After a rear end shunt last Bank Holiday Monday I have today received the sorry news that my 944 will be a Cat C total loss requiring £4k + to repair.
I have been offered the opportunity to buy the salvage for £495.
The damage to the car is to the rear bumper, modest looking dents in the rear panel but only around the Porsche script, rear nearside light (cracking only), registration plate and a couple of very small dents to the boot floor.
The car is a 1986 lux in Zermatt Silver with dark brown pinstripe/black leatherette interior with I believe genuine mileage of 104000. Pre-accident, it was in tidy but not concourse winning condition with a small amount of corrosion at the bottom of the front wings and a few stone chips but otherwise pretty clean. It has MOT until February or March next year (passed with no advisories) and a recent service with belts changed.
I haven't got the time or the expertise to break it myself but it seems such a shame to let it disappear and I suspect that it has a number of parts of value to people here to include newish Porsche mats from Porsche Apart, new Porsche coloured centre caps, tidy looking Telephone dial alloys with matching tyres with plenty of life left in them and all the electrics worked to include fully functioning digital clock! Decent Blaupunkt CD radio 12 months old in it too. Mechanically sound to the best of my knowledge.
It's still road legal and a bit of panel beating and a new bumper would get it looking presentable. It would make a cheap (if somewhat non-Turbo slow) track day project. Cetainly a repairer if you're not paying full labour rates or are fussy about all brand new parts.
I have some pre and post accident photos of it but can't work out how to post them here although I'll email them to anyone interested.
Obviously it would be silly to sell it for less than the £495 Direct Line are offering but I don't want to make a profit out of anyone here if it's of interest to them. Suspect a prompt decision will be required as its incurring storage charges. Car is at HB Panelcraft in Preston if you want to see it.
Cheers.
I have been offered the opportunity to buy the salvage for £495.
The damage to the car is to the rear bumper, modest looking dents in the rear panel but only around the Porsche script, rear nearside light (cracking only), registration plate and a couple of very small dents to the boot floor.
The car is a 1986 lux in Zermatt Silver with dark brown pinstripe/black leatherette interior with I believe genuine mileage of 104000. Pre-accident, it was in tidy but not concourse winning condition with a small amount of corrosion at the bottom of the front wings and a few stone chips but otherwise pretty clean. It has MOT until February or March next year (passed with no advisories) and a recent service with belts changed.
I haven't got the time or the expertise to break it myself but it seems such a shame to let it disappear and I suspect that it has a number of parts of value to people here to include newish Porsche mats from Porsche Apart, new Porsche coloured centre caps, tidy looking Telephone dial alloys with matching tyres with plenty of life left in them and all the electrics worked to include fully functioning digital clock! Decent Blaupunkt CD radio 12 months old in it too. Mechanically sound to the best of my knowledge.
It's still road legal and a bit of panel beating and a new bumper would get it looking presentable. It would make a cheap (if somewhat non-Turbo slow) track day project. Cetainly a repairer if you're not paying full labour rates or are fussy about all brand new parts.
I have some pre and post accident photos of it but can't work out how to post them here although I'll email them to anyone interested.
Obviously it would be silly to sell it for less than the £495 Direct Line are offering but I don't want to make a profit out of anyone here if it's of interest to them. Suspect a prompt decision will be required as its incurring storage charges. Car is at HB Panelcraft in Preston if you want to see it.
Cheers.