While the rat-tat-tat of owner changes is perhaps an indication of the Boeing-Porsche’s build quality, the sale is a great opportunity to shoot yet another gallery of this awful yet absolutely wonderful car. If you, dear reader, end up being its next owner in 2010, please rent a medium format back and give the Porsche the photographic treatment it deserves before you send it flying into the unfriendly skies.

On the other hand, if you’re interested in a proper jet car with looks to match its source of power, look no further that the Ghia Gilda Streamline X Coupé, also known as the coolest Chrysler ever made.

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There are cars whose whiny sound would benefit from the addition of Al Pacino’s booming baritone to their exhaust note. The Porsche 928 is definitely not one of them. Powered by a 5-liter V8, it’s got boom aplenty with a classic grand tourer shape to match it. Still, the 928 is one of the cars which appeared in Scarface and if you’re selling an example in these derelict economic times, you might as well make note of the celebrity connection. Especially here in New York City.

The car is parked mere yards from Jalopnik’s New York City headquarters and there is only one thing wrong with it: the seller is called Toby as opposed to Tony. Otherwise, it appears to be a fine cruiser.

If you do purchase it, try and not make much of its less than spectral motion picture history as an accessory to score with women: the 928 is the car Al Pacino’s character Tony Montana purchased to impress Elvira Hancock, played by Michelle Pfeiffer—to no avail.

I sincerely hope the American flag draped over the luggage area comes with the car.

At a typical high-turnover self-service junkyard, you might see a 928 every couple years. This one has been thoroughly ransacked for interior electrical system components, but all the drivetrain and suspension components are still there. Sadly, it doesn't have a 5-speed transmission.

Gaze upon this relay/fuse panel and tremble, mere mortals! This is one of the many reasons that 928s get honored by Project Car Hell more often than any other car.
From all the leaves and dirt, it appears that this car was someone's long-abandoned Hell Project for a decade or two before finally getting junked. But hey, the last owner was an optimist- check out the condoms, no doubt stockpiled for the glorious day when the car got back on the street. Yes, the ladies can't resist a man in a 928!

At slow speeds, they are hefty, unwieldy bastards which heavily task your musculature to operate their controls. Find a bit of a straight though, or a road with long, flowing curves, get up to around 80–100 MPH and like hydrofoils, they suddenly find themselves in their element. Becoming agile, powerful tourers happy to take you across continents in speed and style.

The above example, pristine like none of its kind I’d ever seen, was thundering through Central London, hunting for that elusive piece of road to stretch its legs on.

What its driver thus did not need was a gym membership.

Photo Credit: byrdiegyrl/Flickr (hydrofoil boat) and the author

How about this Porsche 928, from the second-to-last year of the 928's production run? It's got a 32-valve, 345-horsepower V8, the most complicated electrical system since the Space Shuttle, and just 30,000 miles! Actually, it's got "about" 30,000 miles on the clock, and the rest of the seller's description is similarly vague… right down to the ill-framed, blurry cellphone photos. Still, if this car is for real, it's quite the machine. 50 grand worth, though? What do you say?
[Craigslist Washington DC, go here if the ad disappears]

We had a 928 here just a couple weeks ago, but the cool/hell equation is just irresistible with Porsche's front-engine V8 machine. It's fast, good-looking, sold for vast sums when new, and has a scary-sleazeball Tony Montana aura you just can't deny... and you can find them dirt cheap nowadays. Well, dirt cheap provided you're willing to fix everything a few things. How about a genuine Porsche 928 for just 600 bucks? Come check out this '82 in Connecticut, which is priced down in 24 Hours of LeMons territory. Come on, you know you can sell off more than a hundred bucks worth of stuff from this car, and you've got 3 months to go before the New England race! Or perhaps you want to make it a daily driver and sell cocaine commute to work with it. Either way, you'll need to do something about the transmission, because the seller describes it as "dodgy." We're assuming that means "inert hunk of leaky metal," but maybe it still sort of works! The color is "obviously black," which should count for something, and the engine starts. It also "smokes and is missing," which hand-wringers might interpret as cause for concern... but not you! You'll have that thing purring in no time- it's probably just the spark plugs, right?

