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Originally Posted by Bristol
...if I was looking for a real collector, top quality grade car and willing to pay good money, then the PCA is the first place that I would go to look. Of course Craigslist will win for cheap, cheap cars, but I don't think that's what most PCA members are selling. I personally would feel much more comfortable buying a collector grade car from a long time PCA member because there is a greater inherent trust that you won't get screwed by someone who is a committed Porsche enthusiast and chances are that they have taken better care of the car. I know that Manny Alban has told me that European Porsche owners see it this way and have begged him for PCA decals/badges. He said that when they buy a car from the US having a PCA decal or badge on it ads value and peace of mind to them because they know it's been owned by an enthusiast and taken care of.
Kirk
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This may be somewhat true. Two days ago, I saw a "PCA member's concours-award" 911 for sale. It was a mass of mismatched parts, had a color mismatch; overspray on parts not normally body color, etc., etc. I was surprised. Similarly, the Tangerine E Targa that recently sold at auction had a custom engine lid on it that was butt-ugly. That was a long-time PCA "show car" as well. It sold about $30K under market.
I think in general, a car owned by a hard core PCA member probably is in good mechanical condition, but not necessarily unmolested.
And as observed here, asking prices are often... how can I put this nicely? Hallucinatory.