The hunt continues with the Air Brigade Commander’s search for his next Air-Cooled Porsche.  Bring-a-Trailer and PCarMarket are two sites offering fertitle ground in the car search and are looked at daily. Stone Grey Metallic 1990 Porsche 911 type 964   If you remember, the goal is to buy a Porsche 964 in a unique color or a unique model such as an RS America.  Recently a 1990 Rest of World (RoW) Porsche 964 imported from Japan appeared on Bring-a-Trailer that was of interest

Shifting the Search from a 964 RS to a RS America and others It has been six months. I have not found that ideal Air-Cooled Porsche in my search to replace my 1968 911 that I sold and my all-original 1986 911 Carrera that was totaled when a distracted driver ran into it.   The original goal was a unique color 964 or an RS America.  Well, I got diverted when I was introduced to the Porsche 964 RS that was only sold as a Rest-of-World (ROW) car originally, and is only now comin

Since the 1993 Porsche 911 Carrera RS was never sold in the US, it was decided to go to Europe to look for one that could be imported. An aggressive trip was planned to see two cars in two countries in four days, but plans changed and we saw four Porsches in four days in four countries. Four Porsche 911 RS in Europe The 911 RS was never certified for the US at the time because its lightweight, motorsports focus did not meet US safety and emission standards.  Now that the car

The decision was made; let’s bid on the 1992 Salvage Porsche 911 RS at auction.  The big question when entering any auction is: “How high are you willing to bid?”   The estimate by the Broad Arrow Auction House was that the RS would sell between $150,000 and $200,000.  With the sale of my 1968 911 and collecting the insurance payoff from the total of my 1986 911 Carrera 3.2, I had $200,000 to spend on one great car.    The Broad Arrow Monterey 2025 Pre-Sale Estimate for the S

The next step in the purchase of a new Air-Cooled Porsche for the Air Brigade fleet was to inspect the Salvage Title Porsche 911 RS coming up for auction at Broad Arrow Auctions during Monterey Car Week.   Who would think a Salvage Title Porsche could command a sale estimate of $150,000 - $200,000 that Broad Arrow was estimating? But a clean title RS sells for $300,000 plus so we are looking at a 50% discount on the car.   The big question is:  Do I want to spend $200,000 for

In the quest for a new Air-Cooled Porsche with the loss of my cherished all-original from new 1986 Meteor Grey 911 Carrera 3.2, I realized that I had an opportunity.  I had just sold my 1968 Sports Purpose 911 for a tad under $100,000 and I had an insurance payoff of close to the same amount for the ’86. I now had a budget of $200,000 to acquire whatever I wanted. Author's 1968 Sports Purpose 911 and 1986 Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2   Instead of replacing the collection with two