944/968 Post your pics.

[IMI A]

^^ love that

[rufusgti]

GC8 said:

Fat Albert said:

Both Long gone from my ownership, but at least I know that 944T is sleeping waiting to be re-awakened at some point by her new owner:

Jeremy, you would not believe how much money I have spent having this car welded. You might not believe how much filler was in the sills after you paid a specialist good money to repair them, too.

Any more info on this? At some point i'd like some bodywork done. Keep hearing of bad work from well regarded specialists.

[speedyman]

Been in the box for three years, now completed.

[GC8]

rufusgti said:

GC8 said:

Fat Albert said:

Both Long gone from my ownership, but at least I know that 944T is sleeping waiting to be re-awakened at some point by her new owner:

Jeremy, you would not believe how much money I have spent having this car welded. You might not believe how much filler was in the sills after you paid a specialist good money to repair them, too.

Any more info on this? At some point i'd like some bodywork done. Keep hearing of bad work from well regarded specialists.

TWG in Peterboghorror, but they subbed it out to a bodyshop.

[Andy888]

Pulled this out of storage tonight.

Should keep me amused and stop me reading excessively about the Rona!

[davidc1]

Was just reading this thread the other day and how strange that a 944s2 pulled up next to me this morning in dartford.
Not seen 1 for years. Lovely met grey. Sorry no pics.
Had a chat to the owner .he had owned for 20 years.
It looked the business.

[PGNSagaris]

Out and about



And in its home

[Therumbandit]

My sort of running when it feels like it 1985 944 Project

[minimoog]

My old man's former ride. Sadly now sold on

[MrVert]

Hi...I’m just about to make an Ofer on a private sale 944 (not advertised)...

It’s had a fair amount of work done to it as a restoration project by the current owner, but would like to know what’s the headline items to look out for with a 944...?

I’ve had a lot of Porsche’s over the years, but not a front drive model.

Thanks in advance..

[Pilotguy]

Errr, it’s not front drive. Just front-engined. Rear wheel drive via the transaxle.


;)


I’m sure you knew that. But, you know ...

https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/p...

Edited by Pilotguy on Monday 25th May 18:57

Edited by Pilotguy on Monday 25th May 18:58

[MrVert]

Pilotguy said:

Errr, it’s not front drive. Just front-engined. Rear wheel drive via the transaxle.


;)


I’m sure you knew that. But, you know ...

https://www.hagerty.com/media/buying-and-selling/p...

Edited by Pilotguy on Monday 25th May 18:57

Edited by Pilotguy on Monday 25th May 18:58

Ha! Yes, phrased badly! Oops!

Thanks for the link, I’ll have a look.

[Pilotguy]

No problem. Here’s another good link to 944 development history

https://silodrome.com/porsche-944-history/

[edh]

MrVert said:

Hi...I’m just about to make an Ofer on a private sale 944 (not advertised)...

It’s had a fair amount of work done to it as a restoration project by the current owner, but would like to know what’s the headline items to look out for with a 944...?

I’ve had a lot of Porsche’s over the years, but not a front drive model.

Thanks in advance..

Rust. (What sort of restoration is this?)
Clutch (expensive job so watch out if very heavy or juddery on decel)
Make sure everything works
There are more specific things on 16v and turbo cars to watch out for

Edited by edh on Tuesday 26th May 07:21

[Lily the Pink]

MrVert said:

Hi...I’m just about to make an Ofer on a private sale 944 (not advertised)...

It’s had a fair amount of work done to it as a restoration project by the current owner, but would like to know what’s the headline items to look out for with a 944...?

I’ve had a lot of Porsche’s over the years, but not a front drive model.

Thanks in advance..

Belts. If you cannot be confident that they have been changed recently then get them done ASAP.

[GC8]

I wouldn't give a monkey about the belts: this is <£2k car advice. Values have risen and belts still cost the same.

Rust, rust & rust. Everyone will tell you that theirs doesnt have any. Then they'll tell you that it is just a spot on the outside of the sill... And so it will go on. Now, at this age, 944s are suffering terribly from corrosion and faith in galvanising (I thought tgat tgey were galvanised...? etc) is misplaced and misunderstood. It is a sacrificial process and it only has so much to give. Most 944s have rust; many have extremely serious rust (outer sill, rear inner sill, into the rear axle mountings, inner sills to floors, footwell to bulkhead, battery box [series two cars] and the base of the A pillar into the bulkhead) and even more have been bodged to hide it, because these were cheap cars.

Engines: most good engines stripped and measured aren't great and virtually all 16v engines need knowledgeable work to see them making anything like their qouted output (static timing related) and 16v cars have issues with timing chain and cam wear too, which is serious and expensive.

This applies to 968 engines too, but at least these have always been costly with used parts seldom found. With 944s everything is extremely costly for what it is, due to increased values and every chancer thinking that it is pay day.

Dashboards on all series are now likely to be cracked. On series one cars they'll be terrible.

[Lily the Pink]

GC8 said:

I wouldn't give a monkey about the belts: this is <£2k car advice. Values have risen and belts still cost the same.

Rust, rust & rust. Everyone will tell you that theirs doesnt have any. Then they'll tell you that it is just a spot on the outside of the sill... And so it will go on. Now, at this age, 944s are suffering terribly from corrosion and faith in galvanising (I thought tgat tgey were galvanised...? etc) is misplaced and misunderstood. It is a sacrificial process and it only has so much to give. Most 944s have rust; many have extremely serious rust (outer sill, rear inner sill, into the rear axle mountings, inner sills to floors, footwell to bulkhead, battery box [series two cars] and the base of the A pillar into the bulkhead) and even more have been bodged to hide it, because these were cheap cars.

...

Dashboards on all series are now likely to be cracked. On series one cars they'll be terrible.

Mostly rubbish.

blade7 said:

The 944 comes from the time when Porsche weren't building their cars down to a price. And they didn't make them easy to work on either. Add to that they're mostly 30+ years old, and unless it's a turbo most 944's don't make much financial sense to properly restore.

Mostly true.

[GC8]

Really? My approaching 30yrs owning the cars, from an M758 and new CS to my current 1988 Turbo (and series one competition car, 2.7L and '86 automatic) would suggest otherwise.

Are you mistaking my knowing and referencing a lot of things that you do not know about as my talking rubbish? You will find plenty of people who will call me a , but none will say that I do not know more about FrontRunners than most and certainly more than you.

Add to this that I have just had to have most of this work done to my Turbo, at grest expense. My friends Turbo S was a little shinier but he has had to have even more done.

[edh]

Simon is on the money as far as rust goes. He might be rude & grumpy but that's just the Yorkshire in him I think...

Most 944's were well used and not really cared for that well. They definitely rust. He highlighted the main problem areas.
Low mileage garage queens may be a different case.

[GC8]

Thanks Ed. I'm actually from 14 miles SSW of the South Yorkshire border, in West Derbyshire. I have adopted the persona of a miserable Yorkshireman because it allows me to be mean, rude and hate Southerners.