I have a '69 that was a project from the start. I'm hoping to get it on the road around the end of the year. It's been a years long project because I retired twelve years ago and had lots of things to do since. Also I found out you get drawn into lots of mods you don't anticipate. (One example of the many mods I made was replacing the bullet fuses with boxes that use the spade type fuses. There are two boxes, each costing $120 and the job is best done with the fuel tank out - which you will probably end up doing. Each thing you do like that - and you will do them - takes a huge amount of time. This will lead you into a whole bunch of wiring mods and fixes.) As I say this is only one example of many, so a ten year horizon is probably sane thinking. One other thing you get drawn into is acquiring parts, new or used. You will find a part and buy it. Then you will find another that seems better, better condition, etc. and buy that and maybe others. In the end or before you will have to resell the ones you don't use. Also used parts have gone up in value and will probably end up continuing to increase. I completely disassembled my car and rebuilt it. In the end I'm thinking I will only be driving it on occasion, because these cars are becoming so seldom seen and available so I'm left wondering if it was a long term, fun, expensive project I will end up selling because I will be afraid to drive it. There seem to be so many 911E's around (at least here on PP), it seems like every other person has one. My advice on this car is to negotiate the price way down. You are looking at really big bucks going forward not even counting your man hours involved. As far as I'm concerned, if it were me, I'd look for a running car I could get & figure I'd have to pay the difference in cost. Here are a couple of pics of mine.
