he_mech_usmc

I have a moral decision to make, I am looking at what appears to be an 80 US OB and I have a 79 Euro OB already...looking at getting it either way if possible, but I don't know which one to save...already have a bit of time (not so much expense yet) into getting the 79 sorted out. But I can't really figure out which one to save at this point...getting the vin from the owner today hopefully and possibly going to look at it this afternoon. If it starts and runs as the owner says who knows? I would think that the Euro would be a little more attractive once it's done. Are there any parts that wouldn't interchange between either car? Thanks for any advice...looking at upsetting the wife off by driving another car home tonight...strange she gets upset by the cars and not the guns...

James Bailey

Makes little difference....both are probably $10,000 away from being a $5,000 car. If the 80 is a 5 speed it would be far more fun. As far as parts everything BUT the fuel injection is pretty much is the same....
Old 928s are not assets but are liabilities and not so easy to hide as guns......not all consider them good driveway art..

linderpat

I dunno Jim, I think at some point the values on these old buggers are going to flip to the positive - like the 356's. And not too far off in the future either. I'd go with the older Euro - less pollution control, and consequently more hp. Also, maybe more collectable over the long haul.

he_mech_usmc

From the pictures that the owner has it appears to be a US, markers in front of the front wheels, chrome rings with the smaller headlights, but when I ran the VIN that the owner gave me it runs as a 4.7l euro...any help would be appreciated...here's the VIN if someone has a better way of reading it.

92A0810590

TIA

karl ruiter

What you really want at this point is the engine number off the other car. If it does have the 4.7l Euro S motor then that would certainly push it. Would not expect that normally, but from what you said above there may be some chance. Other than that it is just about condition. What trannys do they have?

GlenL

BTW -

An '80 is not an "OB." Only '78 and '79 models can be.

he_mech_usmc

Glen, my apologies, in my defense, my limited 928 knowledge led me to see almost no difference in the body styles, therefore using OB as Old Body...I still am a 928 newbie.

a4sfed928

Save the one with the best body. I would also want to know if the Euro was properly brought into the country because this may be the swing vote so to speak.

he_mech_usmc

I am unsure how properly the Euro was shipped here, I have a Michigan Title for it. No emissions regulations here.

GlenL

No apology necessary. In fact, I'm enjoying using my inner old fart as I approach 50.

OB is short for "Old Bugger" and was dubbed so back in the dawn of time! OK. Sometime before I showed up on the 928 internets so earlier than 2001.

And go with the Euro. More power and the CIS engine is a lot more fun to tune and drive. The US has L-jet and it's hard to do anything with it. CIS is computer-free so the advance is changed with a 13mm wrench and the mixture is adjusted with a long Allen wrench.

linderpat

cue James! OB is pre S, so in the US it can be an 80.

GlenL

James who?

1978 and 1979. A 1977 is allowed if you believe such a thing exists.

No spoilers and CIS.

Maybe, just maybe, the non-S ROW cars from '80 and later that are CIS.

danglerb

For the 1980 model year
81 is USA and Canada 4.5L
82 is Row S 4.7L.

linderpat

okay, so CIS is a criteria for OB too then. Learned something new today.

heinrich

I'd need a 3rd option to vote.