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Originally Posted by aigel
Congrats Rattlsnak! Good chance to get some decent headlights on the thing! I think you are the first one in this thread that actually went and bought one of these so-affordable cars!  I have the impression, everyone else is just watching the train wreck in terms of price decay on these cars!
I read a thread on the 996 forum (continued on RL) where a Brit chap bought a flood 996 and brought it back to life for little money. Fun read .... http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-996-997-forum/663343-flood-damaged-996-a.html I'd love to do something like that. And if you fail, you can always throw in the towel and sell the bits...
What is wrong with yours?
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I saw that flood car thread. Crazy! I bought this from the original owner / via a salvage yard. I talked to him personally. He replaced one motor out of warranty with a factory Porsche engine (due to the d-chunk cylinder failure) and when the second engine blew up 12,000 miles later with the exact same failure, he took the loss and sold it to a salvage yard and bought a new Cayman S. They started selling parts off of it until I got it from them, so it is a clean title. And this car is a 996.2, so it has the newer style non-boxster looking headlights.
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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
Rattlsnak, are you just going to do a stock rebuild or something more interesting? Looks like a 997 front end conversion candidate to me. 
I've always wanted to do a 996 lightweight. It's been pretty well documented that you can get 300+ lbs out of a 996 without drastic or super expensive measures, and a 996.1 C2 is under 3000 lbs already stock. 300 HP and 2600 lbs would be fun. Here's the weight loss thread from the 6speedonline 996TT forum: Official Turbo Weight Loss Thread/ Lightest Turbo List - 6speedonline.com Forums |
I thought serious about going for the 997 look, but the main attraction point for this year model car to me was that I already have bumpers, a hood and tail lights that were takeoffs when we did an aero kit for a customer. I actually pulled them out of the back and had them in primer before I even picked up the car. lol.. The only thing I have to buy outright are the headlights ($$$$) and a few trim pieces and brackets here and there.
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Originally Posted by 1990C4S
What's the story? Crashed? Salvage? Is the price top secret?
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See above.. perfect body and has lots of goodies on it like short shifter, cup suspension, bigger sway bars and strut braces.