chapstic951

I want to start a post to get feelers to what our cars are really fetching in today's market and track where values have been. So can you post some details about recent transactions to help the masses truly assess the market?

Let's keep this focused and only post on transactions. No, "dude, you got taken on that car," banter.

Here is an example [loosely based on my purchase back in 2001]

Model: 951
Year: 1986
Color: Zermatt Silver
Price: $8600
Venue: eBay located in NY (or friend, classifieds, dealer etc...)
Transaction date: 03/01
Details: bought the car sight unseen, no PPI, lots of leaks (oil and vacuum), no maintenance history, no accidents per Carfax
Factory Options: nothing special (i.e. LSD, sunroof delete)
Mods: bone stock

SSMKevin

Model: 944
Year: 1984
Color: Zermatt Silver
Price: $4200
Venue: Craigslist New Hampshire
Transaction date: 06/12
Details: No accidents, 2 owners, very descriptive service records, minor oil leaks
Factory Options: nothing special
Mods: bone stock

MAGK944

I'll play but I bet I paid the most for mine

Model: 944
Year: 1986
Color: Black
Price: $30,425
Venue: Dealer
Mileage: 28
Transaction Date: 9/1986
Options: LSD, Sports Seats, Fuchs
Mods: Stock

HICKS

Model: 944
Year: 1986
Color: Guards Red
Price: $2,000
Venue: Craigslist
Mileage: 164,000 (odo broke, title shows)
Transaction Date: 04/2009
Options: The normal, nothing special
Mods: Stock

No records, needed TB service, ODO gear, tires, brakes, fuel lines, windsheild, a good cleaning, and other random bits. Only leak was at a balance shaft.

John_AZ

ebay motors has recent "completed" car listings-sold & not sold.
Bottom of page left.
Must sign in to view.
Not perfect but historical values mean little in todays market.

John

VirginiaF1

Purchased '88 India Red with Linen 8-valve n/a in April 2011 for $1,700 from local Craigslister.
225k showing on broken ODO with new TB, rollers, belts, fluids..
Car had just passed Virginia safety inspection and even the A/C worked but needed R134 due to expansion valve leak. Driven 25k and totally enthralled..

Seller assisted ( actually I watched as he did all the work) to replace oil cooler seals, control arm and sway bar bushings, wheel bearings, F&R rotors and pads, and he passed onto me over 20 years of service records.

dirtyTurbo

Model: 944
Year: 1984
Color: Guards red, with a nice coat of matte black on top
Price: $700
Venue: Craigslist
Transaction date: 01/11
Details: Bought after PO got halfway through a bent valve fix and let it sit for a few years
Factory Options: Haven't checked, has no LSD though
Mods: Suspension stuff, weight reduction stuff, safety stuff

rap

968
1993
Red
$7750
Cars r Us
Private
148000
8/12
LSD

Jrboulder

I'll let Excellence do my talking...

HICKS

Jackson, didn't you sell that car for $2k? Why did you unload it so cheap?

CyCloNe!

Model: 1986 944 Turbo
Condition: 10 footer Paint, Worn Driver seat and 7/10 Interior
Miles: 185k
Date Purchase: 08/09
Price: $2800
New Clutch, Front Oil Leaks, No Maintenance Records, All Stock, Zermatt Silver, LSD, M474 Options, No Accidents on record (Looks like it had a minor front of though).
Pic of Neighbors 500hp Turbo S (70k Miles) and Mine after purchase.

TurnerJ

Almost!

Model: 944 Turbo
Year: 1986
Color: Red
Price: $45,000
Venue: Dealer (Was ready to do European Delivery but got screwed over and settled for Special Order from Montana and drove it home to Virginia - was that trip fun or what!)
Mileage: As close to 0 as it gets
Transaction Date: Placed order back in 1985, picked up in February, 1986
Options: LSD, Sports Seats, Front and Rear Full Leather, Sport Shocks, Rear wiper delete...
Mods: Stock, everything exactly like it was from the factory

Jrboulder

The top was ripped almost the entire length, the clear coat was coming up, I didn't like the color, the PS was inop, it needed belts, the seats were hard and shrunken, I had tried to sell it for 4 months and the only offer I got was for 3k, the radio barely worked, and it was the middle of December. The car needed a lot of work to be a serious DD or to even be sold as a 6k car.

My parents didn't let me take it to college and when I came home for winter break they made me get rid of it the second day I was home (December 17th). I'm happy I finally got rid of it. I'm not so happy about selling it to a total scumbag. The water pump let go on the drive home for the guy who bought it. I guess he felt a bit shortchanged but it's a risk you take when you buy a 21 year old Porsche, and he still got a good deal.

I saw it on the CU campus in March with some girl driving it. I have no idea what she paid for it. The flipper I sold it to plainly misrepresented it in every way. It will be interesting to see when it hits the market again. I'd bet it's going to be driven until the belt breaks or something like that. Sooner or later it's going to be on here in parts.

It's kind of like those parts I gave you; I could have kept my storage unit and sold them down the road but it would have cost a lot more to hold onto than to give away the good stuff and scrap the rest.

HICKS

Ah I see, I seriously thought about the car when I saw it posted. I also saw it come up again for like $6k IIRC. I still have a few of those parts you gave me, alot of it got donated again to locals. Thanks again!

Jrboulder

Thanks for your service!

Another thing about the cab: nobody ever gave me any crap about owning a 944 which seriously surprised me, but everyone from my 911 friends to my ricer friends gave me **** about owning a cab. If it was an S2 Coupe I'd still have it even if it had all the other shortcomings. And yes, their disliking of cabs is mostly justified.