Yeah, can't argue with the coolness of the 928, but how about if you're looking for something with a little more presence? You want a big classic Detroit luxomobile, but you'd rather take the bus than drive yet another Cadillac? We hear you brother (or sister), and we've got the solution: This 1958 Lincoln Continental, which could darken your garage for a mere grand. Now, you could probably sell off $500 worth of parts from this vessel and qualify for LeMons on the money front, but (fortunately for the other racers) this thing tips the scales well beyond the 4,000 pound shipping-weight limit called for in the rules. That's OK, because a car like this should be glamorous, with a gleaming paint job (or ominous black primer, which is also glamorous in our book) and spiffy snakeskin interior. Before you can get to the body, paint, and interior work (of which there'll be plenty), however, you'll need to deal with the running gear. The engine and transmission are out of the car, and that's usually not an indicator that they'll be in perfect working order. You get "all parts plus lots of extra parts and lots of extra chrome," which is a good thing as it's no picnic finding body and trim parts for late-50s Lincolns. At least the engine is the good ol' MEL 430, which is just common enough to make you think you should have no problem finding parts for it. Thanks to Brian B for the tip; Brian has sent in three separate tips and now gets a shirt plus an extra half credit towards...uh... additional PCH Tipster glory!

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It wouldn't be fair to break out the H-bomb of French Hell Projects (the Citröen SM), because we're fairly certain that nothing on the planet can beat the SM in a Project Car Hell matchup. But how about the Citröen CX? The early CX has many of the features that made the SM so wonderful and terrible, but with the added bonus of having been manufactured by a company in complete financial shambles (and with the involvement of both the French and Italian governments). So head on down to lovely Plant City, Florida, and hand over $2,500 for this 1975 Citröen CX 2000 (go here if the ad disappears). The seller doesn't mention anything about mechanical condition, because it's totally unnecessary; you know this car doesn't run! All we get from the seller is "4 cylinder cinline,its standard with red interior seats and holds up to five people," which leaves a whole lot to your darkest imagination. But maybe it will fire right up, the hydropneumatic suspension will leap to the proper height, and you'll roar off into the Plant City sunset with a Hell-free car experience... but that ain't the way to bet.

We all know that Porsche engineers don't compromise performance for any reason, including the sanity of the mechanics who will one day work on their cars. So if long-suffering (yet well-paid) wrenchmen Hans und Günter have to sweat out 72 hours of labor (using all manner of single-purpose, Porsche-only tools) in order to replace some tiny component buried beneath a fiendish labyrinth of impossible-to-reach fasteners... well, if that's the way to make the car perform 0.0019% better, that's exactly how Porsche will do it! And the 928 might be the purest expression of that philosophy, with its engine compartment completely packed with one of the most complicated V8s that ever made a veteran mechanic weep with frustration. And it's not just the engine- the whole car is a lunatic monkeypuzzle, and it will drive you mad. Of course, all is forgiven when you actually get to drive your 928, but getting an affordable one to that point takes some work. Nothing you can't handle, though... right? Right! So come on out to Redding, California, and peel off twelve Benjamins for this running, driving '81 928 (go here if the ad disappears). Yes, just $1,200 for a running 928! It's not perfect; the seller admits that it "nees some luv." We can see evidence of some family strife in the car's description ("bought it to fix up with my boys but they think it is ugly i say they have no class, anyway here it is"), so here's your chance to swoop in and grab this jewel before the boys reconsider. Hey, did Porsche paint those wheels at the factory?

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The 219-horsepower V8 in this car doesn't sound like much today (and, yes, you Yurpeans got more power in your 928s... and dirtier air), but [insert horsepower rating of any 1979 Detroit V8 here].


That power didn't come cheap, however; you'd have to move a lot of white powder to come up with the $28,500 (about 84 grand today) list price of a '79 928. You could get yourself a new Ferrari 308 for about the same price... or three Corvettes.


This example is a little battered, but it moves frequently enough to indicate that it runs. Malaise 928s are quite affordable these days, due to the ungodly complicated mechanicals and don't-even-ask price of parts. Someday we might even see one in the 24 Hours of LeMons!

Since this is an '84, it was probably purchased in '83, meaning there's a good chance it was paid for with ill-gotten S&L skim. The 928 was a common reward for bent mid-level S&L personnel back in the day. Always good to have some history in a car!


