914-6 Basket Case, What is the Bid/Ask spread? Options

[ctc911ctc]

All,

I know a guy that has a 9146 that is a basket case - all of the parts are off and taken apart. All orig numbers.

Rusty car, though has some really good parts - some not so good.

What is the bid-ask spread for this kinda car?

I am thinking 17-25??????????

[Unobtanium-inc]

The real value in buying a Porsche is find the tired driver. A tired driver will sell for very close to what a project car will sell for, it makes no sense, but it's true. I've sold driver's of a car for within 20% of a what I sold a project for, even though it would take 10's of thousands to make them equal.
Perfect example, I had a 63 Super 90 Sunroof car a few years ago, matching numbers, rebuilt motor by a known guy, a running/driving car, originally silver, with a goopy 80's red paint job. Bad floor job, but it ran and drove. I figured it was worth $50,000-60,000, nope I had for months and barely got $40,000. 6 months later I had a project super 90 sunroof car, needed everything, I got $32,000. It makes no sense, but it's true. Find a tired driver, fix it up over time, and you'll come out way ahead.

[mepstein]

The real value in buying a Porsche is find the tired driver. A tired driver will sell for very close to what a project car will sell for, it makes no sense, but it's true. I've sold driver's of a car for within 20% of a what I sold a project for, even though it would take 10's of thousands to make them equal.
Perfect example, I had a 63 Super 90 Sunroof car a few years ago, matching numbers, rebuilt motor by a known guy, a running/driving car, originally silver, with a goopy 80's red paint job. Bad floor job, but it ran and drove. I figured it was worth $50,000-60,000, nope I had for months and barely got $40,000. 6 months later I had a project super 90 sunroof car, needed everything, I got $32,000. It makes no sense, but it's true. Find a tired driver, fix it up over time, and you'll come out way ahead.

That’s what I’m looking for in a 912. Something I can keep on the road while I fix it up. No rustorations.

[stevegm]

The real value in buying a Porsche is find the tired driver. A tired driver will sell for very close to what a project car will sell for, it makes no sense, but it's true. I've sold driver's of a car for within 20% of a what I sold a project for, even though it would take 10's of thousands to make them equal.
Perfect example, I had a 63 Super 90 Sunroof car a few years ago, matching numbers, rebuilt motor by a known guy, a running/driving car, originally silver, with a goopy 80's red paint job. Bad floor job, but it ran and drove. I figured it was worth $50,000-60,000, nope I had for months and barely got $40,000. 6 months later I had a project super 90 sunroof car, needed everything, I got $32,000. It makes no sense, but it's true. Find a tired driver, fix it up over time, and you'll come out way ahead.

That’s what I’m looking for in a 912. Something I can keep on the road while I fix it up. No rustorations.

Me too! But somehow I end up in rustorations. It’s easy to give advice, but I don’t take my own well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[mepstein]

The real value in buying a Porsche is find the tired driver. A tired driver will sell for very close to what a project car will sell for, it makes no sense, but it's true. I've sold driver's of a car for within 20% of a what I sold a project for, even though it would take 10's of thousands to make them equal.
Perfect example, I had a 63 Super 90 Sunroof car a few years ago, matching numbers, rebuilt motor by a known guy, a running/driving car, originally silver, with a goopy 80's red paint job. Bad floor job, but it ran and drove. I figured it was worth $50,000-60,000, nope I had for months and barely got $40,000. 6 months later I had a project super 90 sunroof car, needed everything, I got $32,000. It makes no sense, but it's true. Find a tired driver, fix it up over time, and you'll come out way ahead.

That’s what I’m looking for in a 912. Something I can keep on the road while I fix it up. No rustorations.

Me too! But somehow I end up in rustorations. It’s easy to give advice, but I don’t take my own well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I can fall in love with any of these cars but then I take them home and they sit. If there was a reputable place that I could get metalwork done in a timely manner for a reasonable price, it would be different but I haven’t found that fantasy.

[Unobtanium-inc]

The real value in buying a Porsche is find the tired driver. A tired driver will sell for very close to what a project car will sell for, it makes no sense, but it's true. I've sold driver's of a car for within 20% of a what I sold a project for, even though it would take 10's of thousands to make them equal.
Perfect example, I had a 63 Super 90 Sunroof car a few years ago, matching numbers, rebuilt motor by a known guy, a running/driving car, originally silver, with a goopy 80's red paint job. Bad floor job, but it ran and drove. I figured it was worth $50,000-60,000, nope I had for months and barely got $40,000. 6 months later I had a project super 90 sunroof car, needed everything, I got $32,000. It makes no sense, but it's true. Find a tired driver, fix it up over time, and you'll come out way ahead.

That’s what I’m looking for in a 912. Something I can keep on the road while I fix it up. No rustorations.

Me too! But somehow I end up in rustorations. It’s easy to give advice, but I don’t take my own well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I can fall in love with any of these cars but then I take them home and they sit. If there was a reputable place that I could get metalwork done in a timely manner for a reasonable price, it would be different but I haven’t found that fantasy.

Poland, at least that's what the European's tell me, that is the metalwork fantasyland. I know guys who ship cars over from the US because they give you a flat rate, so any surprises are their's.
Seriously though, if anyone is looking for a car, now is the time to buy, there is less on the market, but the guys who are selling, need to sell. I don't plan on trying out the market until August/September but lots of guys can't wait that long.