jlennox

Can anybody comment on whether this is a decent buy?

http://www.grautogallery.com/vehicle...11-RSR-Tribute

It's pretty close to top dollar for a '72 911 T model according to Hagerty's pricing but I don't know how much weight that holds considering the vehicle is anything but original. Personally I love the "tribute" look, I know most may not, but I would be buying this for a true driver (likely almost a daily drive). I just don't want to get hosed on the value. Thanks for any advice!

Joel

BoulderGeek

I'm going to go out on limb here, and say that this is the greatest and best car in the world.

Because it is a .

:-D

jlennox

Lol - this is not the greatest car in the world, no. This is just a tribute.

Amber Gramps

That poor thing. If there is one way to throw your money away it is to mash together a '72 and an '87. What an idiot. Time to send it back to the body shop and have the front and rear '72 clips put back on before someone notices what an idiot the owner is.

MDamen

I think the "tribute" is going the wrong direction. People are taking later cars and making a tribute to the earlier cars (ala Singer). It would have been more valuable to do the same level of care in restoring the 1972.

jlennox

I was initially most impressed with the level of restoration (and color). I just realized this is an 80's era RSR body kit with the shorter hood, isn't it?

I'm assuming it wouldn't be worth the work needed to change the front bits back to the long hooded variant given the price?

Something like this: http://www.auctionsamerica.com/image...10_r068_01.jpg


Thanks for the input!

Amber Gramps

^^ Yep.

GTgears

The first car you linked has been clipped. Look at the bottom right picture of the car after it came out of paint. It's got the sheet metal under the fenders for bumper shocks. The nose of that car came off an IB car. They didn't just move the trunk latch. They cut the whole nose off, probably because the car had a previous front end collision would be my guess.

GTgears

There's a really nice '73 E done RSish over on Pelican. 2.7l engine built to RS spec. Silver car. $65k. It's on page 1 or 2 of their cars for sale.

jlennox

I see what you're talking about now, thanks a lot for potentially saving me thousands. BTW that '73 is hot!

JCP911S

The S/N indicates its a '72 911T. For $65K you can buy a real '72 911T and actually have a car that has collector value....

IMHO, this thing is a Franken-POS.... (am I allowed to say that?).

Amber Gramps

Yes you are.

tcsracing1

It is a dogs breakfast 1972T built by somebody who is nobody and apparently never will be somebody in the porsche world....
Car is worth half of the asking price.

Starbuckslova1

its a frakenporsche like mine, there asking what a nice orgional would sell for. this i feel doesent have collector value

its a nice looking car and looks clean, as far is how much its worth is up to you.

Its an assembled car. its not an investiment but a toy and look at it like that.

paint and body look excellent very well done.
engine compartment doesent look like a 65k toy
underside is so so.
brake capliers and rotor have not been upgraded.

to me honestly its a 40k-45k car

realistically thats max whats invested.

TheMystro

It's a nice looking car and will certainly turn heads. I'm too much of a Porsche purest to find it anything more than a novelty. It's one of those cars you're always going to have to explain its very being. Great cars need no explanation.