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Originally Posted by JettandTye
I am biased as we own a 77 targa in coppa. That said, once these cars are dialed in they are very reliable and not too expensive to maintain. The dialing in part can be expensive depending on the historical care of the car.
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Lucky you with that Coppa Targa. Good to hear about reliability. I hope to find a car that is already dialed-in which would add to the initial expense but hopefully lower the maintenance cost.
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Originally Posted by NYNick
Where are you located? The early "galvanized body" thing is almost not even worth talking about in the rust belt.
Your second and third points above are the best way to find a car. Join PCA. Go to PCA events. Visit Porsche only shops. Talk to everyone you can. Speaking of which, I think Adam from Unobtanium has a 77 going on ebay as we speak.
That BAT car for $80K went for all the money, but it was a beaut. Personally I'd rather have a really nice SC for that kind of dough.
And if you have to ask if you can afford it, well....depends.
Good luck and welcome to PPMF!
Nick
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Thanks for the welcome! I am in Virginia. I have a very nice ’85 VW Westy that came from Cali two years ago and I can already see some rust accelerating in the Virginia humidity (it’s never seen road salt either). Good call on being cautious of rust.
Very glad to hear the PCA is not just fluff. I was aware of them but not sure what they had to offer. I will certainly dig into this as well and other local Porsche resources. Saw that Unobtanium ’77 in another post. Beautiful!
The upfront cost I can realize. I am more concerned about ongoing maintenance costs, insurance, etc. that may be hidden. But yeah, sometimes hard to justify a large leisure purchase no matter your worth!