[Crachian]

I'm a convert. I only considered coupes when I was shopping for my first 911 a couple of years ago. Recently, while my 89 has been under the knife, I came across a 73 E targa locally advertised for $5.5k. I figured it would be pretty rough, but went to see it anyway. Against all advice, I bought it with no PPI and hoped for the best. It is leaking badly and smokes from oil dripping onto the exchangers, and also puffs when coming off throttle. I don't know if it's the speed sensor circuit or valve guides. It has 162k miles and from what I can tell, it 's pretty complete. I had a few nice surprises: it's got SSIs on it and the terrible smell inside left with the old seats and fake sheepskins. It's pretty darn solid with mostly surface rust in the front pan and quarter-sized hole in the rear seat pan. But the real point is that my drive home that night completely changed my opinion about targas. I love driving this car.