drooman

This popped up Facebook Marketplace yesterday about 30 miles from my house. I got out there at the break of daylight today and took it home.

The ad looked promising, 46K miles and presenting well in the pictures....it did not disappoint! The history is kind of interesting and concise; bought new at Hoffman Porsche in east Hartford CT, then traded back in around 1984. From there purchased by the owner of a Gulf Service station in the area, this owner passed away a few years ago and his descendants have been using the car occasionally but mostly storing the car until today.

Has some original paint and some refinished panels, and it has a hand-painted pinstripe from decades ago so whatever work was done is very old. The records and condition verify the miles. Some of the features I liked about it are:

Perfectly operating clutch and transmission
The best original pasha seats I've ever seen
Car is complete: tools, jack, 77 dated spare, wood spare cover, books, correct gas cap, steel splash guard, battery cover, bulbs, etc.
Smells correct inside
Drives really well, very tight suspension.
SIngle mirror car, which I don't think Ive ever seen on a US car.
Original (tired) wheel paint

Of course it has needs; fuel bleed down, a correct radio installed, shift bushings, some paint love, but overall a very nice unit!

Rob Edwards

Congrats, sounds like a great find!

Pete in DC

When you catch a scent, you don't eff around. Well done.

olmann

Nice!! Congratulations! Although I think it’s a bit unfair that a lot of good ones seem to show up in your neck of the woods. I just seem to run across well worn junk around here! LOL!

GT6ixer

Uh...ummm.."The best original pasha seats I've ever seen". That sir deserves at least a picture or three!

drooman

Oh yea pictures... been so long since I did this I forgot the procedure, these are "in the raw" as i drove it into the yard.

hlee96

That's a great find!
You know you shouldn't hog ALL the great 928s! Leave some for us :-)
Congratulations!

Brent A.

Wow!
Congrats!!

Rob Edwards

Oooh, that is all kinds of tasty. Great score!

linderpat

He strikes again! Fantastic find. Creates a possible dilemma, since the interior colors are the same as #1 and #2. Hmm.

Range Rover

Wow, great find! This is about the latest production number car I can recall seeing with the early style air vents...

drooman

Good observation... I used to own USA #680 (16 cars later) it was a real virgin car and had the later vents. I think with a lot of these changes there was a period of "phase in" rather than a hard stop of one design and the beginning of another. I've seen that on the Euro fender marker lights adopted in mid 1977. Apparently a passenger mirror was optional on US cars early on as well.

I looked at this car for about 30 minutes, drove it home and parked it, I'll be deep diving in the coming weeks.

rsabeebe

so cool and just 30 miles from your house. that's incredible.

love the green on green/pasha, as well. amazing you could still opt out of a pass mirror in '78.

checkmate1996

great score!! I loved the oak green color on these cars and the 70s green interiors!

Harvey928

Congrats Andrew. Excellent find and acquisition.