Th Dude

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...d=244919590890

Did I miss the discussion on this car?
Seems like a beauty. "The only full leather 89GT in the US"... according to a question posed during the auction. Low(er) miles, nice looker....missing the CS wheels, though.

Tom. M

Doesn't look all leather to me..but might just be bad pics. True full leather would have leather a pillars/console/dash/rear quarters etc.. the console doesn't look leather covered.

Aside from that, I believe this is one of 16 Cdn 89 GTs.. sport seats, heated seats, no rear air etc. Look for the C36 code on the options list in the rear hatch area. I wonder if the digital dash got swapped out when it came into the States? Mine didn't (I was lucky)

Too bad the CS rims are gone...that in itself is a huge part of the 89GT.

17prospective buyer

Holy moley that's beauty interior...

Tom. M

More details from Chuck Z's site:
Looks like it is from Canada...and from what I can tell..the dash has been swapped out..


Option Code Sticker:

M2847-85K 62855
L908 YR
C36 618 046 139 220
340 383 387 393 418
474 481 639 650 691

Some Items of Note:

-Grand Prix White on full leather (including shrink free dash & head liner) Lobster Red interior. Paint is 100% original and has never been damaged, buffed, or had a single door ding since new. Extremely clean.

-Sport seats, Boxster S 17's (225/255 S03), GTS mirrors, GTS Oil Baffle, Devek HD sway bar, Devek tower brace, Devek short shift kit, 928 Specialist Rear Muffler Bypass (stock muffler currently installed), MOMO Club 4 steering wheel, fender work covers, car cover, complete factory manuals, ARM-1 fuel/air meter, VDO oil temp gauge, Blaupunkt Casablanca CD head unit.

-Also available are the original 8" & 9" forged CS wheels (not cast Design 90 wheels found on 1990 & 1991 GT's) with fairly new Hoosier R compounds measuring 245/275. Original parts available if you desire to retro fit the car back to 100% stock.


Some recent Maintenance Performed Include:

-complete Marin fuel injector clean and balance service, complete hose & thermostat replacement, valve cover & intake (and all associated top half) gaskets, oil pan gasket, air pump, throttle position switch, motor mounts, 4 Zimmerman cast hole rotors, Hawk pads, vibration dampeners, speed bleeders, under hood vacuum hoses & fittings, battery, coils, 928 Specialists plug wires, T-belt and tensioner have about 20K miles on them.

auzivision

Bidding over already

Tom. M

Our good buddy Todd....posted the comment on the full leather interior.... perhaps he worked a deal with the seller... Soon to re-appear at it's "proper" price ....

cold_beer839

Why is the pod black?

Th Dude

Nice detective work, Tom.

Jerry Feather

In this market and looking at the bid history, I wonder about shill bidding?

JerrybFeather

Tom. M

Without knowing the car personally and based on what other low mileage GT's go for... my swag on the value (given nearly perfect condition) would be around $25k...

Jerry Feather

Without knowing the car and given some of the interesting questions that have come up about it, I would say more like $15000, especially in this market. In fact, I suspect that the only valid bid he had in the eBay listing might have been $8999.

Jerry Feather

EspritS4s

Maybe I'm missing something. The reserve wasn't met, so any shill bidding there may have been didn't work very well. Also, it was a private auction, so I'm curious about what you find suspicious in the bidding given the bidder's names are fully hidden.

Did the auction end early?

danglerb

I hate this hidden bidder thing on ebay, and the no info at all option like this listing has always makes me VERY reluctant to bid.

OTOH Murrietta isn't far from where I had dinner on Saturday.

Jerry Feather

The first question that comes to mind is why the sale was private? Perhaps that was to be able to hide the fact that the shill bidders cannot be seen as having zero or little feedback. The second thing I notice is that the bids are all very even numbers in multiples of fifty, except only one that is $8999. If you look a just about any other eBay bid history on a car such as this you will find a whole lot of odd numbers being bid and nothing like this history where they are all so "clean." In fact I don't think I have ever seen a bid history with such a clean sequence of bid amounts. Then, the fact that I don't think anyone in this market would bid 19,500 for this car strongly suggests to me that it is not a valid bid, most likely.

Of course, this is just mere speculation on my part and perhaps mere fantacy; but it makes you wonder. At least it makes me wonder; which is all that I said in the first place.

Jerry Feather

Th Dude

Just noticed this car's VIN is only two off from mine and right next to my car in the Registry listings.
FYI: There are some cools photos of the original red shifter and boot at the Registry.
http://www.928registry.org/1989-928/1989-928GT-25.htm