Porsche 928

The vehicle in detail

This Porsche 928 – model year 1979, from an era when Porsche still used compasses and designed with passion – is undoubtedly a highly remarkable car. Of the 3,009 units built at the time, it is reasonable to assume that perhaps a few hundred are still on the road – and among these, probably none that have reached a stage of evolution as unusual as this one.

This 928 has not only undergone a rejuvenation, if you'll pardon the expression, but a kind of mechanical rebirth. There's no other way to put it: no expense was spared here, as if the task at hand was to teleport a new car backwards through time. The engine? Completely overhauled, down to the last bearing, polished, measured, balanced – you could probably put it on a pedestal as an exhibition V8 and let the public admire it, if it weren't too good for that. The entire chassis? Rebuilt, with all suspension parts from A to Z. No worn bushings, no tired joints, not even a shy creak. Tires, brakes, clutch, electrics – everything new, everything reworked, everything done with that certain obsession, and everything over the course of the last few years. With a passion that only people who are actually obsessed with something completely different in life can muster: perfection.

But that's not all. While other 928s spend their days as well-maintained classics, this one has decided to expand its country shark existence and embark on a second vocational training program – to become a Safari GT. Raised by a finely tuned KW coilover suspension, with studded tires, the attitude of a marathon runner, and the self-confidence of a desert camp commander, it stands there: broad, confident, a little cheeky, and gloriously alone in the open countryside. One might imagine it standing alone somewhere in the vast terrain, its flat hand shielding its forehead from the sun as it checks the situation and decides which direction to go. In its other hand, a felt-covered canteen... A 928 that could not only drive from Paris to Dakar – but probably back again, simply because it can.

Its uniqueness? Probably absolute. Because even if there were a second raised 928 somewhere in the world – which one can safely doubt – it would certainly not be in this technical condition. Without knowing all the existing 928s personally, one can confidently say that finding a better-conditioned representative of this nearly 50-year-old species is virtually impossible. And one that also passes as a Safari GT is probably impossible anyway.

In short: if you're looking for a Porsche 928 that looks as fresh as a factory car that rolled off the production line yesterday – and is as exotic as a cactus in the tundra – then you've hit the automotive jackpot.

More photos will follow shortly. We highly recommend this 928 "Cross Touring" to those who, like us, are looking for the proverbial needle in a haystack.

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