03x11 & 03x12 - Porsche 928 (Part 1 & 2)

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Welcome to Wheeler Dealers,
the motoring show that loves

to breathe life back into
classic cars that need a break.

This time I'm going to show
you how to find, fettle and then

sell on a great 70's supercar,
the fantastic Porsche 928.

This is a classic GT car, a
grand tourer designed to get

you from London to Edinburgh
in time for afternoon tea.

The streamlined shape was a
bold move for Porsche and its

low-slung look influenced a whole
new generation of car designers.

Fans nicknamed it the Landshark.

The massive V8 lump was a real
bruiser with neck-snapping acceleration.

Some models even reached a
knee-trembling top speed of 162mph.

When it was launched in


of the world's most advanced
and expensive supercars.

Designed to replace the classic 911, the Porsche
delivered new levels of comfort, performance

and technology to the yuppies who snapped
them up for today's equivalent of £100,000.

Spiralling petrol costs in the 80's stalled
production of this iconic car, but right now 928's

are being sought by drivers who want a lot of
Porsche for less than half the price of a 911.

Our challenge is to buy
and restore a 928 for £3,000

that will sell on, so all I need
now is a good cheap one.

Many years ago, I used to get up at
the crack of dawn and camp outside the

newsagents waiting for those weekly trade
magazines so I can find a bargain car.

These days, I can dispense
with all that nonsense

thanks to the wonders
of modern technology.

I'm using a computer with a
wireless Internet access point.

That means all I need to do is to find a wireless network, log on to it,
which I found here in this beautiful vista, sitting comfortably in my

car, go to one of these specialist websites that deal with selling cars,
type in the car that I'm looking for and this time I want a Porsche 928.

Press enter and see what
pops up. And there are literally

thousands. It's going to take
me a while to get through them.

So far, so good.
I've already found a bundle of sweet 928's.

Right, now there is
one car that's just left out

these pages to me, but it
sounds too good to be true.

The advert reads, Porsche 928
gold, £2,000. That's it. There's

no mention of service history,
no mention of condition, nothing.

But it sounds so cheap and so tempting,
I'm going to have to give them a call.

Hello? Yes, I'm ringing about a
car you've got advertised. I just want

to get some more details because
the advert on the Internet just moved.

With a Porsche, parts are expensive. You need
to know if the engine has any problems, if the

gearbox works properly and, at this money, a
clean Series 1 is better than a tatty Series 2.

Right, now I realise
why the car's so cheap.

It's got absolutely
nothing going for it.

First off, it's brown. It's got a brown
interior. It's got non-standard wheels.

It's got absolutely no service history
and, worst of all, it's a non-runner.

But there's something about the bloke.
He sounds really nice on the phone and he

says that he's had it a few years and
it will jumpstart and it will be a runner.

Do you know what? This could be
an absolute nightmare, this car, or

it could be gold at the end of the
phone that I can go and dig out.

Remember, I have got Ed,
so I think it's worth a visit.

Tim? Hi. I'm Mike. Come to see the car. How
are you? Good. Fine, thank you very much.

Lovely place. Cracking
place. Can we have a

look at the Beastie?
Absolutely. Got the keys.

Right, the car. Look at it.
It's very flat. Have you been

sandpapering it? It's been
sitting in the garage for ten years.

What a shame. And there's
a big dent in the door here.

Yeah, getting bikes in
and out, smoothing the car.

Wow, that's like swimming
in a vat of chocolate, isn't it?

Well, the good news is this colour is
back in vogue because Porsche, with their

latest 911, actually specced this colour.
It's called Coco, surprisingly enough.

Extraordinary.
Extraordinary. Oh, look at

that. Car of the year,


A few more chips,
flakes of paint, and old

bubbles on the doors
as well, which is a shame.

But it's these wheels, Tim. We must chat
about these wheels. I mean, surely at some

point during your ownership of this car,
you thought, I have to change these wheels.

I thought they were one of the
best bits of the car. Did you really?

Never mind. Well, they've got
to go straight away. Ugh, horrible.

Porsche badge, have
you got that on your thing

here? Yeah, no,
sorry, that's how it was.

Does it go? Oh, if I charged it, it
would, but... Do you want the key? Yeah.

Put the immobiliser in. You stick
the immobiliser in here, do you? Yeah.

Just turn the key and... No, I didn't
put it on charge long enough, I'm sorry.

But I've got a starter.
You have got a starter. I do

need to hear the engine
going before I make a decision.

I'll go and get it.

All right, it should go. OK.
Fingers crossed, Tim. Fingers crossed.

Yes! Up it goes. Fantastic.

It sounds all right, doesn't it?
I think it sounds quite good.

Now, Tim, I know I can't drive
the car out on the road, but is

there a chance I can just put it
in drive and go back to board?

Can I back it down? Yeah. I only want to
make sure it doesn't clunk into gear. OK.

It sounds all right, doesn't it?
And reverse? And reverse as well.

No clunking, no nothing, no nastiness.
Brilliant.

