The early 911 market

[speeder]

Has gone completely off the rails. Here is what $35k buys you today in an early S, all of the good cars are loooong gone and now they're pulling them from the bottom of the river in New York.

Porsche 911 S | eBay

[targa911S]

ridiculous.

[kiwiokie]

Well it does have 16 factory options....

That's his aks price. He started at $40K on Pelican FS. I suspect the sell $ will be somewhat south of that number.

[Shuie]

Insane. The run up on these cars is crazier than what was happening with vintage guitars from '06-'07.

[R K T]

Just following the trail of 356s. My '55 Speedster that I sold in '07 for 85K recently sold for over (way over) 200K.

Makes NO sense.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

oddly enough, the early parts market hasn't followed the skyrocketing car prices. they've gone up, but not by that much. The only exception is MFI. There, prices have followed the cars. I will need a 69E MFI system someday and expect to pay 3X what I would 2-3 years ago.

[Steve Carlton]

Feeling pretty good about my minty '85...

[RWebb]

the VIN plate is worth a lot for an early S

people are claiming that a well-restored early S can go for $160k

maybe hurry before the bubble pops

[fastfredracing]

If you are shopping, you will also notice, that there are usually more wtb ads for air cooled p cars, than actual cars for sale

[fastfredracing]

Do you really expect the bubble to burst? It has shown no signs of slowing down for some time now. Even when the economy tanked a few years back, early 911 cars were still going strong. It seems as if now, more mainstream car collectors have caught the air cooled bug. People like Magnus, and Singer, and Jay Leno have been helping to put them in the limelight as well.

[Steve Carlton]

I would expect the bubble to burst. Seems like most do, sooner or later. Especially when the numbers are so unrealistic, like this POS:

[lane912]

what about a 1966 912?

[motion]

I'm (obviously) interested in what will happen to 993 prices. I plan on hanging onto mine forever, and am thinking prices will start skyrocketing in about 10 years or so.

[Rick V]

Makes me feel very good about my pristine, original, SC that I payed 11,5 for

[javadog]

what about a 1966 912?

If it's in good shape and original, it's going up in value.

JR

[speeder]

I'm pretty sure that all air-cooled 911 prices are on a gradual uphill curve, (especially for good, original cars), but what is happening with long hoods is never going to happen with anything newer than '73. Not a chance. They made too many of them and they are inherently less collectible for other reasons.

[speeder]

What this thread is about is not so much prices, (which are loony), but how the supply of cars is completely drying up. They are pulling piles of dog schit like this car out of farmer's fields and selling them.

Remember the guy in Wyoming with the warehouse full of early 911s that no one could ever close a deal with? The eccentric guy? Pretty sure that someone finally waved enough cash in front of him to buy all his cars except for the absolute scum. That scum, (rusty/crashed 911Ts and the like), are now the only thing he has listed. All for $30-40k each.

[manbridge 74]

Someone on BAT claimed that many early 911s are headed back to Europe and there will be none left in the US to restore in a few years.

No idea if that is factual......

[speeder]

That's been gradually happening for at least ten years. And yes, the supply of truly good early 911s shrinks everyday. All good early 911S cars go to Europe.

Not exactly breaking news.