Price estimate for 1969 911S w/o engine

[69-912-Targa-SW]

So rebuilding the engine became a project worth doing on its own if it did not involve investing any more money.

HOW, no more money??

The answer is easy, sell it as is and take the loss.
Or put it in storage until you can have the engine properly repaired and running prefect.
I can't believe that it needs a rebuild if it only has a few oil leaks.
Don't sell it without the original motor with it. As a investment it can only gain in value if it is kept whole.
What are you going to do with a motor without a car to put it in???
Just cover it up, put it on jack stands and then fix it when the time is right.

Been there done that, Bill

[pu911rsr]

Don,
It is your car so you can do what ever you want with it. But it does seem puzzling that you keep submiting to this board for advice that you are blantly ignoring. It look to me that you are tying to part out car. If you need a project car for you and yoru son to work sell what is left of your S to someone who wants an S. Buy a T and hot rod it to your hearts content. I have a 70 S that someone "built" into an RSR I have very close to grafting RSR parts onto a T and returning car back to its proper state. Once your seperate the motor and chassis it is very difficult to go back and have this be a proper S. If you are unsure about need to rebuild leak motor down.
Phil

[dhopkins]

I promise I will follow your advice. Really.

[nullh20]

Have you determined where the engine is leaking from?

Oil on the heat exchangers can originate in a variety of places & you don't want to end up tearing the motor down for an $8000 rebuild when all you really needed was a $2.40 seal.

[dhopkins]

My mechanic says in his opinion it is coming from the interface of the cam tower and the heads and/or the chain box and the case.

Don

[erick72pors]

So basically it could be everywhere in the engine

[roblav]

These engines are not really that difficult to work on. If I had that problem, I would take the engine out, remove the top end (heads, cam carriers, etc) and check the condition of every part - especially valve guides and ring grooves, and install new seals everywhere - and maybe new rings too. It's probably a couple of weekends work (long weekends...), but do-able.

[Aircool]

You are probably going to give a few guys on the list a heart attack with your proposal! Looks like a clean car. There are not a lot of these cars left let alone complete unmolested ones and to basically part one out would not be worth it financially no matter how you look at it. If you really want something to rebuild with your son, why not buy an older ragged out vw bug. Same bloodlines but much easier and less expensive to work on. Also, less expensive if you make a mistake. Your son learns and an early S stays complete. Or, if it must be a Porsche engine for the project, do just that and buy an old engine. There are plenty out there from that are reasonable from guys that have upgraded. Good luck.

Please, don't do it!!!

-Steve

[Rick Cabell]

Either sell your car complete, or keep it complete. It makes -0 sence to do anything else!!

[dhopkins]

Ok. I will keep it complete. I hope I can get it on the road again by the spring leak free. The leak is probably coming from the cam-seal so I just need to remove the rockers, the cam, the camtower, and the chainbox on one side and then reassemble. Should be relatively inexpensive. Compression test I just gave it suggests it doesn't need to be rebuilt.