

So whilst the buyer of the Silverstone Auctions car might not have got a "bargain", someone knew exactly what they were buying and won't lose their shirt even if they do a full resto job on the car.

[BertBert]

And of course as everyone says...if only I'd bought that lovely black one when it was late 30s!