It's not in a barn, but...

[TBone78SC]

I've been stalking a friends Porsche that he's had in storage for years. He finally knuckled under to the pressure and is ready to sell. I went to the storage unit a couple of weekends ago to look at it. The storage is a high elevation, low humidity environment.

It's a 1973.5 911T (CIS) non-sunroof in Tangerine. It has been in storage for 18 years. The paint is immaculate and appears to be all original, zero rust (even the battery boxes). The engine compartment is clean, updated tensioners, although it appears to have some oil leaks from the bottom end. The interior is excellent, no cracks in the dash or rear parcel shelf, but the headliner has some staining (which I find curious) and will need to be replaced. I sniffed the fuel tank and surprisingly it smells exactly like gas should smell, although I have no illusions on this and am assuming the whole fuel system, from tank to injectors will need some level of attention. The mice have been lurking in and around it, but there is little to no damage. I checked as much of the wiring harness as possible and found no munching.

I'm no newb to Porsche's, I currently own a '78 SC. I'm capable, and willing of doing all the work myself, except maybe the fuel system. I have a $ value in mind, as well as a $ budget in mind for what it would take to get it road worthy again, but feedback from this forum would be appreciated.

Thoughts?

[Racerbvd]

Congrats, pix please!!

[mattC2993]

There is one in the classifieds which is on Ebay
Porsche 911 1973 5 | eBay

[puddy]

Cool find, post pics! What's the mileage on it?

I think that hole in your garage where the money goes is about to get considerably larger

[TBone78SC]

Space was very limited for pics, but here are a few...

[TBone78SC]

A few more...

[manbridge 74]

Well found. Was this car from Bailey? When did it last run?

[TBone78SC]

One more...



And the current ride, which might have to be sacrificed. Hard to justify having five cars...

[TBone78SC]

No, car is not from Bailey. Last time it was on the road was 1997.

[puddy]

Wow that looks like such a clean car! Good score!

[matt930s]

That....
Never...
Happens...
To.....
Me....

Lol....

Nice find!

MattR

[matt930s]

Btw...is the owner aware of what he has?

MattR

[manbridge 74]

Are you planning on doing any off the work yourself?

I'd do two things right away.

Grab a large extinguisher.
Pull the sending unit and see what the tank bottom looks like.

[Matt Monson]

He could throw that car on Samba or EBay and get $45-50k for it as it sits. Whatever under that you can get it for is a bonus.

[E Sully]

Looks great. Only thing I saw in the photos is the dash is a replacement.

[NYNick]

I be all over that baby like stink on s#*t.

[73.5TinPA]

It could bring $60K from the right buyer.

It is clean, desirable color and in very good shape.

Wouldn't take much to get it running, suck out any old fuel.

The engine condition needs to be determined, will effect value.

[techweenie]

Everything else being as good as those pictures, I'd say $75K easy.

[ficke]

So since this is a friend do you offer him full market price? do you help him sell it for full market and take a cut?
Maybe you offer him 45K, that would be a sleep at night price on that car I would think, you get some friend gift and he has a easy sell and helped a friend out.
I think if you bought it for anything less than 45K people would start using words like "steal" which would not sit well with a friend transaction.

[Racerbvd]

Only one thing that I would do to that car, get the correct mirror on the door.
No need to justify owning only 5 cars, if you enjoy them do.
This is a car that you pretty much only clean & tour with, the SC looks like a car that can be enjoyed at her fullest, one that can, and should be driven hard and fast (under proper circumstances)