Help me inspect a 73 T

[Arne]

Greetings folks. Did some searching here, but didn't find anything pertinent. (Which may only show my lack of search skills.)

Thinking of adding an earlier car to the stable. I've been driving my '84 3.2 coupe for a few years now, so I'm not a total 911 noob, but would like to glean some advice from people who know the early cars better than I do.

I've found a possible candidate, but will need to spend some time really looking it over well before I decide whether to make an offer or not. It's a US '73 non-sunroof T coupe, badly oxidized non-runner. 11/72 production, so I'm assuming it was originally an MFI car although it appears to have partly installed carbs on it now. Has Recaros in it, probably not original to this car but period appropriate. Later 16x6 Fuchs. No other obvious options or upgrades. No idea as yet whether the engine is original or not.

Bearing in mind that I've only owned galvanized Porsches so far, where and what should I look for as I inspect the car? I have given it a cursory first look, and even the battery boxes are clean and solid. Front pan looks good both top and bottom. Rockers, sills, door bottoms, fenders all appear solid too. Will need paint, total interior re-work, and something done with the intake side at least, either fix the carbs or revert to MFI if I can find the correct stuff. More likely I'll need to drop the engine and clean it up at a minimum.

Any advice? If it turns out to be solid and dry (not impossible, no road salt used around here), thoughts on what a lower-spec T coupe project should sell for these days?

[DOUGS73E]

What is your goal with this car; originality, tribute, or hot rod?

[gsjohnson]

Sounds like a 20K to 30K car with the limited info you supplied. It's good find anytime you can discover a complete, rust free matching numbers long hood project. And it's in a desirable color.

[Arne]

What is your goal with this car; originality, tribute, or hot rod?

In between, I'd say. Not totally original, but close. Visually stock with some period correct mods could be nice.

Sounds like a 20K to 30K car with the limited info you supplied. It's good find anytime you can discover a complete, rust free matching numbers long hood project. And it's in a desirable color.

I like the color as well. Not sure it's matching numbers, I will try to get some info on the engine in it when I look it over later this coming week.

In fact, for my purposes, it might be better if it was NOT matching numbers. That would bring the entry cost down, and any good flat 6 in the back will suit my simple needs.

[JT912]

Better move fast or its fate will much like the '74 you were looking at. There are some clever lurkers here who will find that car.
Welcome to the board.

[Arne]

Yes, I suppose that's a reasonable concern, John. Thanks for the warning.

[rower]

Sounds like a 20K to 30K car with the limited info you supplied. It's good find anytime you can discover a complete, rust free matching numbers long hood project. And it's in a desirable color.

What's the color?

[gsjohnson]

It appears that he has edited his original post. Color and matching have been removed. I believe it was Bahama Yellow.

[Richardnew]

A non-running rusty 911 long hood for around $30,000. Ok.

Richard newton

[Arne]

My apologies to all. John's comment about lurkers triggered a late evening paranoia attack, and I decided I needed to pull some of the more identifiable bits from my description. Probably a bit silly of me, and even more possibly irrelevant, as even though I know full well what today's market for long-hood cars is like, I'm having trouble getting my head around the prices of projects like this one.