What does the 928 community think Mark should do with his Holbert car? I am such a newb, I have no vote here or any worthwhile opinion. However, I am interested to see the results.

 

I say that he pulls the stroker motor and sells the car as is with the original motor.

 

Some car manufacturers offer to rebuild/restore famous production cars and prototypes from owners that ask.. However, that comes at a hefty price tag. Examples that I can think of is the $250,000 restoration of a Ferrari F40 wrecked in Italy that was given to Ferrari. They also did the same thing with the Enzo Eddie Griffin wrecked.

Porsche may be able to do the same thing with the Holbert car.

 

If there was somebody who wants to restore it, then I think it should be sold as a whole and be preserved.

 

Forgot another choice. Scrap it.

 

I can't vote unless there is an option "keep the car as a whole" that includes chassis and all body panels afterall it is the Holbert car!

 

Restoration would be the first choice. But, how cool would it be to have a little plaque with a cut off piece of the fastest production vehicle in the world in 1987? Those little plaques might just sell pretty well at only $19.95 each. I would buy one, very interesting conversation piece!

 

Take out the engine, and any racing parts needed, then sell the rest of the car to someone who wants to restore it... If that person even exists!

 

Agreed. From my stand point, it's the body, the block and any other parts that are unique to that specific car versus those that have generic parts numbers. My vote is to pull everything of racing value off to help get Mark back on the track in the replacement car and keep the body and block together... if I didn't live 26 states away from Mark I'd store both in my lot.

 

But if Mark cuts it up... I'd gladly pay for a piece of the car. I’d mount it in the garage under a picture of the car as a tribute… and yes, very cool conversation piece.

 

I think I still have the original deck lid with glass, and both fully equiped doors. (on the holbert car now are my 84 doors and rear deck lid). the fenders were never orignial, as they were both replaced at some point in the Holbert cars boring work life getting banged around on the track, rescuing racers and falling out of transporters. (some of the stories Ive heard) BUT, the orginal hood seems to still be intact . It was bent, and I bent it back yesterday. I think it is almost perfect. I wont know until Im able to check it against another hood. the front clip is a mess, and would take a lot of time to fix it. as it stands now, im going to try and pull the drive train out, and see If I can get everything else out. If no one steps up to buy the chassis or engine, i might be faced with cutting it in pieces, before my neighbors start giving me looks. Plus I only have 6 months or so before the first race of next season.

I might let the fate of the holbert car rest in the voting here, so vote up!

mk

 

mark we know you would never just scrap the car. Worth too much in one way or another to do that.

 

Don't cut it up.

Keep the original block and chassis together and sell it to the highest bidder- Everything else is just parts. If 928's ever have any collector value whatsoever, the Holbert car will be in the top tier, along with 1977 #1, Kermit, Blue 82, the Perglanz car, the CS cars, and ?????

Iconic sports cars have been rescued from less. How many GTO's were just tired, used up race cars in the early 1970's? Yeah, I know, 928's will never have the cache because they made 60K of them, they have minimal racing provenance, a reputation for needless complexity, yadda yadda. But the Holbert car tells a great story, and it's barely 20 years old. Too young to be cut up and tossed aside

 

+928 with the condition that the car is restored to Holbert level.

 

My vote is that it should go to whoever is willing to put the time, money, etc. into a full restoration. Maybe the best way to decide that is something polite, like a single round of sealed bids.

Does any other 928 have as much history as this car?

Is anybody serious about taking on the project?