Excellence magazine has recently made some great improvements in the overall quality. This issue was about "Porsche cars that are < $16K". They seem to feature an article every month on the older cars.
http://www.rsamerica.net/faqs/index.htm Production date mm/yy to mm/yy Vin # # made Model Year Jan/92 - Jun/92 WPOAB296*PS418001 to PS418297 297 1993 Jul/92 - J un/93 WPOAB296*PS419061- PS419379 -PS419450 320 1993 Jul/93 - Aug/93 WPOAB296*RS419061 to RS419144 84 1994 Total # made 701 According to Porsche Historisches Archiv http://www.rsamerica.net/OEMinfo/Factory_letters/index.htm
That guide is correct as they explain it. I'd adjust up for a car with paperwork and documents and do the reverse without it.
Why are most Porsche owners maroons? Out of the dozens I've met, only several actually have an ounce of common sense. No offense to any of you. The group on this forum is pretty great. I'm referring to other forums. For example: one gentleman was asking about solid aluminum engine mounts to stiffen up his cabriolets chassis.... Um did he consider installing a roof? Another one I heard in regards to set coilovers: he didn't run front helper springs because they increase wheel hop. Come on. Helper springs do not induce wheel hop. Any thoughts on the subject?
Did you real mean to suggest porsche owners are runaway slaves or did you mean to write "morons" ?? Made me smile though
Thought this might be of interest, 1995-98 Porsche 911 Carrera Buyer?s Guide [Econo-Exotics] | Car and Driver Blog.
Try website RSAmerica.com The earlier comment about 200 production is wrong. It's around 650ish... I owned one. Marvelouse car, love it.
I've had/ have air cooled and oil cooled 911's. Love the smell of the older 911. The smell of oil. New cars smell like plastic or hopefully leather. Old car smells like oil. Big difference. And the older cars are small. New cars are big. These are the biggest differences to me. Not the oil cooled air cooled bit. I cant tell driving wise on that. My 2 cents and I've owned both, best being a 93, 911 RSAmerica.
The Porsche 911 Red Book by Patrick Paternie is very good, but it is currently out of print. Old books have been selling for $200+, but if you wait a couple months, the new printing of the book will be out. You can also get The 911 Buyers Guide by Randy Leffingwell. It is very informative, but does regurgitate lots of info from year to year.
I have an older one of Leffingwell"s buyers guides. In it he stated that the later 911 86-89 911 turbos are more collectable than the early 930's. Oops
I searched this excellent thread for the topic rust with no results, so here's my question: I've been looking for a 911 SC or Carrera and came across one with rust, see pics. Is this a case of run, don't walk? And how did rust get there in the first place? Damage? Just wondering if it's worth repairing. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Why don't you say what you would pay for it? I have several air cooled cars and a 991.1. One of them is an early Carrera.
I have latest GTS and I'm trying to buy a new boxter spyder. Unfortunately I am not able to buy one of these. What I saw on the market, good ones are around 250k. Can you tell me models of these air cooled? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
None of the Boxsters are air cooled, even the Spyder. You have to be able to spell Boxster before they let you buy one.
Thank you for letting me know about the spelling. I know, that Boxsters are not air cooled, but I am trying to do is buy that and sell that, when the price goes up. What I saw, there isn't a lot of them for sale in Europe and that few of them are already for 20k more, that the original price, so my expectation is that price still will go up like with the GT4. Sorry for mistakes, English isn't my native language Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I think that $250,000 is silly for an old 1984-1989 Carrera. I have one and sold two more. They can have several major maintenance issues. I am not selling. The U.S. collector long term tax rate is over 30% and some states add another 6%. It's actually better to use the 1035 trade rule to swap around here.