1987 Porsche 924

924 S Hatchback

2.5L 2475CC l4 GAS SOHC Naturally Aspirated

Manual

wp0aa0929hn450508

Clear

Gasoline

NO RESERVE AUCTION!! $1.00 Starting Bid!! 1987 PORSCHE 924 S 2.5 L Porsche Engine, 5-spd manual transmission Great Condition for age – drive and restore, or just drive! Cheap Historic Registration and Insurance! I am running this auction on behalf of my dad, because he does not use the internet. This car belongs to his small car dealership, but it is one that I have been playing around with personally. It was a trade-in at a new car dealership in the Baltimore / DC area. This car looks like it was someone's baby. It is not perfect, and does have some things that need fixing, but I would say that it is in very good original condition. This car could be driven as is or driven and restored at the same time. Unlike many older european cars, there is still good parts availability for this model here in the US – RockAuto.com and Pelican Parts are well stocked, just to name a couple of suppliers, and I believe that the 924 and 944 share many parts, so you don't have to worry about getting parts custom made or shipped from Germany. As is listed above, this is a NO RESERVE auction, so this car will go to the highest bidder. This is a 1987 Porsche 924 S, in eye-catching Guards Red, with black interior, a 5-spd manual transmission, and phone dial wheels. The “S” on this model designates that it has the 2.5L engine from the Porsche 944, instead of the earlier VW-sourced 2.0L engine. Like the 944 and the 928, the 924 S has a watercooled engine in the front, and a transaxle in the back to create a 50/50 weight distribution, and as result, better handling. This Porsche has been kept in very good original condition by someone. The black interior is nearly perfect, and appears to be all original except for an XM radio and ipod jack that have been installed. The door panels, carpets, headliner, and seats (with the exception of some wear on the driver's seat) look great! The power mirrors and power windows work. The A/C works but it blows warm air, so it probably needs to be charged. With the exception of the voltmeter and oil pressure gauges, all other gauges on the dash work, all of the driving lights work and the pop-up headlights work. This car also has the original Porsche-installed “Ungo” car alarm. All four tires have good tread on them. The body on this Porsche is also very good for its age. There is no serious rust on it that I have found, and underneath the car looks solid and relatively clean. There is a spot of suface rust on the lip of the front driver's side wheel arch (pictured), and some typical pitting and small imperfections here and there, as expected for a car of this age This car is lovely to drive. The engine sounds great when accelerating down the road. The transmission shifts well without any grinding, and the handling is wonderful. Despite being an entry-level Porsche in its day, this car is still a Porsche. It has the overall feel of a solidly constructed German automobile, and it definitely gets some looks going down the road. In addition, being a relatively simple car, with great parts availability, and rated at 18mpg city / 26mpg highway, and its eligibility for cheap historic car registration and insurance, it is probably the easiest classic Porsche to live with. Problems: Despite being in very good original condition, this car is not perfect. There are a few things that need attention, most of which are expected on a car of this age. As mentioned above, the paint is faded on the hood and roof (may buff out?) and part of the front bumper, and there are small imperfections in the paint here and there, and one rust spot on the wheel arch. The driver's seat has some wear on it, and the voltmeter and oil pressure gauges are not working. There are also cracks on the dash. The engine occasionally “stumbles” for a split second when you first start to press the accelerator pedal down. This improved after I put some fresh high-octane gas in, so it might just have had some old gas in the tank and the injectors may need a clean out. The hydraulic struts for the rear hatch have been removed. Oddly, the control knobs for the heater have been removed. I found the heater fan knob in the ashtray, but have not found the sliding knobs for temperature and vent controls. I suspect that they were probably in the ashtray as well, but when the car was traded in at the new car dealer they had someone clean it, so those knobs probably got sucked up by a vacuum. I have also noticed that there is a small amount of oil that seeps out from under the front corner of the valve cover when the car has been sitting for awhile. It then burns off when the engine is started and warms up. This might be fixed by simply tightening the valve cover bolts, or a valve cover gasket may be necessary. **The main problem with this Porsche is that the radiator fans are not coming on. I noticed this when I first drove the car, because the temperature gauge read “low normal” when driving, but would creep up when I was at a redlight. On closer inspection, I found that the driver's side fan had been removed, and the electrical connector taped over. It actually looks like the mounting bracket holding that fan broke, so someone just took the fan off. The passenger's side fan is not coming on, even when I turn on the air conditioning. Some online research found that cooling fan faults in the 924 and 944 are not uncommon. Fans may not come on if there is a bad ground in their wiring, also, Porsche apparently made a mistake in their parts booklet for the part number for the fan relay on the 924 and 944, so often cooling fans do not work because the relay has been replaced with the wrong part. The correct relay part # can be Googled. There is a relay in place, but I cannot read the part number on it, and cannot fit my hand into the tight space to get it out without removing another fusebox first. I have still driven the car occasionally, but only during times when there is no traffic. As long as the car is moving and only having to make stops at redlights, it is fine. I have been around cars long enough to know the perils of overheating an engine, so I have not been careless with it. For long-distance bidders, I have not had any indication that the car would breakdown on a long-distance drive home, but of course, I have only driven it locally, so I cannot say for certain that it would make a long-distance trip without any problems. Obviously, with the cooling fan issue, any trip involving stop and go traffic would be risky, and would require you to pull off the road and shut the car off, or make a rest / food stop until the traffic had cleared. That in mind, I would recommend that any buyer trailer the car home just to be on the safe side. This Porsche 924S is a great little car. It is in very good original condition, requiring relatively minor fixes to be made perfect, has the Porsche 2.5L engine, looks wonderful, is cheap to register and insure, has plenty of parts still available, is simple enough that you can work on it yourself and gets good gas mileage. If you have been looking to get into a classic Porsche at a reasonable price, without ridiculous maintenance costs, this is the perfect car for you! There is NO RESERVE, so it goes to the highest bidder. PLEASE READ: Bidders with zero or negative feedback, and overseas bidders, must contact me prior to bidding – I will delete your bids otherwise. Do not send me angry emails when you bid without contacting me, and then find that I have deleted your bids and blocked you from further bidding on the auction. This car is sold AS IS, with NO WARRANTY. Please examine the supersized photos, and contact me if you have any questions. Serious bidders are welcome to come see the car, just give me notice ahead of time so I can adjust my schedule. Since this car is being sold by a dealership, if on arrival for pick-up the buyer has a valid driver's license and proof of insurance for this car, a 2-month temp. tag can be supplied at an additional cost of $35. Maryland Residents: This car is not MD-state inspected. It is over 20 years old, so if the buyer is a MD resident, the car will be sold as historic. This car is owned by Chesaco Car Company, a MD car dealership, so if the buyer is a MD resident, then the State of MD requires that my dad collect a tax of 6% of the sale price. Also, for MD residents the MVA requires that the title be processed through the MVA, at a cost of $100, which will be added to the auction price. These costs are imposed on MD residents by the government - not my dad! They do not apply if the winning bidder is not a Maryland resident. Payment is to be made in CASH at pick-up. Winning bidder must contact me within 24 hours of the end of the auction. The car must be picked up within 1 week of the end of the auction.