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Originally Posted by strat61caster

1969 Car and Driver test of the entire Porsche lineup has it 'as tested' at $7736, base price would be $7195.

http://media.caranddriver.com/files/...s-mar-1969.pdf

http://www.caranddriver.com/comparis...omparison-test

Which according to this calculator $7.7k in '69 is $51k in today's money:
https://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc...969&year2=2017

You'd lose money accounting for running costs, but not on raw price of the car itself.

The real base model 912 was tested at $5.7k, which would be ~$38k in today's dollars, here's two selling for just that with 78k and 108k on the clock:
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-porsche-912-6/
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/196...2-soft-window/

And here's one selling for much less:
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/69-porsche-912/

And one for much more:
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1969-porsche-912-5/


Early 911's are my... interest. But I see these prices reflected in Mustangs and Camaros and even more lowly cars of the era. The early to mid '70s don't seem to have taken off as well as I thought they would have, but to be fair it wasn't a great era. Consequently I think I may be a bit wrong on early '80s cars as well, but I think mid 80's onwards to the mid 90's are going to see a large upswing over the next 10-20 years.

Go back 10 years and say "Man that 15 year old Miata in british racing green is going to be worth over $10k someday" and 95% of everyone would have laughed in your face. But here we are.

http://bringatrailer.com/listing/199...ecial-edition/
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/1991-miata-se/
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/199...-racing-green/
http://bringatrailer.com/listing/199...-mx-5-miata-2/

Ummmm I think we are both saying the same thing. If we say that in 30 years a 2017 86 will fetch $60K but account for inflation and cost of upkeep then it isn't exactly a "high value" car. I am not arguing they may have some value I just dispute the "high value" term being thrown around. And again the lower the mileage and better the condition the more they will bring in. You show that clearing with the cars you linked.


IF the cars do go up in value the only way you will get top dollar is with one with vey few miles.


I spent 16 hours watching the last Barrett Jackson action and was amazed at how the bottom has dropped out of some of the collectable cars. Newer mustangs were going for top dollar but old Vettes were being practically given away. The same thing can happen to any car as they seem to go in cycles. Next year at this time the same cars you linked could be half or triple those prices. To make the prediction that the 86 will command top dollar is pretty brave.