Excellence: 911 SC Undervalued

[Seric]

Originally Posted by JR_NYC

I hoped you didn't think I was being a smart ass. They'll probably publish the correction.

So they published my letter and shot me down! Pete Stout, the editor, denied that my data was accurate. He stated that Excellence has in the past always said that the Cup cars were nothing but stripped down C2s. I looked at both articles they have written and they say multiple times that they are RS based. I told him to go to the registry site and go over the data there.

Why would the editor do such a thing? Was he defending the article author or just lazy?

Huge respect lost there for Excellence.

[red-beard]

I sold my "famous" 82SC for $13.5K. It was about what I had into it. The car had many many correct upgrase, fully working A/C, repainted correctly, etc. The new Owner drove it from Houston to Washington State.

They are nice cars, and nice to drive, good to look at, but they aren't anything special, really. I sold the 82SC, and kept the 1970 914/6. The 914/6 is a special car, and it's value is really going up.

$20K for a nearly perfect car, sure, why not. Nearly $30K? Methinks someone hath an SC for sale....

[TerryH]

Last year, my '81 SC sold for 13.5K also. Only advertised here and 4 buyers were lined up inside a week. Nobody even haggled. I obviously didn't ask enough. lol

JR_NYC the pale yellow may be chiffon white. Seen in my signature. I loved the color, but it's not very popular.

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by Seric

So they published my letter and shot me down! Pete Stout, the editor, denied that my data was accurate. He stated that Excellence has in the past always said that the Cup cars were nothing but stripped down C2s. I looked at both articles they have written and they say multiple times that they are RS based. I told him to go to the registry site and go over the data there. Pelicanite cupcar#12 (co-worker) said that another Cup car owner, and authority sent them a letter with data.

Ask him (or someone else at the mag) again. Someone from there is a regular here on Pelican. Goes by Editor@Excellence. Shoot him a PM.

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by JR_NYC

Scarcity seems to depend on where in the U.S. you live. I rarely see SCs in the Tri-State area (NY, CY, NJ), except when I take the car into the shop. Boxters, 996s, 997s, and the occasional Carrera is about all I see on the road. I think that has to do with weather (not practical in the winter) and rust.

i agree. i never see them around here. sometimes it feels like i have the only one in town. i see tons of 930's and 3.2's and the occasional late 60's/early 70's

in the past 5 years, im aware of seeing 2 other SC's in this city, one of which is a targa

[ramonesfreak]

Originally Posted by TerryH

JR_NYC the pale yellow may be chiffon white. Seen in my signature. I loved the color, but it's not very popular.

my chifffon white. definately does not look yellow. more like an off-white, or not-bright-white

[Nathans_Dad]

I'm thinking I will be in the market for an SC in the next 6 months or so...

Prices can keep coming down, fine with me!

[dfk911sc]

If you bought it for an investment....too bad. I bought mine because I've been in love with the lines and look since they were new. Maintain it, drive it, enjoy it...even tho the SC is "common" they still draw the Oooos and Ahhhs.

[billybek]

With all the back date projects happening on this and other sites, maybe mine will be the last SC standing..... Plus, people seem to like to bash them into things! I think they are taking the term "bumper car" too seriously!

[Nathans_Dad]

See, that's exactly what I am probably going to look for an SC. I want to eventually "bash" it into some sort of replica, not sure what yet tho. The SCs are cheap, galvanized and have rock solid engines. They are also common enough that I don't feel badly about changing the original looks of one.

[TerryH]

Originally Posted by srandallf

my chifffon white. definately does not look yellow. more like an off-white, or not-bright-white

Mine is/was definitely pale yellow next to our other white car. I had one outside mirror and lower rear panels stripped and repainted. They looked up 182 chiffon white in their book, mixed it, and it matched perfectly.