'71 911S 9111301277 Sunroof Coupe

[Frank Beck]

No longer for sale.

[kenikh]

This is right in line with the cost of a number one car, which this will be when done. AND, the buyer gets to personalize along the way. Sounds like a winner.

[karlusmagnus]

Nice car. Personally I would prefer Sepia, but that's decision of owner. Best of luck.

[Eade Hopkinson]

Nice car. Personally I would prefer Sepia, but that's decision of owner. Best of luck.

I must agree with you, for a car that has this many very cool options, it should also be the original color. Sepia when done correctly can be a very cool color, especially when you add all of the great options this car has. Just my .02 cents worth

[Richard]

I had two Sepia cars. A '72 911T and a '73 911S. Sepia was a great color "back in the day" but it is not popular now. I've vote for this color change and not devalue the car because of it. The early "S" cars are very special and to repaint one in another color does not devalue it in my opinion.
PS... I wish I still had my Sepia Brown '72 911T. I used it in PCA Time Trialing 30 years ago and it looked good and ran and handled strong. But it was one that got away. So...IMHO...don't worry too much about the color change. If the car is good, enjoy it and drive it.

R.

[sithot]

Opinions on color vary but I believe that a car should remain it's original color. I'm not alone. On a Corvette I learned that you deduct whatever it takes to repaint it to the original color. If the Nabor's Brothers did it that was damned a big ticket.

That's what was preached to me 25+ years ago and I still believe it.

I've never bought a car based on it's color. It's either a good car or it's not. I don't care about color. I do care about condition, documentation, originality and as much history as I can find.

I'd own a brown car in a NY minute IF it was the original color and a GOOD car. You need to be color blind because a pretty POS is still a POS.

Tom

[gruen911]

Opinions on color vary but I believe that a car should remain it's original color. I'm not alone. On a Corvette I learned that you deduct whatever it takes to repaint it to the original color. If the Nabor's Brothers did it that was damned a big ticket.

That's what was preached to me 25+ years ago and I still believe it.

I've never bought a car based on it's color. It's either a good car or it's not. I don't care about color. I do care about condition, documentation, originality and as much history as I can find.

I'd own a brown car in a NY minute IF it was the original color and a GOOD car. You need to be color blind because a pretty POS is still a POS.

Tom

Well,
if anyone really feels the same as Tom and wants to keep the car original and paint it sepia again, this would be the time to do it. Virtually nothing to it except doing a quick paint strip and respray. The way the car is right now you could dip it in a vat of paint thinner and then into a vat of glasurit of sepia.
I used to make fun of sepia, but the longer I have been in the early 911 fan club, the more I have come to like sepia when it is painted using the correct formula. Then again, my opinions are suspect as I have also had crazy thoughts of hand painting a 356 coupe ala Janis Joplin.

[LongRanger]

$65k. Seller is willing to offer very interesting terms.
Estimated cost to complete in our shop is approximately 20-25k.

Hello, Frank . . . .

What would be the additional cost of a color change back to Sepia?

Rick

[Frank Beck]

Rick, not a surprising question given the direction of the conversation.
Color- color change: about $3500.

[Frank Beck]

A solution to the color change debate:

Since it was the owners decision to change the color to silver, he has agreed to absorb the cost to change it back to Sepia.