Well, Tim, I'm not going to show
it, but I'm excited about this car.

I think it's a good'UN and
I'm going to make a play for it.

Oh! There lie off the beast.
Look at that bad boy.

That's a whopper, innit?
And it's all in good Nick as well.

There's no signs of any obvious
oil leaks and it's all nice and straight.

But because I can't drive it,
because of the lack of MOT

and the fact that, you
know, it's not safe, really, to

drive on the road until I've
had it properly inspected,

there could be a whole raft of
things that are hidden on this car

that I'm never going to know
until I actually get it out on the road.

So in that sense, I was going to
make you an offer on the money.

Yeah? Yeah. You've advertised it
for £2,000, haven't you? Mm-hm.

But I've only got £1,500 to spend
on it, so will you take my money?

No, I won't take £1,500.
What will you take for it?

£1,700.

I'll tell you what, I'll
have a deal with you

and I'll take it off
your hands right now.

I've bought cash with me. £1,600.

Come on, do the deal. Done.

Lovely. I feel like I have been.

Well, I'm happy without a straight
porker for less than two big ones.

But what will this big one,
my mechanic Ed China, think?

After all, he's going to have to fix it.

Geezer. Hello, mate. How you doing?

I'm very well. How are you? I'm impressed.

You've got us a 70's supercar.
This is class.

You're impressed. I'm chuffed, mate.
It's a Porsche 928.

I've got us a Porsche. Me.

You have indeed.
This is good. This is nice.

No, I'm so proud of it.
It's a cracking car.

So what's the catch? There is a catch.

There's always a catch
with the cars that I find.

Unfortunately, as we're
down the front, I'll start here.

Headlamp. It doesn't go up and down.
Neither of them do.

But it's probably just a
loose wire, a switch or a...

Or a motor, which would be a problem.

Being a supercar, it's
got supercar-priced parts

as well, so it could
be like 300 quid a pop.

What? 300 pound for a motor?

You'll just take it out,
clean it and put it...

I'll do that first, obviously,
but we'll see what happens.

It could get expensive, this.

It won't get expensive. It'll be fine.

And these... They're horrid.

Non-standard BBS alloy wheels.

Somebody somewhere thought they'd be quite
chic on the car, but they just ruin it.

Yeah, we've got to get rid of those.
It's too 80's.

They are nasty.

And the other thing is the paintwork.

Have you seen it? It's horrible.

There's a few little bits and pieces,

but again, it's quite straight.

It is very, very straight.

The bodywork has got
no dents, no marks in it at

all, and these cars do
suffer with the old dents

because they're aluminium
in a lot of the panels.

However, because I bought the car so cheap,

we've got 1,400 pound left in the budget,

and I thought we'd throw it all
at the car... I think we'll have to.

...and we'll paint it.

Okay, well, what shall we do
with that near the end, perhaps,

because obviously you've got a lot of
other expensive possibilities coming up.

We're going to paint it,
even if we do it by hand.

Let's have a look at it and
see what else we've got to do.

In it, it's lovely.

Leather interior, it's got everything.

Automatic, it's a real cruiser.

It has good, but it's
also got cruise control

and air conditioning,
which is fantastic.

And do they work?

It's fantastic.

So you haven't actually checked that, then?

No.

The paintwork round the
back, yet again, is very flaky.

Cardy here, no signs of accident damage.

A little bit of paint dodging us there.

Yeah, don't worry about it, because
we are going to paint the whole car.

I can see it.

But nice and straight,
no dents, no nastiness.

It's great, isn't it?

It is good, it's good.

It's very good, actually.

Right, now, the other big issue
with this car is I didn't drive it.

At all?

At all.

Does the engine run?

The engine goes, and
it sounds really sweet.

It's a V8, isn't it?

It's a V8.

The problem is it was sat for a long time,

and I had no MOT, and
I didn't want to drive it,

because I didn't know
how safe it would be with

the brakes and the
exhaust and stuff like that.

So I didn't drive it, but I got the
feeling that it's going to drive okay.

Okay, has it got a good service history?

It's got no service history, and that's
a big buying no-no with a car like this.

But because it was so
cheap, it was only £1,600.

I thought it was worth a punt.

It's definitely worth a gamble.

It's something I wouldn't
recommend you do at home

buying a car without a
service history like this.

Yeah, it's very dangerous.

But for the money, I reckon
we can turn this around,

and we can end up with a
car that we can be so proud of.

Let's get this car right.

Yes?

Okay.

Okay, now, we need to
get it back to your workshop.

Indeed, okay.

We're not going to drive it.

How about you push, and I'll steer.

You're kidding me.

No.

I'm never going to push you in this.

That's the way to go.

Right, you ready?

Yep.

Handbrake off, Ed.

All right, go on then.

None of that comedy nonsense.

Okay, don't push too quick, though,
because the brakes are a bit dodgy.

Come on.

And you never cut a mile to go.

Come on.

I've managed to drag our


I mean drag, because it spent the
entire journey on the back of a trailer.

