Open Road

Posted: **Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:49 am**

This lady has her birthday on 9/28.
Åke

Posted: **Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:34 am**

Happy Birthday

Posted: **Thu Sep 29, 2022 6:56 am**

Few more from Frenzy.
That Perlglanzgruen GTS is spectacular!

Posted: **Thu Sep 29, 2022 7:39 pm**

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Posted: **Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:39 pm**

Soon arriving in my Silver/Burgundy 86.5!

Posted: **Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:57 pm**

hernanca wrote: ↑Mon Oct 03, 2022 1:39 pm Soon arriving in my Silver/Burgundy 86.5!

Who did the work?

Posted: **Mon Oct 03, 2022 4:36 pm**

Classic9 Leather Shop https://www.classic9leathershop.com/928 ... er/928?p=1. (Edit: I sourced and provided the material myself from Germany, though Classic9 said I pretty much ended up with what they could provide, but my leather was thicker and harder to work with. These were the Sport Seats I bought from Stan (MrMerlin) back in 2017. I have personally transported these seats twice from the great white north down to swampy Florida.)

I picked everything up in May/June this year but the car has been in the shop and is due out soon (another story for another thread).

Posted: **Sat Oct 08, 2022 2:49 pm**

just arrived from local OPC

Posted: **Wed Oct 12, 2022 12:49 pm**

Posted: **Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:21 pm**

These very wide rear tires (335x35) for my Strosek cars are expensive, hard to get and wear out in a short time.
Åke

Posted: **Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:05 pm**

Strosek Ultra wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:21 pm

Dang. You've got two stacks of four. How many weeks do you get out of a set of rears?

Obligatory 928 picture.

First-time client's '80 5-speed HVAC is doing strange things.

Quiz:

Posted: **Sun Oct 23, 2022 6:17 pm**

Unfortunately, one of the last drives of the season.
Beautiful autumn day here today.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:50 pm**

Just purchased 86.5 West Coast, single family car, I can't thank Ed (Linderpat) enough for all his help.

Posted: **Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:26 pm**

Beautiful color combo, Babado!

(^^^Fuel pump relay bypass w/ momentary button)

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2022 3:11 am**

It's not a beautiful example of a car, especially after the trip, but my car finally caught up with me after my 2,000 mile move halfway across the country.

Posted: **Wed Oct 26, 2022 5:44 pm**

hernanca wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 11:26 pm Beautiful color combo, Babado!

(^^^Fuel pump relay bypass w/ momentary button)

Thank you, 30 years ago I had a 84 Carrera, I think it was the same color, light interior too!

Posted: **Thu Oct 27, 2022 6:48 am**

Babado wrote: ↑Tue Oct 25, 2022 8:50 pm Just purchased 86.5 West Coast, single family car, I can't thank Ed (Linderpat) enough for all his help.

I think it'll turn out to be a steal of a buy!

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:51 pm**

Waiting for Han’s shifter kit to be installed. It will not happen till spring, now, as my car is tucked away, but, I am longing for that rifle bolt action. I love everything else about this car, and this is(was) the only thing that stopped it from being perfect.

Posted: **Fri Oct 28, 2022 1:54 pm**

Posted: **Sat Oct 29, 2022 1:49 pm**

worf wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:05 pm
Strosek Ultra wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:21 pm
Dang. You've got two stacks of four. How many weeks do you get out of a set of rears?

Obligatory 928 picture.

First-time client's '80 5-speed HVAC is doing strange things.

A few minutes.
Åke

Posted: **Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:33 pm**

Strosek Ultra wrote: ↑Thu Sep 29, 2022 5:49 am
This lady has her birthday on 9/28.
Åke

Beautiful, love the P1800 too!

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:11 am**

Strosek Ultra wrote: ↑Sun Oct 16, 2022 12:21 pm These very wide rear tires (335x35) for my Strosek cars are expensive, hard to get and wear out in a short time.
Åke

Same here for my Koenig. Last year I downgraded to 315/35/17s which are available from several brands.

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 11:52 am**

yep 335/30/18's are hard to find certain times of the year.

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:31 pm**

Hey. *photo* thread

Another quiz. No one passed the last one.

Found this on the floor. Center frame. Utility blade for scale.

Clue: on the floor below where the lower bell housing was.

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:26 pm**

worf wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 2:31 pm Hey. *photo* thread

Another quiz. No one passed the last one.

Found this on the floor. Center frame. Utility blade for scale.

Clue: on the floor below where the lower bell housing was.

must be a manual car. its that funky spring washer that goes on the release bearing assembly.

