One could hope that a partially disassembled Porsche 911 would open the door for the average guy to craft a car he’d always dreamed of, imprinted with the legacy of one of the greatest sports cars ever to hit the road. Here on eBay is just such a car – a rustless, motorless, sunroof-less 1977 Porsche 911S coupe, ready for your build. The car currently sits in Eugene, Oregon, and it is bid to $15,100 reserve not met, with a $33k buy-it-now price. Over at the dealer’s website, it’s listed at $32,500. The eBay verbiage indicates the seller is serious about finding a buyer, and he offers up a few engines to pave the way. Let’s see if this car is a good value, or if we ought to keep shopping.

It’s not entirely true that the car is motorless. If the sale is consummated near the buy-it-now price, the seller will include a non-numbers-matching, disassembled 2.7-liter and a year-appropriate 915 gearbox, bench-tested and ready to go. But that’s not all! If the 165 hp 2.7 is too pedestrian, the seller offers a 3.0-liter SC engine – disassembled but good for 204 hp once it’s built – and if you want to go all-out, there’s a race-bred 3.2-liter that’s on its way to 3.3 liters with 100 mm cylinders. The car’s CDI box, axles, oil tank, fuel system, and wiring harness are present. The G-series cars wore the safety bumpers inflicted on most cars by US regulations in 1974. The Ice Green Metallic paint appears to be in driver-condition, with nicks and fading evident. The chassis has traveled 156,000 miles.

The interior is a mixed bag. The dash is cracked, the front seats don’t match, the door panels should be cork rather than black, the rear seating area has carpet sort of installed, and the headliner is not torn but it is dirty. The seller notes that the windows are wind-up, not power. On the other hand, this color is a great match for the exterior, and in the world of Porsche collectors, unusual colors are all the rage right now.

Several underside photos support the claim of a mostly rust-free, mostly straight example. The hood is either not fully latched in this photo, or it doesn’t fit correctly, and the front valence has met a curb sometime in its life. The driver’s side floor pan is clean when viewed from the inside, as is the trunk. So is this price reasonable? The market for 911s is tricky. If we stay with the G-series – forgetting all those wildly expensive early cars, special models, and so forth – we find very original, low-mileage cars selling for premium prices, such as this one from Bonham’s last year.  But here is a driver-quality ’77 that underwent a color change and couldn’t find a home for $40k. Meanwhile, the right engine/backdate/cosmetics combination can send prices well into six figures. In my calculus, if I can buy a driver that runs and isn’t falling apart for somewhere in the $40k area, that makes $33k for this one feel steep – but what do you think?