So Christmas hit my drive way a bit early this year. I had been looking at some new projects that would be good for working on with the kids. Had landed on a Super Beetle that got pulled out from under me, though have a line on a couple that may come soon, so had to find something else. Well next town over someone was selling a 1987 Porsche 924S in guards red with the black leather/cloth interior with Porsche script seats.
We went and looked at the car. Took it for a drive my boys fell in love as did I. It was a dead ringer for the car my dad had when I was a kid same year color combo everything.
Well my lovely wife decided I needed the car as an early Christmas present. So $1800 and a bottle of Crown Royal later it was ours.
It does need a bit of work and I will put in a build thread later. But for now welcoming home the new ride.
Been awhile since I have had a purely fun car. I am hoping to take it to some autocrosses and maybe some of the road rallies we have out here
I predict these will be a real "I wish I had bought one when . . ." car in the near future. If I recall, they are galvanized?
Congrats! As a 968 owner I have always had a soft spot for these too. If you can find a set of the 951 16" phone dials they look incredible on the 924S, excellent "OEM+" look.
ZOO (Forum Supporter) said:
I predict these will be a real "I wish I had bought one when . . ." car in the near future. If I recall, they are galvanized?
I have a feeling that you are right especially now that the prices of early 944s have gone up I can see these going higher as well. I remember right they are a galvanized body.
In reply to pointofdeparture :
Yeah I would like some new wheels. In all honesty I love the look of the cookie cutters but from what I hear they won't fit on these cars because of the offset.
that black with the gold wheel combo looks excellent!
As I mentioned my dad had the identical 924S to this when I was a kid then I had a 84 944 when I was in high school. So yeah the transaxle cars have a special place in my heart. Who knows maybe I need to add a 944 and a 968 eventually as well then when my kids are older they can each have one lol.
In reply to pointofdeparture :
Yeah I would like some new wheels. In all honesty I love the look of the cookie cutters but from what I hear they won't fit on these cars because of the offset.
that black with the gold wheel combo looks excellent!
As I mentioned my dad had the identical 924S to this when I was a kid then I had a 84 944 when I was in high school. So yeah the transaxle cars have a special place in my heart. Who knows maybe I need to add a 944 and a 968 eventually as well then when my kids are older they can each have one lol.
In reply to rebelgtp :
The cookie cutters are a cool wheel, I have seen them on early 924s before, but yeah with the S changes I'm not sure they'd work.
I love the looks of 924's. If I ever get one I will backdate the looks as much as possible. I would roll on Corsa GT banded wheels. I can't upload an photo for some reason
I'd do D90's, love the car!
I may be prejudiced though, I even ran a set on my Mercedes!
Excellent! There's pretty good contingent of 924s rolling around here these days.
The picture of the 931 makes me want to 5 lug swap and find some cookie cutters...
Yeah I maybe in trouble. My wife keeps asking to take it out for a drive by herself. I may need to see if I can dig up another. Maybe see if I can dig up a 931 at some point. my oldest boy that is the horse rider and has always been about trucks now says he wants his first car to be a Porsche lol
I have thought of the D90 wheels as well but they aren't my favorites but I like them.
Does anyone know if this would change my class in an autocross event?
In reply to chandler :
Hmmm a set of D90s is for sale near me for $100. They are kinda ugly, chrome chipping and the like but tempting at the price if I could clean them up. One has a bit of a wang in the rim but is holding air so might be worth it if I could just find 1 then. The are a staggered 7 8 set.
In reply to rebelgtp :
Yeah, but the car is an automatic. Bleah.
In reply to RacerBoy75 :
Well yeah but not many cop cars are manual transmission.
Mine is one of those early 2 liter cars, and it's even one of the latest "most powerful" ones rated at 115 hp. It's generally about a 10.5 second 0-60 with a "normal" launch. My 325es is almost identically slow with an automatic, but it's at least got some torque for dailying. I can't imagine how slow and frustrating an early 924 would be with an automatic.
D90s are cool, but if I could find a set of 928 "wintercults" I'd be all about it.
rebelgtp said:
In reply to RacerBoy75 :
Well yeah but not many cop cars are manual transmission.
This was supposed to be in Germany, and I'm pretty sure every German cop in the 80s could drive a manual transmission.
In reply to rebelgtp :
Congratulations. I've been going through my '88 stem to stern. Eager to see another 924s build thread here.
In reply to nlevine :
Ah nice I will have to dig through your build and see what all you had to do
Also check out irish44j's thread for his 924s content.