Now, although the engine runs and
we know that the gearbox actually works,

we have no idea the last
time this car was driven.

It has no service history whatsoever.

We don't even know the last MOT happened,

and of course, it's been standing
in a garage for an eternity.

Now, this is a performance vehicle.

It's capable of 150 miles an hour.

So at that speed, you need to
know you can stop in confidence.

Now, because it's been standing for
so long, and before I do anything else,

I'm going to have a jolly
good look at those brakes

and make sure they're
in perfect working order.

More or less any old car that has been
standing will need attention to the brakes,

but let's hope that this time
the whole system isn't shot.

That could be very expensive.

I can get a reasonable
view of the brakes from here,

but actually what I'm
going to do is take them all

apart so I can have a
really good, thorough look.

I'm going to start with the caliper.

Now, of course, as soon as this
brake pipe comes out of the caliper,

fluid is going to get everywhere.

So I have a handy little clamp,

which I clamp onto the pipe,

and that should stop any
fluid coming out onto the floor.

Now, the disc is held on with
these two screws just here.

Well, here's the front
caliper off our Porsche,

so I'm just going to take the pads
out to get a better look at the caliper.

There's a couple of pins here.

Okay.

Now, when I had to get this off the car,

I had to kind of wiggle it around a bit

to try and push the piston
back inside the caliper,

and it was actually very
sticky, which is not a good sign.

It should sort of flow you off, you know,

a bit of resistance, but it
should flow back reasonably

well, and you can see
there's quite a bit of

corrosion around the
outside of the piston,

but also the dust cover
has really, really perished,

which is not a good sign either.

So I think, really, for peace of mind,

I'm just going to replace
this with a reconditioned unit.

The pads look fine, but they are
cheap, so we will replace them.

And good news, the discs
aren't pitted and are pretty good.

Rather than spend
around 40 pounds a corner,

we'll keep using these.

The new caliper came from
a specialist by mail order.

Right, looking very
smart, but I need to put

some pads in there, so
I've got some new pads.

Again, just for peace of mind.

Now, whenever you change
pads, you have to do both

sides of the car, which is
why you get four in a set.

Okay.

Take all the clips off again.

And before I put the new ones back in,

do the usual trick, a
little bit of copper grease.

just to stop any squeaking.

Okay.

And I can pop them into position.

Making sure I don't get any grease onto
the actual friction surface, of course.

Just like a retaining spring there.

And then put on a little clip here.

A little fiddly, but there we go.

Right, and there we have it.

Our brand new, or at least
reconditioned, caliper ready for the car.

The caliper just bolts straight on.

Replacing a whole unit is expensive,

but it makes this part
of the job pretty easy,

and all you need is a socket set and
a couple of spanners to do it yourself.

Okay, so our reconditioned
caliper is now attached to the car,

and I've connected up
all the hydraulic pipes,

but of course, there may well be some air

stuck in the system now,
which I need to bleed out.

Now, you can get some
little gizmos to help you do this

on your own, but to be fair,
the easiest way of doing it

is by listing the help of a friend.

So I've got my friend Paul.

He's going to sit up in the car
and actually work the brake pedal

while I stay at this end
with the bleed nipple

and make sure that the
air gets through the system.

Okay, you ready, Paul?

I'm ready.

Cool, cool. Okay, right.

Now push straight down.

Down.

Okay.

Okay, and then up.

Up.

And then down again.

Down.

That a good pedal?

Yeah, it's getting firm.

Yeah, it's pretty good.

Wicked. Okay, I think we'll do that.

That's cool.

And with the air definitely
out of the system,

just tighten the
nipple, and that's it.

Now, I thought that the
brakes were going to be

absolutely appalling on
this, but on this corner alone,

we only had to do the caliper and the pads.

Now, if the rest of the car lets us off
that lightly, we have got a right result.

All four corners done,

our Porsche is now definitely
getting closer to being a runner.

Next up, that body.

Now, the bodywork is
actually pretty straight.

There aren't any real major dents,

but all over the car, the
paintwork is completely shot.

You can see a really good
example of this just here,

where the lacquer has
bubbled up and flaked off

and left some really rather
nasty flat paint beneath.

Now, the only way really of fixing
this is by doing a full-body respray.

But it's not an easy job to do alone,

and I'm going to ask Paul
back to give me a hand.

To prep for a respray,

we have to remove all the main parts of the
shell so they can be sprayed separately.

That means the lights, tail cone,
and front bumper need to come off,

which, thanks to Porsche's top build
quality, is quite a time-consuming job.

We're trying to get this front bumper
off, and it turns out two of the bolts

are hidden underneath
these cowlings behind

the lights, so we have
to get the lights out.

Now, you may remember they don't work,

but handily, Porsche,
in their infinite wisdom,

supplied us with a manual override,

which is this little knob here.

So I'll just turn this for a long time,

and I think we'll find that
the headlights will then,

there we go, start to pop
out on their own accord.

Now, even though we've been very good

in putting all the nuts and bolts
coming off the car safely away into boxes,

there's going to be quite a
few of them, and I think I'm not

going to have a chance of
remembering where everything goes.

