non-barn find '82 sc value?
 

If only this car had spent its last 9-1/2 years in a barn instead of outside in a driveway.

The owner says that it just died when he was driving, and he had it towed home where it remains -- exposed to the weather. Back then, he said it would start with starter fluid, but he didn't pursue any fixes. It was soon after Hurricane Katrina, and other issues were more pressing. Now he's trying to decide what to do with it -- sell it, fix it or part it out. He's the original owner. It has upgraded headlamps and oil cooler, but no chain tensioner upgrade. It should have had a whale tail, but he requested straight deck lid. It has some rust, but I didn't see any in the floorboard.

Prior to its dying, his mechanic said it sounded like he had a broken head stud, but he had just spent $5K on the engine and wasn't ready to put more in.

Any idea what it might be worth y'all?

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The motor is the easy part.
Bruce

Yep. Looking at the interior just makes me sad.

Shawn

5k

Yup, $5K. Looks straight at least.

Let me guess - he's asking $20,000.

Hate to see cars left to rot...

4-5k for a quick sale 30k to rebuild it. What a shame seen better looking cars on the sad and abandoned thread.

Those headlights alone are worth $1k. lol

Note the moss growing on the bumper, very sad.

Every part of that car except the gauges is just hammered, and a Targa to boot.

Part it out in my opinion. A lot of other cars could be saved!

ouchie

I'd buy it. I need a few things and sell off the rest. Sent email.

Totally savable. Lots of folks have started with way less and built a nice car. Once that interior is out and the body scrubbed down, it'll probably look like it has a future. How are the floors?

Looks nicer than the 74 vintagecarlover sold for $10k over the weekend.

Completely restorable.
Value depends on mileage and other factors, but in the 7-15 range if I had to guess. Plus it's a Targa- big bonus.
-C

A bit confused on Targa vs coupe values. Which is preferred and worth more?

Coupes were more desirable for a long time, but the gap has narrowed considerably lately. Any aircooled 911 is hot now. personal preference.

My car looked worse when I started restoring it.

I bought a targa because it was the right deal at the right time. I love mine. I think coupes are popular here on this forum, because there is a real go-fast/performance bent to Pelicans. I checked Hagerty's and targas seem to be edging out the non-Weissach (whatever that was) coupe… https://www.hagerty.com/price-guide/1982-Porsche-911

I'd certainly restore that one but I've got more money and time than sense. :rolleyes:

OH... If only I liked Toyota's ;)

Average sale prices in Hagerty's. Targas that sold topped the coupes. I think it is meaningless. Targa owners maybe shine their cars more than coupe drivers who drive them harder? Who knows? Coupes will pull more like for like condition.

Weissach was a 1980 commemorative job with spiffy appointments and paint. It's really the only SC that was different aside from the handful of slight engine differences between early and late SC's.

You need $10k for a decent paint job. Maybe $2,500 more for seals and all that "while you are in there" stuff . Alternatively, $3,500 and a year of your life in the garage with associated domestic risk.

Top end $5-7k if studs are broken. DIY, $3,000 for a nice job and 150+ hours unless you are a crackin' wrench.

Interior is a different ball game. You have time to sniff and hunt for parts. You can drive it gutted.

Targa top is a long one. You know the drill.

Deal is if you can tolerate less than pretty and you replace what is broken rather than going the full route, you can be running for possibly a few thousand dollars and do your fix thing over a very long time.

I say $7k. Only if color is genuine black.

If the Targa values surpass the coupes, I'll terminate my space alien colon pregnancy.

I like the sound of what you're saying Bob. Don't know the version, but it had leather trim -- even the back seats, he told me. FWIW, it is metallic black -- a surprise to him on purchase; he thought it was black. Top was redone at some point -- but not by carsinc.

Good luck with that either way.

I saw a pretty nice Supra the other day. Windows down in New Orleans at 100+ heat index made me think there was a problem with the ac.

Looks like what my brother from the West Bank would call a "Glugmobile"......in other words a Katrina casualty. I bet the air filter would be an indication.

It sat out the flood in an airport parking garage, from what I'm told (and believe).

If the dash is leather it's a full leather car more than likely. Dash appears to be leather from what is left. Mine was full leather but I put a vinyl Porsche dash in. They crack., as you can see. That is an owiee $$ to replace.

Metallic Black is code 708 per the Redbook.

"like" in Facebook terms. My '82 has a ridiculously cracked vinyl dash. Still trying to decide whether to live with it or not.

Yeah. Heard that.

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If it was local, I would snap buy at 10K Cad. That rust on the AC looks so scary.

My vote is for $5000. I'd rather start with this than something that's been disassembled.

BTW, I have a Weissach. Every day I'm glad I bought it when I did, coming up on two years ago.

A project for sure Shawn. It makes me age faster just looking at it.
Howard

Pull the rear seats and and check for rust holes in the seat pans. I know all about that sort of thing. :cool:
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Richard Newton
Road Scholars Magazine