Bargain BARN FIND Sports Car - Will I Buy it?

[@MatWatsonCars]

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[@jacobrev6567]

Ok👍👍👍

[@ruk2023--]

Barn find sounds so much more romantic than abandoned.

[@GuruMarcus]

LOL 😂

[@keinname629]

.... in any case it sounds better than rotten.

[@nelsonclub7722]

100% gonna use that next time I have to say I was adopted!!!

[@red9zero]

Doubles the price too 😂

[@gregh7457]

abandoned sets the algorithm on fire nowdays. barn find is so 2010's. Don't forget to add insane too

[@aleksjenner677]

Selling the GT3 you never drove to buy the car 40 years older would have been a smart move honestly. The difference between an investment and a project.

[@TheAbirindia]

But he is getting the S/T !

[@aleksjenner677]

@@TheAbirindia 100% he's selling that within six months, having made a few videos on it. May as well just lease these cars if he wasn't also making these underhanded stealership deals

[@TheAbirindia]

@@aleksjenner677 Because he is getting the S/T from Porsche. It's a deal with Porsche. S/T is more rare than the GT3 RS.

[@FanaticQuattro]

It was more of a loan/press car from PCGB

[@TheAbirindia]

@@FanaticQuattro No he bought it and sold it again to get the S/T. Porsche doesn't need to give away a RS to press. S/T is a very special 911 on it's 60th anniversary with only 1200 made. It's costlier and rare than the RS.

[@NoExpert]

This is 100% full restoration, including the respray

[@Gmh6477]

That recovery driver was a complete moron.

[@spokeanddagger]

Came to the comments as soon as I saw it. What was he thinking?!

[@terminal-velocity111]

I know! Eye watering stuff 🤢

[@isaackent2355]

There was no recovery driver in this video, did you dream it .

[@johnboucher8226]

DEI

[@karlt10]

Employees of the shop should have known to help with unload. They've done it many times, especially in their own shop/environment. The recovery driver never had even once before.

[@vvevvevvvv]

I am often walking with my dog near a Porsche dealer here in Poland. Yesterday there was an older 993 sitting next to some new 911s, Taycans and Cayennes. Man, 993 looks million times better than any new 911 generatio.

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

They are having your pants down with those estimates, they’ll do all that work 15k all in. I’d personally get a decent one for 30k and keep on top of all the little bits.

[@conor7154]

Can you get a decent one for 30k…?

[@shabbos-goy9407]

@@conor715430k. Dreaming..

[@TM-mk2zb]

Decent ones are 50-60k

[@Auto2000Porsche]

Its live! Great working with you Matt!

[@MatWatsonCars]

Yes it was!

[@sufianshahid3690]

Why were you in an m4?​@MatWatsonCars

[@Auto2000Porsche]

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[@robinsonnelson5088]

No room for Akira Nakai?😢@MatWatsonCars

[@peterGoodhall-i9d]

​@@MatWatsonCarsonce it's fixed, see what carwow offer for it

[@MrAdamBinns]

Those estimates are crazy, they are prices for each individual job in isolation rather than as a whole (e.g. sills and kidney bowls). They wanted the car for stock. You should have asked about the yellow 993 behind you in the garage! 😊

[@flux928]

Since you're not Matt Armstrong who can do most of the labor to keep cost manageable....passing is the best thing.

[@kashv2500]

Even he doesn't do rust, gave his e24 to that Yorkshire company to sort

[@Carsaab]

@@kashv2500 exactly, it’s been restored but what happened to it?

[@cody6550]

@@CarsaabI ate it

[@davebarrowcliffe1289]

Matt's dad does all the heavy lifting...

[@drunkenhobo8020]

It's mad how a car like that isn't just scrap. It's a 42-year-old car with 120,000 miles on it, had its last MOT when Blair was still PM and has more holes than a Boeing whistle-blower. Not only that, it's only 200 bhp so would have rings run around it by an electric MG that would cost the same as the repairs!

[@RalfPinkaire-f7w]

That bloke checking the car in the workshop could be a Harry Enfield spoof ;)

[@cantgoslow]

Geez these guys are obviously very proud of their work- £6k to replace two sills is outrageous.

