Greetings! New member with some q's on a purchase
Hello all,
Long time lurker first time poster...
I stumbled upon a 1969 911T for sale. Has S trim and aluminum calipers...125K miles..It is a two owner car and has lived its entire life in Silicon Valley. Its champagne yellow with black interior. Paint is nice...no accidents...Almost everything is original. Wheels, paint, weather strip and interior. Headliner is discoloured around the interior lamps. The seats could use some added padding and new covers. Carpet is tired...crack in dashboard..glass is good as is all of the window aluminum trim...could use all new lenses...
I put on a hoist to look for rust. Found none...I removed the seats and carpet and pulled up as much of that odd sound deadening material as possible and found no rust...There might be some rust somewhere that I could not find but the car is so cheap and in such nice condition I don't care if there is some lurking about.
I will replace the entire interior with new, and all of the lenses and weather strips...
The car is priced very low only $10,000.00 Seller is not aware of early 911 pricing. I'm going to pay his price.. the car does not have the original engine. It has a 2.4 case with 2.7 RS pistons and cylinders and solex cams. Per invoice. Engine was built in 1978 when the car had 100,000 miles. Motor and clutch only has 25k miles..Car is very fast, seems faster than my 993 up to 80mph..
What lies in the future of this car without its original engine...will it just be a nice 911T with a 2.7 and never see collector status because of the engine?
Should I look for a 2.0 L engine? ...Possibly buy a block from Porsche and have them stamp original numbers on the block like Ferrari will do for its customers..?
Best, Ed