[Grady Clay]

Mike,

I would not hesitate to buy a ‘quarter-million-mile’ 911 IF all the systems were refurbished as necessary, ahead of failure and ‘wearing out’.
Critical are rust and prior crash repair.

Even if a Galvanized 911 is garaged regularly, the climate and road use have a huge influence.
A 911 always driven in nice weather, no road salt exposure and garaged here in Colorado or NM, AZ, etc. (very low humidity and high altitude) will last almost forever.
If a 911 (even Galvanized) is driven with road salt exposure and ‘put away wet’, there will be chassis rust.
The question then becomes “How much?”

Yes, a Targa chassis is more critical to chassis degradation because of the lack of the coupe roof structure.
A simple test is to note the fit of the Targa top and doors sitting on the road wheels compared jacked up at various angles.
If you can re-fit the top properly and have the doors open & close normally when the 911 has one wheel jacked way up (almost balanced on two diagonal tires) then the chassis is probably still close to new function.
(Early Targas won’t pass this test – some when new.)


As our cars age and there are ‘bare tub’ restorations, it is increasingly important to have complete and detailed documentation of the entire history.
Post your and Lealand’s maintenance and repair history.
That should pretty-well show the current condition.

I don't know the sale price.
Keeping in mind the common “Every 911 is a $20,000 car”, you could look at possible future expenses (as a perspective buyer would) and price accordingly.

Best,
Grady