bcgreen

I am wondering what is the difference between a 1976 Porsche 911s vs a '76 Carrera? The value difference would be what?
Thanks

MillenniumFalcon

74-76 "s" models are the least desirable Porsche model/years ever produced.... I can't speak on the value of the Carrera, except to say that they are worth considerably more, and will always be worth considerably more.

theiceman

.. dont be so hard on these cars ... can any one say IMS ?

MillenniumFalcon

True. I should have said least desirable 911 ever produced... at least to most others I have met here.

That said, I bought my '75 because I prefer the narrow body over the flared ones, and I wanted a narrow body that I could drive and park anywhere.

I do a long commute in mine- 2000 miles a month now. And as long as I play some Beethoven and am on my way long before the sun rises, she'll happily take me to 1.3 x Ton when nobody's around

g-50cab

Every series has their share of issues - pick your poison. The mid years cars - while 1976 started the galvanizing -- they are really significantly lighter than later G series cars.

1974's are smog exempt in california = 1974's have better exhaust systems right out of the bag.

In the US - very little difference between the 911s and the Carrera models. In europe - the carreras got the MFI engine - woo woo.

Really as far as driveability - everything you can do on a SC or later 3.2 carreras you can do on the earlier series "middies".

While the 2.7's can cost a boat load to rebuild - combine a lighter mid year car with a drop in 3.0 (especially with the 7/31 transmission) and you have a very quick little 911.

Tough part about the internet - lots of people have opinions ~ sometimes it's tough to separate the chaff from the facts.

mfyoung1086

First question always needs to be... what are you looking to do with it? As a turnkey DD well I haven't come across many middies that justify the money the owners wants when compared to an SC or carrera for similar to not much more monies

As a project? Yeah i think the middies go for the lowest and if not completey rusted out they make a good project car to swap a 3.0 or 3.2 or get crazy and a 3.6 into as mention before the mag 7/31's were actually a bit stronger case wise than the aluminum later ones

but than again you need to decide what your budget is, what you want, what you expect out of the car, and then you really have a better starting point for what you should be looking for

MillenniumFalcon

FYI-

I just moved back to California, and was surprised to find out that 1975 cars are now also smog exempt (which is one reason that I bought my '75). Don't know when they added 1975- but it's exempt now, as I just went through the registration process with it.

cali4sun

I believe it was in 2004 which also stipulated vehicles model year 1976 and there after requiring smog testing. (not intended to get off the OP topic)