porsche sitting around"""

[pal944]

How many porsche,s do you know that are seating around doing nothing ie not been used for a year or more i know of 8 cars that have been seating around, 1 that has not been used for 13 years!!

1, 944 turbo
2 ,944 cab s2
3,944 2.5
4,944s
5,928
6,911 turbo
7,1969 911s targa
8, 356b

 

[pauljmcnulty]

There's been a radio show devoted to it, but in Bushey, near Watford, is an old classic Daimler(I think) that would have been worth an absolute fortune. The guy's had it on his drive for decades, many enthusiasts have knocked on his door and tried to buy it but he just won't sell. Now it's so far gone it's beyond saving. There's also a Civic near me that's been on axle stands for 10 years. The owner has the front wheels off, and plastic bags to protect the hubs.....[&o]

I can never understand why you'd want any car to sit deteriorating every day in front of you?

Funniest I've ever seen was a house in Pinner, that I quoted to clear the gardens before it was sold. Had an old Citroen DS in the back garden, rusted to nothing, but they'd built an extension and never thought to take the car out first.......[]

 

[Guest]

This is my first time on the board and i'm afraid i'm one of the guilty ones. I brought my (late 1982) 944 back 4 years ago, drove it around for about a year and since then it has sat on my drive doing nothing. I thought I had better get out and do something with it and guess what it started first time. I was absolutely amazed.

 

[peanut]

ORIGINAL: owmill

This is my first time on the board and i'm afraid i'm one of the guilty ones. I brought my (late 1982) 944 back 4 years ago, drove it around for about a year and since then it has sat on my drive doing nothing. I thought I had better get out and do something with it and guess what it started first time. I was absolutely amazed.

nauuuuughty boy ![]

welcome to the forum. we will need to see piccys pronto.What are your plans ?

 

[Guest]

ORIGINAL: peanut

nauuuuughty boy ![]

welcome to the forum. we will need to see piccys pronto.What are your plans ?

Well peanut I know i'm a naughty boy. The first thing is to get the back wheel arch sorted and then I will need to have a major service and MOT and then i'm not sure what I will be doing with it

 

[pauljmcnulty]

Belts might need doing after 4 years! []

 

[Alpine]

ORIGINAL: owmill

This is my first time on the board and i'm afraid i'm one of the guilty ones. I brought my (late 1982) 944 back 4 years ago, drove it around for about a year and since then it has sat on my drive doing nothing. I thought I had better get out and do something with it and guess what it started first time. I was absolutely amazed.

drive it or sell it - that's my advice ! - hopefully the former though

 

[Guest]

hopefully i will be driving it again soon no way im going to sell it lol

 

[zcacogp]

Owmill - very naughty boy! That's abuse, that is. (And a seriously rusty rear arch!)

ORIGINAL: pauljmcnulty
... Had an old Citroen DS in the back garden, rusted to nothing, but they'd built an extension and never thought to take the car out first.......[]

Now that really IS abuse! Sorry to be all negative chaps, but the DS was a far more interesting car than the 944, and you can have no idea of how much I love them! If I thought I could use one as a reliable daily driver, I'd have one instead of my S2.

On a serious note, it has always struck me as being quite odd that buildings of historic significance are protected by some fairly hefty regulation, and neglecting them or altering them can only be done with permission. Cars of historic significance however can be abused, neglected, modified and mangled with gay abandon, and no-one bats an eyelid.


Oli.

 

[morris944s2john]

Thats because cars are regarded as disposable items with a finite life. Its easy to crush a car, less so to dispose of a house.

I think this attitude must change if we are to conserve scarce resources.

 

[peanut]

I have never seen such extensive rust right over an arch before ?
If I had to deal with that and wanted a cheap solution I would cut the rear wing off a scrapper and make a repair piece that joined yours below the swage line ( I think thats the right term ? )
You would need a joggler which is a tool that forms a step in metal sheet. They cost about £35.00 by the time you spot welded the repair and filled the join you wouldn't see the join

Doing it myself I would estimate the cost at approx £150 incl joggler, spot-welding and spraying the lower half of the rear wing. Bodge it maybe but it should last at least 5-7 years probably longer than the rest of the car. The alternative is likely to be too expensive to be viable.

 

[pal944]

The 944 turbo sitting doing nothing for 13 years i tried to buy the guy wanted to sell it for £6000.00 3 years ago, i tried to tell him that as its been sitting around for 10 years it would need a lot of work and is not worh any where near his asking price. He showed me a autoteader with one in and said heres one the same age for £6000.00 so my one is worth six grand even if it will not start! In the end i left it and brought the s2.