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Hello All, Just a quick note introducing myself. My name is Charlie Hawkins and after a 6 month search for the right 928, I'm excited to say that I pulled the trigger last week.
With help from Greg Brown at Precision Motorwerks, I decided on a local 1991 928 GT in gran prix white on black leather. it has 167k miles and the car is truly in amazing condition cosmetically and mechanically. I am in the middle of bringing the cars appearance a little closer to stock by removing the limo tint, changing out the black wheels and raising the adjustable coil overs on the rear end. I have posted some photo's here and in a album that you can access from my profile page. I will post more after I make the changes.
I should mention that I have owned various long term 911's over about 15 years and I have to say that the 928 GT driving experience is nothing short of amazing.
Looking forward to meeting some of you that are in Southern California at Cars & Coffee and various other owner events or outings.
Regards,
Charlie
Charlie, welcome, you have one of the special 928s....a GT!
I owned a 89 S4 auto for 17 years, and found my GT 4 years ago, what a difference! I'm sure with Gregg's help your GT is in great running shape, best of luck with it.
One question for those in the know. I thought GT cars all had manual sport seats and rear A/C delete. This car seems to have rear A/C and the heavier and less bolstered power adjustable seats.
Congratulations finding a GT! Looks like a nice car. I had been out of a 928 for 10+ years, driving an '83SC hot rod, and man what a difference getting behind the wheel of my newly purchased '79! Porsche made huge strides in suspension design with the 928. Still love my 911 but the 928 feels like a space ship in comparison.
Welcome Charlie! That's an awesome 1st 928. As you probably already know, we are a bunch of nuts and you will probably not settled with only one 928. Nice to have greg brown so close to you. I don't think I can do what I do if Stan, MrMerlin, isn't within a reasonable driving distance here in philly.
Great looking car. One question for those in the know. I thought GT cars all had manual sport seats and rear A/C delete. This car seems to have rear A/C and the heavier and less bolstered power adjustable seats.
Same here in both of my GT's. I believe most all are that way.
Congrats Charlie! Glad to hear the GT is as advertised. Nice snag! Are you going to do the driving school?
Hey GT6ixer, I want thank you and Van for all your input as I narrowed down the decision to 2 different GT's.
I don't think I ever explained that I bought from one of Greg Browns clients that hadn't ever listed it for sale, so the on-line ad and description (with the offer of a free driving school) that I showed you was from the owner prior to the one I bought it from. It's amazing what you can find deep in the internet archives if you try hard enough.
Welcome Charlie, Congrats on obtaining the GT, I had a memorable very long Test drive in a 1989 Gran Prix White GT up in Conn. last summer,was inspecting it for one of my West Coast friends. It truly is a drivers car and the one i drove had some great upgrades.At the time I was very tempted to over extend myself and buy it. Wishing you the best of Luck with it.
Be wary about ride height changes- first of all your 928 looks to be riding quite low as per the pics - not too much of a problem if you have stiffer springs and no potholes in you neighbourhood. However if you change your ride height the alignment settings will change - most notably toe and you should consider the front ride height as well. There is a range of acceptable ride heights but best to keep them in proportion front to rear or so I believe and practice.
Low ride height? Your chin spoiler is at risk (if not smashed already). Much worse, a hit to your alternator can crack your engine block at the mounts. These saved me as I slid into a wayward tree on a dark and stormy night last fall:
My ride height is kinda low, but like for many cars, adjusting it is thwarted by corrosion-locked adjusting collars. I didn't know enough to get them loosened or replaced when I installed new shocks. I suppose I'll get around to it some day, but in the meantime, these bash plates are particularly important.
03-28-2017, 08:55 PM
New 928 owner introducing himself
