I wouldn't if I were you. If you want to get in and about the mechanics of the car, I would phone Simon Watson. He has enough parts he could sell you to custom build yourself a 928 of your choice. My next one will be an early S manual.
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| Author: | mark280 [ Sat Jan 21, 2012 9:10 am ] |
| Post subject: | Auto to manual |
Good morning, i was wondering if anyone has converted their Pride n Joy to manual? If so was it easy to do? Ive done it before on a Ford Capri years ago and it took about a day and a half Thanks for looking Mark my car is a 1986 S4 auto |
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| Author: | bmjb [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
mark280 wrote: i was wondering if anyone has converted their Pride n Joy to manual? If so was it easy to do? Ive done it before on a Ford Capri years ago and it took about a day and a half I believe a few people have had their 928s converted from auto to manual. Paul Anderson is probably the person to talk to, or post on the 928uk list to see if there's anyone there who's had it done. Compared to a Capri the amount of work is probably similar but the difference is that with 928s there's a far smaller pool of manual cars to provide the required parts. Unless you already know of an accident-damaged donor car, or your auto is particularly special to you, you might just as well sell your auto and buy a manual; the price differential isn't that large any more and if you find a manual car in good condition it would be a shame (IMHO) to break it just to get the parts to do the conversion. |
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| Author: | Andrew [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:04 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Keep it as an original "Auto" there are GT's around if you are prepared to wait....... an S4 converted to a manual may not be that easy to re-sell .... keep the 928's standard as made. |
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| Author: | Lee 944 [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:14 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
I wouldn't if I were you. If you want to get in and about the mechanics of the car, I would phone Simon Watson. He has enough parts he could sell you to custom build yourself a 928 of your choice. My next one will be an early S manual.
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| Author: | steve928gt [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Andrew wrote: Keep it as an original "Auto" there are GT's around if you are prepared to wait....... an S4 converted to a manual may not be that easy to re-sell .... keep the 928's standard as made. Id agree with you Andy  and the cost to convert would get you to a GT or manual S4Steve |
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| Author: | mark280 [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:47 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Thank you guys i must admit i woud prefure a manual but after all your input i will leave her as she is and see what a manual car will cost.All the very best Mark |
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| Author: | stag estate man [ Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Hi Mark There seems to be a nice S4 928 GT on pistonheads at the mo , to tempt you  Cheers Grahame P.S its not mine 
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| Author: | Porker928 [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
I believe Simon is currenty doing a Auto to Manual conversion himself.  Ben |
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| Author: | mark280 [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 3:42 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Porker928 wrote: I believe Simon is currenty doing a Auto to Manual conversion himself. Ben Thanks Ben, i will give him a call, just to see how he s doing All the best Mark |
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| Author: | Lee 944 [ Wed Jan 25, 2012 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Porker928 wrote: I believe Simon is currently doing a Auto to Manual conversion himself. Ben By pure coincidence, he phoned me earlier today. The silver car he has on the road is an S2 manual. Lucky sod bought it as the water pump had gone, so he put a spare one he had on it and is using it??????? If he fell in the Clyde, he'd come out with a salmon in his pocket. His dream car is and early S with no sunroof, manual and ABS. Only problem is Porsche never made one, so he's building one. Great guy.
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| Author: | bmjb [ Tue Feb 07, 2012 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Auto to manual |
Here you go, an '89 GT for £6000 http://www.928.org.uk/for-sale/606-for-sale-porsche-928-gt-1989-slate-grey.html You can either keep it as is or use the money from selling your auto to change the interior back to "normal" or get the stone chips treated or get the heating fixed or... Not my car, but just an example of how cheap a GT can be. If you'd been on the ball there was a GTS advertised on the same site for the same price  (but that was an auto); prices still seem to be falling for the later cars!
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