First and Last Porsche 928
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- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- This is a story about the very first Porsche 928 built and the very last Porsche 928 built. The interesting part of the story is that neither of these cars live in the Porsche museum! Crazy! I'd have thought Porsche would have held on to their first 928 considering it was the first clean sheet of paper design and was so unique! Also, the last one since it was the end of the line for the highly regarded 928.
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This is not a car but a masterpiece on wheels
You are exactly right!!! They are so very lovely!
Great video, thanks for the story. I recently bought a 928GTS which unfortunately came with more issues than I expected and is currently being fixed. I am looking forward to driving it one of these days.
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment! These are old cars and they all need some work for sure!! Hang in there! You will love it when it is done!
Hi James, as an mega fanatic 928 enthusiast I love these landshark stories. Amazing this potentially last 928 was really the last in the end. Wonder how if the original customer knows this story too...think he will regret now. Good luck with your channel and 928 ownership!
I am not sure if the original customer regrets letting it go, but Alexander told me that he had been in touch with the guy and let him know that it was in fact the very last 928!! Isn't that crazy?!
I visited the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart. I had booked a private tour. They set me up with a guy named Mineral. He is the best! We were about to pass the 928GTS that they had on display, (we didn't have enough time to go over every car) and I said "Wait! That is one of my favorite cars of all time!" He asked if I'd ever driven one. I said no. He asked if I'd ever sat in one. I said no. He said,"Well, get in!" I said, "What!?! This is a Museum piece!!!" He took my phone and said it was ok and took pictures of me in it!!! I will never forget that moment!!!
I went to the old Porsche museum back in 2000. It was really cool, but much much smaller than the amazing place they have now. I am jealous of your trip and experience! I wish they would have had that GTS out when I was there in 2000! You are a lucky guy!
You are such a good storyteller James - I watched this whole video even though I knew the background to both cars 😂
John, thank you so much for the kind compliment! It is most appreciated and why I keep doing these videos!! Almost every car has a story. Some are more compelling than others and some stories are hard to get at, but I like to try and find the good stories to tell!
I have always loved the 928. I did own a 1980 924 turbo and loved it it was a German import with the dog leg shifter. You have a beautiful collection!
Thanks so much for watching! I highly recommend the 928! Get one if you can! Any of them really! I love the earliest and the latest best I think. Purity of the early cars and the ultimate iteration of the GT car with the GTS! I have had the S4 the longest though and I absolutely love it too!
Great,
I am 928 enthusiast from Saudi Arabia.I am a physician crazy about cars.
Having 4 cars.
2 for restoration .
2 in very good condition from Japan.
I love these cars and wish to reproduce them again to be in production.
Tell more about you and what you are doing now?
Nothing going on with my cars right now. Just driving them when the weather is good. I hope to be doing serious restoration type work on my '93 before the end of the year. I will certainly share that here when I get to it! The '92 and '88 need a T-belt and AC work but other wise all is status quo here.
Hi James
As the VIN numbers are listed separately for USA and RoW, how did you manage to establish the last USA GTS was manufactured after the last RoW GTS?
Andrew, you would have to check with Alexander about that! As the owner of #77 he engaged in an in depth search of the records and figured it out himself! Sorry I can’t be of more help!
@@pcar928fan Thanks for the reply James. There is a Midnight blue GTS manual in the Porsche museum, I’m guessing that could be last RoW 928. Enjoyed your video.
@@andrewbrierley9717 yes, that is the one that I had always thought was the very last GTS, but Alexander has been able to confirm that in fact his was completed after that one.
Great video mate. In the 90's I was a Porsche salesman in London, UK. We had a gorgeous GTS in the showroom, must have sat there for 18 months. £84k and absolutely nobody gave it a second look, 993 was the only thing of interest for people with that money, such a shame. We ended up registering it as a demonstrator - enabling a £20k bonus from PCGB in order that we could get out of it 6 months later for low 60's. Those 6 months were an absolute blast!
What a great story, I need to pull figer and get one in between either one of those
I highly recommend getting a 928. They are really cool cars.Way ahead of their time and they still look good today.
Great video, really enjoyed it. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much for watching it and being part of the channel!
Thank you for that story James 😊
Thanks for watching Anthony! I am glad you enjoyed it!
Good story.
Yeah, #77 is so cool! I should have bought that damn thing when it was available in France!
Hi, I have watched all of your 928 videos and you surely present this awesome care really well, also, I admire you being a Taxas guy and loving German machine is just wonderful. 928 I have to say are for wealthy guys but even though I am a die hard e39 540i guy I say 928 is the most wonderful of the Porsche. For your passion for 928 I stamp sub to you😀
928 are still for kind of wealthy guys as they are not cheap to maintain...but they are cheaper than my BMW M6 V10 was!
I love 928, thank You for the great story !😁🤩🔝🚗
Thanks for watching and for the kind comment! I agree that they are amazing cars for sure!!
I did a video of Alex's collection several years ago, long before his triumphant acquisition of Perlglanz. Search RUclips for "The VanD Collection".
I’ll definitely check that out!!!
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Thanks so much for watching and the kind comments!
Great story James!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!
Oh the irony! That buyer in Florida passed on his dream car.
yeah, that is crazy! My understanding is that Alexander has tracked that guy down and spoken to him. Alexander said he did not remember ordering it in that color combination. I bet they had a very interesting conversation regardless!
@@pcar928fan amazing that he was able to find him. Regardless, it is amazing that someone spec’d this car so uniquely!
That green car not so much
It is definitely different. I like it myself, but I can certainly see where the color might be polarizing! Nothing like it in the 928 world though! It is one of one and happens to be the very last one! Love the story about it! Thanks so much for watching!
@@pcar928fan I have a teal ‘79 shifter and love it for looks
Stock with a single fat pipe sitting low on 17” phone dials