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1987 944T pair
Need some advice on what to do with a pair of 1987 944T cars. The first one has a scored cylinder. The second one got put in a ditch nose first. Body totaled but the engine still good. An aspiring young mechanic with dreams of driving a Porsche took the engine out of #2 and put it in #1 and then lost interest. I'd appreciate any advice I can get on what to do with these.
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02-21-2006, 07:49 AM
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I assume that you are not the aforementioned aspiring young mechanic.
That said, it wouldn't be the first time that parts from two broken cars are put together to make one good car. It helps that both are the same year. I say, go for it, especially if you can buy both the cars for $4K or less. Plan on spending about 40-50 hours doing the engine change.
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1987 944 pair
I guess what I wrote must of have been confusing. I already own these cars and my goal is sell them. My quest for advice was on how to sell them. Are these attractive to anybody? Should I try e-bay? Better to part out? Drag 'em to the nearest junkyard?
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Ah, now I understand.
Well, they are all parts cars to me. Part 'em out, I say!!! :-)
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I'd be interested. Where are you located?
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ditto post it ( info )
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The cars are located in Davenport, IA
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02-22-2006, 03:15 PM
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What he said. Take the two of 'em and make one really nice one, then sell the remaining parts off to defray your costs. You'll learn a lot and have a pretty nice ride when all is said and done.
This assumes you have money and space though. And time.
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i am not looking to keep the cars i would like to sell them to someone who has the time and money to put in to them. i have already spent almost $3,000 to change the motors. they told me it would take anothe 2000-3000 to finish the job. so i am not realy looking to fix them just sell them.
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Sell them as a pair either here or on rennlist. How much are you looking to get out of them? As of now with neither one of them running you're going to be hard pressed to get the 3000 out of them both. You might want to finish the one and then sell but, most likely you're going to loose any more money you put into them. I say cut you're losses and dump them for whatever you can get. A friend of mine has a great 1989 NA and can't seem to get 3,500 for it. The market on these cars ar very soft right now, and the 86 turbo is not a very sought after model. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but, I think whatever you do you're going to loose money.
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