Looked at a 68 912 today. Sitting since 98. Stuck motor flat tires, mice in the engine compartment and in the interior. 72K. It was painted once, looks fairly nice, decent bright work excepting the brake vent grills which are pitted. My sil went with me. He said there is some rust here and there. He offered the owner (a friend of mine) a price which I am certain they think is too low.

any idea about whether it would be easy to get unstuck? They said it was driven into the storage space.

It has me thinking. I always think "I could get that started!" whenever I see an old car sitting.

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

I sold a running driver 2 years ago for $9000. Worth at least double that now.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

How was it cosmetically?

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[SIGPIC] Diesel loving autocrossing grandpa Architect. 08 Dodge 3/4 ton with Cummins & six speed; I have had about 35 benzes. I have a 39 Studebaker Coupe Express pickup in which I have had installed a 617 turbo and a five speed manual.[SIGPIC]

..I also have a 427 Cobra replica with an aluminum chassis.

Just an old driver. A few bubbles on a decent paint job, various rust repairs underneath over the years. Had a crunchy transmission and needed front end work. Great running rebuilt motor.

I paid $6000 for it, and should have stashed it somewhere and let dust build up on it for a few years, then sell it as a barn find for $20,000.

1968 Porsche 912 Slideshow by tylerh860 | Photobucket

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

Depends......always give a Porsche it's due dilligence.

How much $$$ ?

Pics?

912's are the last air () cooled Porsches still somewhat obtainable. A guy I used to work for bought one as an investment 7 years ago, paid close to $20K at the time.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

I obviously sold mine waaaaaaaaaaaaaay short.

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1985 500SL Euro w/ AMG bits 130k
1984 300SD Turbodiesel 192k
1980 240D Stick China 188k
2001 CLK55 AMG 101k
2007 S600 Biturbo 149k Overheated Project, IT'S ALIVE!!!

His is a short wheel base, early one. After restoring it I believe it's insured for $60K.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Psssst... air cooled... air cooled...

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

...was checking out 996's, really affordable btw.

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1979 Black on Black, 300CD (sold), 1990 Black 300SE, Silver 1989 Volvo 780, 1988 300CE (vanished by the hands of a girlfriend), 1992 300CE (Rescue).

Well, maybe. But yours had obvious rust, and was in Wichita, KS. IIRC, I wasn't down with the rust.

Be that as it may, I'd have to see proof of what that friend-of-a-friend actually had and sold it for - to believe it. Sounds far fetched to me./proof

I've been hunting for the "right" 996 Turbo for about a year now. Hopefully I'll be able to park one next to my W203 this next year!

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-Justin

91 560 SEC AMG - other dogs dd
01 Honda S2000 - dogs dd
07 MB ML320 CDI - dd
16 Lexus IS250 - wifes dd

it's automatic.

The stuck motor is from the pistons being stuck in the cylinders. OK, that's easy enough to figure out.

So how to get them unstuck? The only way I have ever been able to do it is a total tear down and then soaking the tops of the pistons with something like Liquid Wrench or an equal product. And this takes days.

Then, when they come loose, you just rebuild the entire engine.

But how can alloy pistons stick to an iron cylinder pot? Easy. Because it is the iron piston rings that are stuck, as in rusted together with the cylinder.

So throw in the price of an engine rebuild. And a 912 engine is not a 911 engine with two less cylinders since many internal parts are different.

Check out the price of cam followers and then know that you will need eight of them.

And since the cylinder bores will need boring you might also look into what a big bore cylinder/piston kit would cost. It might be cheaper than going with what you have after the machine shop is finished.

But it is all in the asking price. Consider what the repairs will cost, add 50% of that amount to your figures, and then roll that into your offer.

The body style of the 911/912 of this era were/are irresistible to a lot of ppl. A professor @ Wayne State drove a red 912.......back in my college days - very memorable back then.

I drove a 912 quite a bit summer before college. For the life of me, I don't see what's so great about these.

I agree with iwrock -- If I were in the market for a 911, it would be a 996 turbo. Best bang for the buck right now. I don't care for the headlights, would have to be updated.

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'07 Yukon 2500
'13 Subaru Outback 3.6R
'13 Orbea Carpe 9-speed

Currently Benzless
Formerly: 300TD, S600, E55, 560SEL

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