Through someone I know, he has got/getting 3 986 Boxsters, 2 x 2.5's and 1 x 2.7. All of them apparently have 85-88k miles. 2 keys, MOT'd, serviced within the last year and work! He has given me the story from the previous owners, 1 old lady, 1 guy who was never in the country and the other who used it as a weekend toy (2.7).
The 2.5's are silver, both 1998 models and from what I am told, in good honest used condition. One has the 16" twin 5 spokes, black leather and the other has 17" twists with terracotta.
The silver/black car doesn't have a service book yet it has all the other books + wallet, there are various receipts for recent work in the last 3-4 years, plus various bits for years before. It looks to have been SORN'd for 6 years between 2009 and 2015. The MOT history is clean but this only goes back to 2005. The car is straight and the only thing required is a new rear roof window, PVC split.
The silver/terra has a service book but has been maintained by a local mechanic, it has receipts for work/parts. Not got much else on this one yet but apparently it is all there and has a super clean MOT history.
The 2.7, 2001, slightly more of interest, is grey with black, hardtop, some nice 18" 996 wheels but I think they're Boxster spec, wind deflector, apparently with some other Porsche factory options, this also has no service book (has all of the other books) but Porsche have record of a major service 10k miles ago in 2012 and a minor service in 2008 40k miles ago, nothing else. Paperwork with the car shows a recent service and some before that, receipts for bushes, tyres and the 2012 porsche major service. I have no clue if the IMS has been done, as it went on my own 2.7 when with the previous owner, I know that they do let go, so is this a ticking time bomb.
So, the deal is I buy all 3, all of which are good money and I was planning to simply buy all 3, do what I love to do and totally bring them back to as near showroom condition as reasonably possible and sell them on as decent straight cars for some beer money, I'm certainly no car dealer. A few people have said I should do this and now my own projects are pretty much done, I'm getting an itch and these have come at a good time, so these can be more of a hobby that gets paid for really.
Everything sounded good with these but the lack of a service book for 2 of them frustrates me, someone has clearly thrown them at some point considering everything else is present. I don't want to be stuck with the cars or make a loss, I know that there is some profit (unless I go OTT) in each car but will the lack of a service book hurt the value, would this be expected on cars of this age/value? Other than the service book, I don't think there is much to hurt the cars, I haven't seen them in the flesh yet but the source is an old friend who I trust and he has given me a fairly detailed run down on each car, they're too old for him to bother with, I'm sure he will make a cut but comparing them to cars online, there is room to have a spend on each car to rectify minor things such as centre caps, window rip, mats, bushes (if needed) blah blah and even if I came out with £50 profit, I'm happy as it isn't really about that. I just don't want to be stuck.
What are your thoughts on the lack of service book? Essentially, I'd look to shift the 2.5's for £4k and the 2.7 for 4.8k or perhaps split it from the hardtop to get £5k total. I don't think this is top money but once I'm finished with the cars, they will be in superb condition and all with low miles for the year.
Cheers for any advice.
The 2.5's are silver, both 1998 models and from what I am told, in good honest used condition. One has the 16" twin 5 spokes, black leather and the other has 17" twists with terracotta.
The silver/black car doesn't have a service book yet it has all the other books + wallet, there are various receipts for recent work in the last 3-4 years, plus various bits for years before. It looks to have been SORN'd for 6 years between 2009 and 2015. The MOT history is clean but this only goes back to 2005. The car is straight and the only thing required is a new rear roof window, PVC split.
The silver/terra has a service book but has been maintained by a local mechanic, it has receipts for work/parts. Not got much else on this one yet but apparently it is all there and has a super clean MOT history.
The 2.7, 2001, slightly more of interest, is grey with black, hardtop, some nice 18" 996 wheels but I think they're Boxster spec, wind deflector, apparently with some other Porsche factory options, this also has no service book (has all of the other books) but Porsche have record of a major service 10k miles ago in 2012 and a minor service in 2008 40k miles ago, nothing else. Paperwork with the car shows a recent service and some before that, receipts for bushes, tyres and the 2012 porsche major service. I have no clue if the IMS has been done, as it went on my own 2.7 when with the previous owner, I know that they do let go, so is this a ticking time bomb.
So, the deal is I buy all 3, all of which are good money and I was planning to simply buy all 3, do what I love to do and totally bring them back to as near showroom condition as reasonably possible and sell them on as decent straight cars for some beer money, I'm certainly no car dealer. A few people have said I should do this and now my own projects are pretty much done, I'm getting an itch and these have come at a good time, so these can be more of a hobby that gets paid for really.
Everything sounded good with these but the lack of a service book for 2 of them frustrates me, someone has clearly thrown them at some point considering everything else is present. I don't want to be stuck with the cars or make a loss, I know that there is some profit (unless I go OTT) in each car but will the lack of a service book hurt the value, would this be expected on cars of this age/value? Other than the service book, I don't think there is much to hurt the cars, I haven't seen them in the flesh yet but the source is an old friend who I trust and he has given me a fairly detailed run down on each car, they're too old for him to bother with, I'm sure he will make a cut but comparing them to cars online, there is room to have a spend on each car to rectify minor things such as centre caps, window rip, mats, bushes (if needed) blah blah and even if I came out with £50 profit, I'm happy as it isn't really about that. I just don't want to be stuck.
What are your thoughts on the lack of service book? Essentially, I'd look to shift the 2.5's for £4k and the 2.7 for 4.8k or perhaps split it from the hardtop to get £5k total. I don't think this is top money but once I'm finished with the cars, they will be in superb condition and all with low miles for the year.
Cheers for any advice.