crazy porsche talk

This guy I know. Has a line on a 89 911 cab that's been under a tarp under a tree in FL. For 5 yrs. Ran when parked but the top was having problems so they just drove their mercedes or whatever. After years of bugging the owner, my buddy has at last convinced him to look under the tarp.

So buddy wants to get porsche really cheap, really really cheap. That's the first stumbling block, and then once we do a joint venture on getting it resurected he wants to somehow sell me his half of the porsche in exchange for my hotted up Miata.

I know that the interior is most likely a mushroom farm, I mean if I leave the miata in the garage for 2 months in the summer without the windows open it grows mold.

So $6k for an interior, fuel tank flush, brakes, tires, new top is $2.5K all in. Who knows even the gauges and wiring could be water logged from Florida weather.

Why does this idea still knaw at me? It's crazy right, I can't even track the darn thing. Autox fine but no 89 cab would work on track days right?

I mean we all know someone who bought a perfect porsche and then a year later had to do a total $10k engine rebuild.

Better to take $12k and put it towards a C5

the leather seats might clean up nicely. I would be more worried about critters getting in and setting up homes in the wiring than mushrooms

At least look at it. It would probably suck to get into the project and I'd personally never do it for a cab, but I'd take a look at just about any Porsche anyone wanted to show me.

You can probably buy a driver grade 89 911 cab for the money it will need. Maybe if you already had piles of parts laying around and wanted to build a track toy.

Yea, snakes and squirrels and rats Oh My.. I know all I see is downsides, but then again as deuce says, can't hurt to look. Famous last words.

I'd rather have a C5

Depending on how cheap you can get it, worst case, clean it really well and flip it. There's probably money in it as long as you don't go nuts. $6k interior? No way.

Skeletal 911

Staring at that skeletal 911, I've decided it was a cabriolet. Would be an excellent solution to your "problem." 8-)

David

Shifty, Yea that way I could find all the rat nests.

For the interior I was quoting a friend who just did a total resto on a Volvo 122. I guess the real source would be Pelican. See how much for a carpet and seat cover kits. Maybe a whole wiring harness.

I've seen complete clean interiors for $1500-2000.

A cab wouldn't be the best place to spend that money though, as they've never had values as strong as the coupes. Your best bet? Part it out, use the money to buy a cleaner one. A trans from an '89 is $$, and even a core engine is $$$.

That sounds like an engine and transmission donor to me.

Woody wrote: That sounds like an engine and transmission donor to me.

Agreed. I love 911s and convertibles, but I'm just not a 911 cab fan at all, though. I wouldn't invest much in it.

I've never been in one or anything of the sort, but what's so wrong about the 911 cabs? I get the whole "not so good for racing" bit but what else, what am I missing?

A Porsche that has been sitting under a tarp for a long time? What could possibly go wrong? LOL

Hmmm...
Challenge tub Porsche.....

What's that saying - nothing more expensive than a cheap porsche... FWIW, I recovered the seats in the targa for $175 for the fronts. Cabrioworld sez about $700 for top and headliner. A 3.2 with harness/brain is worth around 5k, the g50 is good for another 3k.

dean1484 wrote: A Porsche **ragtop** that has been sitting under a tarp for a long time? What could possibly go wrong? LOL

FTFY.

That's never been a body style that looks right as a convertible.

found yard sailing $25 for 2

Paper Weights?

I've seen those on Craigslist for a couple hundred bucks.

i think the car looks good but it could be a 25th anniversary edtion if its silver not that it will make it worth that much more if it is. you have to figure a good running example will bring 18k to 25k....you have to remember that 1989 is the last year for the 964

No, 89 is the first year for the 964, and only if it's a C4. First year for the C2 964 was 1990. I had to learn all of this recently. It took me a while.

In reply to mazdeuce:

brain freeze i meant first year. but i didnt know they didnt offer the C2 in 89 just the C4 see you learn something new every day

pres589 wrote: I've never been in one or anything of the sort, but what's so wrong about the 911 cabs? I get the whole "not so good for racing" bit but what else, what am I missing?

Ya it's weird with 911s, they seem to be completely opposite most other cars. In the collector/hobby world the phrase goes" if the top goes down, the price goes up" yet the desirable 911 is the coupe. Most Porsche collectors want the coupe first, sunroof car second, targa third and most wouldn't even touch a cab. Weird. I also think the cab looks a little strange, doesn't fit that body style.