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Thats the poor mans Porsche, but still a decent looking car and you got one that has a lot of potential. Like already stated, once running its probably worth a few thousand $$$. Regardless, i bet you could part it out and make money off it if worse came to worse.

The 944 can be a fun car. DON'T pop the head unless you really need to or the cost for gaskets and small parts will run the bank way up. You know if you fix it up and give it to the wife she will forget all the bad things you've ever done.

i thought the poor mans porsche was the mazda fc rx7 ? hahahaha i kid i kid

Poor man's Porsche was the 924. Not the 944

Id say the 924 or 944 are in the beater Porsche class compared to like a 911. Im not hating on it at all, i think he got an awesome deal. But being real about that car, its only around and cool because it says Porsche, otherwise the majority of those would have been crushed with a bunch of 80's Camaros & Fiero's years ago. Slap a chevy sign on it and watch the value plummet. (edited)

You can do a lot to a 944 and make it screaming meany but the cost can get up there fast.

Fix it, drive it, have fun with it, sell it, make some money or keep it and spend money. (edited)

appreciate the input!

i'd love to keep it but i have a r32 gtr and f20 rx7 and building a model a rat rod, so im good on the car front.

honestly, if youre just trying to make some scratch, contact the PCA Potomac Region and post an ad either on their site or put one up in the Panorama magazine the PCA puts out, its national and exactly the demographic you wanna sell it to.

Norris is right, the rims are worth $$ and even if you remove them you have a perfectly good SCCA car that someones gonna drop/swap the engine and suspension anyway in order to stay competitive in that car's class

Thats a GREAT score for 600

And be careful, once you start that timing belt adventure. You're gonna think you're almost done and realize "shit, that wasnt even the timing belt".

It will consume you. (edited)

the timing belt isnt where you think it is and besides, when those fail, they REALLY fail.

ive been doing some research on the Fuch wheels, i owe ya a beer! ...or 5!

peep this set (granted staggered) on BaT

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1975-porsche-fuchs-wheels/

need to figure out what size i have and get the part number(s)

I think i'd like to confirm that it was the timing belt that broke or skipped rather then maybe just the balance shaft belt? regardless, will pickup some junk wheels to put on and list on some of the local PCoA sites. it's a dumb clean shell, worth all of $1k if not more imo and from everything else i've read like you all said, the timing belt is a pita

And yeah the purists may look down on the 944 but when it comes to parts and labor it's definitely still a Porsche.

Pretty similar situation with mine oddly enough. Belt went and did a number on the top end. Bottom end looked o.k. but I didnt want to risk it. The guy I picked it up from had it at a shop all torn down. He was already 6k into the car and had a redone head,new clutch,bunch of electrical,fuel pump,other random stuff, but still a basket case needing complete reassembly and the shop wasn't gauranteeing no bottom end damage. Wife said it would be her or the car. I found an 87 924s that the guy had just done a ton of work on, nice runner, body was pretty roasted out and interior was completely shot, think I paid 700 bucks for the car. Swapped the drivetrain into the 944. It worked out pretty well in the end.

I'm sure you could handle it. Only difference from your average engine swap is the torque tube deal. I did it 12 years ago now but don't remember it being any more difficult than any other engine swap I've had to do. No special tools required.