*Porche* fans. Please help me. What's it really worth?
 

My needed an AWD for the winter, so we went out and bought her one yesterday. In the process, I happened to run across a '79 - 928 sitting in a back lot.

'79, v8, auto ( :( ) black, 100% body, 40,000 actual.

Now, we had a red 81 just like it. I sold it around 1995 for $3,500 with 110,000 miles on it.

This black Porche doesn't even have a door ding, all factory. New looking tires, runs fine.

The deal with this car is this guy had a Targa or something that blew a couple turbos, somehow sued Porche or the dealer, and enede up with this 928. Drove it hard for 3 months and lost his license. By the time he got his license back, he'd had enough of Porches for a while.

Driven seldom now, I'll probably end up having to go through all of the seals, calipers, master cylinder, belts, hoses, fuel system...
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besides, try to get the smell of VolksWagon out of the seats :)

Interior is just fine. No brake pedal wear... etc..

He wants 10 grand. Private party value on a fair condition, 1983 is $5,000.

Seems like a lot to me, but.. considering the year, miles and condition?

Besides, where I live I can only drive it about 4 months out of the year.

What do you think?

I think its an old 928, its not a collectable, and not worth over book value.

And you are right, if it hasnt been driven in quite a while, you'll have alot of things to replace. Start with the brakes and brake hoses.

Sounds like a lot of work to be done to it. Is it really worth it?

Dealer retail in my area would be $7750 private party $5,200. Info gotten from edmunds.com.

Thank you guys (and PK). MrPheer, you're right. Brakes are the most important thing on a Porsche, LOL.

Just like you never see a Trans Am in the wrecking yard because it was rear-ended :)

It may be worth the extra bucks to go with it, I know it's not a collectable, but the ride from a 928 is one of the best.

Besides, I really miss the red one still.

I could probably find a cheaper one in Denver, but it'd probably be more beat. I dunno. Black is not exactly my favorite...

Thank you. All input is really appreciated.