What’s was the return?Seller did very well as an investment that he held for seven years.
I don’t think the PO wants me to share.
Here’s a 10k question. Given everything else is equal.
What’s more desirable
Engine and gear box swap on a CS to 3.0 or 3.5, 5 speed.
Or an original 3.0 fuel injected with a 5 speed upgrade on a CSI.
I think it's safe to speculate he doubled his money. 2011 was a different time. And he just drove it. All the hard work and money was spent by the PO.Seller did very well as an investment that he held for seven years.
Scott, I think your comment was appropriate. Hope you win the auction
Thanks for sharing. Better luck next time...Say maybe in May when a Polaris, red 5 speed csi pops up on bat.Original euro 3.0csi for sure. The subject car in this auction began as a 72 US spec slushbox. It is an interesting resto mod, but it's value as an historic artifact is virtually nil. There were 30,000 e9s built, and an automatic US car is near the bottom of the value of the pecking order, IMO. Only a big bumper auto is worth less.
However, the market these days loves backdated 911s (which can sell for well north of six figures even if they were born as a 912E or whatever) and restomod e9s are under the same umbrella.
If I had won the auction, this car would have been a driver and NOT an investment. You can't regard these resto mods as investments. And that's fine! They are supposed to be fun, and about driving.
I am happy with not winning. I never has a chance to see the car in person and run a borescope up under the front fenders, and the seller did not provide any views of that. If I lived closer to NY, I would have inpected the car for rust, and if I had found none at all, then I would have been prepared to go higher, but I still think I would have not won the bid.
The detailing of this car was not as good as the Seattle car nor as good as the blue Canadian car that went for 130k. The Canadian car had a body that had been rotisserie restored, so it deserved to go higher.
True that!But that Canadian coupe had flat floor bottoms and a lot of other issues. Even the Granatrot needed quite a bit of tidying.
Are you calling it a CS because that is how it was born?
Pardon my ignorance, but is the car a CSi or a CS? I see the trunk badge, I see the fuel injectors. Are you calling it a CS because that is how it was born?