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Driving an 1969 911 to China
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 2:35 pm
by Beaky
How about this for a road trip - copied over from the 911 uk forum - wish I was going
http://www.carreratochina.com/
Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 3:57 pm
by bjmullan
Excellent marketing opportunity for us Bootsy
And of course they picked the best 911 to do the job
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2006 11:43 pm
by Bertroex
this is a mint T isnt it?
Bert
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:16 pm
by CarreraToChina
sorry Bertroex, it could be, but actually it's bahamayellow
Erwin.
www.carreratochina.com
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:41 pm
by Bertroex
Hi guys,
Im from Belgium as well but resident in the UK. I have been looking with
at your website; what an initiative!
The situation with the "Mint T" is a joke that was generated at the DDK Classic Le mans outing between user BJMullan and Mike (210BHP) whereby the 911 T in mint condition turned out to be more rare than a Carrera 2.7 RS within the DDK /Classic Porsche circles.
Hence "one can have mint T's in more than one colour"
I noticed btw that you use Erpa for parts. Great guys, - so I have been told-, but a lot of us use
http://www.mittelmotor.de and maria Habeck, who is selling parts through Ebay but her website is
http://www.mh911teile.de
Furthermore, Luc Geebelen in Overpelt has accrued quite a lot of experience as he is both rallying (911 1965) and racing (911 1966) the older type 911's. He has a well experienced carrosier in "de limburg". Have a look at
http://www.porscheracing.be to get an idea where he came from.
Finally, whilst some Belgians (or Belgian residents) use de Ville de Goyet in Oteppe (e.g. user fine69 here on DDK), some other Belgian residents are using someone in Verviers who prepares the porsches (engines/gearbox/suspension etc) for the French historic racers. I have his address somewhere but I cannot find it right now. Edit:
> SG RACING
> +33(0)8.73.61.04.73
> RUE FERNAND HOUGUET 23
> B-4800 VERVIERS
> 0495 911 111
> BELGIUM
It goes without saying that the DDK crowd is an eclectic mix of enthusiasts... and if you need any help, be it for advice or parts, then I don't doubt that someone somewhere will find the answer.
Best regards and much success for your enterprise.
Best regards,
Bert
Posted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 4:59 pm
by CarreraToChina
Bertroex thanks for the info and keeping us up-to-date on the mint-story.
Currently we are waiting for the 'carrossier' to give our P911T a good paint-job.
you can follow our progress (althoug currently we are waiting, waiting, waiting...) on
www.carreratochina.com
We will keep you posted.
Erwin.
Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:22 pm
by Mitch
Erwin,
Great to see your site and best of luck for the trip. A friend of mine has has just cycled from London to Beijing, 10,000 miles over 8 months! See here for route etc
www.chinacycle.co.uk Although you'll face different challenges to the cyclists, I'm sure he'd be happy to pass on any experience that might be useful.
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 7:33 pm
by CarreraToChina
Thanks Mitch,
Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:57 pm
by CarreraToChina
The car is at the painter's since a few days, and it starts to show some progress. They have welded in some pieces of metal at the sides, where the battery acid ate into the body and suspension pan. The middle part of the front suspension beam was also reinforced. Next up is the welding of the upper plate, and protect it all from new rust.
They have sanded off all of the rust-protector we put on (it's a good thing we did this anyway, because the car was barenaked for 3 months...), and started to do some prepping: some masking has been done, and the dents are being filled out, and they are starting to paint it with a filler-primer. The bottom corners just under the front windshiled area have gotten a layer of tin, to make it fit well with the two front wings.
pics can be found on our website
www.carreratochina.com
cheers, jan & erwin
Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 3:34 pm
by CarreraToChina
Last weekend we had a stand on the Collection Car exposition in Flanders Expo in Ghent.
We had a really good time with our hosts Tommy and Pascal who were kind enough to give us a spot on their stand! Thanks guys. We met a lot of people (it was very busy), and there was quite some interest in our adventure. Some good friends of us dropped by too. The stand was very nice, with checkered 'racing flag' floor mats, and some hay for a bit of an offroad look
Sunday night the expo finished and we were knackered, but we still had to bring the car back home. So i went on a ride with the towtruck, and it's superfriendly driver, and cruised with the naked car on the back all the way through the medieval center of Ghent, with a lot of looks from everyone.
In the meanwhile, Erwin was taking the green 914 back to the garage, and needless to say he had a blast too!
Until the next expo!
cheers, Jan & Erwin
Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2007 3:12 pm
by CarreraToChina
Our car is almost finished!
We gotta mount the decoration strips underneath the doors, and do some little things to get it 100% done.
It's already rolling thus, and we went out for our first ride in 7 months, and it was absolutely fantastic. Anybody know the beavis and butthead-laugh? Well, that was the sound we made when driving this car!
It pulls very good, it feels very responsive, it's like this car is on rails. Amazing experience!
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 5:32 pm
by CarreraToChina
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:00 pm
by CarreraToChina
Our adventure to Palermo was great fun, and i still haven't posted any pics of it, so here you go:
My buddies in Luxembourg (the thumbup guy is my little brother :laugh )
The Porsche in the famous Carroussel on the nurburgring!
The crowd at the ring
The famous Chapel of Le Corbusier in Ronchamp
One of my buddies posing on the car on the top of the Col du Télégraph
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:00 pm
by CarreraToChina
Breakfast on the Col du Télégraph
Racing through France's B-roads
Near the Mont-Ventoux, in the Provence
A little bit of fun with the Gendarmerie :devious
More Gorges near the Ventoux
Somewhere between France and Italy, Gorges du Tarn i think
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2007 3:00 pm
by CarreraToChina
Cinque Terre
Atrani, in the gulf of Amalfi, beautiful!
The coast of Italy :hail
Lovely Diana in our car, somewhere along the coast in Italy
my buddy, together with the familia La Spada, superfriendly B&B in Taormina
a porsche on the mount Etna (active vulcan), a rare sight
