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[mtcarguy]

I have had a lot of porsches, but don't really have a pulse on value the earlier cars. (plus I live in Montana) I am buying a 66 911 with a rebuilt 67 motor. The body is near perfect, gaps are nice and pans are nice. It was an original irish green car with a cream white interior. The interior needs to be redone and the wood steering wheel is shot. The car is complete but needs finished. I have a body shop so paint is not an issue. I'm curious as to the value of a 1966 911 with a rebuilt engine and needing paint and interior. I took pics of it but the lighting was bad. Thanks

[nathanbs]

I read your post three times looking for a question. Is there one? Nice DP(?) Slant by the way

[mtcarguy]

Sorry, Just wondering what the value of a 66 911 would be needing a restoration ? It runs with a rebuilt motor. (documented) Thanks. Slantnose is not a DP. It actually has a chevy in it. Once again I live in Montana and my Porsche mechanic is 1000 miles away. Ha

[pu911]

A nicely restored 66 is probably a $100-120k car these days with a matching #'s motor. A 911 w/o it's matching #'s motor is not really collectable even if it was completely restored- I'd drive the snot out of it the way it sits.
Phil

[SalParadise]

$44-$55K needing restoration, with no rust in the floors.

[Catorce]

Not in Socal - that car is worth 60-70K down here as is. And there will be a lineup to buy it.

[SalParadise]

Originally Posted by Catorce

Not in Socal - that car is worth 60-70K down here as is. And there will be a lineup to buy it.

I saw better cars during the height of 2015 while I lived in San Diego for less than $70K - and there were no lines.

[nathanbs]

Originally Posted by pu911

A nicely restored 66 is probably a $100-120k car these days with a matching #'s motor. A 911 w/o it's matching #'s motor is not really collectable even if it was completely restored- I'd drive the snot out of it the way it sits.
Phil

That's a little harsh and not exactly true. Still very collectible and perhaps a bigger buying pool because of the lower price range

[G60SuperCharger]

^^^agreed. I sold a very nice all original 1966 911 with a rebuilt '67 engine for well north of six figures back in 2014. '66 and '67 base 911 engines are pretty much the same. Matching numbers matter, but if the rest of the car is stunning it is less of a factor.

Your car has a few issues though that do drop the value. For one, someone updated it to the blackout 1973 model year look, including the safety bumperettes! I would replace the bumper, side trim, horn grille, and bumper guards with the correct chrome. Try to strip off the black paint on the expensive window chrome...lots of folks just rattle canned over the chrome back in the day (did it to my 1977 924!) and stripping it often reveals decent chrome underneath. Also need to trade out those Fuchs for the 1966 chrome steelies they all came with.

As it sits now if rust free I would think it would trade around $50k, and I don't see why it wouldn't fetch north of $100k with a full restoration back to original spec. Mind you, it may cost more than another $50,000 to restore it fully!

[Nick Triesch]

this car is very collectable. Not having the original motor will not matter in a few years. They used to say this about the 356 but now a restored car without original motor and 300.000 miles will bring in $100,000. The longhoods are in the same boat. Even the 356B that was looked down upon is worth a ton of cash. Will just take a little time. You think a Porsche 550 with a different motor will take a hit? I don't think so. Even if it was in a fire and then restored it is still collectable. I know about this stuff because I'm old and I have lived it. I have seen the 356B go from $8000 to $100000 from 1988 to 2017.

[Matt Monson]

This^.

[nathanbs]

Originally Posted by Nick Triesch

this car is very collectable. Not having the original motor will not matter in a few years. They used to say this about the 356 but now a restored car without original motor and 300.000 miles will bring in $100,000. The longhoods are in the same boat. Even the 356B that was looked down upon is worth a ton of cash. Will just take a little time. You think a Porsche 550 with a different motor will take a hit? I don't think so. Even if it was in a fire and then restored it is still collectable. I know about this stuff because I'm old and I have lived it. I have seen the 356B go from $8000 to $100000 from 1988 to 2017.

For sake of trying to keep things apples to apples what is the production quantities of a 550, 356B, and a 66 911?

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by nathanbs

For sake of trying to keep things apples to apples what is the production quantities of a 550, 356B, and a 66 911?

There were many more 356Bs (over 30,000) made than 66 911s (1709). There were more Bs made in the first year of production than 66. 550 is irrelevant.

[nathanbs]

Originally Posted by Matt Monson

There were many more 356Bs (over 30,000) made than 66 911s (1709). There were more Bs made in the first year of production than 66. 550 is irrelevant.

550 is relevant because he mentioned that it doesn't matter if one has a matching motor but that's because they are uber rare to begin with. Neither of which are the 356 or 911 so not good to compare. A 356 takes a huge hit with wrong motor and so does does a 911 and they always will for the simple fact that there will be always be ones available with matching engines so which would a collector prefer? I wasn't really trying to compare the 356B to the 911. I was comparing both the 356 and 911 to the 550 however there were 2799 of the 1962 356 B made which is not off by too much.