[@markfuller6458]

31k to repair / replace sills, kidney bowls and two front wings....😮 day light robbery

[@Petrolhead4481]

Watching professionals work tirelessly to get all that fuel-turned-to-sludge through every part of the engine, was worth a chuckle.

[@Madero775]

That colour is absolutely sublime. Just totally sets it off.

[@WarriorRazor]

Lovely car, total money pit, I'd run away. The price quoted for repairs is ridiculous though, definitely wouldn't cost that much.

[@stevereilly]

Get yourself the cheapest 987 Boxster in the country, great little cars, cheap to repair (I've had several), and quite a good audience achievable project....

[@drunkenhobo8020]

He already has an even older Boxter.

[@robbie74able]

he out price you so he can have it for him self lol

[@CruzeUK]

Literal definition of more money than sense

[@seblaetsch]

Forza Horizon IRL

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

For that sort of restoration cost you could buy a pretty decent almost perfect version and even if you had to spend another £5 or £6,000 on a few items, it would still be a better deal. For the dealer to carry out the work themselves would make more sense, as they will be buying parts at trade prices and the Labour is their own.

[@andrewpaul4223]

0:28 when it comes to old cars the dream, and the nightmare are kind of the same thing you gotta know what to expect. Old cars are worth the nightmare.

[@wilf18]

My Mum had a 1981 911 3.0 SC sport for 30 years. Think she got it from Porsche Bournemouth. It was garaged all its life. It was a guards red targa with a huge whale tail spoiler and cream leather with red piping. Sold it with 77,000 miles on and original panels, engine and gearbox in very good condition in 2013. There was no rust or rot but a tiny bit of bubbling in a couple of places. She regrets selling it - it was a rash decision. Most of the service history was main dealer. Service history file was very thick and big. Superb provenance. She sold it right at the beginning of the classic car boom. It’s probably worth four times what she sold it for now. Think it went to the South West.

[@GuruMarcus]

Finished restoring my 964 Cab last year!! Get ready for Porsche Tax!! Worth every Penny when you’re driving it though 😀🇬🇧👍🏻

[@williammicaletti6284]

i love how the color changes like 13 times with different light angles

[@V.M73916]

Id say buy it , at least you can launch this one without selling it lol...

[@jaimykok6533]

At least they gave Mat an honest estimate and did not try to rope him in

[@ODGreenZa]

Thank you for the memories i had a friend who owned an SC in early 2000s. They are fantastic were a lot cheaper then compared to now 😅

[@sinothi]

This format is a whole series of entertaining content. Keep it up Mat!

[@chrismcutchen8317]

Give mat Armstrong a call!

[@johnmcgerty9320]

Nah wants doing properly

[@ih8temoney]

If you are going to purchase it, you're in the perfect place to not restore it but why not make a 934/5. An 1980s widebody 930 body kit, and giant rear wing. The body kits will probably have the panels you need to replace the rusty ones then reapir the sills.The only other thing you would have to worry about is engine upgrades and what to do with the interior? Go minimal race style with a cage OR a couple of bucket seats and some clean up the interior, find some nice BBS wheels or wheels like the 934/5 had.

[@macca_1999]

What a gorgeous car! I can imagine it will be a bit more cash than the estimates as there are always hidden problems… but, I would love to see you buy it and take us on the ride of restoration. You would then have a very solid, sorted car you can trust. And great content for us😊

[@KingsG82]

The repair costs seemed nuts to me.. im sure you could engine out and put the shell somewhere and repair it for significantly less.

[@brianmansfield666]

Buy it..garage it…give to a sick uncle …get a cousin to write to Car SOS and get them to restore it…. Get back off sick uncle when he pegs it 😊

[@Android-vk8yh]

I've never seen anyone get excited when there's big clouds of smoke coming out of a car😂 most of us would just think pound signs

[@ericpisch2732]

Resto-mod time! 3.6 engine time! And twin turbochargers 🎉

[@AndrewJacobs-tp9zr]

You are definitely not a Porsche purist

[@ericpisch2732]

@ damn right, they can be so much better, A Singer for me please in viper green.

[@axe2grind244]

I mean, the entire reason was to have an air cooled G series.

[@conor7154]

@@axe2grind244I thought it was to have a Porsche that’s 1/10 of the price of his old one?