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:26 pm**

i thought it looked slightly the wrong colour when i took it out of the S4

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:44 pm**

maddog2020 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 3:26 pm must be a manual car. its that funky spring washer that goes on the release bearing assembly.

You win the quiz but fail at the photo thread concept.

h2pmr wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 4:26 pm i thought it looked slightly the wrong colour when i took it out of the S4

What? A little over spray?

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:16 pm**

I will just leave this here:

Note: the one on the right is now in the car. I have not tested it yet (other work being done). I will start a thread on the adventure (and dust off my Nomex suit!).

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 8:20 pm**

hernanca wrote: ↑Wed Nov 02, 2022 5:16 pm I will just leave this here:

You Bitch!

Is that a no-power-assist manual rack?

Posted: **Wed Nov 02, 2022 10:28 pm**

Indeed, it is!

I told myself that if another one leaked on me, I would do a proper conversion to manual. I had it done by The Machine Shop in Colorado, which do the proper conversions for 944's. Though he said it was quite the bitch to do and he would charge a lot more for the next one. I was surprised that I got my original back and am still not sure how he did it, other than I know he sourced some very early Jaguar bits.

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Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 8:54 am**

Before she became red.
Åke

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:42 pm**

would be interested to see a picture of the door when its open to see how they flared it out to mate up with the rear quarter panel

Strosek Ultra wrote:

Posted: **Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:17 pm**

Intensive detail continues. Machine polished and C.Quartz ceramic applied.

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Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 10:23 am**

h2pmr wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 3:42 pm would be interested to see a picture of the door when its open to see how they flared it out to mate up with the rear quarter panel
Strosek Ultra wrote:

Check out inserted picture Nov. 08 where the car is yellow.
Åke

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:31 pm**

JMW928 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:17 pm Intensive detail continues. Machine polished and C.Quartz ceramic applied.

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that's a heavy duty charger stand.

Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 7:39 pm**

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Not really needed at that height, but when raised higher it comes in handy.

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Posted: **Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:09 pm**

JMW928 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 08, 2022 7:17 pm Intensive detail continues. Machine polished and C.Quartz ceramic applied.

Wow. Not sure you could get it any shinier.

And on another note: No reason to buy new compressor hoses from Porsche.

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:18 am**

This is the fall of 1986 when I had acquired my first 928 Strosek. I still have the car but it is not driveable at the moment. My father was a bit hesitant about such an expensive and strange looking car. He said is this something you really want, wouldn't it be better to keep the money in the bank?
Åke

Posted: **Mon Nov 14, 2022 9:38 pm**

worf wrote: ↑Sat Nov 12, 2022 9:09 pm

Wow. Not sure you could get it any shinier.

Thanks! I've been working on it as time allows for nearly a year now. It's the cleanest it's been in my 16 years of ownership. Inside, outside, and underneath. I machine polished with Griot's BOSS Correcting Cream then topped it with 2-3 coats of C.Quartz. This was my first experience with ceramic and I'm very pleased with the results. This car has approximately 105k miles on it, so the nose cap and lower body cladding have a fair amount of road rash. The ceramic did a great job of filling/leveling a good percentage of the rash as well as restoring the color - it was like it took tens of thousands of miles off the finish.

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Posted: **Sat Nov 19, 2022 6:27 pm**

This is your air pump:

This is your air pump on drugs:

This is your air pump after rehab:

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:45 am**

worf wrote:This is your air pump:

This is your air pump on drugs:

This is your air pump after rehab:

are those new stickers on that air pump, or did you just buy a new pump?

Posted: **Sun Nov 20, 2022 3:35 pm**

h2pmr wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:45 am are those new stickers on that air pump, ...

Stickers. I ordered a crate of the various 928 stickers from the Polacks and sent them pictures and measurements for the air pump stickers. I think I ordered 10. They'll probably never sell any more of them. But, they can if anyone wants them.

https://www.carbone.pl/technical-external-stickers/

They aren't on their website, so one would need to inquire specifically.

h2pmr wrote: ↑Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:45 am ... or did you just buy a new pump?

LoL. Seriously?

The only misleading thing about my above post is that the first pump pictured was not the same pump as shown in the 'restored' pictures. The parts for the restored pump have been sitting in a box for months waiting until I had several to do all at once. That first dipped-in-dirt pump was just cleaned up and rebuilt.

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:19 am**

The 928 value:

Posted: **Mon Nov 21, 2022 1:48 pm**

Crumpler wrote: ↑Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:19 am The 928 value:

Wow. My prop-tax rate for our fleet is waaay less than yours and we’re in Taxachusetts.

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