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[Khal]

Five Porsches to buy right now

Vintage Porsches have been arguably one of the most active sub-markets in the overall classic car market of the last five years. Certainly, there’s been some cooling-off of late, particularly among long-hood 911s, but even still, many of the nice ones remain above six-figures. It might be time to pay more attention to the overlooked and the up-and-comers in the Porsche world.

1977-82 924 — Nope, you don’t need to adjust your glasses: A 924 made a list of Porsches to buy now. And the original Audi-engined one to boot. Utter simplicity is the key here. Its durable (if slightly rough) Audi 2.0-liter single-overhead camshaft unit of non-interference design, lack of power accessories, and good access to nearly everything you’d need to fix or maintain make it an ideal first sports car/first Porsche. Even nice 924s have in the recent past bordered on nearly free (I know of someone who picked up an all-original 13,000-mile car last year for just $3,500). But the simple charms of the 924 are starting to find ready buyers — nice, but not perfect, cars have been selling on Bring a Trailer lately in the $6,000 to $8,000 range. Later is better with the 924 as continuous improvements were made throughout the run. Don’t expect the 924 to regularly crack the $20,000 mark any time soon, but prices for nice ones are certainly on a gentle upswing at the moment. If you want to deal with the added complication of the 944’s interference engine, the 1988 924S is a real sleeper with a lighter weight and more horsepower than 1983-87 8-valve 944s.

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'80 924 Turbo

[ideola]

'44 and '68 are mentioned too.
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erstwhile owner of just about every 924 variant ever made

[Paul]

So is a 996TT.


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White 87 924S "Ghost"
Silver 98 986 3.6l 320 HP "Frank N Stein"
White 01 986 "Christine"
Polar Silver 02 996TT. "Turbo"
Owned and repaired 924s since 1977
Porsche: It's not driving, it's therapy.