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Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Junkyard Find: 1978 Porsche 924



00 - 1978 Porsche 924 Down On the Junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

Many Internet Car Experts believe that any Porsche, no matter how battered, is worth big money. Spend some time around the 24 Hours of LeMons and you’ll learn otherwise, and of course you can always find 924s, 944s, 914s, and even the occasional 928 in the cheap self-serve wrecking yards. The 944 is the most common, but for some reason I have never shot one for this series. I’ll remedy that soon, but for now here’s a much-abused 924 I spotted in Denver not long ago.
08 - 1978 Porsche 924 Down On the Junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

My favorite Fun Porsche 924 Fact is that you could buy a DJ-5 mail Jeep with just about the same Audi engine as the Porsche 924 (you could get the engine in other AMCs as well, including the Gremlin).

09 - 1978 Porsche 924 Down On the Junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

Still, the 924 was fairly sporty for its time, and I’ve seen plenty of well-driven ones knock out decent lap times on road courses.

01 - 1978 Porsche 924 Down On the Junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

This one doesn’t seem rusty, but we can assume that its last half-dozen owners were not meticulous types who treated it gently.

05 - 1978 Porsche 924 Down On the Junkyard - photo by Murilee Martin

There’s a 944 at the same yard now, and I’m still bummed that some guy beat me to its nice VDO gauges by about 30 seconds at the All-You-Can-Carry-For-$59.99 junkyard sale. I’ll go back and photograph it soon.

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