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Thread: FS: 1968 911L Soft Window Targa Sportomatic

  1. #11
    Price $US 79,900
    I'll spend some time with it to make it run.
    Last edited by Auto*Legends; 09-07-2020 at 08:03 AM.
    Indiana,
    1965 911: 300594, 300839
    1965 912: 350407,
    1968 911L SWT Sportomatic,
    1970 911T Irish Green, Restored,
    1974 911 Carrera, 1975 911 Carrera,
    1970 914 1.7 Signal Orange, 1973 914 2.0 Zambezi Green, 1974 914 2.0 Ravena Green--this one is for sale
    Used to haul the kids to the pool in 356/1500RS Carrera Speedster 80820. Wife would leave it in the shopping center parking lot -- now in the Porsche Factory Museum.

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    Senior Member Milou's Avatar
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    Is it the sportomatic gearbox that makes it so difficult to sell? Seems very reasonably priced based on photos...

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    Also, not sure how much Work and money to get it running.


    Quote Originally Posted by Milou View Post
    Is it the sportomatic gearbox that makes it so difficult to sell? Seems very reasonably priced based on photos...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Milou View Post
    Is it the sportomatic gearbox that makes it so difficult to sell? Seems very reasonably priced based on photos...
    Always tough to buy from pictures...great year and rare model...best of luck!
    1957 356A Cab Condor Yellow
    1970 911E Targa “CONDA G”
    1970 911T3.2 “Meatballs”
    1972 911T2.5 “AWBRGN”
    1972 911T Targa Glaserblau
    1976 911S Talbot Yellow

  5. #15
    I too am quite perplexed. I am retired and 72-years old. My wife is retiring this year and we want to move back home to Colorado. I had 11-Porsches and have sold 3. I need to sell 4 of my remaining 8-Porsches so we can return to Colorado.
    I put the 1968 911L Soft Window Targa Sporto up for sale thinking it would be an easy sale. That hasn't happened and I'm not sure why. I've had lots of interest and several offers. Most just want to flip it and have complained that they can't make enough money at my asking price. I had one offer from a gentleman who said I need to lower the price because it will cost him a lot extra to change it to a 5-speed 901 transaxle; and then once that was done, the car would be worth less and I would need to compensate for the loss of value. ??? Oh, and he said what he really wanted was a 912 SWT anyway?
    It will need all of the 'out-of-hibernation' tasks performed. The engine turns over but I'm not going to start is as the fuel tank & fuel line gunk will just cause more harm than good. The entire brake system will need to be rebuilt. It will need a complete tune-up and 4-5 tyres.
    So, I still own it and I think it is quite a unique Porsche. I do hope to sell it though.
    Indiana,
    1965 911: 300594, 300839
    1965 912: 350407,
    1968 911L SWT Sportomatic,
    1970 911T Irish Green, Restored,
    1974 911 Carrera, 1975 911 Carrera,
    1970 914 1.7 Signal Orange, 1973 914 2.0 Zambezi Green, 1974 914 2.0 Ravena Green--this one is for sale
    Used to haul the kids to the pool in 356/1500RS Carrera Speedster 80820. Wife would leave it in the shopping center parking lot -- now in the Porsche Factory Museum.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auto*Legends View Post
    Hello I've sent out photos to all that asked for them. I am a motivated seller.
    Clearly, and if I didn't already have a '68 Sporto Targa (#98) I'd be all over this. Great color combination, it's a softy "L", plus no stories. Hope you can wait out the flippers. GLWTS.

    Quote Originally Posted by Milou View Post
    Is it the sportomatic gearbox that makes it so difficult to sell? Seems very reasonably priced based on photos...
    In the USA unfortunately, yes... but can be in Europe, too. I had a '68 S Sporto Targa (#236), a genuinely rare car that went back to Germany and not only is touted as numbers matching (with a 5-speed)
    but miraculously has a California history. I have a copy of the original German title and transit papers when it was imported to Pennsylvania in the '80s. Car was never west of the Alleghenies.
    Russ

    ESR # 1537

    '62 356S Notchback Hotrod
    '67 S Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
    '68 T Targa Sportomatic
    '68 L SW Targa Sportomatic
    '70 914/6 GT

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    These SWT are a hidden treasure and I didn't really know much about them with mine sitting in my garage for 9 years until last summer. Now I feel enlightened and all-in-all desire it more than my coupe's. Don't know all the sporto idiosyncrasies except what I read when Frank Beck made consistent comment about them. It wouldn't surprise me that you'd end up spending anywhere from $15-25K to fix everything to get back on the road safely.
    Jim

    Too many Porsches and one VW are starting to fill up my desert landscape.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Auto*Legends View Post
    I too am quite perplexed. I am retired and 72-years old. My wife is retiring this year and we want to move back home to Colorado. I had 11-Porsches and have sold 3. I need to sell 4 of my remaining 8-Porsches so we can return to Colorado.
    I put the 1968 911L Soft Window Targa Sporto up for sale thinking it would be an easy sale. That hasn't happened and I'm not sure why. I've had lots of interest and several offers. Most just want to flip it and have complained that they can't make enough money at my asking price. I had one offer from a gentleman who said I need to lower the price because it will cost him a lot extra to change it to a 5-speed 901 transaxle; and then once that was done, the car would be worth less and I would need to compensate for the loss of value. ??? Oh, and he said what he really wanted was a 912 SWT anyway?
    It will need all of the 'out-of-hibernation' tasks performed. The engine turns over but I'm not going to start is as the fuel tank & fuel line gunk will just cause more harm than good. The entire brake system will need to be rebuilt. It will need a complete tune-up and 4-5 tyres.
    So, I still own it and I think it is quite a unique Porsche. I do hope to sell it though.
    The laws of economics rule when it comes to selling anything: " For the right price everything will sell"....good luck !
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