Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Hefty

If you fancy owning something with Hefty heritage then this 911 Turbo had my name on the V5 about 5 years ago.

I think I paid £13k, painted it, made it run properly and sold it for £25k, which felt like a right result at the time. It's only done about 2,000 miles since then and they're estimating £48-62k.

Shouldn't have sold it, of course. It was even born the same month as me. :(

http://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2016-08-20/cars/ref-37-1979-porsche-911-martini-turbo-330.aspx?p=2

I hope they've rebuilt the box since I had it though. Had a dicky synchro on first. And since first runs to about 50mph you do use it a surprising amount.

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ricky2slicky in reply to @Hefty

Hindsight and foresight are wonderful things. Nice that you got to own and use it properly for a little bit though. I suspect had you still owned it, given the rising values, you'd be less inclined to use it as it should be.

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Hefty in reply to @ricky2slicky

Yeah.

If I hadn't sold it at £25k I definitely would have once they got to £35k.

The real one I should have kept was a Guards Red 996 GT2. No one wanted them for ages. I could probably retire now if I'd kept it.

Paul Stephens currently has one for sale for about a billion pounds.

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