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1974 911
I have a question. I have a 74 911 Normalle. I am currently having the pan replaced. I am going to sell the car after the completion of this project. What I would like to know: I had plans to put SC flares on the car and take out the CIS and put Weber carbs on. Should I do this or leave car stock?
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05-15-2019, 08:59 AM
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A stock car will have a larger buyer pool.
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Or bring it over to Rothsport and have him put a 3.6 in there for something REALLY special
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Harry is correct - especially in the current resale market. Then again, its your car, time and money.. What do YOU want?
Whoops.. reread your original post about selling the project once complete.. well.. as mentioned, "stock" is popular right now, resale wise.. so making another rat rod/ backdate/ tribute/ SC clone etc seems a little silly as there are plenty of those out there already. Coupe? Targa? Current condition? How big a project is it already? An original 74 911 would seem rather rare these days. Not necessarily valuable, but rare... there is a difference.
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Leave it alone. Plenty of cars with wide fenders already out there. Narrow bodies only getting more rare.
Plus, how do you know whether the new owner wants wide, or wiiiide flares? Me, I dislike the sc flares a lot. |
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05-15-2019, 09:32 AM
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Leave it alone unless you're going to go full bananas with it to make it extra awesome. As in, more than just a flare change and carburetors. Full twin plug engine work with EFI or the like, suspension changes, paint, interior, the werks. Otherwise, leave it.
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05-15-2019, 10:06 AM
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My $.02... Leave it as is. Like others have said, a stock 911 will be more rare. I still think you'll get more $ for it being stock...
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I have a 74 that I added flares, changed the color replaced the engine. Hind sight being 20/20 I should have left it alone.
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05-15-2019, 06:33 PM
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$$$$$$
Cars are a bit like houses in that it is hard to recover the cost of the improvement, unless there is something glaringly wrong.
You could take a 30K car, add a 25k engine and 10k in flares, wheels, tires and have65k in it and only find someone willing to pay 60k- you are out 5k and your time. (Hypothetical numbers.) I am doing a lot of maintenance on my dad's 74 and I'm going to stay with the NB look, (cashmier sport seats,duck and front rubber air dam stretches the point a bit). Now, if you have a spare engine flares, tires, wheels anda lot of time, you could make some money. Good luck |
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