Potential 944 Purchase

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Afternoon all,

Not long back at looking at a red E plate 944S. Its done just over 100k mileage and had a fair amount on the lower body work (c£2k) looks to have done been very well, no filler etc, great paint match etc.

Rest of the car appears to be very solid and in great condition for its age. Current owner since 2014 and stacks of history which was nice. Nice and standard minus the headunit/cd player.

It will need four tyres, down to age.
Rear boot and driver rear carpet appeared to have some water on the floor.
Sunroof does not clip back in properly, one of the clips appears to work, the other doesn't
Passenger window does not work - no noise or anything when operated.

I was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on the above? I fancied a 'usable' classic and this seems a good fit.

Looks like I could get it for £5k but need to take in the above.

Any thoughts or help would be appreciated on the fixes and the current cost to buy.

Many thanks

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julian987R said:

Will you be keeping it in a garage or outside?

Outside most likely, underneath has been given treatment I believe. MOT history does not give any concern for rust and rear arches were very clean which I believe have not been touched.

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Thanks for comments, surprised at the requirement for it to be garaged, aware its an older car but didn't realise they were quote so bad. The owner had mentioned it lived under a cover for a while but would never do it again due to condensation, better letting it air I guess.

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supersport said:

It doesn't need to be garaged. Obviously it would be the best for it, but it won't wash away in the rain. I also wouldn't be putting it under a cover.

Although if you are not planning on driving it all year round, then I am not sure it being sat there all winter wouldn't be best for it. Like all cars regular driving is best for it.

Many people keep them outside all year, ours was for about five years and there are plenty of others around.

You would want to know why it is wet inside, ours never did that.

Clearly being a Porsche some parts are expensive, so if you can do bits yourself you are better off unless you can find a decent local garage that can work on them. They are just cars after all.

I always thought ours was built like a tank, amazing thing that we had from 180K miles to 230K miles.

Rust though, can be the kill so you want to make sure it's been done as they will all rust eventually.

Thanks for that, all taken on board.

Looking into things at the moment, car was very clean, no rust which was nice. Car will be used weekly, not every day but it will be used.

Water issue agree needs to be looked into, I recall the door trim had a small gap in the rubber but that is perhaps wishful thinking. Tyres also seem to be rather expensive!

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Can anyone help with the fog lights? the one I am looking at doesn't appear to have any (sit lower than the reg plate) however looking at similar ones online they all seem to have fog lights?

Was this an option?

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Here is a picture, it doesn't appear they are missing or can be fitted. Some pictures do seem to share the same bumper but appear to have the lower fog lights.

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DKL said:

I see what you mean, perhaps I've never looked that closely at that Lux style front end! Are there any switches for front fog lights - usually to the R of the ignition switch. I suppose the only option would be a new front valance and wire them in but I'm not sure I'd bother.
Maybe they were an option after all!

This isn't a lux. I believe it's a 944 S Ventiler. 1988, E reg.

I sadly can't remember about the switches