race911

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21392/lot/111/

Only thing "missing" is that it's not a soft torsion bar, 14" wheel Comfort Group model.

(And there are oil leaks from a supposedly rebuilt engine!)

pirahna

Wow, that is by far the highest price mid-year S that I have evr seen sold. Crazy.

jstyer

I saw that as well... Nuts.

1pcarnut

That is not a car/motor I would want to spend that kind of money on. I wonder if people have forgotten or not done due diligence for the 74-77 models?

MartinC2S

Those tires make it look like one of the Baja 911 cars. lol

il pirata

Can you say thermal reactor?

race911

I think it's just an ultra low mile air cooled that gets plugged into a vertical collection. Silver and coupe probably sealed the deal.

I just realized on second look that it those ARE 14" wheels, so it is a Comfort Group car. This is possibly the worst of the worst of the worst 911s ever built. If only it were a Sportomatic. Were they three speeds at this point?

Don't believe me? http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/...ad-test-review

Actually, we can't on this car. But if the new owner sees this and just has to be 100% correct to compete in the concours, I've still got some thermal reactors and other assorted missing smog equipment (air pump + EGR valve/manifold). Doubt a car like this will ever get warmed up enough for it to matter for engine (lack of) longevity.

Mark Harris

A small group of us were in Scottsdale for three days during the auctions. It was nuts...

This example sold for $242K

http://www.russoandsteele.com/collec...e-356-SC/77402

justin993

Ken - you remember when they were this bad.

Seriously, thought this was common knowledge

Amazing

I remember back in the early-mid 90s, a buddy from 8th-9th grade era, that left the school we attended together the previous year - came over one day with same car in yellow. It was a good car, the real deal. I'm not sure what top dollar was then, but I believe his mother paid in the mid 20s at the time, maybe low 30s. The funny thing was, that he desperately wanted an IROC Z, and he begged her till she bought him this white terd for 9,500... pretty funny looking back on it. Dude had a screw loose to begin with

il pirata

It will be interesting to see what Prescott Kelly writes about it in the 356 Registry magazine. It is amazing how many turds sell at these auctions, lots of bondo, incorrect parts, etc.

nathan1

Being discussed in the 911 forum, I personally inspected the car, shocked...

https://rennlist.com/forums/911-foru...k-77-911s.html

u7t2p7

5 short years from now we'll all be saying, " I remember when I could buy a NB low mileage coupe for 5 figures."

Steve Weiner-Rennsport Systems

JMHO, but I don't lump the '74 cars in with the rest since those had no smog equipment of any kind and were pretty darned reliable (airboxes aside) compared to their successors.

race911

I did enough '74s in AZ for me to personally throw them into my mix. By the time I got down there and opened up, there weren't any thermal reactors to be found on any of the cars.........yet a handful were on a crankcase replacement due to improper case inserts the first go-round.

2.4s subjected to stupid hot weather use sans oil cooler would also show up with a pulled stud or two on occasion. Ever get those in that nice OR climate?

tcsracing1

funny, the last 77' I looked at had a hard time fetching 15k……
a friend of mine has a viper green 1976…. he would love to see those numbers!