My newest buy... 79, 928 5 spd , red

[tychain99]

just bought this, towed it home, dug through it a little bit, the thing is pretty much a rat, which is a shame because I am in love with the pasha interiors. the passenger seat is non power, but salvageable, the rest are pretty toasted. the drivers window was stuck down for a year , so that seat is really hurting. i snagged some stuff off it quickly, I am most likely gonna send it to the scrap yard in a week or two, so if anyone is looking for anything easily accessible let me know.. paid a hundred for it, plus 100 to tow it. so i am into it for 200, I have a place paying me 300 scrap for it so as ratty as it is, anything i take off of it will be icing on the cake. most of the parts you guys might want are gonna be miscellaneous stuff, like knobs or stuff. the car is pretty tough so dont expect much.the speedo is Euro, and goes up to 260 KMph, and has 130k on it. I took off the little rubber ring around the key if anyone is looking for it. also on the left of the drivers seat there is a fog light knob. my other 928 had a speaker control knob, this has fog light. but either way, let me know if i can help.

[MPDano]

Why don't you save it? If you put a battery on it, maybe with the door panel off, you can hit the switch and have someone pull up on the glass to at least get the car sealed up. Pull the Engine number and post it, then we can see what Euro Engine is in there. We have enough CIS experts here to get it running, maybe?

[nuts4porsche]

hey tychain99, i would like the windsheild and muffler with tips,how much? let me know, reply or pm me thanks

[Jon B.]

What lights are on it?

[nuts4porsche]

and speedo! thanks

[MPDano]

Meh, part it out. Looks like only a 10hp gain over the US 79 Model.

77-79 - 5-man (Euro) 4.5L-16v M28/01 229 250 8.5:1 K-Jetronic 143 6.8 15.5 3197

[Landseer]

They look like 16 inch phone dials!!!

[1982_928]

It hurts me to see people scrap their cars, especially ones as straight as this.. Yeah, the interior is rough, so what? Find a parts car and get the interior out of it. I dont think that dent above the rear wheel well would be that hard to pull out.

The engine is worth more than 300. I wish i would have found it, because that would have been my next project. If you got it running, pulled out the dent, and put some seat covers over the seats, you could probably sell that to a 16 yearold that wanted to look cool, and needed a car for 1000. Most of the parts cars around here cost more than that.

But anyways, i need the rubber ring that goes around the key. Mine is rather ugly there without it. I also could use the driving light bezels, the alternator(if its good), and the tail lights if they are in good shape. Thanks!

[tychain99]

yah, i dont like scrapping a car as cool as this... however the other side of the car swiped a rail it looks like, and it had been sitting for 4 yrs with that window down apparently... when i talked to the guy selling it he said 1.5 years, a tennant at the place we towed it out of said to me " he's finally getting rid of it?" i asked him how long it sat, and he said 5-6 yrs. I think with a car like this, you might be better getting one that will atleast run and drive. it was such a nightmare getting it onto the trailer because the tires were flat and the car was so low it was bottoming out.Not to mention he said he couldnt find the keys, so i couldnt turn the wheel to get it up the trailer straight. I had to take a sawswall and cut the exhaust connection before the cat because the 3/4 square connecting flange was preventing it from riding up. manual winch, it was awful... got it home, found the keys...

i took the lenses plates off the tail lights, do you need the whole unit? housing and everything? and define bezel.. not sure what that is, not sure if the alt is good... um i could take it off easy enough, but i dont have a place to have it tested. the morons at advanced auto did not know how to hook mine up to the machine when i had taken mine off to be rebuilt. so not sure what you wanna do there.

the phone dials are 16.. is that a big plus? i noticed here is a differentce between the 15's i had on mine, the circles are raised higher or something on the outside of the rim. slightly different look. what do they go for?

[nuts4porsche]

muffler and windshield,and speedo?

[steve322s]

pm me your phone number. im interested in the whole car

Thanks, Steve

[1982_928]

If the user above doesnt buy it, i want the tail light lenzes. What i mean by the driving light bezel :

Heres this, if the above picture doesnt display: http://img853.imageshack.us/img853/2972/por78fbz1.jpg

It goes around the driving lights in the front bumper.


You do know, if you aired the tires up that may have helped... Sucks that its swiped on one side..

If you have an autozone near you, they test alt's for free. What would you want out of it not knowing the condition? And i need the rubber ring that goes around the key.

[MPDano]

Originally Posted by 1982_928

...If you have an autozone near you, they test alt's for free.

If the Autozone there is anything like the one I have here near me, then don't bother. Not only did they say they couldn't test my Paris/Rhone, they are Morons anyways.

[tychain99]

I had the same problem at advanced auto parts, i sat there for 30 min while some guy tried testing the alternator. he could not figure out where to attach the wires... brought it to a guy 5 min from my house who rebuilds them in his basement. he looked at it, said oh hey, that's an old PR. hooked it up and then rebuilt it over the wknd.

[tychain99]

if you want the alternator.. i could take it out, bring it to him to test. if it works, make me an offer. if it does not, i could have him rebuild it for you. 125.00 is what he charges. he is pretty well known around here for really quality work starters and alts

[MPDano]

$125 for a Rebuilt PR is a great deal. I would just get it done and not worry about testing it. Does he use German made Voltage Regulators? I have seen many rebuilders use Taiwan or Chinese Chicken Fried Sheeit Regulators. I bought a Remanufactured PR and bought a Huco (German made) Regulator from Roger, no problems at all.

[1982_928]

If it isnt far out of your way, that would be great if you could have it checked.

But before you do, could you give me a ballpark on what you would want for the thing if it did work? I hate making offers, because i usually low-ball and look like an ass. I'm on a bit of a budget, (Not that small of one) but i do have one on the engine out of my 82 that i could put over on the 83.

The one here got rid of their idiots, and actually have some people in there who's IQ's are in the triple digits, Orileys's on the other hand.....Never even have stuff in-stock for my common as hell chevy's, sit on the computer for 30 minutes looking for a tail shaft seal for a chrysler tranny,when they do find and order my stuff, 99% of the time its the wrong part because they dont know what they are doing.. One time i ordered a wheel cylinder for my dads Karmann Ghia, and they gave me one for a corvair. Genius's, right?

[garylewa]

What's the story on the clock? Let me know......

[924CarreraGTP]

Originally Posted by MPDano

$125 for a Rebuilt PR is a great deal. I would just get it done and not worry about testing it. Does he use German made Voltage Regulators? I have seen many rebuilders use Taiwan or Chinese Chicken Fried Sheeit Regulators. I bought a Remanufactured PR and bought a Huco (German made) Regulator from Roger, no problems at all.

This is exactly what I have in my '83 928S. I bought the remaned Paris Rhone at Advance Auto Parts, and the communist "sheeeeeit" regulator tanked in about a week. Luckily I already had the Huco regulator because it was the wrong part for my '84 with the Bosch unit. The PR and Huco charge better than my '84 with the bosch does. Note: Get brainiac with these dipsheets at local parts stores. When you trade in a core alternator, strip off the old regulator and hold on to it for the future. I have a handful of Bosch regulators from years of working on Mercedes Benz alternators. They have come in handy numerous times.

[Danglerb]

I'd start with 15 min or so with a shop vac and some brushes, vacuum some, blow some, then get a bucket to toss nuts and bolts in and start removing stuff.

Lots of things clean up better than you might think, judge nothing in its dirty state.

Even if windows don't close, one of those big cheap tarps from HF can be tied on and last a winter.