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944 turbo Red Rose - whats it worth

Richard,
I bought my Turbo with the same sort of thing in mind. Thought it would be a quick (ish) project. Bought it for the price of the engine rebuild it had done and not paid for (hence the garage took ownership). The car still needs work after £4000 of bills so far not inc. buying it [:mad:]. Hence my advice is that it's not an economical way to do it. If the 'project' is the whole fun for you though then why not.
I have now decided that for me 'the project' is the fun part - it stops me crying at the bills.[:eek:]
 
This is exactly why I was advising caution to the new Silver Rose owner with the unusual rust problem. They aren't worth enough in good condition to make them worth fixing. Sadly that means a lot of marginal cars will be broken, then the price will start to rise for the good ones that remain.
 
Thanks for the advice all - I agree (probably) thats its not worth the hassle - but if the work that needs doing is only what appears from the advert it might just be a doable proposition. But to find out what really needs doing costs upfront money (specialist inspection etc) which might have to written off as a "non buying cost".

I spoke to the seller last night and it appears that the car is a Cat D. The blue front wing is a replacement but since he put it on he backed his Landrover into it and it now needs replacing again.
The only new part that is with the car is the front bumper - all the other parts need to be bought.
So yes - I agree - on this occasion - not a good proposition.

BUT - I love the colour!! [:)] (the Rose Red not the Blue) but hate the wheels.

Richard
 
[FONT=courier new"]I've seen this car in person as I supplied the new front PU to guy that had it at the time. From recollection I thought it needed quite a bit of tidying especially as it had been stood outside on the driveway. I would have thought it would need a complete respray given the front end damage and iirc the faded paintwork.

I would see it as a potential breaker.

Phil
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I just had a proper look at the ad. Colour is personal taste and it is unusual, so if you like that colour there won't be many others around.

It does sound like the guy is a bit of an idiot, which could be a mixed blessing. I'm always suspicious with something like this that the owner would give it away rather than just fix it before selling when he has all the parts - unless there is more to it that he isn't sharing. Being an idiot he might genuinely be prepared to lose out though. Then again being an idiot who drives his car into a grass verge at 30mph and then drives into it again after he has started to repair it I would be suspicious that there isn't a lot more damage to it. Grass verges aren't very yielding and it could easily have a kinked chassis rail

Bottom line is that it's owned by a plonker who has crashed it and then left it sitting around for a year without fixing it. It also has dodgy wheels and the Turbo badge is in the wrong place, neither of which are good things.

If it has a good engine and the interior is nice (note; no picture of the bit that shows most wear) it would break for more than £1,800 though. It might even be worth resurrecting, but a cat D 944 Turbo in a limited appeal colour (that's why it's rare - nobody ordered it like that) is never going to be worth much.
 
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Bottom line is that it's owned by a plonker ...........
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i agree - why does he not just claim on his insurance for the damage ? Probably not insured ............
 
I think it is a bit harsh to be calling the chap an idiot without actually knowing him. I dont know him either and have no connection with the sale but have been forum-whipped when selling a car in the past. What happens if the seller reads this post, how does it reflect on us?

There are many different reasons for selling cars and this chap has his own, do we really need to search for alterior motives?

Cheers
 
Might have been on 3rd party F&T insurance. Must be pretty gutting to assemble your perfect motor and then crash it beyond reasonable repair....
 
I call it as I see it. He crashed his car into a grass bank and he then half fixed it and crashed into it with his Landy. He's hardly Einstein, is he?[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]In terms of ulterior motives I'm only trying to offer advice - the car has been crashed and is offered for sale unrepaired, but with the parts needed. That suggests to me there may be more to repairing it than the seller is letting on.[FONT=verdana,geneva"]
 
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I call it as I see it. He crashed his car into a grass bank and he then half fixed it and crashed into it with his Landy. He's hardly Einstein, is he?[FONT=verdana,geneva"] [FONT=verdana,geneva"]
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Love it Fen, LMAO[:D]
 
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