If you’ve always looked up to the fine folks in the world’s largest single-make enthusiast ownership club, the Porsche Club of America, and aspired to rub elbows with those well-heeled elites of the automotive world, but couldn’t ever afford a Porsche, here’s your chance. To be a member of the PCA, you have to have a Porsche, and to prove your membership you have to input a VIN with your application. Most times a Porsche VIN is pretty pricey, and though there are some exceptions, that will probably run you at least ten grand for a good runner. The good thing about a PCA membership is that you don’t have to prove your Porsche runs. Or has an engine. Or is a complete car.
This, uh, car (?) is currently up for auction on Bring A Trailer, and as of this writing it has achieved a bid of $1,250. There’s no reserve, so it’s definitely going home with someone.
You could buy this 1977 Porsche 911 S Targa and chuck it in your back yard (as long as you don’t live in Gilbert, Arizona) for the rest of time, and go get yourself a coveted PCA membership. It’s probably for the best that this car never runs again, because a mid-year 911 is possibly the worst example of a 911 that was ever built. These had all the weight and sluggishness of a later 80s 911, but without the power, plus all the complicated engine management of a Bosch CIS-injection car without the nimbleness and fun of a pre-1973 example. And this one is nothing more than a rusty chassis and a glass back window. Throw a seat in it and make vroom vroom noises, or turn it into a sim racing chassis.
Or, is this car is your ticket to PCA-only track days and wine tasting events? You can show up to these events in a Miata and just tell everyone you’re in the middle of a lengthy restoration. It doesn’t matter, nobody will ever check on it, I promise.