[@prabhathsunil]

Hey mat, when did you buy the m4? Never seen that one before

[@Lburt07]

It's probably a lease for journalists.

[@ruk2023--]

Have you considered the rather remote possibility that a motoring journalist has a press car? I know it's crazy but it could be true.

[@1SaG]

Go on Mat... buy it! You know you want to. What's kinda weird about the rust: IIRC, from 1981 on all 911 bodies were made from galvanized steel. Some sources claim an even earlier date (1976), but I'm not sure if that was already a fully galvanized body - could've been that they only galvanized some panels initially and only starting doing the whole thing in 1981. Meaning this old girl should definitely have galvanized panels all around, but... it didn't seem to have helped this one all that much, looking at the lower sills, the wings, etc. Perhaps the process isn't as effective over longer periods of time as I was lead to believe? Still: Gotta wonder how an older car with only partially galvanized body (or no galvanization at all) would've looked after all this time and lack of maintenance. Other than that, this is still a lovely car - and the SC isn't even my favorite old 911. Color is awesome and very period-correct, interior looks great (are those turbo-seats?) ... plus it's an air-cooled 911 and those will only get more desirable. The engine is a bit of a worry, but so are the engines on lots of these, unless you buy one that's been properly (and recently) restored. Not sure if you could find a better deal than this in a hurry and since you'd be turning the restoration into a whole series, YT would be paying for at least part of the restoration, anyway.

[@FerryZonder-uv7mw]

Amazing content Mat!

[@pauljnight8620]

Yes indeed Matt, buy it and save another classic car! And it’s called Flo! 😊

[@ErikvsLenny]

Yikes. what a Rustbucket

[@wheelspin10]

Matt id say 80k or more of you add a full engine rebuild plus gearbox and including respray minimum. You could do it but you wont get your money back on it.

[@MeFreeBee]

Kidney bowls are costly AND expensive!!! 5:49

[@kyledunne8597]

Extensive

[@bourbontraveler]

Good luck on wiring a new harness.

[@myturkishlife1777]

Its a money pit .. big time.. ive been in this game for 40years seen this many times , just starts off with yeah just do this and that and ends up a full rebuild ... But if you love it then cost doesn't matter .. Have fun guys 👍

[@sanjaisrivathsan]

matt i am waiting for the 911 s/t pleaseee updateee pleaseee

[@davesmith-z1j]

hope you changed the fuel hoses, before starting up

[@haralamc]

Captain hindsight hear, should have raised the lift reveresed truck in mounted car then puled out

[@GundogJake]

Brave move 😊 I bought a very nice one in 2001, 7k. 15k sounds a lot for so much required work tbh..

[@jeremywentworth1833]

What a shame but at least the SC is going to be saved. If the car had been in Aus or California it wouldn't have had a rust problem. In the 80s as a teenager 1 of my Dad's best mates had an X reg 930 Turbo in the identical colour it looked fantastic with the huge whale tail spoiler. The colour now on a Porsche looks very 80s. Saying that my brothers 58 plate 270cdi Merc is practically the same colour.

[@Teslavids1]

Yoo I'm your biggest fan bro

[@jacobrev6567]

Lesson learned never buy broken engine in the barn find

[@lukereds0672]

Before video starts-No you shouldn’t

[@DrRichardKimbel]

Why?

[@nikolagermanov100]

It looks like Elton John knows his way around a Porsche.

[@AndrewGibson22]

When you think of the cost of a Singer, it's a bargain.

[@linocastro5249]

That yellow 993 Turbo 👍👌

[@JR_GAMING_]

Great vid thanks mat

[@Account1746]

Get back down to bescot lad

[@ChrisBeevor0511]

Bescot is definitely up from Bedford 😂

[@Alex-ud4tl]

Mat If you buy this car and don't restore it completely making it rust free and properly drivable, then its just baiting your viewers to watch the "I have problems on a great old car and I will only restore it partially for a sponsored video" thing. When you are rich, I don't think there is any point for "i will save money by leaving the problems open".

[@lesedimodupi6659]

Buy it and you have an opportunity to have a rebuild series with an absolute classic

[@tonymiddlehurst8438]

Leave this sort of project to the guy with the tools, the skills and the inclination to sort it on his own time without generating a massive bill that would have to be passed on.

