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17bex

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Hi Guys
I'm on the ollout for a 964 couple after years (more than 20) of wanting to own a porsche.

Any advice you guys can give would be thankfully accepted, I'm based in Oxfordshire and am willing to buy from a dealer for the right car.

It needs to be top condition cos i'm no mechanic and won't be able to do any maintenance (no matter how basic) myself.

Would like to avoid a Tiptronic and would prfer a couple... although if is the right car at the right price i could be swayed i suppose... not worried about 2wd / 4wd altho would probably prefer 2, and would like the usual extra's cup alloys and mirrors.

all advice most welcome..

Cheers

 
If you want to buy from a specialist dealer then Eporsh usually has a few:

http://www.eporsch.co.uk/0101for_sale.htm

If you don't fancy any of the ones they have in stock at the moment it could be worth contacting the owner, Roly Baldwin, and chat to him about what your looking for. Roly knows his Porsches and has been selling 964s for a long time now.

no affiliation.
 
thanks for the tip, been looking on eporsch for a while and had a chat with Roly... i like the red C4... but am lacking in experience and could do with some tips.
 
Tips on looking for rust on the body.

I think compared to 3 or 4 years ago we're starting to see more and more rust on bodywork of cars that have done a high mileage and been exposed to the worst of the British weather. I've seen it on several cars and had it on my own.

Headlight rings - you'll often see rust around the bottom screw. This is easily solved by buying new rings but I think they're now nearly £30 each and need to be painted.

Rear wings by the light clusters - the tail light recess will have trapped moisture over the years. Especially on the early cars that came with a full rubber sear around the lights (later cars had a light cluster with vents around the edges). About £200 per wing to sort out.

Rear wing just forward of the wheel arch - look for rust bubbles next to the plastic sill cover where it meets the sill shaped like a shark's fin. This could mean there's a lot of rust under the sill covers. Again around £200 to fix.

At the base of the front windscreen - rust patches can mean that there's rust under the windscreen rubber. Usually means taking the windscreen out and is often £500+ to fix.

Rear bumper support brackets - look inside the rear wheel arch towards the back bumper. If they've never been replaced you'll see some bits of rusty tube attached to the body at one end and the bumper side piece at the other (but nothing in between). A full set of bumper support brackets is well over £200 now.

Of course, there are plenty of cars that won't have any of this if they've been garaged and kept away from the worst of the weather. Or had work done on them to address the issues.

HTH
 
Yep ..check your PCGB Feb magazine page 22

964 rear bumper brackets for sale ...from Nick Fulljames 01869 811880 @ nick@redteck.co.uk ..same sell as the Ebay advert ;-)

Shame the brackets are not in stainless though ..the bolts might be but thats 50% of the issue ;-(
 
A little, gentl;e bump to see if anything else in pipeline...

also considering 993s now...

one day i'll make up my mind...
 
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