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You just have to look at em, drive them, etc. and see what appeals to you.
Having owned over a dozen, from early cars, to SCs to 915 Carreras and G50 Carreras, my current choice (actually, my last 3) have all been G50 Carreras. My current is an '88.
They are all good cars, but IMO the 87-89 are the best of the big bumper cars (the 78-89 range), at least for the use I do, which is pretty much daily.
I never had a problem with the 915 trans, other than blowing one up by running too much hp/torque through it.
The biggest difference, IMO, is that the G50 has an automatically adjusting hydraulic clutch setup. There's on adjustment or maintenance on it, other than occasionally bleeding the slave cylinder (every few years).
The 915 is the exact opposite. It has a bunch of things that go out of adjustment, wear out, etc. The cable, a bunch of springs, countersprings, etc. All need to be in tip top shape, AND kept in proper adjustment.
The G50 cars weigh a little more, but IMO that is more often than not overstated. I could tell no difference in weight from my 85, to my 87s or 88.
In a perfect world, though, I'd have a nicely set up, unmodified MFI 72 or 73, and drive that sucker every day. Unfortunately, I've been priced out of that market, probably forever.
The price of all the 89 and earlier 911s have really gone through the roof in the last year. It's weird. I've never seen 911 prices jump like this in the 25 years I've been buying, selling and owning Porsches.
I bought my perfect condition '88 for $16K a few years ago. It looks like it's a 25K car now. It doesn't look like you can get an under 90K, original, no stories G50 car for less than mid/low 20s anymore (or, at least, it would be a lot harder than it was even a year ago).
And the prices of early cars (pre-74), wow. I just can't believe the asking price on so many that I see advertised these days, for just "ordinary" stuff (halfazzed modified '70 T, etc.) It seems like asking prices (it's hard to verify actual selling) have pretty much doubled in the last 2-3 years.
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