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Would You Buy This 356
Its a 64 356C, ad says surface rust...car appears to be complete. And for how much?
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10-01-2009, 02:46 AM
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It certainly has surface rust. Right around each rust perforation hole. A better question is, how much metal is left holding the front and rear halves together?
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That looks like a lot of car compared to what some folks have "restored".
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Is that the good side of the car?
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10-01-2009, 04:26 AM
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10-01-2009, 04:31 AM
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Is this an auction? I would take a closer look at the 914 further down the line.
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10-01-2009, 04:38 AM
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That is perfectly do-able. We (Porsche owners collectively) have to start looking at ourselves as custodians of these old beauties before there are none left. If my kids weren't taking up so much of time I would gladly take the time to restore something like that.
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10-01-2009, 04:41 AM
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Would I buy it? No way.
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10-01-2009, 04:57 AM
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It is restorable, but for what you would pay for the restoration you could just buy a 356 someone else has already restored. I have been watching the 356 market for years and in 2008 they stopped their upward climb in price and have been holding steady.
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10-01-2009, 05:35 AM
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Someone will buy it and restore it. If I had the skills, tools, and resources to do it, I would.
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10-01-2009, 05:48 AM
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That's a really soggy car. Unless garden variety 356 coupes became million dollar cars while I wasn't looking, it would be cheaper to buy a mint/dry car for current market value and enjoy it. Even restoring dry cars is a ridiculous amount of time/$$/energy if done right. I can't imagine welding new chunks onto a soggy lunch pail like that. To each their own, I guess...
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Just open up those 'lightening holes' and rattle-can it.
 btw, 1964 was when God and Porsche rested.
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10-01-2009, 07:21 AM
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Hollywood will buy it for $10,000, Bondo-it, shoot a coat of paint on it, and use it as the sacrifice car in some movie in place of the protagonist's cherry 356... it'll go off a cliff somewhere.
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10-01-2009, 08:34 AM
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If you absolutely wanted to build one maybe. It looks pretty straight other than the rust. I'd get under it though...
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10-01-2009, 08:38 AM
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I purposfully showed the bad side..the rest does not look like swiss cheese.
I have no real way of looking at the car unless I want to take a LOOOOONG Drive... The 914 is a 74...
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10-01-2009, 10:13 AM
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BTW real close to me is a 66 or 67 911 coupe...I can't get real close to the car but can tell by the muffler its a 911.
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10-01-2009, 10:15 AM
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I want one in the future, but not to restore like most do... I have more evil intentions.
Did anyone see last month's Excellence? That 930 powered 356 brought forth primeval desires.
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Looks like the car is in Missouri, am I right?
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10-01-2009, 10:36 AM
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yep
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Where at? If I'm close I may be able take a gander for ya.
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My Camaro
1973 Porsche 914 1.7 very modifed
1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
