Price advice

[Justo]

Guys,

Have seen an old porsche parked up for some time. It looks to be a late 70s model Targa with a chrome targa rollover hoop. It looks to be in a sorry enough state requireing some work. Any advice on what a reasonable price would be to pay for such an item, before i go and ask?


TIA

[marky911]

You would need to know exactly what model it is really. At best it's going to be an SC, at worst it'll be a 150hp 2.7. I'm thinking it's one of these as the SCs from 77-83 dropped the chrome targa hoop.

If it's a 74-77 car then personally I'd leave it alone. The engines are made from play-doh and they are a pretty undesirable model, sandwiched between the prettier pre74 cars and the later more powerful SCs.

Either way a good 74-77 is worth 10-15k so a basket case is barely worth doing, unless you're very handy yourself.

Sorry to he the bearer of bad news.

Edited by marky911 on Thursday 29th September 10:55

[Justo]

Thanks for the quick answer.

I am not sure of the model so i will have to try to get a closer look.

As for the work, I can do all the work myself so it is not really a problem.

Are the 2.7 really that bad?? and is it just the engine?

Forgot to say - it has a original wheels i think, if that is any sign - similar pic below - they are not so nice.

If it was coming at a good price I might just consider it

J

Edited by Justo on Thursday 29th September 11:41

[anonymous-user]

Justo said:

As for the work, I can do all the work myself so it is not really a problem.

If it's rusty, and it will be, then it will require a LOT of remedial work which is quite specialist. Impossible to value without knowing exactly what model it is and what condition it's in. It could be a 2.7 or 3.0 Carrera (both quite valuable now, especially the 2.7) or a bog standard 2.7 (not worth much at all). Could also be an early 3.0 SC (also not worth very much). Value could be anything from sub £5K to £20K plus depending on what model it is, what condition it's in and recorded history.

PS. and don't assume that the sub £5K examples are better value. It's nearly always the better examples that represent true value for money.

Edited by anonymous-user on Monday 3rd October 11:45

[phib]

I would go in with your eyes open, they can cost a great deal to get right, if its an early car then they rot like buggery you can easily spend tens of thousands getting them right.

You may be lucky ( I hope you are !!)

Phib

[Justo]

Gents

Thanks for the replies. It would seem that anything other than an early Carrera is really just a money pit that is not really worth it, thats a little depressing. I will keep you posted.

J

[anonymous-user]

Justo said:

Gents

Thanks for the replies. It would seem that anything other than an early Carrera is really just a money pit that is not really worth it, thats a little depressing. I will keep you posted.

J

Even early Carreras can be money pits too. If you're thinking along the lines of buying cheap, fixing up and then selling on for profit then you really need to know exactly what you're doing otherwise you'll soon be massively out of pocket at the end.

[Justo]

Thanks for that - sadly i suppose, I am not the business type - all purchases usually ends up staying

[phib]

I paid £86k to have mine restored ( it was by Porsche though)

Phib

[Justo]

phib said:

I paid £86k to have mine restored ( it was by Porsche though)

Phib