James Bailey

Might have "offered" sight unseen as in "worth up to $1,100" over the phone but most yards need to see 3 times their cost as a reasonable return.... no way that car in parts would gross anything like $3,300
Besides most sellers of cars often do not tell the truth....

928 DesMoines

I am also changing my mind on this one. After seeing those pictures. And it being an 84. I would pass. If you are looking for a project, that isn't it. I sense heartbreak.

erioshi

There is no way I would recommend this as a first 928. As others have said, the combination of rust and damage push it into being a car mostly suitable for being stripped for parts. That is a project that takes time, space, patience, and a fair bit of 928 specific knowledge to ensure the best return on your investment.

As others have said, buy the best car you can reasonably afford, and plan on a lot of added expenses to catch up on all of the deferred maintenance you are likely to encounter. I would also suggest buying one that runs and drives to start out with, so you can enjoy driving your car between sessions of work. That will help maintain motivation and hopefully allow you to schedule repairs without leaving the car underivable for a long period of time.

karl ruiter

Engine compartment looks good. Broken windshield has trashed the interior, but it would have been pretty bad anyway. The rust is just weird. It is pretty hard to get a 928 to seriously rust, except perhaps in the hatch. If the rust we see on the outside of the QP is typical of the car, then I agree with everyone else...it is toast. But there is a small chance that the QP is rusting due to poorly executed repair work that is localized right there and not typical of the rest of the car. If that were the case you might have a viable project.
The US 82-84 cars dont get a lot of love, but it is probably the easiest car to bring back from neglect. None of the CIS hassles that are sure to happen to a car that has been sitting and none of the 32 valve hassles either.
Even if the rust is localized to just that one QP, I don't think it is a $1000 car.

James Bailey

if they offered to deliver this "car" free to my driveway I would say NO !!!! It is a huge black hole ready to suck up all $$$$ in the universe....

corellian vette

I'll play devil's advocate for a sec.

Keep in mind, I don't know your financial situation, your mechanical ability or your free-time allocation so this comment comes with those caveats.

I would totally get this car. If you know you're going to get a 928 in the future, and you think you'll get a similar-era 16v car, then why not?

I like to call cars like these "cadavers". They are already dead, so you can experiment on them all you want and you can't make it worse. Surgeons don't start practicing with real patients.

Get this car, dink around on it, see if you can get it running, break some stuff. Worst case you've learned. Best case you have a running car and/or a parts car for when you get a better one. I wouldn’t try to restore this because that doesn’t make financial sense. But getting it running and see how they work? Totally.

True story – I got an E34 530i for next-to-nothing that was “too far gone”. A total mess, didn’t run right, abused, made crazy noises and had over 200K on the motor.

BUT – I had a couple other V8 BMW’s and I wasn’t experienced on those motors. I got the car and used it to learn how to work on BMW’s. Did the intake, injectors, PCV, water pump – TONS of stuff. I’d never done a Valve Body before that. Had a lot of fun going to the junkyard looking for parts that were in better shape, little clips, missing interior pieces.

In the end, that car ran like a DREAM and I sold it and made over a grand after driving it for a year.

So I would totally get that car, take it home, and try to get it running. Learn how the car works, how to take things apart before you do it on a nice car. Heck maybe this will be you chance to learn how to weld and do body work?

Just my $.02!