Tcomegna

Hey everyone ! Need some help.

I've been looking to acquire a local air cooled 911 for quite some time, finally I was allowed to walk though the entire car and take some pics and get some info. I want to buy it, very much so, however I need an approximate value and private sale purchase offer. Here's what I can say:

-1971 911s
-owner has had it for over 30 years
-interior is in excellent condition, as is the area under the front hood
-exterior had a respray, starting to bubble and rust on certain spots, plus engine bay wasn't done that thorough. Essentially it would require a full body, proper paint job
-motor is supposedly a serial number confirmed motor from a 1973 Carrera RS 2.7 with 210HP and a top end rebuild with minimal KM since rebuilt.
-98,000KM or so
-Body is not stock, has aftermarket BBs wheels, has wide rear fender flares, also has a whale tail. Looks incredible but not factory.
-car starts and drives. Shifter feels quite loose, hard to find the right gear (is that normal)

Any help and insight would be appreciated greatly.

kuks1975

I can't help you with value but I'd bet the sloppiness in the shifter is in the bushings under the stick and/or the coupler at the back of the linkage. Should be an easy fix with a few new bushings.

Dave Inc.

Bizarre. Looks like they put a bodykit on it to make it look like an early turbo.

Surge74

I would recommend buying the Excellence Magazine digital buyers' guide.
For $5, you can't beat it. It lists values for each model, as well as what to look out for.
Hagertys is also good as a guide for value.

Freddie Two Bs

Motor from a 73 RS wtf!?!

post the whole story on the early911S registry. That's where the knowledge base is for something so idiosyncratic.

Plus whoever put flares on that beauty deserves 5 to 15 in a maximum security.

GTgears

Who built the car? When and wear? Value of this car depends hugely on if there's any provenance.

As it sits its just an expensive hit rod. It will never be numbers matching. I would say $100k with no provenance. But that engine could be worth $100k+ by itself if you find the owner of the chassis that needs it. If it's a replacement case or just RS spec on some other case its worth way less.I put the S vin and chassis, in its molested state, at around $50k, may be less.

Bloose993TT

You need to get solid info on the RS motor. That is where the true value is on that example.

911Dave

Ditto. If that's a real, complete RS motor, it's worth 4-5 times what the rest of the car is.

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

The aftermarket sunroof is a big hit on value.

One would need the VIN of the car as well as the engine type number and serial number to establiish value.

Tcomegna

This is all great info, thank you to everyone so far. I will be getting the VIN and also serial number of the motor. The sunroof isn't a factory option ? That's aftermarket ? That would kill value that much ?

theiceman

A73 Rs motor with a 3 litre shroud ??

Tcomegna

vin is 9111300399

911Dave

VINs didn't exist prior to 1981...that's a serial number.

Tcomegna

Ok perfect. I should have the engines serial number in the next few days to verify if it's in fact an RS motor.

Assuming it's not an RS motor, how much should I offer him realistically? Needs an engine out paint job, and it's definitely not stock body, and now the sunroof hurts value

Mark Salvetti

Actually, that's a VIN, and it is correct for a 1971 911S.
https://www.stuttcars.com/technical/vin-decoder/

1981 is when they started to use the familiar 17-character VIN, but prior to that the numbers are still considered VINs (the title will show it as a VIN).

If that is a real 1973 RS engine, I believe it should be a type 911/83. It is stamped on a flat part of the engine case to the right of the fan. The serial number will be on a vertical surface to the left of the type number.

Mark