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another one...
Hello all
Finally made it onto the forum (thanks Cam!). I’ve recently started toying with the idea of getting a kombi (ideally a splitty) and thought this would be a good place to start (or from my wife's perspective, get talked out of it!).
The short version is that I inherited the car gene from my late father and have had an early 911 parked in the garage for a bit over a decade.
So now I’m thinking about the next project… similar to the way I did my 911, I’m looking at the cheaper entry points and doing things over a number of years (even though it normally ends up costing more than buying something already done). Hoping I can get something that is more metal and less rust as I don’t know how to weld (yet?). Leaning more towards a ‘rat’ of sorts (keeping nice paint shiny is hard enough on a little 911!!) with the intention to work over the suspension to make it handle better than the one we hired the other weekend…
Ok, let the laughter and educating begin!
Rich
Finally made it onto the forum (thanks Cam!). I’ve recently started toying with the idea of getting a kombi (ideally a splitty) and thought this would be a good place to start (or from my wife's perspective, get talked out of it!).
The short version is that I inherited the car gene from my late father and have had an early 911 parked in the garage for a bit over a decade.
So now I’m thinking about the next project… similar to the way I did my 911, I’m looking at the cheaper entry points and doing things over a number of years (even though it normally ends up costing more than buying something already done). Hoping I can get something that is more metal and less rust as I don’t know how to weld (yet?). Leaning more towards a ‘rat’ of sorts (keeping nice paint shiny is hard enough on a little 911!!) with the intention to work over the suspension to make it handle better than the one we hired the other weekend…
Ok, let the laughter and educating begin!
Rich
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Welcome aboard mate
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Welcome aboard, enjoy the ride
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Welcome
We all love early Porsche’s so let’s see some photos in ‘Other rides’
We all love early Porsche’s so let’s see some photos in ‘Other rides’
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welcome aboard....
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http://www.allaircooled.com.au
63 SC my daily driver
62 11 window
60 23
68 Country Buggy KO329
53 Westfalia trailer
56 shorty kombi (sold)
59 SC (sold)
68 Country Buggy KO418 (sold)
67 PMG sold (sold)
61 Karmann Ghia - (the wifes) sold
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Hello....Rats rule!
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and you don't have to be so worried about car park scratches!gaz wrote:Hello....Rats rule!
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Yes very true.....but get ready for "when you gunna paint it" Lolgriffiths_r wrote:and you don't have to be so worried about car park scratches!gaz wrote:Hello....Rats rule!
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yeah you're right there. was a very common question way back when my 911 was red instead of green. only took me 5 or 6 years to get that painted.
will see what happens... need to find the right project first!
will see what happens... need to find the right project first!