Price check--SC Targa in proper '70s color
 

After 9 years, I'm ready to move on to my next Porsche. I've been watching the market and I think it's a good time to sell my '81 SC Targa. Pelican community input and Tech Articles have kept this car running (most of the time) that I've owned it. It is a great driver with Preservation class possibilities (for those so inclined).
It's a Cali/Texas/ Florida car with zero winters or rust. It was ordered in this orange (Continental? Gulf?) from the factory and it is 90% original paint. 137,000 miles. Rebuilt the 3.0 recently with 964 cams and early exhaust (sorry, smog testers). Just refreshed the transmission and new clutch. Ice cold upgraded air conditioning. Factory sport seats, LSD. New brakes all around, good rubber. Usual upgrades and repairs.
So, what should I ask? I was thinking of offering it here first, but I've got an interested buyer here in the southeast who's waiting for my price. Here's a couple of photos from today (yeah, it was sunny......and 45 degrees.)http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1515119137.JPG
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Rare color, sport seats, early rubber tail, rebuilt motor, and nice upgrades. Even with the mileage I’d say $40-45k.

Start at $39k and see what offers you get.

Nice car - dont let it go for less than 40K.

There have been two continental orange cars for sale recently. Check on F/S section here and there was a coupe on the Samba. IIRC the coupe was in the 50's and was fairly recently still unsold. It had the rubber tail.

If it was my car i would swap out the speaker grills for something less ugly and more period correct looking.
Whats the condition of the Targa top ? does it need a re build, what kind of records do you have. It sounds like a nice car, i think high 30's is about right.

Absolutely love the car...... I would ask $45,000 looking for a final number $42,000 to $44,000; That color which I believe is Continental Orange commands a premium.. The other premium features are the LSD, sport seats and tails..... This is an exceptional example of a 80s Targa.

This is not to say it does not need a bit more tidying up.

What size wheels, 7sX16 all around?

How many owners?

If you want over $40k, install a period correct stereo system, steering wheel, shift knob etc... Get it professionally detailed (maybe paint correction), take excellent photos and provide all documentation in the advertisement. Oh and wait till the spring and throw it up on BAT. Best of luck with sale.

I always think that targas look better without tails, and those black tails are especially ugly.
And +1 on getting the car professionally detailed. I think it's a high 30's car, mostly because it's a targa.
If you already have an interested buyer, then I'd try to make that deal. Avoid all the tire-kickers, nitpickers, and dreamers.

$45K for an 81 SC because it's orange? I thought the bubble had burst. This car doesn't do it for me, no disrespect to the DE instructor/owner.

Seems way overpriced to me, by like 10k.

This. Spend $500 on detailing and some little things like the shift knob and you will get in the $40s with this car in this color.

I (most Euro trash) would pay up to +25% or more for a color like that.

ok...so how much of a premium would you pay for Mexico Blue? ;)

Guys, thanks for all the input. As I said in my first post, if the potential buyer doesn't work out, I will post it on Pelican for sale along with lots of photos and links. I'd really like to see it go to a good home. A couple of points:

1) The factory sport seats aren't perfect; the driver's has been redone in the past and the passenger cushion leather is cracked. I've decided to let the next owner fix them. See-- http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-marketplace-discussion/980460-fix-seats-leave-original.html

2) The paint is original except for the H4 trim rings and rear valance. Along with that originality comes the stone chips and small flaws. As I said, it's a really good driver.

3) In response to some of your comments; the top is in good shape, I'm the third or fourth owner, the speaker grilles ARE ugly (good idea smort81!) I plan to "detail to retail" and those wheels are 16 x 7s all around (good catch Macroni!), albeit with 205 & 225 boots.

So watch the classified ads soon, guys and thanks again!

Sport seats, LSD, skittles color.......this car will do well on market. I'm in the "start it over $40k crowd" and see where it settles.

Few things I would address before marketing it:

1) Could just be sun reflection, but it looks like the driver side bolster is torn on the sport seat. That's an absolute must fix.

2) As others have said, trade out those speakers and detail the hell out of it

3) Get it into a Porsche shop; the ride height looks off in the front

About the same premium as the orange. Now for this one that I almost got......ohhh!

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1515179708.jpg

One of my favourites. Caramel/Burnuss Braun. Pic of my own SC before I got it. Now it lives in Germany:(http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1515179902.jpg

Lovely!

Color first?

Pass me that baby poop brown one, or the signal orange one, or the new baby home nursery blue one. Forget the faded paint, worn interior and drivers seat, paint chips and ugly speaker covers, not to mention the 137K miles.

