Lovely 964 Turbo... until you see the interior colour
Lovely 964 Turbo... until you see the interior colour
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gttastic

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120 posts

221 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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Saw this gorgeous 964 3.3 Turbo with Speedline type wheels at DK Engineering the other day:
http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/331/Prestige_...

Thought it was black at first until I read the advert - it is dark grey.
OK so far... then I saw the olive green interior and that just kind of let the whole thing down.
Shame, as otherwise I would have been very interested, but every time you drive it you would be surrounded by that interior colour.
I suppose you could just look at it from the outside and not bother driving it!

marky911

4,432 posts

240 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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I'm sure this used to belong to a guy off 911uk. It was for sale on Pheads a few years ago requiring a rebuild due to snapped headstuds for sub £20k.

That's when the guy bought it and did indeed go right through the car spending more than the purchase price again sorting it.

Is it worth £36k? No way, not to me anyway. If it is that car then as nice as it may be now, it's still a high miles 3.3 with marmite colour combo.

Just my personal opinion. smile

monthefish

20,467 posts

252 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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It's not great, but I could live with it I think, on that car at least.

Certainly better than Nephrite for example....

marky911

4,432 posts

240 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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I could live with it too but at that price I'd rather wait for a different colour.

It may not be the same car actually as I'm sure the exterior colour was grey/green not just grey. scratchchin

Unless they're trying to pedal it before the sun comes out. wink

colin1976

84 posts

197 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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I quite like it.
This (993 Turbo S) on the other hand...
http://sanfranciscosportscars.com/1997-porsche-tur...

mez3

356 posts

240 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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That yellow interior is a bit much, cracking car though.

reedman

588 posts

215 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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colin1976 said:
I quite like it.
This (993 Turbo S) on the other hand...
http://sanfranciscosportscars.com/1997-porsche-tur...
That chassis number looks wrong IMO !

http://sanfranciscosportscars.com/1997-porsche-tur...

dibblecorse

7,265 posts

213 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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How hard would getting the interior color changed be ??

FunkySon

139 posts

244 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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marky911 said:
I'm sure this used to belong to a guy off 911uk. It was for sale on Pheads a few years ago requiring a rebuild due to snapped headstuds for sub £20k.

That's when the guy bought it and did indeed go right through the car spending more than the purchase price again sorting it.
There can't be many 964Ts with green interiors around so presumably this is this one changed hands at the beginning of 2009. He was looking for 14k by the looks of this post on rennlist: http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/964-turbo-fo...

Looks like the guy that bought it may have had the engine rebuilt twice in 2009: http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/964-turbo-fo...

Can't say that it looks in "outstanding condition" in the advert. Some obvious flaws showing in those pictures.

Duncan

Vroomer

1,880 posts

201 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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gttastic said:
... then I saw the olive green interior and that just kind of let the whole thing down.
Gross.

stup

238 posts

228 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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gttastic said:
Saw this gorgeous 964 3.3 Turbo with Speedline type wheels at DK Engineering the other day:
http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/331/Prestige_...

Thought it was black at first until I read the advert - it is dark grey.
OK so far... then I saw the olive green interior and that just kind of let the whole thing down.
Shame, as otherwise I would have been very interested, but every time you drive it you would be surrounded by that interior colour.
I suppose you could just look at it from the outside and not bother driving it!
I had this vehicle in at my premises a year or so ago (SP Autobahn) . It came to me to have the fuelling system modified then properly set up after ctr developments rebuilt the engine then passed it over to me for the tuning work.

When I was finished with it, the car performed great and at the time when finished it is only one of a handful of modified 964 turbos that is properly set up inmho with a proper engine rebuild to match.

Good car for someone if you can live with the interior colour or maybe wish to colour change it.. Considering what work has been done to this car and what else is out there it is worth the money in my opinion,seen and worked on enough other examples to come to this conclusion.. A lot of lower mileage examples potentially at some stage soon will require all the work this car has already had done.


