[ElAndrews]

Hello All! I'm new at the forum. I'm owner of a 1972 Westy and a MK6 GTI and as most of VW lovers I’m a Porsche enthusiast and about to become a Porsche Owner 😊… I’m looking to buy a 1984 911 Carrera Targa. My concern with the car is that when I was testing the car I kind of have to go through a bump and all of a sudden, I heard a noise and then the car's rear suspension went down very low to the floor. despite that, I was able to do a test run with no problems on the gear change, or accelerator cable stocked or any of stuff that will make me suspect about the rear torsion tube. A mechanic went to see the car and told me that the flooring, the front suspension and everything looked rust free, he even tried to stick a key into front suspension near the battery area and noticed the car was solid... the car has been on a garage since 2014 with occasional turning on, but no riding (owner’s words and permit on car’s’ windshield). Odometer says 54k on it although it has a push button to start the car.

Any advice on what might be the problem on the rear suspension? Is there any other problem that could lead to a fallen rear suspension on a 1984 Carrera? Any advice will be greatly appreciated!!!

Mechanic says that 1984 cars are rare to suffer from a broken torsion tube, mostly 930’s are the ones which suffers the most on this area.

Please let me know if that problem is a big problem on these Porsche models and I should be aware on not to buy the car, or if there is any other means that the rear suspension might fail which will have simple solution.