Recently, reader Matt L decided to get out of the house and go for a walk to explore his neighborhood. While he was stretching his legs, he spotted something hiding in a neighbor’s backyard! While the mossy car cover hides it well, it appears that this could be a Porsche 911. If you don’t pay much attention to the sports car market, air-cooled Porsches are all the craze right now, with values absolutely skyrocketing! Given the current situation, he decided to not knock on the owner’s door, but he did send them a letter to see if they could tell him more about it. I for one am excited to see if he hears back! Hopefully, they contact him and he gets to see it with the cover off.
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Two things.
First, it has the rear bumper with large rubber overrides. That makes it a 1975 or later.
Second, it looks like it has SC or Turbo rear fender flares.
Interesting.
Great eye but having a number of these cars, if its been under a tarp that long for moss to grow on it, it will be completely rusted from the inside out. No air flow is the worst thing you can do when you store a car outside. If it HAD a leather interior, its now a mold trap. Yes air cooled 911 have had a huge bump in pricing in the past but so have restoration costs.
OTOH, the 911SC is from the early days of full galvanization, and is one of the most rust-resistant steel cars ever produced. There is hope. For decades, Porsche had a 1976 galvanized and unpainted 911 body sitting outside Weissach, just waiting to see if it ever rusted. I haven’t seen it in the ads in a while, so it either eventually did or they stopped fully-galvanizing(clue!) their bodies.
A little different storage method than that Mazda Miata.
Even if it hasn’t run since Reagan was in office, that’s probably still a $30k lawn ornament.
I’m in London going stir crazy, so I’ll do a brief walkabout tomorrow and send you some photos of automotive coolness on this side of the Pond. Stay well, “Barnfriends”
Just got back from London it was all I could do to not be drooling over all the Aston Martins I’d see in the drives.
Stay in for 14 days!
Mossy Oak was a very rare color for the Porsche cars of this era. It adds bucks for sure. Very desirable.
That pic has been floating around IG for a while.
Large size “Chia Pet”.
Roof line and fenders not quite right for a Porsche. Looks more like a Triumph GT6.
I thought Moss Motors only carried British car parts til now…
Ran when parked!
How about a Jaguar XJS ?
I’m thinking it might be a Saab.
I am surprised that it does not say nice patina.
Its not patina-its authenic natural camafloug
I just assumed this find was an April Fool’s joke. “Craze” is right.
climb that fence!!! tear off that cover!!!! we have to know!!!!!
not worth a hill of beans,saw one in fla. years ago rust bucket
Years ago when I was working under contract up in Vermont, I used to mountain bike a rail trail and there was a backyard I used to pedal by where there was a derelict 911 hidden under brush. Not as badly as this, though.
Get it running and drive it slowly to maintain the look. It would be ‘One of a Kind.’
Looks like Kudzu growth got to it. Covers everything!
Let’s see another photo of it come spring, it would be blooming amazing!
I don’t know, but something about the roofline says 914 to me.
Almost looks like my Triumph Spitfire I had when was 13, put a small block Chevy in it and tore up the fields. It was very slapped together and rigged up,but man what fun😁
Rare factory special order folks. Moss green.
There….I said it!!!
Opel GT?? Rear window vents, gas cap?
The green tarp of death!