Porsche got all sci-fi-movie futuristic with the emblem by this point; sure, the 928 looks a bit dated, but its performance measures up quite well when compared to today's machinery. Of course, the $50K price tag on the 1984 928S equates to about $97K today, so you figure you got what you paid for.


I found this car parked on a little side street on Alameda's East End. Who knows what other surprises lurk on such streets? I haven't checked them all, and new cars show up all the time. Maybe there's a Tatra in this town!


This example is in very nice condition, and it parks on the street every day. Ned must be very proud of it.

Remember that Top Gear episode in which our British automotive heroes had to buy running Porsches for £1500? You call that cheap? 1500 pounds is close to three American grand! Pure squanderation! What you need, dear hellbound friend, is a $1000 Porsche... and we ain't talkin' about no low-end 914 or 924 here, neither. How about this 1978 Porsche 928? Understandably, you might be skeptical. Does it run? Why, sure it runs! But we'd be less than honest if we didn't mention the seller's statement that it "used to run good but had it stollen for three weeks" (sic), with all sorts of hazily-defined badness perpetrated upon the engine such that it's probably, uh, not exactly in great shape. And that's not all; the faint of heart might back away in terror from a Porsche with "some electrical glitches mainly in the dash and gauges," but Project Car Hell is not for the weak! Come on, it's a thousand dollar 928!

The 928 is a fine car, you say, but you've got a family to haul around and need something more practical (yes, Project Car Hell is all about practicality). What you need, sir (or ma'am), is this 1969 Checker Marathon wagon, available for less than half the price of the 928. It has a Ford engine under the hood (engine is frozen, but unless it's a MEL 410 or something you should be able to find a bolt-in replacement at your local junkyard). The windshield looks bashed, it has some floor rust, and the tailgate is beat to hell, but all you need to do is track down a parts car and... oh, wait, maybe this is a parts car. Don't worry about that stuff, though, because this thing has the potential to be the coolest station wagon ever, especially if you put a frame-twistingly powerful big-block in it, slap this TAXI sign on the top, paint it Day-Glo yellow, and offer free cab rides... TO HELL! Best of all, we get to go all meta on your azz here, because this ad features a reference to... Jalopnik's Project Car Hell! (thanks to Alex for the tip).

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For quite a while now we've been receiving reports that a new 928 is coming. To which we have always said "Boo Ya!" with the right side of our mouth, and "yeah right" with the left. Up until today the word on the street has been that after the four-door Panamera launches in 2009, they'll begin hammering on a two-door version due out in 2012 or so. Well guess what? A janitor spy deep within Porsche is claiming that a two door Panamera has been in the pipeline the entire time. Seems that Porsche has been keeping a close eye on the Bentley boys and their two-headed Continental GT/Flying Spur monster. Though, unlike the German British two-door, the new 928 (can we just go ahead and call it the 928?) will be all about über performance, not waftable GT luxury. Seeing as how Porsche and VAG are as inbred as a racehorse, might be the only way to sneak a new 928 into production. Put us down for the twin-turbo V8 version please. And, if they drop in the V10 from the Carrera GT, we'll take two. And for the love of the fatherland, make it look like the old 928. – Jonny Lieberman

Porsche building a 928 successor based on Panamera? [Motor Authority]

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Wait, What?: Yet Another Porsche May Be On the Way; Jalopnik Fantasy Garage: Porsche 928 [Internal]

In 2000 I was moving from New York to Los Angeles. I needed a car. My boss at the time was selling his 1992 Porsche 928 GTS with just 20,000 garaged and pampered miles. The word "cheery" doesn't even begin to describe it. And it could have been mine for the low, low price of $10,000. More amazingly, this one had a manual. Only 77 GTS model 928s ever made it to the United States. Of those, just six had manuals. [Update: only 77 928 GTSs showed up here in 1995. Between 1992 and 1995 2831GTS cars were produced — thanks rennlist] And I had the money. However, he warned me, just because you are paying Honda money for a supercar, doesn't mean it doesn't have supercar needs. The engine, while awesome, was notorious for eating oil and heaven forbid it needed a repair. Or two. Or a part. The straw that broke the camel's back was my boss explaining that it cost him $1700 to replace the window motor. Once in Los Angeles, I bought a Sentra. Biggest mistake of my life. I've already let a 928 slip away from my actual garage once; there's no way it's not making it into the Fantasy Garage.

