5 Things To Look For When Buying A Classic Porsche 911 

You missed the several most notorious locations for rust, at least on the early, pre-galvanized cars. Front pan and gas tank support, floor pans, longitudinals, door sills, floor pans, package tray, door bottoms, and rear seat buckets. It is imperative that these areas be inspected for rust and/or shoddy repairs.

Super competent video . Thank you so much😀

Still have invoices from Autofarm dated 1975 for heat exchangers, front air dam and rear duck tail spoiler for my ‘72 911 T. (Wish I still had the car)

Hi Sam, great points! And, what a beautiful car! I love the color too, but it is just the bee's knees! When shopping for our 993, I was able to pass on a few cars quickly (even from marginal on-line photos) by just looking at panel gaps. Especially the bonnet to bumper on the 993 - that one is very difficult to get right. I called out a seller on bad gaps and he finally had to come clean with some front end damage... I also look for original radio, and interior so the wiring hasn't been mangled and same for wheels and such. I guess another is aftermarket do-dads like race pedals and low cost nothing add-ons that show the owner was more interested in looks than service. Just found your channel and I really like it! Franny

Great info. Strong engines. In a race we were suspicious that a competitor had a 3.2 internals in his 3.0, took it a part and displacement still was 3.0, only he had different piston diameters to spec up torque curves. At least that was what he said

Great vid. I think you need to get your car next to TGEs 911T for a photo shoot, they would look so good together.

I had to replace a front fender. I thought it was in good shape till we sanded and realized it was full of makup!!! Still in the reno now, but i'm doing a complete reno, so all will be new. 3rd porsche project

I disagree with the "labor charges" as part of the documentation. A mechanically inclined owner is more likely to do the job correctly than a mechanic who is in a rush to get a quick turnaround. The mechanic will not be doing 100+ MPH in the car on track day while the owner will be putting his/her life in the hands of the person whom repaired the vehicle.

Hi Sam, what model/year is your 911? Thanks

1.money 2.more money 3.hella money 4.money 5.Singer

really interesting, can't afford a 911 so i'm looking at doing a 924 GT.

*6 months after this video was released - and you need even more money*

as much as I appreciate good paperwork because it can often help in dealing with problems, I honestly cannot understand the fascination with stacks of paper. You buy a car to enjoy driving it or to enjoy looking at it. You'd have to be pretty pretentious to value a certain car more just because there's an extra rare original part in it.

If the one you buy has no RUST in the areas pointed out, is there a modification that can be done to prevent it ?

My understandin is that used car will cost ya double to triple for rebuildin and hell lot more if ya replace this and that...

Porsche 911s are a Classic now? That is news to me. Does the Classic Car Club of America know that ?

This missed the 928. the 911 is the poor man's 928. the 928 won "Car" of the year - no other sports car has ever won "Car" of the year. the 928 has two production car land speed records(1986 and 2020). the 928 is the biggest bang for the buck in exotic cars as well as the entire Porsche line up.

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢Dream Car... Hope one day I build my own 911.

I have a weird obsession with wheels painted to match body color.

Thanks for the video. Check out my vid on one of these!

What do you do for a living to afford all of these cars may I ask? Are you a silicone valley millionaire or something?

Are you twins?

show the fucking car more

Basically,don't buy shit!!!!!

Zzzzzzzzzzz.....

RWB it, just to piss of the puristrs

Don't look is the best investment advice. The 911 is the poor man's 928. Sorry - I gotta call balls and strikes. the 928 was European "Car" of the Year 1979. No other sports car including the 911 has ever won "Car" of the year. The 928 has won 2 production car land speed record at Bonneville (1986 and 2020) - the 911 has exactly won none. Even 911 enthusiast Magnus Walker has started his 928 collection - its Now or Never for the 928 still the biggest Bang for the Buck in classic Porsches. Singer/RWB/RUF could easily reimagine 928s - its just a matter of time before someone specializes in customizing and outlawing 928s - There is no substitute.