DM993tt

I'm located in northern NJ. I would get it bc its cheap, not because I need another car. Besides never having driven one, I do know quite a bit about the 928, and have always liked the quirky styling, and liked the land yacht feel and the dated interior. It is what makes it what it is. This car's interior is bang on, no rips tears or anything. As I said one owner car which speak volumes. No rust anywhere. I guess, best to just attach a pic. Paint has swirls, 2 or 3 little door dings, but nothing a polish and PDR couldnt fix. Woman would be happy to sell fast just to get it off her property and off her insurance policy & doesn't love the idea strangers coming to her house and looking at it.

I do plenty of wrenching on my 911's and am mechanically inclined, but never on 928's. I realistically wouldnt keep it long but would like to update some little things and get a professional detail on it bc I think it would be fun asset and project.

gbgastowers

Here's a 91 GT that sold for $3,500. A few problems though.(ie salt water submersion)http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Salva...item1c19606067

JPTL

What gave you that impression, Nicole?

Marine Blue

$17,000 is a great deal if the car is cosmetically nice as others have already said...just in case it hasn't sunk in yet.

The 928 is a very capable car and excellent build quality.

It does require patience and time to keep it perfect and you really have to enjoy that sort of thing otherwise it can sour the ownership experience.

Styling is incredible! Anyone that looked at my GT or any other well kept 928 always had good things to say about it. It also didn't attract the wrong type of attention, just respect although YMMV.

I'm surprised to hear you say that the 928 interior is dated, I always thought the Air Cooled cars were much more dated but then again maybe I'm misinterpreting your statement.

SeanR

WTF?

No you's trollin

JPTL

What's ironic is that Dave has 928 posts as of this morning.
Maybe this is in the cards

mickster

Buy it. If you need it wrenched you can take it to Capt. Earl Gillstrom. He'll bring it up to mechanically right condition.

There are a few other good 928 wrenches in the NY/NJ/CT/PA area as well.

For 17k in that condition, it's a fine buy. It's also a monster-def. not a land yacht in GT trim...

SteveG

Flipper: "won't keep it very long." Sounds like you think you will do a modified "flip" -- do a little work on it enjoy it and sell it. Perfectly possible, but I can only say, never buy these thinking you will break even, at least not at $17K. Now I'm guessing you are retired and don't really mind dumping $5,000 into it. Do you have a lift? Good luck, seriously.

terry gt

Why buy such a dated land yacht ? Just post the owners contact info .

JPTL

Yea, quirky styling and a dated interior to boot. Who in their right mind would want such a thing?

DM993tt

I've always had a soft spot for the 928 and compared to my 96 993tt (AWD removed) weighing 2900lbs putting out 500+ hp - sitting on 1000lb rear springs and 650 up front - with evo uprights and monoballs all around - it is much more a GT cruiser than my current car, and my current car is still a big heavy pig in comparison to my 2100lb 1969 race car.

I only say those things about the car becasue it makes it what it is, and I like it the way it is.

The market for these things seems to be all over the place, I've seen low mile GTS' command 50-70g, and S4 run the spectrum from 10-40? And to get this one to where some of the low to mid 20's cars are might take 5g, in which case I'm not sold on it.

JPTL

When comparing a stock 928 to a modified tt or your '69 race car, I get your point. My guess is most street legal cars would feel like land yachts after coming off the track with that 911. A beauty, BTW.

Since you wouldn't plan to keep it long and would be looking at it from a short-term investment standpoint, I think ^ that's a healthy way to look at it. If it's just in need of some maintenance updates here & there, and the t.b. isn't ready to pop, you could always buy it, tinker with it a bit, drive it, enjoy it, then sell it for at least what you have into it plus some pocket change...or you never know...you might grow attached to it. Stranger things have happened. This being an original owner, stock '91 GT with low miles, at $17k you've got a pretty solid investment if you decide to flip it without doing all of the maintenance & putting it on the road for the long haul.

..but you'd better hurry, because your post count will soon suggest that you should change your focus to 930's.

EspritS4s

I wouldn't buy it as an investment. By the time you buy it, bring key maintenance up to date, and register it, there won't be much room left to make much of a profit based on your description of the car. Any surprises would likely leave you in the red. Unless the car is perfect, I don't see you getting more than mid-$20Ks when you resell it. You could buy it, enjoy it for a while, and get your money back out of it fairly safely though.

cold_beer839

At $17k plus cost to update maintenance, it will be hard to make a profit. Unless the maintenance is current for the most part (old tires seem to say it isn't), and you get it for less, say $14k. But also keep in mind that when these cars (or any Porsche) are put on the market at a truly fair price, they can take a long tme to sell, just ask Willhoit.

BTW, that is a nice looking GT, and if you decide not to buy it please pass the owner info along here, as there are guys here that would buy the car for keeps and not mind losing their asses on it. Probably even give you a finder's fee for helping the transaction since you already know the owner's situation.

JPTL

Gary or David, solely for the sake of "what -if":
Let's say that you were in the market for an original low mile, original owner GT to keep - not to profit from. Those people aren't hard to come by.
& lets say that you found one that was in fine original, unmolested shape, but was in need of timing belt service, tires, fluid changes and some AC work. Would you consider it for $20k?