[@JohnWilson-jh5iz]

Bore scoring might clean up after running , what a stupid comment . Time to bale out of that garage

[@justinp2993]

I have a feeling having Mat in the garage is just horrible. It's not like he can help, and his impatience is on a whole other level, a bit like an unmedicated ADHD child. I don't know how a guy like that owns a old car like this that takes time and care.

[@patrickharveyy]

stealing Jonny's thunder Matthew!

[@hansbig7550]

Love this 911 but it will be very expensive to make it a good car. I'm not able to repair this myself and that's the reason I buy only new Porsches.

[@jamiecampbell3068]

Do they NOT have fuggin' winch cables on tow trucks in the UK ??? wtf😮

[@hmk911]

Take the speedyellow 993 on the left!

[@AndyH23284]

Do it, buy it, don't think to long about it ur surely in for a treat after you've gone trough hell. But still worth and you get a special bonding with the car❤

[@NomdeGuerre-j6h]

Didn’t know British Leyland made these, going by the rust

[@EmilyYate-d7e]

Your videos always lift my spirits and make me smile. Thank you for your ability to share positivity and joy!⛰🏅🦜

[@1maico1]

The restomod companies are buying up many of the cheap 911s for total overhauls and big price tags

[@matthewcoupeofficial]

I’d personally put £15k into a mint 928S

[@bigwangmark]

Some of the costs seem really high even for a porsche 911. 15k for a bottom end rebuild? lol what......Same for some of the panel work costs.

[@tonineag]

I’ll take 2! In any colour!!

[@davidbillberg2203]

Always love a Porsche 😃

[@rufus_mcdufus]

Definitely made the right choice!

[@OK247OK]

Give Yorkshire Restoration a call

[@AledPritchard]

Buy it! Go on Mat, do it! You provide us all with brilliant videos, make us laugh, treat yourself ❤ 👌🏻

[@seanweirdbeard]

I'd love an SC (my initials) but at that cost No way!

[@robmowe8090]

Near a place called Bedford? 70th biggest town in the UK

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

I think this is just because some of Matt's viewers do not live in the United Kingdom.

[@conor7154]

Is the 70th biggest town of a small country supposed to be notable lol

[@sanjaisrivathsan]

Matt please update about your 911 s/t

[@sergio_81]

911 rust edition! The car it´s money pit

[@yano.moraes1492]

Nice rusty blue Beetle

[@keinname629]

flat smashed beetle

[@N911GT2]

Just bought a 911t that hasn't been on the road for 30(!) years... I guess I need to make a video about that. The SC used to be the one nobody wanted... this example is going to cost you dearly. Ans in the end you only will have an SC.

[@GranDaddo]

Even with engine rebuild, 60k for properly redone car, vs buying 50+k car which needs work, sounds like OK for me.

[@Anurag-ep7vf]

u got to buy that car mat the connection was real

[@alexdalgleish1061]

Can buy two more GR Yaris for price of that Porsche. So you’d be in way over your head.

[@ValuedComment]

The Late Brake Show has entered the chat

[@whathasxgottodowithit3919.]

GT3 or that one? difficult decision - Not :-)

[@gazirifad22]

when is going to be the next update on the S/T?

[@arshiyamerchant5826]

If u get this car in the blue then u should get the 911 ST in a similar colour

[@NomdeGuerre-j6h]

Is this basically an infomercial for that car parts supplier?

[@STRmw2]

do it ive had a g series, so unique

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

I've got three of these in my shed .... you reckon they're worth anything ?

[@DannyFR30]

"I need content. I buy a car, you never see it again. I sell it. Repeat. My content is basically like women with make up. Buy it, bin it. Oh yeah, and go to carwow"

[@Everything_Evan]

Not quite enough adverts 😂

[@landish7338]

Your M4🥺❤️

[@SoloTravel.D]

My guyyyy That car changed color every 5 sec, blue, purple, silver ?! Tf ? 👀

[@AshKLEIN]

Stop complaining about the cost of repair, you are literally getting what you paid for.

[@mohammedrahman8498]

Exactly! Was annoying all that complaining