Edited by stup on Thursday 7th February 19:16

GT Two

3,070 posts

213 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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I have changed the interior colour of a 964 before and a 3.2 recently.

I reckon you could do it for 2.5-3k depending on what seats you wanted.

New seats recaro or used black Porsche items
Used black dash top and 3 piece lower dash
Used black door tops or retrim
New RS black door cards
New RS style black carpet

ditch the rear seats

I have not accounted for headlining or parcel shelf.

Jibaro

210 posts

202 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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I like it smile But then I also still harbour regrets over getting outbid on a Boxster S with full nephrite leather some years ago, I thought it looked great, and I'm sitting on a green chesterfield right now! Political aspirations, or maybe I'm colour blind, I was very pleased when I found my new 911 a few months ago as it had black leather, but I've since found out from the paperwork it's metropole blue - but it still looks black to me!

Legacywr

14,304 posts

209 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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stup said:
gttastic said:
Saw this gorgeous 964 3.3 Turbo with Speedline type wheels at DK Engineering the other day:
http://www.dkeng.co.uk/ferrari-sales/331/Prestige_...

Thought it was black at first until I read the advert - it is dark grey.
OK so far... then I saw the olive green interior and that just kind of let the whole thing down.
Shame, as otherwise I would have been very interested, but every time you drive it you would be surrounded by that interior colour.
I suppose you could just look at it from the outside and not bother driving it!
I had this vehicle in at my premises a year or so ago (SP Autobahn) . It came to me to have the fuelling system modified then properly set up after ctr developments rebuilt the engine then passed it over to me for the tuning work.

When I was finished with it, the car performed great and at the time when finished it is only one of a handful of modified 964 turbos that is properly set up inmho with a proper engine rebuild to match.

Good car for someone if you can live with the interior colour or maybe wish to colour change it.. Considering what work has been done to this car and what else is out there it is worth the money in my opinion,seen and worked on enough other examples to come to this conclusion.. A lot of lower mileage examples potentially at some stage soon will require all the work this car has already had done.


Edited by stup on Thursday 7th February 19:16
Is that Olly's car you are talking about?

How many miles has the OP car done? And, I think if you bought the car and lived with the interior for a while, you wouldn't find it such a problem IMO!

stup

238 posts

228 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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Yes, that's the one!

Legacywr

14,304 posts

209 months

Thursday 7th February 2013
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stup said:
Yes, that's the one!
If it is the same car, then it's actually green, and has done about 120k IIRC?

A very good car, but only worth low 30's IMO.

marky911

4,432 posts

240 months

Friday 8th February 2013
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I thought it had done more than that Rodney?

I thought it was about 135k when it needed the rebuild, plus whatever it's covered since.

A quick call to the dealer would clear that up for someone anyway.

I would have said £30k given all the recent sorting and spending. You can't add it all on unfortunately. Maybe £31k or £32k as it has the Speedlines on. smile

gttastic

Original Poster:

120 posts

221 months

Friday 8th February 2013
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Legacywr said:
If it is the same car, then it's actually green, and has done about 120k IIRC?
Just spoken to DK Engineering.

Paint code=L999 (special colour to match customer's specification). Sales guy described exterior colour as grey but agreed it had a hint of green when I suggested it. I wonder if it is similar to Adventura Green?

136,000 miles with 5 owners.

gttastic

Original Poster:

120 posts

221 months

Friday 8th February 2013
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This might be a better car for a little bit more:
http://www.cameronsportscars.co.uk/items/561?back=...

It's an older car but has fewer miles and is in a better colour combo.

Steve Devaney

718 posts

223 months

Friday 8th February 2013
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gttastic said:
This might be a better car for a little bit more:
http://www.cameronsportscars.co.uk/items/561?back=...

It's an older car but has fewer miles and is in a better colour combo.
I may be wrong but I think this one was up for sale at Slade last year for £30,000!