last question before the big buy!

[super911]

hi there and thanks for this great forum.

i fell in love with a 911 classic Targa from 67.

Bahama Yellow, a beauty.

Just been restored, car, engine, interior.

It is the original color, but the car was turned black at some point. The restauration was well made, documented, etc... Will the car lose in value because of that?

The fact there was a color change affects the "desirability" of the car?

Thanks a lot for your point of view.

S911

[john walker's workshop]

Somewhat, yes. Look carefully for rust repair that shows, like full belly pans with poor welds, rockers, stuff underneath. Most of these are "restored" rust buckets. But you might get lucky.

[Sicklyscott]

Yellow then black then yellow shouldn't be a problem specifically. But as mentioned it needs to be a quality job. Was the body stripped to bare metal?

[billybek]

Take the car to a body shop familiar with these cars for a PPI.
The mechanical side is one thing but if you are spending big bucks on the car and it has been done restored correctly, the seller shouldn't have a problem with this....

[Cairo94507]

A restored car is a restored car. If done correctly, stripped of all old paint, black, etc., and all rust correctly addressed and body restored properly, then painted the original color, I see no reason it should suffer a price-hit over any other restored car in its original color. Really, anyone restoring cars these days documents the process completely during all phases of disassembly, stripping, repair, painting and reassembly. Do they have the photos to prove-up their assertion? That is the key for me. Good luck.

[Matt Monson]

Any car that has been repainted is less valuable than a car with original factory paint. But they are so old now finding original paint cars is rare. Most have been repainted and the most valuable of those are cars in their original colors.

Some colors are more desireable then others. The right special color can add 10-15% to the value of the car. And a color change will always ring the car a significant amount.

Bahama is a great and desireable color. 67 targas in good condition are hard to come by. If the car is good all around and solid you will do fine. Please post pictures if you buy it.

[RSBob]

Considering the amount of coin you are spending for a restored '68, if the metal is good, a color change back to the original is a mere $15K or so more. Chump change plus you will get that and much more at resale.

[super911]

thanks a lot for your responses. Yes the process is completely documented.

Last, LAST question that maybe you can answer:

the soft window on the car i want to buy seems to be of a different "make" than most of the ones i see on other pictures.





As you see there is a difference in the way the soft window will attach. On the second picture there are those little metal dents...

Is there a "right" one? I see other pictures of the first one too on other cars, but wonder if they aren't hard windows converted to soft windows...

let me know if you can! thanks

[WPOZZZ]

The metal dents are Tenax fasteners so a tonneau cover can be fitted to the car to protect the soft top.

[super911]

thanks
so does it mean that both are "ok"?
is one better than the other?
were the Tenax fasteners an option ?

[nvr2mny]

That is a VERY valuable car. I currently have 2 '68 SWT's and both are/were originally Bahama Yellow. One of the best colors for that era imho. I wouldn't be concerned with the tenax fasteners. You won't see them in the factory brochures but it is still factory correct as far as I know. PLEASE share more pics and the story how you came to (hopefully) aquire.

[Matt Monson]

Mmmm. SWT.