1982 Weissach #182 - rehab thread
 

Hi all,

New 928 owner here after many years of wanting one. I picked up Weissach #182 (CS821608) off ebay and after some initial disappointment in the mistruths of the seller, have begun rehabbing the car. First the befores:

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The problems:

Pass side seats are trashed (likely parked facing the sun for several years
Bad respray (I will attempt to sand back ripple and orange peel)
Lots of circuits and lights don't work
Oil leaks
Rusted battery box
Missing license plate lights
Missing windshield nozzles
General interior glue separation
Unknown ball joints and other under bits
Missing dash badge
Intermittent turn signal
Squishy brakes
Rear tires too wide or wrong offset (Etoile 55B 245/50/16)
Antenna missing
Rear wing off but one did come with car
Window sweeps trash and have been painted/glued?

The good:
58k miles
Mostly complete
Starts up easy
Hasn't killed me yet
2 or 3 people stop to look at it everyday
So far it hasn't killed me

Looks like a fantastic project. How are you set for work space? Do you have another car to drive while you work on this? The place to start would be the brakes. Being a Wessach, it should have the S brakes which are nice brakes for a 928 and should stop the hell out of it. You could always start with a careful bleeding. I use the Motive power bleeder and have good luck with it.

One of the nice things about the S brakes is that parts are quite cheap. If it were mine, I would think about popping the calipers apart, cleaning them up and putting in new seals, and replacing the rubber caliper hoses with braided steel. You can also get hardware kits if you want to make it a little easier. Of course inspect the pads and rotars while your are down there. Probably under $200 in total costs. Also inspect the hard lines on the bottom of the car. Sometimes they get smashed flat, which is not good for performance.

If all that fails you need a master cylinder. They are kind of a pain to get in and out and a little expensive at the moment (Marks price looks like 379) so I would see what happens with the other stuff first.

Thanks! I don't have a space right now. I'm hoping an LA 928er will adopt me. I'm in a rented house for work and really only have the street. Once I go back east, I have a full shop. I can always drive a rental car if I pull something apart. I agree on rebuilding the calipers. I could do one per night and not have it too torn apart. Master looks tucked under the fender and much less fun :))))

Does anyone know the two interior colors for Weissach? PET goes to "medium brown" and I am trying to determine if Classic9 or similar has the leather colors.

I think if you just tell (Rob?) at classic 9 that is is a Wessach, he will know exactly what you need.

For an exact match for my cars I had to have hides "Vat Dyed". Rob can get pretty close though with standard colors IIRC.

Weissach's interior is by far my favorite of all 928 choices, and I will get another Weissach before I'm finished collecting 928s.
Sorry to hear about the car not meeting the ad's pitch.
However, you have the entire community here to encourage you to bring this rare beast back to life.

Good luck-Hoi

Thanks Hoi! This is the first 928 I've ever even been in so good to hear the Weissach scheme is nice. The two tone tan reminds me a lot of my 957. Why did you sell yours???

Thanks Roger! I will ask about that.

Long story, but let's just say:
My inlaws' 2016 Honda Civic Touring is now called "the Weissach" as mentioned by my friend Alex, VanD, here on Rennlist!

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/19...-weissach-155/

-Hoi

Haha one of those swaps. I think you went the wrong way on depreciation. But good job on the sale. That auction was partially my choice to Weissach since I can't afford a GTS or other currently collectible 928. Really and eventually I want a 79 5-sp.

On that topic.... Rims. Thoughts on the 5 spoke Etoiles? There's something 80s I love about them BUT the rears are 9" 55ET 245/50/16 AND touch the fender standing still :( So possibly a 225/55/16 might pull in 3/8" each side. I also have the gold dish rims. Not really in love with the look but would of course keep them for originality in the future. I could look at newer (used) porsche rims as well but I don't prefer the low aspect look on this vintage.

I personally do not like those rims now on your weissach. I love 17" wheels on the OBs and 18" on S4 and after. I have a set of 17" cup I (one) duplicate from MM available once I get to put refinished 16" phone dials on my '79. Let me know if you want them cheap when you come back from LA to NH. However, 9" on 245 with 55ET offset shouldn't be rubbing against the rear fenders, though. My Cup Is do not and I am sure they are the same tire and similar offsets.

If you go back to 16" with correct offsets, go for 225/50/16. Conti/BF goodrich still make very good summer/high performance all seasons in those tire sizes.

-Hoi

Yeah, I don't understand either. All the sites say you can fit 295 back there and its an Gotti/Etoile wheel likely made for 930? Stamped 55ET but I haven't pulled it to check. Regardless they rub on a bump.

All 295s are NOT the same that is the MAXIMUM width of the bulge of the sidewall but the tire manufacturer can choose the rim width used for that measurement....so 295 is not always 295 lots of miss information about tires....And yes I have run 315s with no problems.. 275 with spacers and just for grins 205x15 race tires :) which were way faster than street 275s