Comments on this SC please

[trader220]

Looking for comments on this one. NOT on the buy it now price. Anything in particular stand out to our usual crowd of experts. All comments other then price welcome.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-Porsche-911-COLLECTORS-GARAGE-KEPT-LOW-MILES_W0QQitemZ270193401359QQihZ017QQcategoryZ1015 6QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem




TIA

[Oh Haha]

That one fugly interior!!!!







Hey, you asked for opinions. :P

[trader220]

I am really sort of shooting for comments from the eagle eyes here who are an excellent source to nit pick and see items that are incorrect or missing or have other defects.

No one ever accused me of having good taste in color.

[vash]

missing the front fog lights. is the passenger tie rod bent/dented?

[trader220]

I think they were an option

[imcarthur]

Looks good imho. New oil returns? Koni shocks? Everything else looks as it should.

Wild interior!

Ian

[Oh Haha]

It looks like a foglight delete front valance. My 81 is the same. I looked at the pics again and don't see anything out of sorts. You've owned some pretty sweet Porsches it looks like. Are you looking to keep this one? The interior, if factory, could be a unique plus for this car.

[boyt911sc]

Trader,

First time I've seen a blue interior like that. Is that OEM? Car looks great from the outside. The motor probably still has the Dilavar lower head studs. How about the original clutch? A car coming from a 'car collector' should have looked more presentable (under chassis) than this one. Nice looking car.

Tony

[sabeo.m]

I have a 80sc, my radio antena is on the passenger side. I noticed the radio antena is on the driver side on this 78sc.. I'm not sure if this is proper for pre 1980's sc's or maybe mine is screwed up?

[trader220]

Wayne, thanks pre marriage and kids I used to be a lot more active in the Porsche market.

I am one of the bozo’s who likes the odd interiors. I really dig the hounds tooth patterns that I have seen in some ROW Sc’s.

Tony, my thoughts exactly but that’s not a big issue.

Sabeo, I was wondering the same and I did some looking at photos. I've seen em on both sides, I am sure someone here knows the correct answer for where it should be. I have discussed the pros and cons of welding up that antenna and retro fitting a newer in windscreen type windscreen.

[jonbot]

I think power antenna on the passenger side, manual antenna on the drivers side.

Jon

P.S. -> That interior is blinding!

[Gogar]

Is a '78 supposed to have color-coded sugar scoops, or Chrome?

Regardless, after I looked at it for a minute, I guess chrome actually does look better; it helps out the windo trim.

[CT944]

looks nice. i like the interior as well. if anything, it looks fresh.

[holtjv]

AFAIK, the antenna should be on the passenger side. Euros were on the driver's side but the VIN shows to be a USA car (the "2" for engine type).

Although I don't have an a/c I have seen lots--the one in this car looks huge. You also get to enjoy an air pump, which you may be able to pull off along with the cat to get some HP, depending on the DMV where you live. Not sure what the black gizmo is next to it (pic) but I'm sure someone does.

Car looks to have been lowered and sort of looks oddly out of proportion to the supposed 16" wheels, unless 15" Fuchs were available.

You should get a good picture of the dash. If it's cracked up you'll have a hard time finding a replacement in that color, I'd imagine.

Of course I'm jaded in that I'd only buy a car like this from someone with a well-known reputation.

Let us know if you get it, though. Jack

[the]

There was no foglight delete option in '78. Foglights were optional. That car probably just never had them.

I didn't scrutinize every picture, but IMO that looks like a very original, unmolested SC. For example, all of the smog equipment is intact, including the smog pump and the belt driving it. You can still see a lot of the cosmoline on the suspension and underside. The cat converter appears to still be the original. Still has the original shift knob and steering wheel.

It also looks like a very lightly optioned SC. Most SC's were not special ordered, the factory just optioned them out and sent them over, the dealers sold them off the lot. This one has crank manual windows, unusual on a US SC. Most were sent over with the optional fogs on them, too. Although that one is an early/low VIN car, and it seems like many of the first ones sent over were lightly optioned.

It does have some options, though, like AC, which was not standard in '78. The compressor in that pic is the stock AC compressor.

Are the seats leather? Standard would have been vinyl. Interesting color.

Overall, IMO it's getting more and more rare to see an early SC that is still so stock and unaltered like that.

[trader220]

Jack, I confess I had no idea what that was either, the wing nut on top leads me to believe its some sort of filter which can be chnaged easily.

[oneblueyedog]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Is a '78 supposed to have color-coded sugar scoops, or Chrome?

Regardless, after I looked at it for a minute, I guess chrome actually does look better; it helps out the windo trim.

My coupe has chrome sugar scoops and window trim just like this car.

I've seen SC's without the fog lights. This car looks complete to me.

That's a distinctive interior. Very 70's cool.

[the]

Oh yeah, also, the headlights are not stock.

[the]

Originally Posted by trader220

Jack, I confess I had no idea what that was either, the wing nut on top leads me to believe its some sort of filter which can be chnaged easily.

That's the air pump filter.

[holtjv]

Originally Posted by the

That's the air pump filter.

That makes sense. I don't recall one on my 79, though, before I yanked all that crap off. If you don't need it, you can't imagine how easy it is to change plugs when you have no air pump and no a/c.

One other thing I forgot--either he cleaned up the engine well or there are new CIS components, which would probably be a very good thing.