it is not an S. and I love your 356. spent all eve yesterday bartering with the seller but they refusing to move even a cent on the price. so I told them last night that I am not interested anymore (but I am!)
it needs engine rebuild, carbs are missing, carpets and general tidy up plus the paint job. so all in all will need 25k poored in to it as a minimum . but it will be a late 2 early 6 figure car once done up. i am so temtped... but i like a deal and they aree not moving a cent!
i am not a dealer... dont do them up to sell, thats a problem. hence my hesitation on purchase as i will end up keeping it
RC is right, if youre going to keep it, then the price doesnt matter really. Its a labour of love. I dont blame you one iota, its lovely. My fave car and even though I'd never be able to afford one in a million years, its nice to know someone else who loves them can. Do it. Dont think of the money. Money is irelevant. The car is worth more emotionally to you, as it would to me. Good luck and dont think too much. Follow your heart and tell your brain to fuck off.
well.. i never thought i will sell my 2.7. however looks like i will need to do it in order to buy this 2L ( should i decide to do it) so final value of the car does matter even thou it is not bought with the view to sell .
@Chris Gordon Bond? Hmm, no bells ringing about the name. Maybe I know him as something else though. Is he on the DDK forums? Tip to the OP. Get over to DDK and ask around there. Its a great little community of like minded Porsche folk, and a good resource of knowledge. There are several things at work here, so I think that I will tell you a little of my experience. Firstly, where is the car? You mention the seller won't budge a cent, so the USA? Are you in a position to go out there and look at it? I bought my car unseen from a dealer in 2014, and that is a scary experience, to commit to spending big bucks on something you have only seen in pictures. If the cost is a worry (and it will be, given the commitment), then consider where the exchange rate might go in the future, what with Brexit etc. I was lucky enough to buy my car when the exchange rate was much better. How can you be sure of the condition? A rusty early 911 is a complex car to fix properly. The sill and kidney bowl area is particularly expensive and time consuming. Are you doing the work youself? My car was bought as an unfinished project ex California car. The metalwork was in excellent condition considering that it was nearly 50 years old, and they were rust prone from new. The engine ran, and the gearbox shifted, and I could drive it on my driveway, but it still took 4 years of graft and expense to get to where I am now. That kind explains why I haven't been riding my bike much for a long time. If you need parts, consider that some parts are eye wateringly expensive. Porsche Classic produce a lot of stuff new, but you can tell the repro stuff even if it comes in a Porsche bag and priced highly. Have a look in TheSamba.com at parts prices. Know your stuff, or you will end up paying over the odds for goods and services. The Porsche tax phenomenon definitely does exist. I paid $40 for a proper Recaro seat knob... Glad you like my car! I took it to Le Mans earlier this year, and it didn't miss a beat apart from popping the circuit breaker on the generator a couple of times, so I changed the voltage regulator when I got back. I stickered it up as a tribute to the #23 917K that won the race in 1970.
@chewythekneeslider Gordon Bond was/is (I hope) an exceptionally good leather upholstery, mainly of cars and his main hobby is/was as I could gather, driving/restoring/racing his 356 on tracks all over the world. When I knew him, around 23 years ago, he had one car he used daily and was working on a total restoration of another car from the ground up. He knew what he was doing and his standards were high so I’m sure that second car would’ve been something else when finished.
yeah, the car is from US. most of the RHD cars are rotten or eyewatering expensive. so going LHD. will buy unseen but i know seller well. he likes me ( or i thought he did till last night till he told me hes not going to drop the pice) i think i can trust their description of the car. he knows the areas of the resto i am most conserned about. got a bit of experience with restoring cars, so familiar with pricing or parts / labour. its just opportunity of buying chrome bumber car which you can afford doesnt come along often and you need to jump on it when its present itself... 2 months ago i managed to do the same with my etype S2 which i sucsesfully sold and bought S1 for the same money . so it is doable! loony who bought my S2 was from czech republick, retired university professor who decided to open private moto museum . so he sent lory to collect my car from london. so i had to rum the car first then he backed his lory as delivery guy didnt have a ramp with him! then after very careful maneuvering he backed to the car lift then i had to get in to the car and reverse it in to the lory and then good bye car...
