What am I missing ??

cashflyer · 01-01-2007, 03:54 PM

I hope the mods don't get angry for me cross posting this, but I want to maximize my responses.

HERE in the "Marketplace" forum, I asked the same thing... what am I missing?

Is there something so very wrong with a 1975 that it should be a throw-away? (it is a targa, after all...)

Or do we all think there is something nefarious afoot?

Comments?

(did my posting this just eliminate my chance of snagging the deal-of-the-day?)

bell · bell's Garage

i saw that too.......other than the year and the cookie cutters it looks like a good deal for the $$$, but you never really know at that price. maybe some are scared of the low price?

wrecktech · 01-01-2007, 04:08 PM

I have thought about checking it out further. What is wrong with a 1975 and cookie cutters?

the · 01-01-2007, 04:12 PM

LOL, I don't think many are scared of decent cars at below market prices.

This one is odd. If you do a search on his name, you'll see he has around 28 posts going back over 6 months, and most are related to trying to unload this car.

cashflyer · 04:17 PM

If the car is legit; meaning it runs well, shifts well, and isn't full of rust... then I would go down this weekend and possibly buy it (subject to a thorough PPI)

Between the low price and the multitude of ads, it seems like this is a case of "unload this POS as quick as possible". I hate to drive down to Canaveral just to kick tires on somebody's junker. (I have 2 junkers of my own that I can kick

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EDIT:
Yeah... what "the" said.

the · 01-01-2007, 04:22 PM

The only way to know, of course, is to make the drive and check it out.

My gut guess: Something is wrong. You'll see when he put up some fuchs for sale for cheap, they sold in 7 minutes. There are a lot of people constantly scouring these classifieds for the "steal-of-the-day," either to buy and keep or to buy and flip. The fact that this one has been going for 6+ months means something is likely very wrong, IMO.

The ad sure reads nice, though (although I don't see any mention of the rust situation).

Check it out and let us know! Would be interesting to hear about it.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Although there may be hidden rust issues that near the ocean...it looks like a pretty nice car. It also depends on where you live...because: 1)You have to get it home and 2)Some places you have to worry about emissions in a '75 and not a '74 which you can usually find for about the same price/condition. My rustfree '74 cost $5,700 in about the same condition with nice fuchs, but without sport seats....The problem is...like all Porsches, it becomes a $20K car eventually. A fresh souped up 3.0, SSIs, freshly redone sports seats, modern working A/C, 7 inch fuchs, and other misc got me there rather quickly....and I still need some paint and suspension work. While I love my car, it is not finished at $20K+...and I wonder what that would have bought me.