Retaining Value
 

You’ve seen similar questions before but please read and respond to this anyway.

1968 912 Soft Window Targa per the C of A.

Produced in Sand Beige (510) with black leatherette interior. It was discovered pretty rough; missing the engine and transmission but the instruments are there and correctly dated.

It’s being restored to a strong Hagerty 3+ level using a 912 engine and 5 speed transmission that were produced within about 18 months of production.

There will never be any claim of matching numbers. I’m not a Sand Beige fan and am considering painting the car Golden Green (216) which was an special order color of the period and retaining the black leatherette.

I’d like to do what suits me, tossing out the convention of matching the C of A.

Is this the one or since it’s a bona fide “Soft Window Targa” am I still screwing the pooch?

Thanks…

If the paint job is of quality, I wouldn't worry about it. Like you said, it's not numbers matching. And SWTs are a hot commodity. Green may actually be an easier sell than the beige, even though some people may say it is a special color.

In the end, it's your car. Your restoration. Do what's going to put a smile on your face. The car's going to be worth plenty of money when it's done if it's done right.

My two cents, I'd take sand beigr over golden green any time. Irish Green, now that'd be a different story.

Flipping: I would get it as close as possible to CoA with the "correct" motor and transmission.
"Correct" being defined as close to spec and timeframe as possible.

Here is a recent comparison from BAT:
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-porsche-912-swt/

Keeper: Do what you want and enjoy!

Sand Beige is a great classis Porsche color. I had a 1966 911 and a 1966 912 in that color. It's my favorite color after Irish Green (one of my 1967 911's).

I purchased my car for 30% less than the average 930 because the repaint is not the original color. Yes, less than a 75 Carrera sells for. Car was for sale for 9 months and the owner kept lowering the price. It was a good thing for me because I wanted a nice looking and affordable driver. I don't care about correct color. I get the "Is it original color" question almost every time I go somewhere with it. I lie... F-em. They are just looking for some way to knock my car down and I won't give it to them.

So yes it will hurt the value when it comes to sell. There is not a buyer out there that will pay the same price for a non original color car verses a original color car. Add in the non matching number engine & transmission and it will be a difficult car to sell for much more than what you have in it.

That's my opinion, FWIW.

A 79 930 is no comp for a SWT.

I don't think non original color would hurt much at all once it's a 912 engine. Non original color on otherwise 100% stock car, that's where it hurts.

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