paulrhein

Otto Mechanic

Not to put too fine a point on it Paul, but how much cash are you thinking? It's already been mentioned that you need to be a member to offer stuff for sale on this site, and you need to quote an asking price? Dem's da rules .

paulrhein

Otto Mechanic

Paul - there's a membership page, I think it's $17/year. But mostly you need to post an asking price? There's a Member Marketplace page where you post this stuff with instructions, you can also cross post to other relevant forums.

Welcome to the club !

Wisconsin Joe

Technically, you're a 'user'. If you paid the subscription, you'd have 'Rennlist Member" in red under your name.

Top bar, "Forums Gallery Tools Marketplace Membership New Posts How-Tos"
Follow "membership". Costs a few bucks a year, gets you access to a few forums and ads that 'users' can't see, lets you post 'for sale' and "want to buy" posts.

Hacker-Pschorr is the moderator on this forum, he's usually pretty reasonable about this sort of stuff. Since you didn't originally post this as a 'for sale' ad thread, he may well let it slide unless someone complains.

I'm still rather curious as to how you ended up with the car.

Care to share the tale?

Lots of folks 'fell into' cars, not really realizing what they were getting into.
Some ended up keeping the car and restoring it over time, some ended up dumping a lot of money into it, some walked away.

Best of luck, whatever you choose.

Otto Mechanic

And as long as you become a member or give up entirely, it's almost certain no one will complain. No harm, no foul.

paulrhein

I sort of jumped into the 928 game without doing proper research. I was lined up to purchase a 944 but just before going to purchase the car Hurricane Micheal stuck and the car was destroyed. I was told that the 944 was a good car to work on so I figured the 928 would be as well. WRONG! Acually at this point I have a gentleman who is looking to possibly purchase it as a father/son project. If that falls through I might look for a trade 944 for the 928.

Wisconsin Joe

Well, I have both a 944 & 928. I wouldn't say one is easier or harder to work on.

Both have their good & bad points. Both have strengths and weaknesses, Both have pretty decent communities for advice & assistance. On here & elsewhere. Both will give you heart attacks when you find out what parts cost. Both have reasonably decent used part availability and a few "MacGuyver fixes" here & there.

OTOH, the 928 was both the Porsche flagship (944 was 'entry level') and one of the most advanced cars of its time. However, any modern car is leaps & bounds ahead of it in complexity.
The 928 can be 'electrically challenging', but a good understanding of basic electrical principles and wiring will take care of most of what you need (figure high school shop class electrical). There isn't much electronics, and nothing is integrated.

Good luck with the hunt for the right car for you. If that turns out to be a 944, say "Hi" over on that board. Make sure you point whoever ends up with your 928 in this direction.

You got a bit of a 'less than warm' welcome here mostly because the idea of restoring any car (let alone a 928) on the budget you stated is unrealistic.
We get 'more than a few' folks who show up on here with totally unrealistic expectations of what their car can be as far as value, performance, cost of ownership, required effort, all that. They can get a bit 'snippy' when they find out that their 'classic Porsche' isn't worth a lot of money, will take a lot of money to get 'nice', won't win a stoplight drag against a new Camry, needs to have a fair amount of preventative work done on a regular basis, ect.

Shawn Stanford

^This.

You're not listening, Paul. The 928 is a good car to work on, and you came to the right (only) place to find answers to literally any question or problem you come across. I am literally learning to wrench as I go along by working on my 928, and I'm not the only one.

However, if you wanted a sportscar, then the 944 is what you want. The 928 is a GT car. Like Joe, I've owned both. I've moved on from the 944 (into a Boxster), but I've still got and intend to keep a 928.

Yours is already gorgeous, and a standout color.

Speedtoys

I think what the OP is missing, is that he does NOT have a car that needs "restoration", just some basic refreshing here and there...and over a long period of comfortable time.

Otto Mechanic

I think you'll find that unless you're willing to wait for an un-bespoke 928 currently in restoration, you likely won't find a better car than the one you have for a refresh. Like Speed says, your car doesn't look like it's in need of a restoration, just some positive attention in some areas. If you are looking for a well prepared 928 in good to very good condition, you're likely looking for something in the $20,000 to $30,000 range. You can do a lot of good for that car with $20,000. If you like the color you should probably keep it.

worf928

Probin

Hi there

Would like to talk to you. I own a 1982 that needs to be restored. I live in Carlsbad.
robin.vds180@gmail.com

Thank you

GregBBRD

Robin:
Trying to text about a restoration isn't pracitcal...way too much to type.

Here's the best way to start:
Email me some pictures of your car, so I can get a rough idea of what we have to work with. Include as much history as you are aware of (mostly interested in any past collision damage.) Mechanical condition is somewhat moot, since everything gets redone in any restoration we would do.

Include what your goals are...Driver or concours winner? Original color and interior or something different? Completely stock original or modern "restorod"...or something in between?

I'll review and then we can intelligently talk.