What is it worth? 82 911SC " turbo look"

[Gunther]

Hi everyone. I'm thinking about selling my 1982 911SC. The market seems a little strange with prices seeming to be everywhere for P-cars. So I'm turning to you all “The Experts” to see what its worth.

Its a 1982 911SC Chassis, Motor, Transmission with 1988 930 Turbo Body panels, Brakes, Suspension, and Interior.

I have owned this car for almost 4 years and have put on half of its 135,000 miles. This has always been a North Carolina car, so there are no rust issues. This is a nice tight, fast, fun car that has a lot of cool modifications done to it. It took me a long time to find a turbo look car that actually looked right. With all the factory 930 parts on this car it looks just right.

Motor Rebuilt 7,700 miles ago,
New Carrara Chain Tensioners,
New Head Studs,
New MSD Ignition,
New MSD Blaster 2 Coil
New Fuel Filter,
Heads Ported and Polished,
Larger Front Oil Cooler, cars never gets hot.

Transmission Rebuilt at the same time as motor,
New Clutch Disk
New Through Out Bearing,
New CVs,

Poly-Graphite Suspension Bushings
Carbo Tech High Performance Brake Pads.

The black turbo interior is in great shape. No cracks in the dash and the panels look very nice. The black leather seats are full power. There is a couple of inch, inch and a half scratches on the left drivers side bolster from getting in and out of the car. A normal thing for a car this old. The carpets are in very good shape with plenty of life left in them. It also comes with turbo floor mats.

The Bad;
The drivers window sticks when you role up the window, but it dose role up. It needs a $28.00 part, haven't had time to fix it.
The engine has a sticky warm up regulator that will need to be changed.
The windshield washer is nonexistent, never needed it. Wipers do work.
Tachometer sticks on hot days for about the first 5 minutes, then works fine. I don't know why.
AC has been disconnected, I didn't want the extra weight in the back. Still have all the parts and they come with the car.
High beams stay on all the time, will need a new switch at the steering wheel stalk.
Tail light lens broken, but poorly fixed, could be replaced.
Needs tires, I'll leave that up to you, I would rather buy a car that needs tires and buy my own brand, then have someone put on a brand new set of cheap tires.
When I bought the car, it needed paint. I figured it would make a great summer project for the future. The paint is checking in a lot of spots and is a little dull in others. It still looks good at 5 to10 feet. The good news is that there are virtually no dings or dents and it doesn't need it right away.
I do not know how long ago the conversion was done. The PO said sometime in the early 90's. I know that I am at least the 4th owner. The previous owner drove the car very little and had it for a couple of years. I think the owner before him did the conversion and wanted to track the car, but never did.

In general this is a great fun car.
I feel confident that you could drive this car anywhere without any worries.

Thanks in advance for your input, Gunther

[Gunther]

OOPS, forgot to mention I got new tire all the way around.

[G450X]

I'm no "expert," but since you asked for opinions, I'll offer mine.

You have quite a few niggling problems that need to be addressed to see top dollar. I would spend a few hundred dollars to get the window repaired, washer working, cracked lens replaced, etc..

Fix the cold start issue - it may be simple. It could be a little coin, but you are selling the car - look at the end game.

The rebuilt drive train is a big plus, but unfortunately (unless it's a collectible 911)you never seem to recoup all the funds spent on the rebuild.

Since this was an SC and not a factory turbo look conversion, it has no collector value. The plus is it looks good, has big brakes and big rims (7 & 9's?), and turbo flares, etc.. An SC with 135k miles in decent shape does not bring big money anyway, so the conversion should not "hurt" the value.

Th paint sounds only decent, but the interior sounds very good.

It's hard to put a valuation on a non stock car, but I'd guess $14/15k low and maybe $20k high. You need to find a buyer who wants a turbo look, but can't pony up the $25k to $35k for a real M491 Carrera coupe. SC/Carrera's seem to be on a bit of an uptrend, but this car is an oddball....

[tom84930]

To me, the turbo look without a turbo motor is a little like a lion without teeth. That said, I know there are a minority of people out there who probably don't care that much, so long as it's a Porsche 911. But with all the niggling issues I can't see more than $12,000. Every one of those issues represents a barrier to purchase. Get them addressed and you may make $14,000, outside $15,000. Just my opinion, and you know what they say about opinions.

[Rot 911]

I think G450X has covered it fairly well. I think those non-working items, plus how it looks up close is going to be a deal breaker for anyone wanting to spend serious money.

[Porscher]

Guess you sold the car a while ago, be you never know....so do u still have it?