So the ones that I can,

I'm putting back onto
whatever I'm taking off the car.

So this is the headlight,

got some nuts there, and some screws there.

I know exactly where they should be.

Only after lots of
unscrewing and fiddling about,

the front bumper comes off.

Now, to make a really good job of our
respray, we do have to remove the windows,

but I'm really worried
about damaging these

expensive and very
delicate trims in the process.

Now, the rubbers are actually quite
perished, so I can replace those later on,

so I've decided to
actually cut through them,

keeping the trims intact, but also
being able to remove the glass.

If you want to do a second-rate respray,
you can skip taking the windows out,

but we want every seam of the paint to
be A1, so we're going to remove them.

A fitter could do this for you for a
call-out of around a hundred pounds.

Now, it's really important that
all this rubber sealant is removed,

because if you painted over
it, it would go hard and crispy,

and then when it came to put the
new rubber back on with the window,

it wouldn't fit properly,
and chances are the

window would leak,
so it really has got to go.

Now, we've taken apart most of this car,
but as you can see, you've got the tailgate

and the door still
attached to this vehicle,

and that's because,
although they will come off

later on, I actually need
to do some rubbing down.

Now, before we can paint the car,

we need to make sure that the
paint that's here at the moment

is a good surface, so where
it's actually still quite smooth,

you need to go over it with a scouring pad

and kind of rough it up
just to give it a good key,

but where the lacquer
has bubbled and flaked off,

you need to go something
a bit stronger, 120-grit paper,

and just rub it back
just to make sure it's a

nice, smooth, perfect
surface ready for paint.

It's going to be a long job.

Even with two of us working
flat out, this is hours of prep.

Now, before I can
take the door off the car,

I need to take a whole
load of stuff off the door.

I'm going to start with the door card.

With these old cars, if you
damage the door furniture,

replacing it will be more difficult,
so be careful handling them.

Now, a top tip, if you haven't got
somebody to help you with this sort of job,

when you're taking the door
off and undoing the bolts,

there's obviously quite a strong
chance the door will drop to the floor,

so if you get a trolley
Jack and a piece of wood

to support the weight of the
door, then everything will be fine,

so because I've got Paul,
he can take the weight for me.

This is the last major body part
I have to remove from the car,

but you may have noticed I've left
the screen attached to the tailgate.

Now, there are two reasons I've done that.

The first is that this glass is
actually bonded to the metalwork,

and removing it is a whole other hassle,
and I could actually break the screen,

and that would be a
really expensive thing to fix.

The second reason is
that there's a large gap

between the glass and the
bodywork, and so I can get the

paintwork into that gap, but
if there are any discrepancies,

they're actually going to be covered
up by this large bit of factory trim.

Now, removing this is
actually as simple as doing

the front bonnet, so it
really shouldn't be too hard.

Thankfully, I'm right.

It's not presenting any
problems whatsoever.

The stripping down of
our 928 is going really well.

All the major body panels
are now removed from the car,

and our paint job has got a lovely
key ready for its new coat of primer.

Now, unfortunately, I've
got a bit of a problem here.

There's a dent that, from some angles,

you can't really see, but
from others, it's really obvious.

Now, once this car has
got a fresh new paint job,

it's going to stand out like a sore
thumb, so I'm going to have to fix it,

but actually, the good
news is it's only going to take

a couple of smears of filler
and a bit of sanding down.

First, I'm preparing the
surface with a sander.

Then, it's a golf ball of
filler to a pee of hardener.

Mix.

Apply.

Sand.

And prime.

One dent gone.

Our Porsche may look
a little tatty right now,

but I'm completely happy
with the way things are going.

So far, all I've uncovered is
quality German engineering

and quality body work,
which is a fantastic sign,

and I just can't wait
until this vehicle is back

together again and sporting
its glorious new paint job.

Ed.

Hello, Mike. How are you doing?

Hello, mate. Yeah, very well.

Wow, the Porsche. We're getting prepared.

Go on, what have you been up to?

Well, I've been very busy,

but first of all, I was doing the brakes
because, of course, this is a supercar,

and as such, it's going
to go really, really fast.

I want to be sure that
it's actually going to stop.

So I've had a look at the brakes,

and it turns out somebody
has actually cared for this car

at some point in its history, but because
it's sort of been standing for a while,

it's actually seized up a little bit, so
I've had to change the calipers and the pads

all around the car, but
now it really should stop.

Fantastic.

It's going to be like this.

Like chucking anchors out.

Absolutely.

I'm really pleased you're
concerned about my safety.

Very reassuring.

Well, it is important.

Now, what about this bodywork?

Did you have to ruin the car as much as
you had just to get it prepared for paint?

Well, we are doing a
full body respray on this,

and so even though we're
not going down to bare

metal because we are
going with the same colour,

I have to get the paint into
all the nooks and crannies,

so the bonnets come off, the bumpers come
off, even the headlight pods have come off,

and actually, they work
quite a tricky thing to do

because this car is so well
engineered, but it is a joy to take apart.

