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[cmautz]

Hello all, greeting from Atlanta. I found y'all on a 924 Porsche search from Google.
I am a Porsche fanatic, have never owned one, but love them all. Haven't owned one YET, that is.

Ok, so here's my situation. I have the budget for a 944, 944S, 944T, 944TS, 968, 911sc, etc.

Basically what I want to spend is what I've got.

However, I've got this crazy feeling toward these 924's! I like the S's but have always
been drawn to the early 924's and 931's.

I like the idea behind an 'affordable' porsche. I like the idea behind a 'rebel' porsche, where I'm constantly having to prove my (and it's) worth against all other types of cars, including other porsches! I like the idea of driving (and refurbishing, improving on, etc.) the car that helped pull Porsche back from the brink in the 70's/80's.

So I've been scouring the web, autotrader.com, ajccars.com, ebay motors, etc., looking for a good, solid project car. I'm thinking I'd like a 931, something I could take to autox's, track days at Road Atlanta, PCA events, rally's, etc.

Something that not many other people
will be driving.

What's a good way to find these things! Some of you have like 14 of them - I just want a nice 931!

Anybody know of any good deals here in the Atlanta area, or even the southeast?

Any other 924 owners here near Atlanta?

How good is the PCA for 924 related stuff?

I'm hooked, crazy about these things! Help me fulfill my obsession!

Thanks!

Chip
924aholic - esp. those durn 931's.

[Rick MacLaren]

You can get a pristine 931 Turbo for around $10K USD and spend another $5K making it as fast as a 1987 (not 1988 or 1989) 944 Turbo. A little more money and you can get some incredible horsepower.

However, that's about the practical upper limit. If you want the speed of a 944 Turbo S you should get one of those.

[924RACR]

ROTFLMAO! Sorry, dude, I bought your car last fall, and have been enjoying the heck out of it! '82 931 I towed back up north here from just outside Atlanta.

So, anyway, if you're crazy, you're preaching in the biggest nuthouse in the world! Welcome!

Maybe Bobby Dodd would relent and let you have one of his... Me, I'm not giving any away, and I'm looking for another 1 or 2...

As for the PCA - well, we are the 924 source, even within the PCA. This is the home of the PCA 924 Register, and I'm the National Advocate (not Napoleon The PCA does not ignore or shun 924's, though some unenlightened members do. I'm actively involved in my local region, as a board member and as webmeister for the region website. It's like any other organization, you get out what you put in, but the quality of people in PCA, once you get to know them, tends to be a little higher.

There certainly are plenty of water-pumpers in the Atlanta area, so make contact with the local region, keep your eyes and ears open, and you'll come across one. I also highly recommend looking even further south down into Florida - not far to go, and plenty of nice cars.

BTW, be liberal about what you might accept for a car; the guy I bought my car off of thought I was going to scrap it (as he'd removed the interior for track), but it's now properly wet-sanded, rubbed out, running beautifully, looks beautiful, and going through it's running restoration. I still want to find a bit of a rust-bucket I can title, tag, put on the street, and turn into a street-legal GTR replica for about $10k.

OTOH, if you want something rarer, and cost is no issue, I do know of a pristine grey-market genuine 937 (924 Carrera GT) just up the street from me for sale. The owner's selling to finance his own (genuine) GTR project. Email me for more info.

Cheers!

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Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

[cmautz]

I've been surfing your site, as I crew for 7 ITC CRX's (Rivergate Racing out of Soddy Daisy Tenn.). I live 2 exits south of Road Atlanta.

Cost really IS an issue, I just meant that if the cost got too high I'd probably opt for an '87 Turbo S or '88 Turbo 944...

But there's just SOMETHING about those durn 2.0l 924's and 931's... heck even the 924S's - I guess it's the smooth bodystyle that appeals to me. I love the 944's but the 924's just look graceful to me.

I'll have to join up my local chapter (Peachtree I believe) and start looking - it would be fun to find a clapped out 931 and build a 937 replica...

Thanks for the welcome - this seems to be a great board. I also surf Roadfly, and see lots of 924 questions with this answer - "Go to 924.org, they are experts there..."

So here I am... lol.

Chip in Atlanta

[Joes924]

Yea welcome..cmautz roadfly Ill have to check that out .

[Richard]

Let's see here...we drive underpowered sports cars with Beetle rear brakes, rear windows whose weight would sink the Titanic again, lousy synchros, turn signals that come one when you hit a bump, wipers that come on when you hit the turnsignals, corroded battery boxes that flood the carpet causing mold and mildew, cold start, hot start and no start problems, speedometers that read fast and odometers that read slow and needles that jiggle until you reach 75 mph. God, I love my 924N/A. Its got the nicest lines of any car, including the new Porsches, and it handles like sin. Did I mention the synchros?

[Peter_in_AU]

Richard,

thanks for an almost perfect summation of the 924. I'm still smiling every time I think about it

[924RACR]

heh heh... OK, yeah, I remember Rivergate... just stumbled across their website again, looking at their camera mounts... very cool...

I like their LSD's - wish they had one for the 924! Wish someone had one for a 924!!! It'd fit a 944 too!

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Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

[eturbo924]

Why not just bolt up a 944 turbo tans with limited slip?

[924RACR]

Blatantly illegal vs. moderately illegal - I should only have a 924 trans in there. If I could just find a LSD unit, I'd be all set. However, now after reading how they used to run locked rears in the Brumos 935's, I'm starting to think maybe that's what I'll try. Certainly cheap enough to weld the diff, and it'd suit my driving style (which you've already discerned if you've tried my car in Need For Speed. BTW, I do know I have an issue with putting down power already, even before modifying the engine for more power. I already transfer enough weight off of the rear inside wheel to spin it in corners. It's only gonna get worse as I get more power out of the engine

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Vaughan Scott
Webmeister
'79 924 #77 SCCA H Prod racecar
'82 931 Plat. Silver
#25 Hidari Firefly P2 sports prototype

[cmautz]

Hey, I found a 931 in Athens... 35 mi. down the road - but it's blown up. Hmm, may still give 'em a call...

I drove Rivergate's old MG Midget ('73) w/ a locked rear - what a bitch to drive slow! Quick little monkey for an underpowered ITD car...

Down here, ITA is all CRX Si's (16v ones). It'd be fun to run something unconventional against 'em, like a 924 - have you been to Road Atlanta Vaughan? All those hills...

I think the PCA is having an event this weekend up there - I followd a 951 home tonight on a trailer, all shined up and ready to race... man P-cars are beautiful creatures!

The hunt continues... my wife already knows I'm looking (bought an auto trader last night...)

Chip in Atlanta