danglerb

I think he is kidding, about the expert part.

I do think that many 928's sell for crazy insanely low prices, but nothing I have thought of yet except dumb luck right time and right place gets one. Semi decent cars at low prices sell within hours or minutes of network accessible listing, only off grid deals last long enough to scratch your ear.

86'928S MeteorGrey

I bought my 86.5 for $1000... It had TBF... But I did drive it home.

If you were building a racecar (rat), I suppose you could sell all the interior parts, AC parts, and stereo. Then try to repair, or replace the block.

In fact, buying a TBF car might be the best way to get in under 1000 for a running car. IF the interior is mint... YMMV!!!

danglerb

My preference for what to have wrong on a cheap car ...

Mechanical
Interior
Paint

When I have to deal with paint, I think parts car.

blown 87

I got lucky, mine needed all three.

UncleMaz

By your criteria, I am so fukt.

Sailmed

That throws most Florida cars in the dog pile.......

IcemanG17

Yes they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I bought TWO 928's for $250 and $256 each.....check my lemons videos-posts for the status of the well running 1984 automatic $256 928..... I am quite proud of the "deals" I found on both these "neglected" 928's....

porsche 928 RI

my 86.5 was bought for $200 needing a tt rebuild, 82 was $600 cam timing was off .........

danglerb

You seem pretty cheerful about it, what else matters?

UncleMaz

Nothing really.

86'928S MeteorGrey

An F'd up 928 is better than a lot of brand new cars if you ask me....

Gretch

You do not want a $1,000 928.......................



Take my word for it........ or don't.


I AM right though, and you will say so after you get your $1,000 928...........

86'928S MeteorGrey

I think the real question is how many $1000 928s does it take to end up with one really nice one built from all the parts or proceeds from parts....

Hmmm. A better question is what is the cheapest a reliable 928 can be had for? NO SUCH THING!!! TRICK QUESTION!!!

leperboy

I agree. I learned this with a Ford Falcon and my Galaxie. Paint, body work, rust will eat up a budget way faster than mechanical problems, especially on domestics where replacement mechanical parts are dirt cheap. If you need to paint, though, and take it down to metal and find massive amounts of bondo, fiberglass and rivets holding the body together, get rid of it fast.

I paid about $10k for paint, chrome and rubber on my Galaxie - it was rust-free. $850 for the car and about $2.5k for a blueprinted, rebuilt engine installed. My Falcon's frame was crumbling with rust and the fenders were bubbling over bad bondo work, so I dumped it before I sunk any real money in.

Rust in the suspension and frame, or corroding everything also scare the crap out of me from a cost and complexity perspective.

Of course, my 86.5 will get painted in the next couple of years...

Matt

UncleMaz

Three and counting.

Here is another 1k one: http://orangecounty.craigslist.org/cto/1442764022.html