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@Jung
I came within a gnats cock of buying a CA plated early 70s 911s from Tower Bridge Porsche back in about 1997. Looked at it twice, went over with the cash in my pocket, then woke up to the fact I didn't have a license or anywhere to keep / work on it. Spunked the dough on a fast motorbike instead. I think it was a shade over GBP8k they were asking and aside from a little rust (little) it was a solid car. 912 s at the time were free with packets of cornflakes, I remember the guy telling me they only bought them to fill the containers.
I still love 911s but they've become terribly trendy. 964 and 993 variants are my faves but given how expensive they are, I'd opt for a propitiously priced, manual, basic, silver 997 coupe. The 996s look well priced too but I couldn't love that face.
Regarding prices, I wonder whether the 996 and up models are ever going to be that collectible - the production is MUCH higher than the 964/993s and they're packed with so many electronics that keeping them going in 30 years is likely to be nosebleed expensive.