In 1971 Porsche read the writing on the wall. The nifty 911, while just seven years old, was reaching what they thought then to be the limits of its rear-engined, air-cooled design. I'm not talking just performance, but also crashworthiness, noise and emissions were impending concerns. Most troubling though, was the threat that because of the Nader-Corvair incident, there was some talk of the US banning rear-engined cars altogether. Additionally, the 911 was an evolution of the 356, which was an outgrowth of the VW Bug. Which meant that P.J. O'Rourke was right; Porsche's flagship was an "ass-engined Nazi slot car." The company needed a modern, clean-sheet design.

There were other considerations, too. In the hands of a good driver on a closed course, the 911 was very capable and supremely rewarding. In the hands of most customers on the street, it was a widowmaker. And they were uncomfortable, loud and — compared to muscle cars dominating the all-important North American market — slow in a straight line. Porsche's top engineers began work on an all new vehicle that would combine the white-knuckle performance of the 911 with all the appointments and accouterments of a world-class GT. The new car was to be a major source of pride for Porsche, too. For the first time every part would be 100% Porsche, not leftover VW bits (notwithstanding that the 928's three-speed auto was sourced from Mercedes). "Projekt 928" was underway.

They considered many designs, including rear and mid-engine layouts, but ultimately it was decided that maximum passenger comfort dictated a front-engine, RWD layout. A transaxle would help the new Porsche achieve a BMW-like "perfect" 50/50 weight distribution. Interestingly, the original design called for a 5.5-liter V8, but the OPEC silliness of the mid-1970s saw the displacement shrink to a less-thirsty 4.5-liters (and at seven feet long, its timing Gilmer-type timing chain was the longest ever fitted to a car). Don't feel too bad, though; one group of managers was pushing for a V6. Luckily, the engineers refused. The body was designed in semi-secrecy behind curtains in the factory, alongside 911 production. Prototypes were nearly beaten to death in severely hot (Africa) and cold (Finland) weather testing. Projekt 928 was even doing better than expected in crash tests. All that was needed was the Board of Directors to give 'em the go code.

Before we go further, we must discuss what an alien the 928 was, vis-à-vis Porsche. A water-cooled, front-engined V8 sitting in front of the steering wheel would have been exactly as odd as Billy Graham coming out in favor of cocaine. And Jews. The design was anathema to everything Porsche stood for. Everything, save for one thing: like all Porches, the new 928 was a driver's car above all else. With that in mind, Porsche's directors gave the car their blessing. It debuted at the Geneva Auto Show in 1977, was quickly named car of the year (a first for such an expensive vehicle) and entered production in 1978. (Okay, a few were made in 1977, but sold as 78s.) World, meet Porsche 2.0. Side note. Before some of you start your inevitable sniping, listen up. While it's true the 924 was launched in 1976, making it the first front-engined Porsche for sale, the design of the 928 predates it by a year. And the 924 was originally going to be a VW. And it had a 95 horsepower 2.0-liter van engine. And it sucked, quite unlike the 928.

The engine was all-aluminum and the cylinders were sleeveless. It was the first vehicle to be equipped with four-wheel steering since the Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (a Nazi armored truck). Actually, the 928 featured passive rear-wheel steering. Known as the Weissach axle, this improvement on the semi-trailing arm suspension largely eliminated lift-throttle oversteer. Before the 928, if you were to lift the throttle in RWD car with an independent rear-end, the tendency was for the shift in weight distribution to cause the vehicle to snap-oversteer. Fun to watch on TV, but not ideal in a race. With the Weissach axle, the rear wheel would toe in, preventing oversteer. Most sports cars that still use semi-trailing arms feature a Weissach axle. The 928 also had a double-disk clutch and a torque tube (where the differential is bolted to the transmission as opposed to the suspension). The 928 was also advanced on the inside. Porsche's flagship featured an instrument binnacle that raised and lowered with the steering wheel, a trick it took Nissan's Z a few decades to copy. Rear-seat occupants were treated to both sun visors and AC.

