FS: @sanfranciscosportscars.com - the 200k 911T

[fryardds]

Awesome car and someone did a marvelous job at underbody/engine restoration.

Too bad someone refinished the underside of the gas tank and underside of the pan in the front of the car. The rest of the underside looks to be original. That was not a good thing to do unless there was exposed metal there. The interior sure look great though.

[Frank Beck]

Very ugly fan and housing... looks good!

72MFI and I have discussed our cars over the last few months. His wins in the paint department hands down. Bottom side? I'm ready to rumble in that arena.

BTW: This is not a hijacking as the thread was not posted by the seller. I think this is a great place to compare and discuss these low mileage cars. Amazing that all three are silver.
Sorry for low quality photos.

[Frank Beck]

Too bad someone refinished the underside of the gas tank and underside of the pan in the front of the car. The rest of the underside looks to be original. That was not a good thing to do unless there was exposed metal there. The interior sure look great though.

No way is that underside original.

Brian, you know the drill on the tanks; EVEN IF (BIG if) the tank was perfect on the bottom (haven't seen one yet) it's difficult to salvage a tank that's been sitting with fuel in it for 20+ years. Rust, barnacles, and constant scaling usually make them a throw-away. Even if they are salvageable by sealing inside it still takes a cosmetic redo. Getting the texture and color right is the trick. Most people make the mistake of going too light on the grey. If you're going for proper patina'd "aged" look they have to be darker. Almost a green tint to them.

[NorthernThrux]

Interior looks great on the original car, but that is a square pattern headliner, not the original hex pattern.

[911T1971]

yes, wrong headliner on original car.
Also, fan restored. As Frank Beck said, those look "ugly" if never touched and if low milage, with a yellowish film on the fan.
The silver paint looks too shiny for being 40 years old, but thats a long shot.
Ziebart, if still on the car it should be still visible on door and underbody. At least my unrestored T does show it.
BTW, for comparison, there is also the famous thread about a low milage silver 1970 911S w 2kish miles and still with sealed "Cosmoline" protection from overseas shipping, but cant find the link, though.

Still, a very nice car. T, E or S, the price gap is closing in.

[Frank Beck]

700 mile S = Gold Standard.

[Jules Dielen]

Frank are you hogging another SWT in the background? see you soon.

Low miles original cars suck. All you can do is look at them. Great for pictures and research, not so great for having fun on a twisty road. I had a 60k original miles 72 sunroof for 3 years. Got tired of looking at it in the garage. Prolly now worth 3x what I got for it when I sold it but oh well. I never enjoyed that car.

[911T1971]

700 mile S = Gold Standard.

Yeah. thats the one:
"700miles 911S".
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ight=700+miles
detail/page2&highlight=700+miles[/url]
90 pics of it:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/807244...7630169538658/
Once these cars left new the factory - beside of interior and exterior- these cars were not "clean", later also patina came into play.

[rower]

A car with "original" chassis/susp will show up here in a couple of weeks. The differences are staggering. Candidly if I were going to drive a car I would want the restored one.

Why would you prefer the restored car?

[rower]

I have heard about the 700 mile car. But I don't know the story of why it only had 700 miles.

Is there a thread on that?

Thanks