Certainly helped, but this car has a ways to go. At least from my POV. It could be purchased and driven the way it is too. It'd be a car with some 'patina'. Nothing wrong with that!

If one considers a 'driver restoration' route for this one, it would be a good candidate.

With a comprehensive approach to rejuvenating the body, interior and mechanical, you'd be looking at $12-15K all in. This would include the purchase price of the car and my labor.
Someday this will seems like an excellent price!

 

$4,500 is the asking price?

 

He's at $2K

 

Oh, snaps...

 

I'm with you, Brian. That thing looked pretty bad. Cleaned up nice.

 

I've been thinking about this and, while it may become hard to find unmolested and intact early 928s in the future, I don't believe the market for 928s will ever be what it is for 356s and pre-996 911s. The 928 is just too much of a niche in Porsche's history to ever demand the prices that other P-Cars are getting, despite the capabilities, style, and low production numbers.

I suspect that Shark prices have peaked, and will only continue to increase as a function of inflation.

As evidence: Consider the 914. It was never well-liked by the P-Car faithful and despite low production numbers (120k) and age (40 years!), it's easy to find good examples at reasonable prices.

That all being said: those low production numbers are going to become critical in the not-too-distant future. It's time for some enterprising, long-sighted individual with some ready money, some acreage, and a trailer to start buying cheap basket-case Sharks and putting them on blocks. These cars may never command easy six-figure prices, but there will always be at least some demand for parts.

YMMV...