what is happening, is E the new S ??

[500gls]

have a look here :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1973-...em140208661795

is this for real or ? .... these are S prices.
I have seen better looking S's go for less.

sebastian

[Gumby]

Reserve not met yet

[tfmcmahon]

E.C. is asking 70K

[berettafan]

not commenting on price but look at E production #'s.

better yet try to find a nice E. at any price.

sure, S's should be higher priced but by how much?

[500gls]

according to my book
E made in '72 - 1124
S made -------- 1750

in '73

E made --------- 1366
S ---------------- 1430

not included the targa's.

so if you look at the numbers E are maybe getting more collectable.
could one say that looking at the numbers and the only year with the oil filler cap the E '72 is in fact more desirable ? ( apart from the state it's in of course )

[berettafan]

2 reasons why i think not;
1-E's came with that oddball front suspension system (hydraulic?) which is not desirable now and which will not be original on restored cars.

2-911's are, to me, special in large part because when you drive an older 911 you are driving a race car and S's are the closest thing to that.

[reed]

Woe to those who look to eBay for establishing new price benchmarks, let alone on a reserve-not-met auction. Do people not realize the extent of shill bidding in the auction arena? And this is by no means exlclusive to eBay.

[kenikh]

My 2 cents

[RTincher]

My 2 cents is that the market for high quality E' and S's has increasingly gone underground as opposed to just a couple of years ago. So while we all naturally look to the highly public examples on Ebay, Early S, and the high end dealers, I am convinced it's an increasingly distorted perspective.

[boxster03]

I will take a hundred grand for my car. no excuses