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Hmm, it'd have to be VERY cheap and VERY solid to be worth fixing that damage on an early Lux? The storage for ten years could have created more problems than a well-used car anyway.

The current bidder looks like a breaker, I'd have thought it's the only way this poor old girl will go....[&o]
 
Its a similar story to my red 944,the head gasket has gone and i just dont have the time to fix it due to my other projects and to be honest i only bought the car for the number plate anyway. Ive had little interest in the car at £995 and i cant afford to sell it for much less so it looks like it will be broken for spares as i would get more for it which would be a real shame as its such a good solid example !!
 
I wonder why the ad says it can't be driven away (aside tax and MOT issues) unless the suspension is bent out of shape too. I bet it was worth circa £10k back in 1999 with such low mileage, seems odd not to fix it for what is basically a new bumper and rear quarter panel [&:]
 
Well Ive done it now ... Ive committed a sin... I phoned the seller and he e-mailed the quote to fix the car. The quote is for £8100. Id say its more like £1000......It needs pulled as there is front chassis damage and this is the reason it cant be driven as its all over the place. What the seller also told me is that I should come and see the car before bidding. That tells me that there are underlying issues..... The auction fininshes at 2 today .. Will I or wont I ...[&:]

As Paul says

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The current bidder looks like a breaker, I'd have thought it's the only way this poor old girl will go....[&o]

 
It would only cost £1000 if you can do bodywork yourself, so you are just paying for parts and materials. You'd need access to a pulling jig and table, they did this to a 944 some years ago at the night school college resto course I'm on (Maidstone Oakwood park college) managing to pull the chassis damage out, they replaced a chassis leg then did the panelwork and paint at college.

Bear in mind though that the car will be recorded as a cat d or c write off and even when fully repaired the value will only be about 2/3 pre accident value.
 
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the night school college resto course I'm on (Maidstone Oakwood park college)

I really need to move to Maidstone. I've been trying to find similar courses through the Local Authorities round here but none do them [&o]
 
Id love to do a course like that as well.. Theres no courses like that about here either ...

I dont like the idea of the car needing jigged... It needs to be done abosolutely perfect and some lads about here are proper bodge artists. Any bodymen about here have no experience of 944's and would only mess it up..!

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Bear in mind though that the car will be recorded as a cat d or c write off and even when fully repaired the value will only be about 2/3 pre accident value.

A lot of Cat C's and D's end up here.. once the VRT is paid the UK history is lost. I went with a friend to look at a Golf TDi which was in supposed gr8 condition. The car was Irish reg but was originally from the UK. The car didnt "look right".. I asked was the car damaged in its time. The dealer said no. I didnt trust him and noted the chassis no. Got a HPI check done using the chassis no and found the car was Cat C and also was stolen at a stage...
A lot of unsuspecting buyers have been caught this way here.
 
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ORIGINAL: morris944s2john

the night school college resto course I'm on (Maidstone Oakwood park college)

I really need to move to Maidstone. I've been trying to find similar courses through the Local Authorities round here but none do them [&o]

The Oakwood park course is brilliant, instructors really know their stuff.
 
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Id love to do a course like that as well.. Theres no courses like that about here either ...

I dont like the idea of the car needing jigged... It needs to be done abosolutely perfect and some lads about here are proper bodge artists. Any bodymen about here have no experience of 944's and would only mess it up..!

ORIGINAL: morris944s2john

Bear in mind though that the car will be recorded as a cat d or c write off and even when fully repaired the value will only be about 2/3 pre accident value.

A lot of Cat C's and D's end up here.. once the VRT is paid the UK history is lost. I went with a friend to look at a Golf TDi which was in supposed gr8 condition. The car was Irish reg but was originally from the UK. The car didnt "look right".. I asked was the car damaged in its time. The dealer said no. I didnt trust him and noted the chassis no. Got a HPI check done using the chassis no and found the car was Cat C and also was stolen at a stage...
A lot of unsuspecting buyers have been caught this way here.

Most makes of jig require the use of special adapters to fit Porsche vehicles too; which further encourages them to cut corners.
 
Yes, pulling jig tables usually clamp to the sills of the car where the sill meets the floor in a spot welded flange on most modern cars. This holds the car rigidly for any pulling needed. The 944 does not have this in its sill construction, when I did some repairs to the sills on my 944 last year I noticed the bottom of the sills are shaped in a channel with drain holes rather than a flange where it meets the inner sill member or floor.
 
Its a long time since Ive had a 944/968 jigged, but from memory the same clamps are used for Porsches as for Mercedes cars. Ive never known a bodyshop own their own, so they have to hire them from the jog manufacturer. Blackhawk jigs used to have slender ends on their clamps and they could just about hold a 944: I dont know if thats still the case though and they certainly arent the best jigs...
 
I was the winning bidder, and actually just signed up to this forum! Pick it up on Saturday hopefully, but need to arrange a trailer.

I'll keep you updated of the progress, but going to take my time.

James [:)]
 
Similar to my 83 944 but mine has a straight chassis and bodywork

Mine has been sat in somebody's garage for the last 8 years but before being hidden away it had an engine rebuild. Sadly one of the previous owners was a bit of a bodge artist so I've spent a fair bit of time putting things right so far and still not managed to get the engine fired up due to a dead starter motor solenoid, who would've thought a solenoid for what is essentially a VW starter would be hard to source?
 
Welcome on board James - it's nice to see who finally bought it.

I'd be very interested to follow your restoration progress so please feel free to take lots of pictures at each stage and post them on here.

We're sad like that [:)]

Do you have any timescale for when you hope it is back on the road?
 
ORIGINAL: Diver944

Welcome on board James - it's nice to see who finally bought it.

I'd be very interested to follow your restoration progress so please feel free to take lots of pictures at each stage and post them on here.

We're sad like that [:)]

Do you have any timescale for when you hope it is back on the road?

Thanks! I'll take lots of pictures, dont worry!

I have to admit I didnt realise there was chassis damage when I put the bid in![&:]

Get it back home on saturday morning and see what is what. There are few breakers on ebay who will sell practically the whole front end (Including all the lights) for just over £100, so I think the £8500 he's has been quoted is a little off the mark. Ideally find a mint guards red that doesn't need any paint, but thats just dreaming!

Here's the quote drawn up in 2001 if anyone is interested:

http://gtisportline.co.uk/images/Body%20cropped.jpg

http://gtisportline.co.uk/images/Bodytechnics%20cropped.jpg

All the best,

Jim
 
Well done Jim....!

I'm glad the car isnt going for breaking..... !

Another early car saved ....! [;)]

 
Sorry to dissapoint guys, but didn't buy the car. Went to Weston with trailer this morning all excited![8D]
Car is in relatively good nick (Minus accident obviously), but in no way has it covered only 20k miles. This was the reason we were buying it, so agreed with the seller that we weren't going to buy it. The Sills on drivers side were bubbling, the sunroof seal had got up and gone, the seats were shot, rear spoiler broken, and more importantly the steering wheel and gear leaver leather had seen far more than 20k miles use.
I think the seller had another intersted party who was going to turn it in to a track day car.

So the search continues.

Jim
 
They probably just read what it said on the speedo, if that were true mine would've only covered 50,000 miles instead of the 150,000 it actually has. Luckily the engine has been rebuilt though so all should be well when I get the damn thing to start.

Good luck with your search
 

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