Fantastic. Anything else?

Well, there's actually a
few little bits down here.

There was a ding here.

Oh, yeah, signs of accident damage.

I'd take the quarter-light
glass out, the rear bumper,

the tailgate, and then
everything's had to go.

You really have had to strip this car
down to its bare bones, haven't you?

Yeah.

Any horror stories underneath
once you've got it all apart?

That's the best bit.

This car is so sound, so
you've done really well.

Thank you very much.

Can you get it finished, though, Ed?

It's going to be really hard,

but the car deserves to be back on the road

in full working order,
so I'm going to have to.

Well, I hope you do,
because I can't wait to drive it.

But I got it for just 1,600 quid.

It hadn't run for years,
had flaky paint work,

didn't start, and had no service history.

But Ed's replaced
the brake calipers and

pads, so when it
finally does go, it'll stop.

And he's been preparing
it for a fantastic respray.

That meant ripping
all the exterior parts off,

sanding all the paint back, and
filling the little ding in the rear.

We're likely to kiss goodbye
to our 3,000-pound car.

But when I go looking for a buyer later,

I might still turn a profit.

Right, while Ed carries on grafting,

I'm off to meet a man called John Vaughan,

who's got an immaculate 928.

And he knows everything there is to know
about running one of these cars every day.

John, nice to meet you.

You brought down your beautiful 928.

And what a car it is. It's fantastic.

You must be very proud.

Very proud, yeah.

Now, when people think of a
Porsche, they usually think of a 911.

Why did you choose the 928?

Well, I prefer water-cooled
engines for a start.

And the early 911s
don't handle all that well.

Beautiful motor cars,
but they don't handle well.

Keep swapping ends on you.

They do.
And if you get a really powerful one,

like a 911 Turbo,

when you accelerate, you
have very vague steering.

Now, with this, you can
accelerate and it steers.

The handling's the thing,

but you get the luxury of a GT car.

So what about insurance?

Something like this big V8 engine.

It's going to be expensive, isn't it?

Pervine, you've got a
reasonably clean license.

You can insure these
on a classic insurance.

And I hope you don't mind me asking,
but how much is something like that?

How much do you pay?

Just over 500 pounds.

That's for two cars.

For two cars?

Two cars.



That's fantastic.

That is brilliant.

Talking about spending money on the car,

if I was going to go and buy
one of these mechanically,

what should people look out for?

Well, check the electrics.

Yeah.

Make sure everything does work.

Right.

Because that can be expensive.

Not so much in parts, but in
labor, finding the problems.

Exhausts, they're expensive,
so make sure the exhaust is okay.

Okay.

On the paintwork side,

the bonnet and the doors
and the wing are aluminium,

so if you get a ding,
expensive to put right.

Right, so car park dings
down the side of the doors.

Yes, really don't take it into
car parks if you can help it.

Right, but rust is not really an issue.

No, you won't get rust.

The only thing you may
do on the badge at the front,

you may well get corrosion around
that because that's metal to alley.

But with modern paint, they
can normally get round that now.

They can really get round it.

Yeah, they can get round it.

All right, so your car
is absolutely gorgeous.

It's like a museum piece.

I understand it's incredibly rare.

But if I promised to treat her gently,

would you trust me and let me have a go?

Yeah, go on then.

Lovely.

Oh, yes.

Oh, what a beauty.

It's the first time in a long time.

that I've driven a 928.

And to be honest with you, I can't
ever remember driving a manual one.

And I feel very, very, very privileged
to be driving John's beautiful car.

This car was actually
used as a show car in 1978.

It's also the car that they used
for the judging of car of the year.

And the Porsche 928 won it.

And Porsche still use this very
same car today as a showroom model.

So it feels like I'm
driving a museum piece.

Now, when you think
about it, back in the day,

the Porsche 928 come along and it
was meant to replace the Porsche 911.

But it was never going to do that
because the 911 is much sexier.

However, they did get some things right.

They got comfort right to begin with.

Just look at the inside.

Huge, great, big, sculptured
bucket seats and there's four of them.

So you can actually squeeze
some friends in the back.

You've also got creature comforts
like air conditioning and cruise control.

Perfect for those long GT cruises.

And it really was the first car of its
day to get you to your destination,

feeling refreshed.

Hit a half go.

Just listen to it.

That V8 power and dynamics are amazing.

Turning in is fantastic.

In fact, if we can get our car
singing and dancing like this one is,

we're going to end up with one meaty motor.

Back in the garage, Ed's getting
our porker into the paint shop.

Well, I'm very excited
because our Porsche's

bodywork is all prepped
up and ready for its respray.

But because it's such a special car,

I want the very best paint
job we can possibly get.

So I'm here at a professional
body shop where d*ck, hello, d*ck.

Hi, Ed.

He's going to do the respraying for us.

Now, from my experience,

the next stage on this is masking up and
then, of course, you can put on your primer.

Yes, but in this particular case, Ed,

we need to isolate the car.

