1973.5 911T savable or worth it?

[awdbandito]

I have a 73.5 911T 2.4L CIS car that I brought home and now that I've torn into it I believe it is more than I want to try to attack. Given these pictures, do you think somebody would be interested in restoring it. Entire middle of the car is gone from the parcel shelf to the pedal box, then the front pan and suspension pickups will need to be replaced. Rear fender has been hit. I have the expected to be numbers matching case with it that isn't in the car.
The torsion bar tubes barely have surface rust, and the inner/outter rocker have no rust.
The car sat for 10+ years outside under a tarp with no glass, so water migrated in and could never get out.

Please give me your thoughts. I'm on the fence on how to proceed.

[awdbandito]

[awdbandito]

[CountD]

My answer, even in this market, would be a no - it is not worth restoring.

If it were a '64/'65, a RS, some early S, or maybe something unusual like an L, but this is just too far gone to ever be a viable project. The shell has too many issues, and unless you want to be into it for far more than it will be worth, pass it on, take what can be salvaged, sell them on to someone else who has something that isn't so far gone. Unless you are serious with a welder, have all the technical skills, and have a garage and/or space to put in it in for 3-5 years, let it go.

[G450X]

Hopefully you can part it out and recover your costs.

Maybe if it was a '73 S (or E?), but T's were pretty common and I don't think it would ever be worth the restoration cost. Even if you did most of the work that thing appears to be a basket case...

[Sunroof]

Longhood parts are going up in price, so what do you have you can remove and sell and maybe make some $$$$$$ on it.? A good example just from the photos is the gas tank. Its very easy to remove. This tank is a 62 liter capacity unit that was designed strictly for the 73.5T so it can take the entire full sized spare. In 1974 it all changed. If you flushed it out (remove that large nut holding the internal mesh filter), check for overall condition (perforations) and you can sell for several hundred as they can be restored. Approach any and all remainging parts on this vehicle and you will make $$$$$. Anything on the dash, doors, wiring?

If you do want to spend the tens of thousands to bring this back to original you certainly have $$$$$$ in parts.

my 2-cents

Bob
73.5T

[awdbandito]

Thanks for the input. I am leaning the 'part it out' direction now. I thought it was savable when I bought it but even with the long hood price climb there would just be too much invested.

[BK911]

I vote for saving her or selling as is, definitely not to part out.
Weekend to do the front pan, weekend to do the floors, and another weekend to do the parcel shelf. Less than a month to get a pretty solid chassis.
Not the car to restore and sell, but a car to take your time with and restore over time.
Somebody out there wants this project.
Try selling her as is first. If no takers, then part out if you must.

[techweenie]

I think saving that car is a romantic notion, but the rust will not have stopped at the edge of the parts that can be purchased from sheet metal stamping suppliers. There will be an enormous amount of fabrication to re-create all the connecting pieces that you need to install rear seats, shelf and floor pan.

By all means, try to sell it whole to anyone you can, but it's worth more as parts.

[Matt Monson]

It all comes down to how much is your time worth? Yes, you can easily make more if you part it out. But how many hours will you spend wrenching on and beating a car that you don't want?

Someone will take this car as it sits. You can sell it complete and walk away without spending a minute cracking your knuckles on it.

You see a lot of romantic notions of making big bucks parting out cars. The first 50% of the $ are easy pickings. Everything else pays at about $5/hr for your efforts.

[awdbandito]

Parting out does take time, and a good bit of it. I'll probably take inventory of what is there and put it up on here first, then ebay if nobody jumps on it. I'm sitting on a '69 912 chassis that somebody could use along with this one to make a solid car. Might as well at least give the car a chance to be saved.

[Sunroof]

Any door pockets? Instruments? Interior hardware? Chrome trim? Glass? Whats in the trunk?
Toolkit? Fuse Holders? etc, etc, etc, etc, etc, there is money in car.............................................

Bob
73.5T owner - always looking for parts