1968 Porsche 911 Targa Good Buy?
08-11-2006, 07:42 PM
#1
1968 Porsche 911 Targa Good Buy?
I have located a 1968 911 Factory Soft Window Targa that has been stored in a barn for 28 years. The car has 68,000 miles on it. The engine is in pieces, the rear window is torn, the suspension pan is rusted and the metal 4" below the rear torsion bars is rusty. The rocker jack points have very little rust (maybe 1"x2" area). The rest of the car is in great shape except for the bird crap. The dash has zero cracks. It has the rs style rear seat delete. The seller is asking $4500-$5000. What do you guys think?PICTURES
08-11-2006, 10:58 PM
#2
Sounds like too much rust andtoo much labor too put it back together, assuming everything is there.
Find a market value for the car in good /excellent condition and start subtracting the costs to get this barn car to that condition.
The body work alone could get very pricey.
My guess is that the bototm line will be well south of $4500.
Unless you have a lot of skills/time and money you won't be driving this car for months or years.
Find a market value for the car in good /excellent condition and start subtracting the costs to get this barn car to that condition.
The body work alone could get very pricey.
My guess is that the bototm line will be well south of $4500.
Unless you have a lot of skills/time and money you won't be driving this car for months or years.
08-12-2006, 01:20 AM
#3
As the guys on Pelican are saying, you can dump $25,000 into this car and still not be done. The asking price is irrelevant at this point. $4500 or $2000 won't really matter too much after the entire restoration is complete.
That rust is extensive, even just looking at the pics. Who knows what is lurking when you start poking around. It almost seems undriveable in this condition (even if the car had a working motor, transmission and brakes).
The interior does seem pretty intact and with a good amount of elbow grease, cleaners and Fabreeze, you may be surprised as to what you find. Honestly, I've seen much worse and have cleaned worse.
I still don't know what possesses people to treat these cars like this...
That rust is extensive, even just looking at the pics. Who knows what is lurking when you start poking around. It almost seems undriveable in this condition (even if the car had a working motor, transmission and brakes).
The interior does seem pretty intact and with a good amount of elbow grease, cleaners and Fabreeze, you may be surprised as to what you find. Honestly, I've seen much worse and have cleaned worse.
I still don't know what possesses people to treat these cars like this...
08-13-2006, 11:09 AM
#6
Burning Brakes
I think it depends on what YOU want from the car. The soft rear window model was not produced in large numbers which makes it relatively rare; it's a LWB pre-impact which makes it attractive to the market place at present. If you want a relatively rare Porsche 911 and have the money/ability to restore this car to original specification and most importantly - you want to keep it, then go for it but be aware you are looking at potentially a $25000 rebuild.
PJC
PJC
08-15-2006, 11:53 AM
#7
Poseur
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I think "stored in a barn" is giving the present owner a little too much credit. How about dumped in a barn. I hope you enjoy working with rust. As everyone has pretty much told you, there is a significant amount of work on this plus you'll need a catalog's worth of parts to make it right. This is a basket case. If it were truly a special race car or something that's one thing, but it's merely a SWB 68 911 with the soft rear window. There is a real reason Porsche dumped that design after a year,--they shrink up and are nearly impossible to close again if left open too long.
I hopw you don't have anything else to do for the next three years.
I hopw you don't have anything else to do for the next three years.
