There are few things more exciting than seeing a dusty sports car in a garage. Of course, any of you who have found yourselves short on time to drive your classic or vintage vehicle may find that it gets dusty just sitting there and not because it hasn’t run in over a decade. I suspect this 1982 Porsche 911 is somewhere in between stages, as the photos do show it out in the open and cleaned up. Regardless, it has some history and period modifications that point to a colorful past. Find the 911 listed here on eBay with active bidding to $40,000 and no reserve.

I do love when sellers are honest about the reasons why a car has a blemish on its history file, as this 911 does with regards to a salvage title. The listing includes this photo, presumably from a Copart or some other insurance auction, that shows how a front end hit took out the front bumper, passenger side headlight bucket, and likely impacted some of the sheet metal along the edges of the hood. The collision damage doesn’t look that bad, but if this happened in the early 2000, I could see the cost of replacement parts – especially if on a standard insurance plan – being cost prohibitive and thus deemed a total loss by the carrier.

The listing indicates that the 911 still runs, and the engine bay looks fairly tidy. Those rear fenders might fool you into thinking that there’s a turbocharged engine lurking inside, as well as the whale-tail spoiler. However, those fat rear haunches are due to a few different bodywork tweaks, namely the flared rear fenders and the side strakes / air vents feeding into the rear brakes. The 1982 Porsche 911 featured a 3.0L flat-six that was good for 180 horsepower and 175 lb.-ft. of torque. While appearances can be deceiving, it appears the engine compartment wasn’t impacted by the cosmetic mods.

It also has a slantnose conversion, which gave the 911 a very slippery shape and also added pop-up headlights, which were all the rage at the time. Although Porsche would and did build a slant nose conversion for customers with enough “pull” to make the request, most of the cars we see pop up for sale are aftermarket conversions. Like the engine bay, the nose panel appears to be in surprisingly nice shape, no doubt sporting still-decent paint after the bodywork was completed in the not-too-distant past. This 911 looks like the perfect car to simply use and enjoy like a driver, but it’s still likely to cost safely into the $50s before all is said and done.