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Old 08-31-2018, 10:55 AM
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^^^EXCEPT that the "popoff valve" is not an upgrade! Read up. Just sayin.

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Lol i saw that too, but figured this thread has enough excitement already.
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The 911SC was the 911 model I owned the longest at almost 9.5 years. This is saying something as my average car ownership tenure is under 2 years. Having said this, it’s trending upward the past 5 years as I’m happy with what I have. Nonetheless, I have great driving memories of my SC...even better than G50 Carreras I had.
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Originally Posted by Edward
^^^EXCEPT that the "popoff valve" is not an upgrade! Read up. Just sayin.

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Darn still on the fence 50/50 if I'm going to go buy this white SC. It's a 1980(converted from targa) about 60k miles for 18k, good paint and body but it's a convertible. That's the only thing holding me back. It needs some TLC here and there but rust free and engine/transmission are original and everything works. But Targa and coupe prices are high for what I want to pay at this point. Should I wait, or too good to pass up?
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Darn still on the fence 50/50 if I'm going to go buy this white SC. It's a 1980(converted from targa) about 60k miles for 18k, good paint and body but it's a convertible. That's the only thing holding me back. It needs some TLC here and there but rust free and engine/transmission are original and everything works. But Targa and coupe prices are high for what I want to pay at this point. Should I wait, or too good to pass up?
Just my opinion but I saw a lot of these cab conversions back when they were only a few years old and I wouldn't touch one at any price. Although if you can buy it cheap enough it would be a good parts car candidate or can be converted back to a targa.
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Originally Posted by 119
Darn still on the fence 50/50 if I'm going to go buy this white SC. It's a 1980(converted from targa) about 60k miles for 18k, good paint and body but it's a convertible. That's the only thing holding me back. It needs some TLC here and there but rust free and engine/transmission are original and everything works. But Targa and coupe prices are high for what I want to pay at this point. Should I wait, or too good to pass up?
Some Porsche generalizations:
  1. Coupes tend to be more expensive than cabs.
  2. Coupes tend to be more expensive than targas.
  3. Original is more expensive than modified
  4. Conversions (other than Singer) takes a real special buyer.
I would think very hard about buying it unless it was at a steep discount to a coupe and excellent through and through. I looked at a 993 cab converstion to a turbo with 100% OEM parts and backed off. Porsche only made 14 and they are worth insane money (http://www.thedrive.com/news/7486/th...or-1-4-million). The conversion was only worth marginally more than a stock cab, despite being an excellent build using OEM parts.
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Originally Posted by cobalt
Just my opinion but I saw a lot of these cab conversions back when they were only a few years old and I wouldn't touch one at any price. Although if you can buy it cheap enough it would be a good parts car candidate or can be converted back to a targa.
Thanks..the conversion itself was actually pretty good from dealership. I was looking for targa conversion parts, but they are hard to find and it seems very involved also. Probably 6-9k after everything is said and done.

Here is the car...19k is good or should I wait for Targa or coupe? Body and paint is straight and fresh though nothing to fix that I know of. Interior needs refreshing.

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Originally Posted by cobalt
Just my opinion but I saw a lot of these cab conversions back when they were only a few years old and I wouldn't touch one at any price. Although if you can buy it cheap enough it would be a good parts car candidate or can be converted back to a targa.
Originally Posted by DoninDen
Some Porsche generalizations:
  1. Coupes tend to be more expensive than cabs.
  2. Coupes tend to be more expensive than targas.
  3. Original is more expensive than modified
  4. Conversions (other than Singer) takes a real special buyer.
I would think very hard about buying it unless it was at a steep discount to a coupe and excellent through and through. I looked at a 993 cab converstion to a turbo with 100% OEM parts and backed off. Porsche only made 14 and they are worth insane money (http://www.thedrive.com/news/7486/th...or-1-4-million). The conversion was only worth marginally more than a stock cab, despite being an excellent build using OEM parts.
Agree on all points spot on and thank you.
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I came back to this post to tell you about a conversion that might be worth looking at, but at $19,000 that might be a lot of fun and it would seem priced right.

This car car has a bigger engine, so it’ll be fun. But as my mechanic 45 years solely aircooled Porsche’s would say “so it will drive like a 993, with less suspension”. Might be fun to watch: https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...l_notification
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Thanks much! That's actually in similar state as what I was looking at, mileage, color and condition albeit the engine. I wonder how much the BAT vert will go for.
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The BaT car is worth considerably more in almost every respect. It is a factory cab an 88 G50 car. It has big red brakes and a 3.6 varam engine. This is worth bidding on for the engine alone. A good 993 Vram motor is approaching $20k as is the rest are desirable parts.



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