This 1987 Porsche 924S looks like a ghost car, sitting in the empty warehouse building where it’s been a partially disassembled project for God knows how long. The 924 is the low man on the Porsche totem pole, but that just means you can get into one for short money as the current bid amount shows. This 924 will need some work performed under the hood to wrap up whatever job was started and left undone, which is always a risky point in which to inherit a project. Still, anything under a certain price point can be justified, and this 924 is going for just $400 at the moment here on eBay, where the seller states it just needs the engine head re-assembled and it “….should start right up.”

I always wonder how sellers reach that conclusion when describing a vehicle: just put it all back together and turn the key, it will be fine! I mean, I know when any of my projects have been taken down that far by a professional, I still get slightly worried it won’t do what it’s supposed to. But perhaps the seller has been in the thick of it himself, knowing exactly where he left off so all you have to do is finish what he started. I really doubt that, as if it was so straightforward, why isn’t the seller just taking it across the finish line? Regardless, the photos taken of it outside the haunted warehouse appear to show a 924 S in good condition with no obvious rot and the correct phone dial wheels still mounted.

The interior isn’t too bad either, although it’s not optioned with the desirable factory sport seats. The standard buckets, with their mediocre bolstering, will do for now, but I’d be on the hunt for the hip-hugging sport buckets if I ever found myself in a 924 or 944 project car. The seats show some signs of wear and tear with a split seam and general soiling, but you can live with that for the time being. The 924 is equipped with the preferred manual gearbox, which isn’t always a given considering the number of these we’ve seen over the years with a slushbox (that has to be a fairly miserable car.) The dash doesn’t look cracked but I can’t tell for sure; hopefully, years of indoor storage have paid dividends in that regard.

So, about the engine: heads removed and not put back together. That’s never a good sign, and the seller isn’t exactly effusive with the details in terms of why it was torn down in the first place. The listing also doesn’t detail whether there were any repairs made in the interim, like a new head gasket (and all other related while you in there repair that are typically done at the same time.) It’s a risky proposition but the rest of the car looks solid enough that I’d roll the dice if I needed to have a red 924 S and had the ability to re-assemble it myself. That said, there are always a boat-load of 924s for sale at a given time, so this one will have to go cheap to justify the work needed to finish it.