OT: 79 or 80 911SC, what do you guys think? Options

[1973-914-2L]

I have an 80 sc .. modded by PO with 964 "upgrade body" and love it .. handles very well and like others have said eazy to work on but comfortable ...

Plus I got mine about four years ago for less than you can get a nice 914 for ...
traded an 88 vette for the teener that I now have ...

I have driven a few other Porsche's and I highly recommend the SC series to anyone ...
Only other really good option is an early car with a 3liter installed .. also very nice

[rwilner]

I have a 83SC coupe and love it. I've done some mods to it and she's a hoot to drive. One of the things I notice about the 911 over my 75 914 is the build quality. I have no complaints about the 914 but closing the door on the 914 vs. the 911 is the difference between a screen door and a bank vault........solid.

I have to say...when I close the door to my 73, it sounds like a bank vault. In fact others have used those exact words to describe it. Maybe Hans was having a good day when he welded mine together?

Also, any car that's still on the road after 40 years gets high marks for build quality IMO!

[Nozzle]

I had a '71 Targa daily driver many years ago after looking at both body styles and have to say I loved having the option of taking off the top when the mood struck. And the mood struck any time it wasn't raining. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

On the down side the side seals leaked like nobody's business and the body shell suffered heavily as a result. Lots of rust in all foot-wells front and back. Also repair parts to seal up a leaking 911 targa are much more expensive than our 914. As was mentioned before, the 914 targa top just seems much better engineered than the 911 version. Really no comparison IMHO.

Would I buy another targa 911? Oh yeah... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[jim912928]

Nice and curvy.....my 80 911SC Targa

[r_towle]

So I've been keeping my eyes out for a taildragger. Unlike the 914, the 911 has had a 60 year production run, so understanding the insanities of the various model years and price points is pretty daunting.

I'm thinking the 1979-1980 911 SC is a sweet spot for my price point, which is around $15k. There was also the special "Weissach" edition around this time (factory option turbo-look) which I could pick up for a few extra bucks if I want the exclusivity.

What do you guys think about this era of 911s and the SC in general? There is one for sale locally I'm going to check out this weekend. I'm not ready to buy yet but want to get some datapoints on condition vs. asking price.

Hahahahahahaha
Took you long enough.

Please tell me you are going to Hershey, you can drive mine around

Rich

[7391420]

I've had both,

and 83 coupe and an 81 targa.

If it's going to be your one summer porsche, then being able to take the top off with the targa is hard to beat, and since they are generally cheaper to buy, but are mechanically identical, targa's are a good value.

the coupe on the other hand feels and is much stiffer, and certainly quieter on the highway. If I were to get another one, I'd get a coupe again but more because I would do some light track time, and I'd feel safer in coupe.

I had both of my SC's until they had well over 100k, the coupe had 150, and the targa had 130-neither suffered broken head studs, but I did put the carerra tensioner upgrade on the targa, and the air-box upgrade on both. Even with that many miles, neither was consuming much oil, and maintaining them was very easy

-Adam

[rwilner]

I've had both,

and 83 coupe and an 81 targa.

Hey Adam
Why'd you get rid of them (if you don't mine me asking)?

[7391420]

The coupe went toward a downpayment on our house......The targa went towards investing in my business a few years ago.

I'll get another one soon, we also have young kids, and so time is a premium but my oldest is into cars, and I'm itching to get another project that he and I can work on together.

If I look back on all Porsche's I've had, my 914 was hands down the most fun, and the car I learned the most from. I had my 911's after the 914, and at the time, I made the switch to taildraggers because i drive alot highway miles, and the 911's are better highway cars!

I actually took the 83 coupe to the 50th anniversary show in Hershey, round trip from boston, around 1,000 miles with no problems

[rwilner]

I actually took the 83 coupe to the 50th anniversary show in Hershey, round trip from boston, around 1,000 miles with no problems

hm...I am thinking of making this trip in a 24 hour window....1000 miles in 24 hrs might be tough in the teener...

Good thing I fixed my radio last week!

[7391420]

Just dont make the mistake I did and try to go through NYC.....

take the western route through CT- Penn!

On the bright side, at the time at least, the gas in rural PA didnt have any of the ethanol/additives and I got really good gas milage on the way home!