JPTL

Fixed it

Pete in DC

You might consider bringing it to Frenzy in VA next month - potential buyers there and knowledgable network to potentially tap their networks of potential buyers.

GT6ixer

Richard of Gas Monkey Garage is selling his entire collection on BaT, including the '79 928 he bought a few months ago.

Eplebnista

78 Euro in Maryland - 9288100876

No sunroof 5 speed parts car on facebook marketplace in Havre de Grace Md.

retcav1sg

Haven't seen this one here, thinking about a fall/winter project. No history, no documents, no explanation for rebuilt title. Thoughts? Rare enough to take a punt?
Engine code and number M28/12 8205546
VIN 92A0821346

1980 928

Thanks for any input!

checkmate1996

Car is rough. It looks like it might have been in an accident at one point. Driver rear quarter panel has no side marker whereas the passenger side does. The driver turn signal light is crooked. Needs a new paint job. Engine is hacked up. Interior is Meh. Add an extra $20k to bring that one up to speed.

Guy

Google the VIN. Sold at auction in 2008. Hit hard in the driver side. According the VIN lookup thread, it's a Euro S with auto and LSD

retcav1sg

Edit with CL post. I'm familiar but by no means an expert, barely a novice. Is it a rare enough spec? Thanks for the replies. I understand it would be a major project. I'm looking for something to turn into a track car, don't know if this would fit the bill.

retcav1sg

@Guy I must not being holding my mouth right...I've done several searches and didn't find what you found. Can you send a link?

Guy

My post wasn't very clear. Sorry about that.

https://rennlist.com/forums/search.php?searchid=43723214

The post after the vin lookup mentioned the auction. I actually watched this car go thru auction back in 2008. Needed a quarter, door and quarter glass at the time but that's about all I remember

The Euro S engines are awesome and rev very freely. It's a great 2500 to 3500 car likely.

Wil

Unless the paint job cost a fortune, I'm struggling to figure out how restoring a 928 can add up to $125K.

worf928

Pretty easily. Unless your definition of “restore” is just painting the shell and dipping the motor, transaxle and suspension pieces in silver paint (which is what a few folks on this forum consider “restoring.”)

If your definition of restore is “replace every 30 to 45-year old wear item and refinish every non-wear item so that it drives like new and looks like new” then $125k for a shell-out restoration is reasonably reflective of Porsche parts prices in 2017.

Depending upon what you start with it’s 800 +/- hours of labor and outside services. And then parts cost.

Wil

Turns out there is a good bit of information on the car.( I should have looked first) It sold in 2003 for 2000 British pounds as a parts car. So knowing that, I can see how bring a parts car back from the dead can cost that much. Big bet though, relying on Harrison provenance to see that kind of return on an 80 Euro S.

GT6ixer

Also begs the questions, if the majority of parts that were on the car when George drove it are now replaced, then how much provenance is left? And do people even really care? For me if the the things you touch (seats, steering wheel, pedals, shifter, and other touch gear) are still original, then the connection to the famous owner is preserved.

Wil

https://drives.today/articles/367/sp...ard-mason.html

The interior was preserved.