Unfortunately, the car's got some history.

and looking at it, it
looks as though it's been

painted at least two or
three times previously.

To overcome any possible
problems when we paint the vehicle,

we have to put an isolating coat on it,

which seals the surface of the paint
and stops any reaction at a later date.

Then we can prime it as per normal.

Okay.

That sounds reasonably complicated.

I'd better get on with the
masking up then, I suppose.

Yes? Well, we can start right away, Ed.

Oh, thanks.

Here's the tape.

You're going to help, though?

Just.

Masking up a car isn't terribly
difficult, but it is terribly important.

This spray job is going
to be comfortably over


getting the masking wrong

means that the paint won't
cover all the bits it needs to.

So rather than throw away money,

use a roll of thick brown paper
and take a long time getting this right.

Now, obviously, we don't want to get paint

on the wheel arches
here or the wheels

themselves, but of course,
actually more important

is there's loads of bits
of dirt and grit in here,

and the power of the
air coming out of the g*n

will actually blow all this
dust onto the paintworks.

It's very important that all
this area is masked off as well.

Well, check out the suit.

It's almost like a forensic suit because
this next stage is all about cleanliness.

Now that we've masked up the
entire car, the only bits that are showing

are the bits that are going to get
painted, but I've got to be very careful.

There are no bits of dust
and flakes and things all over

the rest of the surface,
so I'm going to clean it off.

But the reason for this
suit is to stop any more

fibers from me getting
onto our now clean surface.

So the first stage is a bit of pre-clean.

I'm going to put that onto a rag here.

I'm going to go over the
whole car with this stuff,

and then I need to wipe it off,

and then, after a bit of tack cloth ink,

we'll be ready for the isolator.

Now, as you can probably hear in the
background, all the compressors are on.

The extractor fan is on because, of course,

the stuff coming out of that
paint g*n is very, very poisonous,

which is why I'm outside
rather than in there,

and then also you can
see d*ck with all the right

sort of air-fed masks and stuff to
make sure that he's perfectly safe.

Now, he's spraying on
the isolator at the moment,

so once he's done that, we
can then get on with the primer.

Well, the excitement's mounting
because the isolator layer is now ready.

It's dry, so now d*ck is
going over with the primer.

He's going to do a couple of coats of that.

Once that's done, it's
going to dry overnight,

a bit of flatting off, and
then we're ready for top coat.

The primer goes on in at least
two coats and is left to dry overnight.

Well, that's looking great.

Nearly there.

Fantastic.

As you can see, d*ck has been
very busy since we last left this car.

First of all, once the primer was dry,

he's actually gone over it and flattened
it off with 800 wet and dry paper.

Then he's put all the
doors, bonnet, and tailgate

on because it's very
difficult to fit them

once they're all painted
without damaging them,

so to stop that, they're
all fitted in place now.

And then, as you can
also see, there's a little bit of

overspray here where he's
been doing all the shot lines

because, again, it's
very difficult to get

access to those while
he's painting the top coat.

The final stage before this car goes
brown is to go over it with a tack cloth.

That's a sticky pad which
prepares the surface for top coat.

Well, my work here is done,

but d*ck's is only just
about to begin again

because he's now mixing up
the paint and pouring into a pot

ready to go onto the
car, so we're nearly there.

This is a glorious moment for our Porsche.

It's come back from the body shop, coated
in this delicious chocolate brown paint.

The shine is so deep, the
lines are so accentuated by this.

I just can't wait to put
this car back together.

I've got to be so
careful putting all these

parts on because the
paint is still a bit fresh.

and, therefore, it might chip quite easily.

This is why a full respray is so expensive.

It involves plenty of meticulous,
time-consuming procedures.

Usually, at this stage, I'd be replacing a
large number of rusty screws and seals,

but this car is rock-solid engineering
and it all goes back together fine.

With the rear and front
bumpers firmly secured to the car,

you can now see how they complete
these sumptuous curves of our 928.

The body looks great, but the
wheels are still letting us down,

so I've sent Mike out to
get me some original ones

from a Porsche salvage specialist.

Hello.

Hello, mate. Mike Brewer.

How do you do?

I'm all right. How are you?

Not bad at all, thanks.

Cool. What a place this is.

Well, I spoke to you on the phone.

You said you got a few bits for 928s,

but I didn't realise it's
like a laden's cave, isn't it?

We've got plenty.

But wheels. Wheels are what I need.

These are nice. What are these?

They're from a 1980 928S.



What sort of car have you got?

I've got a 928.

It's not an S. It's not anything.

It's a 1979.

It's one of the first of them.

You need some tele-dial wheels.

Tele-dial wheels?

These are what your car should have.

OK. Well, these are all right, aren't they?

But they're a little bit marked
and scratched, aren't they?

No, they'll clean up fine.

All right. How much are they?

They are £30.

£30 a wheel?

And the tyre.

With the tyre?

Yeah, you've got four
good tyres as well, then.

OK. Yeah, that sounds all right.

Why do you need them?

