chris951

Hi guys,

I've owned Porsches for 10 years and worked on them for about 7 years. I have an '87 944 turbo right now and plan to keep it. There is a local '72 911E for $8950. They claim it has a rebuilt engine. It looking like it has some weltmeister sway bars and some older koni shocks on it with an RS front bumper. I am going to test drive it tomorrow. The exterior is white and there is no apparent rust. I will look the car over extensively for the problem spots. I do not know the mileage yet. The driver's seat is an older recaro racing seat.

Is this a reasonable price? I always wanted a 911 and thought this might be a good addition to my car collection if it turns out to be a mechanically sound car.

Any input or suggestions?

Thanks,

Chris G.

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

Chris,

That price for a '72E makes me VERY suspicious given today's market for good long-hood cars. Thats a rare model and my best advice is to have an expert inspect the car with you and perform a thorough PPI to protect your financial interests.

You would never, ever believe what I've seen with these classic cars now due to their current value and demand.

chris951

Thanks Steve. I will let you know how it goes.

racer

Sounds too good to be true. I imagine restored cars still command $30-60K USD asking pricings.. hence even the rust buckets now command a lot more than they are worth. Agree with steve to look everywhere for rust.. because at $9k, either the seller doesn't know what he has.. or he knows exactly what he has

pu911rsr

A good numbers matching E is a $35K-50K car so either car is a pile of garbage or a smokin deal.
Phil

Arctic1

Two years ago I looked at a rusted out 72 911E. Car ran awesome, but tons of rust. At that time it was $7500 so echoing the other posters to check this one out carefully. And if its close to being in good shape it could be a great deal.

privatepang

When you guys talk about rust, do you generally mean in the structure or on the body? or just everywhere?

racer

EVERYWHERE! These cars never had factory rustproofing. As such, the front pan (area around./under gas tank where the suspension connects), longitudinals (under the doors where the jack ports are); under the rear seats (sunroof and rear window seals fail and water collects under the rear seat cushions) are the primary places. Then there is general surface rust on panels, flooring, Cowl (area between winshield and trunk); check under all weather stripping, headlight buckets, DUAL battery buckets, umm.. oh yeah.. everywhere

chris951

I drove it today. The paint is white and it is beautiful. The only rust spots I found was one behind the rear window/quarter panel about the size of a nickel and a tiny spot on near the jack location. The odometer shows 57k miles. I looked under the car and it has been undercoated. It looks like the car has been apart for paint. I found adjustable sway bars on front and rear.

The engine looks clean on top, but looks like it is leaking where the case halves meet. The car was repossessed from the previous owner, which drained all the oil out and upon starting the engine, it was discovered and the car was turned off. The engine was then split and the bearings were replaced. The car hasn't been driven in a while and it stumbled a little and backfired under deceleration, but started to come to life after a 10 minute drive. The mechanic that replaced the bearings will look at it and see about fixing the oil leak.

I made an offer on the car. The dealer does not know what they have. I intend to buy the car this week.

Arctic1

good luck and potentially a good find

Norske

Great find. I had a 72 E Targa for 17 years as my daily. They are mostly bullet proof. the stumbling should go away after running some Techron thru the tank. Look for rust behind the front wheels up on the top part of the wheel wel towards the back of the carl. Just put your hand up there with a glove and feel around. Lots of people miss this area.

chris951

I bought it for $7900 and the mechanic that replaced the bearings is going to fix the crankcase oil leak for free. I will post photos after I bring her home! It shows 57k miles.

HarryD

Great buy on a longnose and a 1972 (with the uber cool oil door) to boot!

A 911E is actually rarer than the much sought 911S. It combines the street driving pleasure of a 911T and most of the hot rod aspect of a 911S.

Please post pictures when you can.

Also, while Rennlist is one of the great 911 communities online, you may want to cheack out two others:

Pelican Parts BBS (www.forums.pelicanparts.com) that seems to attact more of a DIY Crowd mostly interested in 911's up to 1989; and

Early 911S Registry (http://www.early911sregistry.org/forums/forum.php) whose members are extremely knowledgable about 1965 to 1973 911's.

Between these three boards just about any question can be answered.

GothingNC

Wow, great find !

Can't wait to see the photos.

chris951

I would post some photos, but can't figure out how.