Because, well, it's an ultra rare 81 Targa.

Uh, no. Please pass the Columbian blunt you guys are smoking.

There are better 3.2's out there than this for similar if not better money than $45K. Does anyone remember this thread?

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-marketplace-discussion/981461-thoughts-price-88-911-a.html

Oh wait. It's not orange.

That's the color my daughter picked for the 75 targa. It was originally one of the baby shyte colors but is currently white. It will be 3-5 years before we even consider paint, but she's already decided.

Hey you kids, get off my lawn! :mad:

Be nice.

Send PM.

This is being nice! I'm from NY, remember? We don't tell kids to get off our lawns, we just let the pit bull out.

What's a PM?
Are you really PML?
Where's Rick?
Is M I B really the richest man on the internet?

So many burning questions. Here's another;
WTF is with special colors?

Nick you have been hanging here way too long not to acknowledge the color premium these cars command..... I cite as an example the light Blue BaT 964 last week that sold for $80,000..... Quite frankly w/ a little time I could find many more examples of color sales...... A continental orange SC coupe sold for $60,000ish within the last year. It was in exceptional knit. I will find it.

This is a great car......... I would definitely buy for $40,000.

Oh I acknowledge it, alright. I just think it's dumb to pay for color when you can get better cars for less or the same money.

Agreed; there are many cars that might meet an individuals requirements that can be had for less dollars. These are emotional cars and color premiums thrive on emotions.

The color is topped off with what I would call a well equipped enthusiast's car. This is a canyon carver built with sport seats, spoilers with LSD..... This is a driver's car.......

Fixed that for you. :)

you do. but there are plenty of people who put a premium on some of the far out colors porsche put out there over the years. they set the market.

personally, that is one of my favorite things about the marque. the color pallete they worked in from the early mid '60's thru the mid 70's is mental.

you can always make a car better, but you can't change what the original color was.

i picked up a '73 RSR project awhile back that i certainly didn't need. but the car is originally a gulf blue non-sunroof coupe. building a gulf blue non-sunroof RSR has been on my bucket list of cars to build, so i bought it.

if it wasn't a gulf blue car, i likely wouldn't have seen the value in the tub and likely wouldn't have bought it.

color certainly matters to the market...

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You and me both. I remind people how my 74 looked when it was listed for sale. I was targa shopping. But the seller was a body guy who got the good guy nod from Techweenie and it was originally a gulf blue car. While it is far from concours work, he took it bare metal most places and delivered a nice little g body gulf blue car. I never would have even considered the project if not for the color.

funny, i bought my '76 despite the color, guards red. it was very well sorted mechanically with a rebuilt 3.2 and a '75 title (i'm in CA) from new. so i bought it.

the red was actually growing on me.

but a lady pulled out in front of me and her insurance co. put close to $10k in my pocket for basically a front bumper and passenger fender.

i always wanted a leaf green long hood DD, so i tore the car apart, did an all steel backdate and painted it. i didn't have to put much money into it as i did all the work save paint.

i love the weird colors, and to guys like me, they're worth more money...

funny, matt. that's exactly how my '74 looks right now, minus the slant nose and turbo flares...

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originally silver, no idea what color it's going to end up. so many ideas...

Looks like my '73 914 in the background, minus the rally lights and decent paint.

OP. Keep an eye on this one.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1980-porsche-911sc-targa-8/

and the 3.6!

you turned me on to that car. that's the one eric shea was helping one of his cutomers sell. now it looks like a proper GT...

:D I remember that car.

Wish mine had a 3.6. Mine should really be parted out but I don't have the heart. It was my first 914. It's a numbers matching appearance group car with a really nice engine in it. And it's rusty and faded and dented and needs $20k of paint and body, maybe more. So it's just sitting in the sideyard these days. :(

I hear you. I have a super ratty ‘70 non-sunroof coupe that’s original color is pastel blue and I just recently picked up a big project ‘75 Mexico blue sunroof coupe for the same reason

You're never going to get to that project. You should just sell it. :D

Matt,
Every man with property should have a rusty old 914 setting outside somewhere.
It's the law in some states.

touché, derrick!...

Matt should build a garden around it.......

These threads need pictures.....

Matt/dwelle.... the gulf Blues

Nick...... yours.


pictures IMO make the thread.....especially the two "befores" that were posted...... now the "afters"...

i'm still "before". body work mostly done, no rust. this is likely a 2 year project...

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