I need them because I'm
a bit embarrassed to say,

but the cars brown and
on it are these quite nasty.

BBS alloy wheels with
a sort of gold insert,

and it just needs changing.

Well, I could do with
a set of those wheels.

You're having a laugh.

No.

Really?

Would you be interested in doing a deal?

What, you're going to pay me money?

This is a first on Wheel Of Dealers.

Not quite, no.

I could do a straight swap.

Can you?

Hold out your hand.

Deal's done.

Oh, fantastic.

Let's get these in the car.

I'm chuffed!

A free set of wheels.

All right, they're a bit
marked and a bit scratched,

and usually I'd leave
Ed to do that for me,

but I've inundated that
boy with work recently,

and I have got a pal who
can refurbish alloy wheels.

He'll grind them back and he'll
repaint them and he'll lacquer them,

and it'll set off the paintwork
on our Porsche beautifully.

I've got to tell you, I'm
as pleased as punch.

Right, let's get him back.

These are the teledials after
Mike's pal has finished with them.

They literally look like new.

Fantastic.

These rims are such a find.

Our Porsche is already looking stunning,

and wheels can make or break a vehicle.

With our refurbished teledials,

we're going to dramatically increase the
value of our Porsche for a minimal outlay.

Let's just get them on the car.

The tyres on the car are
okay, but we'll be replacing

them with a new set to
give buyers more confidence.

Our Porsche would have rolled out of
the factory with this very style of wheel,

so it's only fitting
that it should roll out

of our workshop as
the designers intended.

Now, I've still got a whole load of
work to finish before that happens.

As usual, it's the small
things that take up the time.

Every hinge, light fitting, and moving
part needs to be checked and rechecked

to make sure it's still
working as it should.

Now, this is the rear quarter glass,

and you might remember,
when I took this off, I actually cut

the rubbers to shred just to
get it out without breaking it.

So this is a brand new rubber.

So the next stage is
to get this into the car,

but there's actually a
clever way of doing this.

I'm going to get hold of some paracord.

Now, this is the string that
holds you to a parachute,

and it's quite thick,
and it's quite strong.

So what I'm going to do is actually
feed this into the rubber of the glass,

run it round here,

and the idea is, once I've
got the window into the car,

I actually then pull the string out, and
what happens is the lip of the rubber.

kind of folds over the metal edge,

and that way, I actually
get the window into position

without damaging the
rubber, so it's quite cunning.

Now, first of all, I'm going to try and get

the bottom edge of the
rubber over the metal

lip to give myself
a bit of a head start.

Okay, I'm going to make sure, of
course, all the paracord is inside the car,

and now I'm going to go inside.

and do the rest from in there.

to gently pull out the paracord,

and that pulls the rubber
lip over the edge of the metal.

It's certainly a place to be
patient with this kind of job

because otherwise, you're
going to end up having to

start all over again or having
to buy more rubbers, so...

And there we have it, one
window in the back of the car.

And with the windscreen trims back in
place, the exterior of our 928 is sorted.

Ever since Mike bought this car,
we've had a problem with the headlights.

They don't pop up, and they don't come on.

Now, if it's not a minor problem,

we could be looking at
hundreds of pounds to fix this.

Luckily, I've got a friend in the trade
and there's a thing or two about Porsches,

and he suggested that the headlight switch
is a common failing point of these cars,

and I've managed to get hold of a
salvage one that's been proven to work,

and I'm desperately
hoping that this will fix it.

If it doesn't, we could
be looking at a huge bill.

Don't bother to ask him.

You'd think how much the new
switch would be if you could get one,

but this unit only cost 20 pounds.

Bearing in mind a new motor for
the headlights would cost hundreds.

It's a cheap fix if it works.

Okay, so here's the moment of truth.

Let there be light.

This 928 has been a real labor of love.

It's been a joy to work on.

It really is the epitome of quality
German engineering and style.

Even over 25 years on,

it still looks and holds
its own as a supercar.

It definitely deserves the Porsche badge.

And that finishing touch
marks the end to this

car's transformation
and how great it looks.

Better than great, this car is superb.

I bought this car for 1,600 quid from
a guy who'd had it standing for years.

It didn't run, it looked terrible,
had no history and was a huge risk.

I gave 1,600 quid and held my breath.

Ed got to work.

The brakes were in a sorry state,
so he changed the calipers and pads,

but the discs were okay.

Now it stopped superbly.

The paint work was the biggest headache.

We decided on a full body respray.

That was a bunch of
hard work for poor old Ed.

Every single part had to be
stripped off the car and the

body had to be rubbed down
to prepare the surface for paint.

One single ding was letting the side down,

so Ed got rid of that
with a touch of filler.

Then, insulating layer, flatten,
primer and finally a new coat of paint.

Was it worth all that work?

Was it ever?

It's come up a treat.

We swapped the old horrible BBS wheels

for an original set of Telly
dials that were refurbed.

And fixing a light switch
and sticking in a new

battery was all that was
needed to pass an MOT.

What's the damage?

