Old Porsches...

[JetBoy]

Hi guys,

Does anyone have any experience with old porsches like the 911 carrera RS etc ?

There is a guy in my town that owns a white 70's carrera RS, he drives the hell out of the car and I have to say the car does very well. Sounds great and the handling is superb. No mechanical problems at all just the clucth replaced once.


I was thinking that perhaps reason I still see so many old Porsches around is that they were very well made...

Amazing machines...

[rennen]

I had a 74 a few years ago, and it was a blast. Not the fastest thing in the world, loud as hell and it handled. The interior is almost identical to my 97, stick to what works I guess. Above the beltline of the car they are identical.

[alpinadvl]

yeah....these cars are very well made....recently porsche has taken note from japanese manufacturing and determined that they had been "overengineering" the cars...now it all comes to price per ounce....

what that means to someone looking for an older porsche....bottom line...if they drive well.....(check chain tensioners on the sc)....they are going to continue that way...these cars are built WELL!!!

having said that...I recommend not buying a porsche earlier than 78, because that is when they started rustproofing the cars.


-alf

[DaveS]

The only old Porsche I've experienced is a 914. Slower than a chevy malibu but handled well. A deer ran into the side of it when my friend was driving it down his street, it was pretty funny.