1987 Porsche 944 NMNA

Porsche 944 that needs work but runs, and seller is offering compression test. $1500

https://charlotte.craigslist.org/cto/d/cornelius-1987-porsche-944-project/7704075224.html

Clutch job on these is a nightmare. Might be hydraulics but these (stock) have a rubber-centered disk that gives up the ghost on occasion. If this has any desirable options, it might be a decent buy. I'd need to see the option sticker to say definitively

In reply to drew944 :

Agreed. Was thinking if compression test is good and runs well, could be a good donor car, then just part everything else out.

I am just a few miles from that car and saw it pop up on FB. I really don't have time for a project, but I always loved the idea of a 944. This one looks like it'll take a lot though...

In reply to cyow5 :

Same. Not too far away for me as well, great price but more of a project than I can take on. 

In reply to drew944 :

Not a complete nightmare. Extra steps sure, but I was able to knock out mine in a weekend. 

TR7 said:

In reply to drew944 :

Not a complete nightmare. Extra steps sure, but I was able to knock out mine in a weekend. 

Caveat, I did mine with the car on jackstands in a gravel driveway. Not ideal in many ways. Plus my clutch-changing experience up until then was on SUVs with tons of room underneath. 
Definitely doable but certainly harder than many rwd cars without a transaxle. Like you said, a few extra steps and your working window is somewhat limited by the torque tube bellhousing

If both brakes and clutch are inop then it could be hydraulic failures, not necessarily a mechanical issue that would require the transaxle to come out. Not too terrible of a job to replace all the master and slave cylinders (did it last year on my 924s).