Potential 944 Purchase

[944 Man]

Look at the build sticker to see whether it has the fog light option listed. With regard to value: 944Ss have a mechanical Achilles heel, similar to that found in the S2 and 968, but the wear is usually worse because they were gutless and needed their bks revving off to go anywhere (coupled with the fact that most make little more power than an 8v car without skilled set-up). Even if the cam chain does not fail and wreck the head, the resulting wear to the sprockets on the cams can and frequently does ruin them.

With water inside and little chance of body corrosion being properly sorted, it sounds like a lot less than five thousand to me. Much, much less. Do not buy it until the cam cover has been taken off by a specialist and ensure that he looks properly for rust too, and not just around the outer sills. Rear inner sills into the floors, front A pillar bases and into the footwells and all around the torsion bar carrier mounts rust, as well as the battery tray in the boot. £5,000 for welding is easy to spend.