930, should I get a rear engine thing? Options

[butch]

input needed...

someone at work has been unable to sell their '82 930. Baby on the way and they just lowered the price from 20 to 15 K.

67K miles, repainted grey in lieu of original burgandy (pretty good job tho). GREY market car.

Thought I might offer the guy $13K, drive it around for a year, and sell ot for 15? If it was not grey market I think it might be worth 20?

Or take the motor out and put it in Tiggr?

Anyone have an opinion?

[anthony]

From the research I've done so far, it looks like a "turbo look" chassis or early to mid 90s 993 will be my choice. I would like to keep purchase price below 25K. The aggressive look of the 930 body is what I really want but will go the 993 route if this is the smarter choice.

Turbo look 911s are harder to find. It would almost be easier to find a mechanically sound 911 that needs paint and then add flares and paint.

I don't think really nice 993s have hit $25K yet. There are always exceptions of course but most of the nice early (1995) 993s I see are still going for low thirties. And the later 993s are going for even more. By nice, I mean mostly mint condition and low (less than 60K miles).

993s I think cost more to maintain than earlier cars but that is balanced out by that the fact that they are a lot newer and usually have lower miles. Still, I think the SCs and early Carreras are the best deal and offer the best bang for the buck since you can buy one for 1/3rd the price of a nice 993.