by ross » Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:31 pm
Hi Karl,
No problem, your best for these questions is to join the DDK forums here which is what I did:-
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php
For £40k you could be looking at a very decent 2.7RS replica - however personally, while I've nothing against the reps, I would prefer a more original classic. You could probably get a 2.4S for that kind of money, but you might be better doing what I decided to do - go for a more basic T or E, have cheaper fun in that for a while and see how you get on with them. A good original one is unlikely to drop in price (famous last words of course) so you should be able to upgrade later (by which time an S will probably be about £100k!
)
A good 2.4 T or E will be between £15k and £20k (I paid £17,500), an S will probably start at around £30k for an average one.
To be honest though, I'm not an expert and the DDK forum is by far an away your best source for information on these older 911s. Remember to get a 1972 or earlier car though as they're tax free! There is a nice looking 2.4E in Chartreuse Green on there for sale at the moment that I would have looked at had I not purchased my T a few days before.
Get Peter Morgan's book on classic 911's as well as it's very useful.
Cheers, Ross.
[quote="kaygee"]
Hi Ross
sorry to pick your brains- but looking to purchase an old classic 911 (1970-75'ish)
Just started looking, so haven't got too much info- i have about £30-40k to spend. In your opinion, what model should i be looking for and what should i be able to buy for that kind of money. seen a few rs's on the net and they look lovely but very expensive- also seen a few replica rebuilds of the rs- not sure if they are worth the money or not. Looking for something which won't depreciate and to be used as 3rd car.
any info will be greatly appreciated.
Karl
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Hi Karl,
No problem, your best for these questions is to join the DDK forums here which is what I did:-
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/index.php
For £40k you could be looking at a very decent 2.7RS replica - however personally, while I've nothing against the reps, I would prefer a more original classic. You could probably get a 2.4S for that kind of money, but you might be better doing what I decided to do - go for a more basic T or E, have cheaper fun in that for a while and see how you get on with them. A good original one is unlikely to drop in price (famous last words of course) so you should be able to upgrade later (by which time an S will probably be about £100k! ;))
A good 2.4 T or E will be between £15k and £20k (I paid £17,500), an S will probably start at around £30k for an average one.
To be honest though, I'm not an expert and the DDK forum is by far an away your best source for information on these older 911s. Remember to get a 1972 or earlier car though as they're tax free! There is a nice looking 2.4E in Chartreuse Green on there for sale at the moment that I would have looked at had I not purchased my T a few days before.
Get Peter Morgan's book on classic 911's as well as it's very useful.
Cheers, Ross.
[quote="kaygee"]
Hi Ross
sorry to pick your brains- but looking to purchase an old classic 911 (1970-75'ish)
Just started looking, so haven't got too much info- i have about £30-40k to spend. In your opinion, what model should i be looking for and what should i be able to buy for that kind of money. seen a few rs's on the net and they look lovely but very expensive- also seen a few replica rebuilds of the rs- not sure if they are worth the money or not. Looking for something which won't depreciate and to be used as 3rd car.
any info will be greatly appreciated.
Karl
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