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Well, if it wasn't originally a California car (with the thermal reactor exhaust) it's worth a look. I'd have a thorough inspection done by a shop that is very familiar with old 911s. Plan to spend at least 4 hours of labor time on that. At a minimum, do this:
remove upper and lower valve covers to inspect studs, rockers and guides
compression and leakdown tests, warm
identify all oil leaks
smoke test the intake, if possible
check fuel system pressures cold and hot
adjust clutch play and travel and road test
rust inspection
usual inspection for suspension, brakes, other mechanical systems.
If you're lucky, you might get by with fixing the oil leaks, doing a tune-up and valve adjustment, changing the clutch, transmission fluid and any bad linkage bushings and getting some miles out of it before a rebuild is needed.
If an engine rebuild is needed, figure at least $15K. Could be more.
If a transmission rebuild is needed, figure $2.5-5k.
Brakes can eat up $1-1.5K
Suspension bushings and shocks, etc. can eat up another $2-4K.
JR
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