Fw: [928uk] just a bit of advise

[Paul Anderson]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Paul Anderson 
To: steve heath 
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 9:47 PM
Subject: Re: [928uk] just a bit of advise


Steve,

A good ORIGINAL 928s 83 would only be worth £5-6k tops, any car that has been altered to the owners taste is only worth what someone is prepared to pay for it. If it is the car I am thinking of then I might give £1500, but as you can tell it is not to my taste.

Here are what I have sold manual cars for in the last three years,

1985 s2 Prussian blue excellent interior, few small blemishes on body £4500
1981 928 converted to manual with s2 engine/box very rough interior smashed nose/wings (I crashed it) £1500
1981 oak green s mint body/interior few small electrical gremlins   £4500
1986 s2 Prussian blue/retrimmed interior in cream £4000
1979 928 mechanically perfect small amount of bodywork to make mint  £2000
Also just bought 1984 s2 white with sports interior £2600
All cars were sold with plenty of mot /tax and were capable of being driven straight away with no major work due in the near future IE cam belt/w/pump had just been done or was not due in the near future.

Many people say to add another £2000 onto the price of any 928 to bring it up to spec this can be reduced by doing the work yourself but I can say from experience that the biggest headache you will have with ANY 928 that has not been exercised regular will be electrical problems, closely followed by oil cooler failure .

The car you describe has had a lot of money thrown at it but that still does not make it a good car, these cars are not easy to sell by any means and customized ones even more so unless they have been done by recognized companies such as strosek/gemballa.

I would recommend you look for a car in the £5000 bracket in the colour you want with a good tidy interior, make sure it doesn't smoke when you hit the redline and spend the rest of your cash on getting the car how you want.

Hope this helps, 

Paul Anderson 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: steve heath 
  To: 928uk at 928.org.uk 
  Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 6:13 PM
  Subject: [928uk] just a bit of advise


  Hi guys,

  I hope you can help i am currently looking at buying a 1983 4.7 928 with a manual 5 speed box from a friend firstly its been owned by him for 13 years and has only covered 7000 miles in that time it is currently showing 62000 miles with all the old mot's to prove the mileage he has spent over £27.000 on the car since he bought it, it has been repainted yellow with genuine Porsche s4 front bumper and 2 rear spoilers and a lower splitter at the rear like on the 944 turbo.The interior is unbelievable as my friend is a vehicle trimmer by trade he learnt at AC cars so its all grey leather with yellow piping leather roof lining and door cards and the dashboard completely covered in grey suede. so the inside is like brand new completely rewired so all the electrical gremlins are gone.New brakes, exhaust, tyres, all the belts changed, tinted glass all round and registered on a private plate so as you can see the car is very good but my dilemma is the price i think i could get the car for £7000 or at the death £8000 but as that is right at the top of my price range i wanted to know if that was a good price i know its hard to value on a description but i can only say for a 21 year old car its exceptional. The only things wrong are the air con is not working correctly and the bonnet and boot support pistons are to weak to hold either of them up, the viscous fan is also faulty and works intermittently and that is about it.
  One last thing he has always run the car on leaded and now lead replacement fuel would this car not cope with unleaded or at least super unleaded. Many thanks for your help and you never know i might be joining you very soon. Just purely out of interest i currently run a 1982 GRINNALL TRIUMPH TR8 DHC.

  Steve Heath.................


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