Help price my 1974 hot rod please

[jimtweet]

I hate to do this, I know modified or hot rodded cars are hard to price so I just want to make sure I am in the ball park. I have had two really good offers on my car in the last two weeks, and with the prices rising, I am considering letting it go.

1974 Porsche 911

Painted Ice Green Metallic, full glass out paint job Piant 8.5 out of 10
three owner car
Paper work dating back to original owner / every receipt to date for parts

Wheels / Tires
-16x6 16x7 Fuchs, color matched to car with Hankook tires, about 3k miles on the tires

Brakes / suspension
-original brake pads on car (should be replaced soon)
-new master cylinder
-rebuilt brake calipers / new lines
-bilstein inserts in bodge sturts up front / stock torsion bars
-bilstein shocks in back / stock torsion bars
-car lowered to euro spec height
-recent alignment and corner balance
-last owner replaced every single suspension bushing 5k miles ago.

Interior
-new Recaro pole position seats / black leather with grey alcantara centers
-new black carpet
-new black leather RS door panels with grey straps
-new black leather door tops
-new black leather dash
-new black leather knee pads
-new black leather parcel shelf
-new black leather quarter panels
-new CoCo black and grey mats
-billet door handles and surrounds
-Rennline drivers floor board
-Rennline pedals
-new pioneer speakers and head unit
-speedometer has stopped working / needs to be addressed, not sure problem yet
-AMCO wood Porsche crest shift knob
-new leather momo portotipo steering wheel with zuffenhaus billet adaptor

Exterior
-custom shaved rear bumper (bumper pads removed. bumper strips removed, holes welded shut)
-color matched rear reflector
-Getty ducktail with custom billet aluminum polished grille
-front euro side marker deletes
-clear turn signals
-carrera fog lights
-new US spec chrome trim tail lights
-new euro front bumper (has head light washers)
-new RUF front valance with fogs
-new euro H4 head lights
-new NOS drivers side mirror
-a lot of new seals everywhere
-new sunroof switch, seals, motor, tracks, sunroof works perfectly
-new Porsche front crest
-new wiper arms, mounts, covers, blades

Engine
-1982sc 3.0 engine
-rebuilt shortblock in 2012 by Bruce Abbott
-rebuilt heads by Bruce Abbott
-1981 915 transmission ( I have no history on this, but works perfectly)
-Rebuilt / cleaned / detailed Webers 40IDA ITALIAN made
-new / rebuilt original Bosch CDI box
-new Bosch coil
-new clewtte wires
-new distributor cap and rotor with new NGK plugs
-all engine tins were just sandblasted and painted
-newly painted engine shroud
-new heather hoses
-Rennline alternator strap
-new B&B exhaust
-new B&B headers WITH heat (works ok, heat in these cars was never great)
-new backdated oil lines
-new pierburg fuel pump
-new fuel lines
-new PMO fuel rails
-new PMO fuel pressure regulator

when I say "new" I mean within the last 500 miles

[darmahman]

What is the ballpark price u r referring to?

[allaircooled]

Nice looking car, not ice green metallic though.

[bhmkv]

Nice car

[jimtweet]

Originally Posted by allaircooled

Nice looking car, not ice green metallic though.

It is not a Porsche color. I believe it is from a 90's Honda. I have the color code and paper work from paint job.

The higher of the two offers was $28k. Im thinking I should have walked home

I keep seeing the prices of these cars go up, and just wondering how to value something like this.

[CountD]

Originally Posted by jimtweet

The higher of the two offers was $28k. Im thinking I should have walked home

Ha! You probably should have. But then again, what would you buy? Money comes and goes, pay down debt? Buy a house in Detroit? It would be hard to replace.

[Rodsrsr]

That is a nice car.

[jimtweet]

basically what crossed my mind was "could i replace this car with one as nice for 28k, probably not"

[Eli W]

That is friggin sweet ride, I would not sell it unless you had to. The price sounds right as far as that goes, but it is not enough.

I have a mid myself a 77 3.2 dual plug

I have raised the suspension in there rear for drivability.

[puddy]

Damn, if I could sell my car I'd be all over this, what a beauty!

[jimtweet]

Thank you for the comments, are we in agreement that 28k is fair?

[jittsl]

In the current market I would have said 28K is only just fair. I would have thought it was worth more. My shop has a 76 that we have been restoring to original and we expect it will be worth $30K+. It's very hard to know with any deviation from stock whether value has been added or subtracted.

If I was looking for a mid-year I would buy yours for $28K without hesitating because I know it would cost way more to reproduce it. These days a good, solid, rust free Mid-year daily driver is worth the best part of $20K and I know you have at least another $20K in your car just by reading the "new" list.

I hope you have a solid plan for this car's replacement because I know that with $28k in your pocket you will not be able to buy a Porsche half as pretty or well set up as the one one you already have. Good luck.

[fintstone]

That is indeed a great looking car. I really like the '74s. They are my favorite year for some strange reason.

I realized that these had increased in value lately, but that seems surprising high and IMHO, if you had to sell now, that would certainly be fair. That said, you could never build that car for that. I have a slightly hot-rodded '74 with everything intentionally relatively stock (including paint color) other than the engine (modded 3.0), factory, year correct, sport seats (but not on the COA) , and "7 polished fuchs. It also has an almost perfect, glass out paint job (9+ out of 10) with little mileage and has been thoroughly gone through with new shocks/struts, brakes, etc. I would not sell for that price as it is exactly what I want and it would cost me $40K to build it again. That said, if I needed to sell, I would have been surprised to get much more than $20K. I guess the recent gains in real estate and the stock market are leaving some folks particularly flush these days.

[COLB]

That is a very cool car.

Once you get past the "its not stock" thing -- the paint is the biggest negative on what is otherwise a very nice build.

Everyone's tastes are different, but it is a shame it was not painted in a cool period color -- or even a earlier color like Gulf Blue.

With better paint in a better color, I could see this going mid-30s or higher.

I share all of the sentiments above -- this would be a hard car to replicate if you let it go.

[jimtweet]

I had a price of about 30-31k in my head and as stated, it would be impossible to rebuild or replace this car for that.

as for the paint, I can not say how many times I am asked about it or commented on it. Everywhere I go, that is the first thing people notice. The color in person is amazing on the car and works very well. The quality of the paint is outstanding. My crappy phone pics do not do it justice.

[puddy]

Would you do a partial trade for a Shelby Cobra replica?

[techweenie]

$30-31 seems fair. To get good price feedback, you have to provide photos of the rust-susceptible areas and also compression/leakdown and/or dyno results.

[allaircooled]

Originally Posted by jimtweet

It is not a Porsche color. I believe it is from a 90's Honda. I have the color code and paper work from paint job.

The higher of the two offers was $28k. Im thinking I should have walked home

I keep seeing the prices of these cars go up, and just wondering how to value something like this.

Ahh, ok. Well there is a Porsche color Ice Green Metallic for your year and it looks nothing like that. Yours is still a nice color and a beautiful car I wish I could afford. I guess I'm lucky to have what I have now cause I don't see a coupe in my future with the way the prices have gone up on these cars.

[COLB]

This 1974 is Porsche Ice Green Metallic:



The straight-laced older brother to your outlaw. Asking $32,900, FWIW -- and seems like a decent price.

Both are cool cars in their own way, at similar price points.

DANIEL SCHMITT & CO CLASSIC CAR GALLERY PRESENTS: 1974 PORSCHE 911 COUPE for Sale in St. Louis, Missouri

[jimtweet]

That is kind of the reason for asking. I know its always hard to price modified vs originality. Guess it all depends on the buyer