20 Oct 04
Paul's fame as a 928 guru has spread. "It's got to the point where almost everybody with a 928 from the Midlands down comes to me. Some cars from Europe too: one guy brought his car over from Oslo!"
Although later four-cam versions like the GTS are more complex, the 928 employs early '70s technology on the whole, making it an easy car to maintain, says Paul. "People think there is a lot of witchcraft involved in these cars but in the end it's just a car."
Eight or ten 928 parts cars surround Paul's unpretentious workshops today, but sometimes you'll find 15 or 20 awaiting work or being broken. He points out a red S2.
"This is Alex Higgins' old car. This is what he was running around in when he was snooker world champion. It was a complete car when it came in but it's slowly been robbed for spares. It's still one of the straightest shells I've got."
That's the weird thing about the 928: it doesn't rust. All the cars in graveyard appear virtually corrosion-free. The yellow 928 next to the ex-Higgins car is the 100th ever made, from 1977, still showing absolutely minimal rust (just a few small paint bubbles) although there is evidence of a hefty accident at some point.
