There’s ample chatter and rampant speculation about whether the economy is slowing down. Whether it is or isn’t depends on your world view, but seeing deals start to waft back into the collector car market is at least valuable food for thought as popular models like the Porsche 911 and others have been white-hot for the last several years. This 1977 Porsche 911S here on eBay wears desirable colors and a rare “slicktop” roof but is bidding light at the moment with no reserve.

Wearing “Light Yellow” paint and supposedly being not very rusty underneath are two reasons why this example should yield a fairly strong sale price. For whatever reason, bids are comfortable below $20,000 as of this writing, which could certainly change by the end of the auction. The seller admits that this 911 was sitting for some time before being discovered in an old home with inadequate temperature controls and that the interior was quite moldy when it saw daylight for the first time.

That’s why the carpets have been yanked as they were apparently beyond reasonable rescue. The good news is it has revealed that the floors are in surprisingly good shape, and also show what I’m assuming to be matching factory paint down in all the nooks and crannies that usually all but guarantee what we’re looking at on the main body panels is an original paint code. You can see further evidence of the mold issues on the dashboard and seats, and I wonder just how bad it was when the seller laid eyes on the car for the first time.

That, too, may be a reason why bids aren’t stronger at the moment, along with the fact that the 911 doesn’t run and the seller references the likelihood of needing a full rebuild. Sometimes, an issue like mold can scare away prospective buyers for fear of it being a problem with no easy solution and the potential for chasing a problem that’s never fully sorted. Whatever the case may be, this will be a very desirable car when finished and potentially a financially-prudent project if the acquisition costs stay below $20,000.