The 928, or "Shark" as its adherents refer to it, had a long production run (1978-1995) with continual updates from Porsche, including lots of high-tech goodies from the 959. When it debuted, the mechanically fuel-injected SOHC 4.5-liter mill made 219 horses in North America and 237 hp in the ROW (rest of world). At the end of its 17 years, the 928 was packing a 32-valve 5.4-liter unit delivering 345 hp. It also featured 12.5" Brembos. Zero to 60 mph took about five seconds flat, and top speed was in the neighborhood of 170 mph, if not a touch faster. That number, still quite respectable today, for a time made the 928 the fastest production car in the world. Only the Corvette ZR-1 and Lamborghini Countach were faster. But none of these facts are why I'm putting forward the 928 to be locked in our Fantasy Garage. I mean, just look at it!

Unlike other Porsches, the 928 is actually good looking (the Carrera GT is notably excepted). I take that back. The 928 isn't good looking; it is utterly gorgeous. You can think of it as the German E-type, with its long hood, huge front fenders and eggish greenhouse. Unlike the Jags of yesteryear, the 928 still looks modern. Like the 911, the design is timeless, only without all the awkward clumsiness inherent to rear-engined fastbacks. Viewed from behind, only the Pontiac Solstice (which has a butt quite similar to the 928) looks as good. We still can't get over those rear-fender cuts. Even the engine is fantastic looking, with that wild, arachnid manifold spilling out all over the place. Just a beaut all around. We'll take ours in either key lime or champagne, thank you.

While certain 928s held their value (that candy-apple red GTS I neglected to purchase is today worth around $45,000), for many years the 911 replacement was the sports car bargain. This was largely because the 928's discontinuation was understood as both a validation and vindication of its predecessor as a superior vehicle. And while the 997 iteration of the 911 is truly awesome, can you imagine what a 2007 928 would be like? Especially with those twin-turbo 500+ hp engines out of the Cayenne? Can I get a Yowza? If the rumors are to be believed, a new 928 built off the Panamera platform should show up in 2011 as a 2012 model. Or not.

If, like me, you check eBay daily from time to time, you'll spot the alarming trend that 928 prices are starting to creep up. Especially the manuals. But, with a car this hot, it was inevitable. Also worth noting is that the 928 holds the all-time record for manliest car; more than 98% of its owners were male. How could that car not wind up in our Fantasy Garage. As to which specific model gets in, well, we're torn. On the one hand the performance of the later GTS models is beyond reproach. On the other, the car introduced in the 1970s is just so much better looking. You know what? As the this Fantasy Garage only exists in our collective Jalopnik consciousness, it can be any 928 you want. Though we call dibs on the green one up top. – Jonny Lieberman

Here's Some Clarkson, Saying What We Said In 1500 Words, In 192.

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The Jalopnik Fantasy Garage, So Far:
RUF RT12 | Maserati Quattroporte Executive GT | 1978 Aston Martin V8 Vantage | Honda 1300 Coupe 9 | 1931 Daimler Double Six 50 Corsica Drophead Coupe | Ferrari 288 GTO | Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1 | 1970 Buick GSX 455 | First Generation BMW M Coupe | Bugatti Veyron 16.4 | Ford GT | Citroen SM

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Up until 20 minutes ago, if you would have asked us what the coolest car we'd seen all day was, we would have answered, "The 650 hp mid-engined GTI Davey G did a post about." However, reader Ed D has has changed all that. Behold! The ultimate sleeper, well, ever. Yes, they took one of our very favorite cars (that, by the way, will probably be showing up in the Fantasy Garage) and quite literally stretched a Mk1 Golf's body around it. All the glass is custom and we would imagine it (maybe) weighs a little less than the Porsche. That's all we know. And really, all we need to know. One more great pic after the jump. – Jonny Lieberman

Artz VW Golf Bodied Porsche 928 [via 928.org.uk]

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If you're a thirtysomething pistonhead like me, odds are good you once had a poster of a Lamborghini Countach on your wall. Most likely, the Countach spent the duration of your puberty sandwiched between a Ferrari Testarossa and Kathy Ireland. But you probably didn't have a picture of an Aston Martin V8 Vantage. And I say picture instead of poster because they didn't print posters of the British supercar — I had to cut mine out of Car and Driver. Even freighted with pimples, hairy palms and a funny voice, I just knew the reserved British charmer was far cooler than its rival Italian extroverts. Stemming from my still lingering teenage fantasies, I nominate the original Aston Martin V8 Vantage for induction in the Jalopnik Fantasy Garage.

