Can anyone bring forth some wisdom?

[Retrowerksgarage]

Hello everyone! I recently found a 1978 930 shell with a salvage title. The shell has the rear suspension and brakes still on it, and it comes with the fuel tank. The front end (passenger side) has had damage, and as a result the inner fender was cut out along with a portion of the front suspension pan on the same side.
I'm trying to gauge a value on it and determine wether i should sell or repair it. Can anyone bring forth some wisdom?

[Showdown]

I would think that the salvage title would make it a parts car.

[fanaudical]

Pictures?

[eastbay]

depends on your ambition.

I've done a bunch of salvage rebuilds and they can be fun. Sometimes harder to sell, sometimes not. It's like fishing, just need the right guy to come along and bite.

Need more details on the shell to SWAG a value

[EC900]

I have a friend who always bought Copart salvage Merz and BMW’s, has a body shop with a frame straightener, he was able to cobble together full cars and made a decent profit. Thing is he had tons of parts, tools, and his own talents and labor.
Took them out of state for a safety re-certification and received clean titles. Sometimes the cars didn’t meet the standards and kept the ‘salvage’ moniker, he always was upfront with buyers of what was repaired. Mind you, salvage means that insurance companies “total” cars because fixing them is too expensive and it’s cheaper just to pay off the owner with a “book value”. They routinely auction off these wrecks, fires, floods. I’m sure others incl. bodyshops inspected the 930 had a good idea of the work involved and the availability of replacement parts to make it profitable rather than saving. An enthusiast might be more about rescuing than profitability.

You’re in CA and unless you paid less than peanuts for a 930 tub, making it a $80-100k car is going to be a stretch and you don’t have a drivetrain the branded title will be the least of the expenses.
Hard to put a value on a tub because of everything that it needs + labor. It’s a nice project if you can do the work just fixing the body for resale.
For example I recall a fully rotted and rusted 356 tub went for over $10k and the buyer was only interested in the VIN plate (no salvage) for rebuilding purposes.

My 2˘

[Matt Monson]

Your failure to post pictures is why nobody answered your thread in Marketplace. There’s just not enough details.

Don’t be surprised when this thread is moved over there or closed. The powers that be discourage cross posting.

[Macroni]

Hard to imagine it valued over $80,000 even if perfect. I think it would make a better Hot Rod 911.

Wide body w/ a hot 3.8L. At that point the previous damage and non-matching becomes a side note.

[zjdgfu]

Can we see the pictures?

[Matt Monson]

Originally Posted by afterburn 549

Transparently not....

Now you can…

https://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-cars-sale/1142657-1978-930-shell.html#post12037173

[juanbenae]

Originally Posted by Retrowerksgarage

Hello everyone! I recently found a 1978 930 shell with a salvage title. The shell has the rear suspension and brakes still on it, and it comes with the fuel tank. The front end (passenger side) has had damage, and as a result the inner fender was cut out along with a portion of the front suspension pan on the same side.
I'm trying to gauge a value on it and determine wether i should sell or repair it. Can anyone bring forth some wisdom?

Originally Posted by EC900

I have a friend who always bought Copart salvage Merz and BMW’s, has a body shop with a frame straightener, he was able to cobble together full cars and made a decent profit. Thing is he had tons of parts, tools, and his own talents and labor.
Took them out of state for a safety re-certification and received clean titles. Sometimes the cars didn’t meet the standards and kept the ‘salvage’ moniker, he always was upfront with buyers of what was repaired. Mind you, salvage means that insurance companies “total” cars because fixing them is too expensive and it’s cheaper just to pay off the owner with a “book value”. They routinely auction off these wrecks, fires, floods. I’m sure others incl. bodyshops inspected the 930 had a good idea of the work involved and the availability of replacement parts to make it profitable rather than saving. An enthusiast might be more about rescuing than profitability.

You’re in CA and unless you paid less than peanuts for a 930 tub, making it a $80-100k car is going to be a stretch and you don’t have a drivetrain the branded title will be the least of the expenses.
Hard to put a value on a tub because of everything that it needs + labor. It’s a nice project if you can do the work just fixing the body for resale.
For example I recall a fully rotted and rusted 356 tub went for over $10k and the buyer was only interested in the VIN plate (no salvage) for rebuilding purposes.

My 2˘

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