When will the 911 bubble pop???

[onewhippedpuppy]

Originally Posted by billh1963

Great link. The number of 2.7L cars was kind of low. Since they were unloved I wonder how many are left?

Probably not a lot. Seems like every "custom" hack job 911 was based on a mid-year car.

[billh1963]

Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy

Probably not a lot. Seems like every "custom" hack job 911 was based on a mid-year car.

That's why I'm protecting my '76!

[DanielDudley]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

Five years ago when I was agonizing over personalizing my original my '88 Carrera most of the advice I got was, "Go ahead, there are so many of them they'll never be worth anything." So now, with rolled fenders, modified heater, and deleted AC, what have I done to it's $50k potential?

Still lots of magazine articles about cars that run like the wind.

[Noah930]

^ ^ ^ might have been worse ...... could have been a targa

Ha ha. Was thinking that as I was writing my post, but didn't want to insult any targa owners. (just a little good-natured ribbing)

[72doug2,2S]

I hope my wife doesn't find this thread. I'd rather not sell the 72T, no matter what....UUUUGGG!

[BE911SC]

Originally Posted by flskala

A car is original once, only once...
IMO, some of those mods are reversible. Funny now how 3.6 upgrades (with the original engine sold) and backdates may hurt the values. History repeats itself I guess - longhoods 'updated' to impact bumper look, etc... Down the line there will be opportunists buying these modded cars and trying to return them to original condition no doubt.

That's what happened with the '60s musclecar guys. They threw away all the "uncool" stuff from those SS454 Chevelles and Boss Mustangs and now you have to pay almost 6,000 bucks for an air cleaner and 1,000 for the correct chrome exhaust tips.

To expand on the slang term 'virgin car,' we fondled and molested and basically raped thousands upon thousands of American musclecars over the years and now the big money only wants the virgins--or what appear to be virgins.

[intakexhaust]

Amelia Island - upcoming March 2015

1973 Porsche 911 2.4 S | Gooding & Company

Pebble Beach 2014 sale
http://www.goodingco.com/vehicle/1973-porsche-911-2-4-s-3/

[1-ev.com]

As ALWAYS... Wayne IS Right PLUS Porsche market is unique due to the fact that is it worldwide and Long Hoods are rusting away FOREVER !!!...

... and for living I am working with many investors that buying assets like no tomorrow... just saying...

PS:
I hope all you noticed this thread started with car that has been SOLD for...

Winning bid:US $132,500.00 [ 43 bids ]

Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts

I've mentioned this before in posts, and it's just my opinion, but I think that inflation is here and active in the high end of almost all collectible markets. With the stock market at all time highs (due to cheap money floating around), and banks actually charging people to store their money (see article Friday in WSJ), there's no incentive to "save" money via traditional channels (interest bearing accounts, bonds, etc.). So, this money has to go somewhere. So, people with money appear to be purchasing hard assets (cars, art, real estate) which is then pushing prices higher every day. I've been buying cars now heavily for the past 5 years because I thought they were better investments than the stock market or bonds, etc. I've also bought some real estate. The mantra is to borrow as much as you can at low *fixed* rates these days, as the impending inflation is coming soon. There's all this talk about deflation, and the like, but the fact of the matter is that the money supply has been expanded significantly, and there's more money now chasing a fixed number of assets. That is why, in my opinion, we've seen such gains in the car market. It's a neat asset that is appreciating, and it's way more fun to own than stocks or bonds!

-Wayne