Some of you might balk at the appellation of "supercar" applied to anything rolling out of Newport Pagnell before 2001 (think Vanquish). However, all you Queen-haters do need to step off, as the V8 Vantage was not only Aston Martin's first supercar, but Britain's as well (and yes, I'm fully aware that AMs stopped coming from Newport Pagnell when Ford bought 'em). And hell yeah was it a supercar! When the Vantage first debuted in 1977, the V540's "375 to 380 bhp" gave it a top speed of 170 mph. And that made it the fastest car in the world.

Let us meditate on that for a moment. Star Wars had just been released, burning "the jump to light speed" into the collective consciousness. Top-end mattered. The truly radical (and equally powerful, i.e. 380 bhp) LP400S Countach could only hit 164 mph. We don't even want to speculate about how slow Ferrari's 512 BB was, what with its puny 340 horses [Actually, it was 162 mph that year — ed.]. The Porsche 911 3.0 was just barely coughing up 200 hp and the (awesome) 928 was still a year away. Even if you were to argue that 1978 model year 928s were available for sale in 1977, they could barely crest 150 mph. The Corvette? 180 hp, dude. Plus of course, the Vantage could seat four. Moving on.

Aston Martin had used the moniker "Vantage" for some time to describe cars with a more powerful engine. But the V8 Vantage was much more than just a checkbox. The Vantage was in fact a separate line. Despite what Jeremy Clarkson says about European cars, no one back in the salad days of cocaine and amyl nitrate poppers was really interested in stopping or turning, so the brakes and suspension setup remained unchanged from the standard V8. However, top speed mattered very, very much. So several aerodynamic tweaks were made to reduce lift at 170 mph. They were essential in a car with a chassis design that predates Watergate. The grill was closed up, as was the intake scoop on the hood, creating a very butch and good looking "bonnet bulge." Air was fed to the radiator and four big-ass Webers via an intake below the deep front air dam. And how can we forget the twin 5" Cibie driving lights stuck into the gaping catfish maw? Oh yeah, we can't.

The version we'd like to stick in our Fantasy Garage is the 1978 Series 2 V8 Vantage "Oscar India" (short for "October Introduction"). Featuring an integrated hood scoop and ducktail spoiler (as opposed to the bolt-ons found on the series 1), the 1978 iteration is to our eyes without question the best looking of all Vantages. The Oscar India was slick inside, too as all the vinyl on the dash was replaced with leather. And if there is one thing we love above most other things, it is leather on a dash. Seriously, sit in a Maserati some time. Also important, the Oscar Indias still had the uber-sexy 15" GKN wheels, as opposed to the wider and grippier but so-much-more garish BBS 16"s that eventually became standard. With the fatter wheels came bigger arches, which looked more screaming chicken than Q-car. Of course the eventual and inevitable 5 mph bumpers ruined the rear end. But back to the beginning, and while the Germans will never understand this, you couldn't think of a hotter name for a car than "Oscar India." We tried. Also, before you vote, please consider that the Vantage came standard with a cigar lighter and ashtray. Seriously folks, the original V8 Vantage is one of the greatest cars ever. – Jonny Lieberman

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Holy schnitzel! There's a 928 pickup for sale, and it's only a few cities and a desperate freeway slog away from us! That said, any Southern-California highway drudgery would be much, much more fun knowing that your V8 is possessed with serious quantities of Bruce and the back of your car is ripe for Springsteen listening parties. Type in the winning bid on this, and all you'll need to complete the package is a case of cold, cold Lowenbra and a hottie named Astrid in a Confederate-flag bikini top (or one that reads "909" on one breast and "916" on the other) to ride shotgun. Oh crap. We just noticed the auction's over. [Thanks to Filippo for the tip.]

1987 Porsche: 928 [eBay]

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