Prices and Demand.

[Frenchy]

<p>Personally i think and have preached that the 944 has been way undervalued and overlooked, there now seems to be a good few forum / magazine articles praising them and advising people to buy them now whilst still affordable.</p> <p>A good mate has been thinking about buying one for a couple of years, of course I have egged him on ??</p> <p>Penny has dropped eventually??</p> <p>He missed a Silverose last weekend which sold pretty quick, another Turbo that was a contender.....gone.</p> <p>Discuss??</p>

 

[Frenchy]

Sorry Fella's posted twice, not talking about race cars here, road cars !

 

[924Srr27l]

Sorry Fella's posted twice, not talking about race cars here, road cars !

Sure but they are usually a lot cheaper to buy and to consider converting them back is always worth thinking about......

R

 

[dlknight]

Sorry Fella's posted twice, not talking about race cars here, road cars !

Sure but they are usually a lot cheaper to buy and to consider converting them back is always worth thinking about......

R

I've always been put off by cars like this, to find good seats and a carpet set for sale, I've not tried but I don't think that would be easy, plus all the interior panels, headlining? I'm more a mechanical guy not interior

 

[924Srr27l]

Sorry Fella's posted twice, not talking about race cars here, road cars !

Sure but they are usually a lot cheaper to buy and to consider converting them back is always worth thinking about......

R

I've always been put off by cars like this, to find good seats and a carpet set for sale, I've not tried but I don't think that would be easy, plus all the interior panels, headlining? I'm more a mechanical guy not interior

Interiors are still about at breakers, or recover with upholstery companies...

Some parts may be more tricky to get but if you bought such a race car @ £12,000 and spend £8000 getting it back to near mint, this may be just as viable as

buying a road car for 20K that needs 10K on it etc...

I'm lucky as I'm in the automotive trade, so fabricators, painters, Engine builders, electrical &amp; Mechanical engineers, breakers, &amp; upholstery companies are all very easy to source and I know and have

used so many over the last 25 years........

R

 

[John Sims]

How did we end up considering converting race cars back? I don't see any reference to that in the first post.

I agree that a mint original specification car is what a collector will want, and will attract the big money, but a good well sorted modified car will potentially be a better drivers car. Things have moved on and components like suspension will be better if from a reputable after market company than the original even in new spec as an example. Strokes for folks at the end of the day.

Bodywork is king with an old car.

 

[924Srr27l]

How did we end up considering converting race cars back? I don't see any reference to that in the first post.

I agree that a mint original specification car is what a collector will want, and will attract the big money, but a good well sorted modified car will potentially be a better drivers car. Things have moved on and components like suspension will be better if from a reputable after market company than the original even in new spec as an example. Strokes for folks at the end of the day.

Bodywork is king with an old car.

"Prices and Demand" John can be looked at from more angles than just buying a road car, and I was meaning if considering buying a car used for racing (stock or highly modified) it could be returned to an all stock condition with original components which could be possibly more cost effective than what some are asking for a road car right now.

Damper technology has changed yes, but this is why some manufacturers still list "Standard" dampers so if you want a classic car to retain it's originality these are the ones as opposed to the harder Sport dampers offered, just the same as Tyres which you can now spend £700+ a set on an original set of Pirelli tyres the same tread pattern as the 80's if this is your bag.

Finding any 944 that's never had any paintwork is a very rare thing. A poor full respray and repair is more ugly and devalued than an original car that has some rust.........

R

 

[924Srr27l]

Talking of the Classic tread pattern tyre's (Prices and demand relevant to originality!) that now seem to be more popular as restorers push the boundaries further to replicate as

much authenticity as possible, I've just fitted a set of Michelin XWX on a Ferrari 308 (Magnum shape for those in their 40 's onwards!)

205/70/14" !! and in the classic Michelin tread pattern, what I did notice was the treadwear compound (Soft to hardest numbers) is exactly the same as a Toyo semi slick R888!

@ 100 , and I'm sure in there day they were hard as rock! maybe they have gone soft to make sure the old girls they wear this boots don't slip about besides these as many Porsche

just sit in garages and come out when it shines !

R