EspritS4s

I will soon be parting out a '93 968 with 49K miles. This car has been discussed multiple times here, i believe. I bought the car from a mechanic who owns a European specialist shop in upstate NY. According to him, he planned to restore the car, but ran across another project car which he found more interesting, so he decided to sell the 968. Before this, he serviced the engine. He provided an invoice for a long list of parts that he replaced including: belts, valve cover gasket and o-rings, camshaft seal, variocam pad, thermostat, timing chain, camshaft bearing bolts, tensioner, rollers, water pump, balance shaft pulley, distributor cap and rotor, plugs, all fluids.

Aside from the accident damage, the car is in pretty good shape, but not perfect. It appears that after the accident, the car spent a lot of time sitting in the sun. There fading of the paint and clearcoat peeling in multiple spots. The dash and upper portioin of the door panels are no good and appear to be sunburned. The rest of the interior is in pretty good shape. Here are some pics of the car:











I plan to keep the mirrors but all other parts from the car will be available.

After getting the car home, I brought it up to temp and drove it up and down my street (it runs and drives fine). The engine and transmission both were 100% with no unexpected noises. I then pulled the plug wires from a compression test. However, the holes for plugs 2 and 4 were full of oil. I understand that the o-ring seals for the valve cover can leak; however, they were supposed to be brand new. So, I pulled the valve cover. The seals appeared to be brand new, however it looks like the 0-rings for plugs 2 and 4 fell off during the installation of the valve cover as they were just sitting inside the cylinder head.





Pics of the interior:





My plan is to remove most of the interior first, followed by the engine and transmission.

i will share pictures and prices for parts as I pull them from the car. However, if anyone needs something now, please let me know and I will pull the requested parts first. I'll follow with more pics and pricesl

944meister

it pains me to see these cars get pulled off the road and parted.

EspritS4s

I apologize for the duplicate thread. If an admin sees this, please delete this thread. The title is incorrect.

EspritS4s

I hear you. I was open (and hoping) to restoring the car. However, here's a list, off the top of my head, of what it needs:

Passenger fender
Passenger quarter panel (I'm not even sure where to find one of these)
Rear bumper cover
Maybe a front bumper cover (not sure)
Passenger headlight, assembly, and other lights
A complete repaint (due to accident and sun damage)
Dash
Door panels
Carpet (carpet has stains and a couple of bleached spots)
Center console lid hinge
AC compressor (I was told the current one is locked up)
Battery
New tires

Once I bought all these parts and paid someone to weld in the new quarter panel and paint the car, I think that I would have more money into the car than I could sell it for. This is with me doing all the other mechanical work.