The brake pads and calipers were £600.

A new battery, £70.

Switch gear, £20.

And the paint job was, wait for it, £2,000.

New tyres were £380.

Fresh oil and filters, £80.

Wheel refurb, £200.

Add in on the purchase price
and we're coming up to £5,000.

Hello, Mike.

How are you, mate?

I'm fine. Check it out.

Check it out.

Check it out.

Ed, I'm speechless.

Look what you've done to me.

We've got a proper Porsche.

A proper supercar.

It really is.

It's awesome, Ed.

Absolutely awesome.

Check it out.

Oh, look at the wheels.

They're brand new, aren't they?

They came up so well.

It's fantastic, but there's more.

Paint work.

It's gorgeous.

Come on, seat yourself in there.

Oh, yes.

Look at this.

Oh, it's stunning.

Check this out.

You've got lights as well.

Yes.

Oh, Ed, it's just fantastic.

I love it.

Let's have a look round the back.

Look at it.

Wow.

It's as straight as a die.

Ed, you've taken what
was a brown piece of mush

and you've turned it
into a proper supercar.

A thing of beauty.

Well done, fellow.

It's the best one yet.

Right, keys.

Enjoy it, sir.

This is my first drive of our Porsche 928,
and I'm completely and utterly bowled over.

I can't tell you how I feel at the moment.

This is it.

I've made it.

I've got myself a proper genuine supercar.

It's awesome.

It's got this whopping great big 4.5-litre
engine sucking the road up in front of it.

You can feel it draw in the air in.

It just works.

It just rides beautifully.

It's nice and squat and square.

It doesn't roll about.

It feels awesome, this car.

I can't believe this is a car from the 70s.

It feels like a car that
was made yesterday.

Now, cast your mind back
to when I first see this car.

It was that brown pile of goo
sitting outside that bloke's garage,

unloved, uncared for,

and I only give 1,600 quid for it,
and I thought, what a cheap motor.

But then I knew it was going
to cost a fortune to put it right,

and it has.

But just look at what we got.

The paintwork is fantastic.

The driving experience is awesome.

I'm going to ask £6,000 for it.

Yes, £6,000.

And listen to this.

I'm not going to take one penny
off because I know I can sell it.

If I can't, absolutely genuine,

I'm going to keep it.

To be frank, getting interested in our
Porsche 928 was an absolute doddle.

Just look at it.

Drive it down the road, people bang
on the window, and they want to buy it.

It's the right car for the right time.

Now, the bloke behind me, he's named Rob,

and he's after supercar
motoring on a budget,

and that thing you can
get on classic car insurance.

He's already had a drive, and like me,
he loves the way it gets down the road.

So let's just hope I can
put the deal together.

All right, Rob.

How are you getting on?

Good. I like it. I like it a lot.

But we've got some niggles.

What are they?

Well, the first thing is, what I notice
immediately when I come in is this seat.

Now, it is starting to lose its
colour through a bit of wear,

and obviously that's
going to cost a point right.

It's a 30-year-old car.

It's bound to have a worn seat.

Don't worry about it. A bit of boot Polish.

It'll be a colonisation.

Feed the lever, it'll come up to you.

Happy bums have been sat in that seat.

Okay.

And the paintwork is absolutely gorgeous.

I love the bodywork.

I love the colour, but that
can't be 30-year-old paint.

No, it's not 30-year-old paint.

When I got the car, it
was a bit flaky round here,

and it was a bit dull.

So I had the car professionally repainted,

and look at it.

It does look nice.
I like the colour as well.

Some people may not like the colour,

but actually I think it really
goes to be honest with you.

I love the colour.

It's the right colour
for this car for that era.

Excellent. Now, these, are these new?

These wheels aren't new.

They're refurbished teledials.

Wow.

What's new is behind them.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, new callipers.

Yep.

All round?

All round.

So not only does the car go
like a train, it stops on its nose.

It's fantastic.

So there you have it.

You like the way the car looks.

I do, yes.

You like the way it drives.

I do.

I want £6,000 for it.

If I offered you £5,500,
what would you say?

No.

The £5,500, no way.

If we go up to £5,750, feel
that money in your hand.

Just imagine.

No, I'm not taking £5,750.

I'm sorry, Rob, to be so hard.

But, Rob, I want £6,000 for it.

It's worth it. £6,000.

I mean, the difference of £250,

that's barely going to fill the tank up.

If I gave you £6,000,

I'd want a full tank of petrol.

So, £6,000 and I've
got to fill it up with fuel?

Yeah.

Hold out your hand.

What, a cracking car?

Well done.

Thank you.

I'm jealous.

£6,000 and Rob doesn't know
that I'd already filled up the tank.

Well, that's a grand profit and
the buzz of knowing that this beauty

isn't going to be spending
another summer in the garage.

Well, that's it for this show and me
and Ed can be really proud of ourselves

because we've managed to keep
this supercar from, yes, the year,

fit for cruising the streets of tomorrow.

See you again soon on Wheel of Dealers.

Tala.