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Swiss guy

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:29 pm
by jack
Bonjour tout le monde!

As you noticed, I speak french. But I'm not french, for sake… I'm swiss! Who said: «worth...»?

I love Porsche since I was able to recognize them by the engine sound, when I was 5 years old, my dad said!

I had some Porsche since 1986 (3,0 SC, Turbo3,3, 996 cabrio, 996 GT2, 997 cabrio) Actually I have a 997S cabrio for my wife and a 997 GT3RS for the track days. But that list is bothering you, isn't it? That's why I kept the best for the end: I have a classic… A 2.8 RSR tribute build on a Carrera 76 basic. Her name is Trudi. Because she is a german lady with a big bottom…

I'm no that type of fan who is able to build his car by himself. Unfortunately. But I followed the all process from the chassis till the last piece of work. That last from december 2010 till september 2011. A nice experiment.

Since then, I drove Trudi a lot. In France for some tourist rallies (Coupe des Alpes 2012, Trophée de Corse 2011 & 2012), in different swiss races revivals and just for fun. I made already 10'000 miles! And I completely forgot my GT3 RS, which I try to sell now.

In march, Trudy will have a big upgrading: new engine (3,5l, high butterflies, double ignition, big pump, etc… 320 BHP and a lot of torque!), new gear box (915 cooled, reinforced), new exhaust (the famous Dansk modified by Neil Bainbridge from BS Motorsport. There's a nice thread about it on this site:
http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewto ... =1&t=29976)
new tank (RSR 110 litres), new steering wheel with an old horn button hockey puck, new clear windows and the new RSR seats I just ordered to TRE Motorsport, with the famous Sable material. I can't wait to see my mechanic doing the work and taking pictures of all steps.
I'm looking as well for old Fuchs 7 or 8x15 to make a new set of 9 & 11x15, with the perfect RSR look anodized.

Voilà! I think I wrote to much, but I can't stop when I'm speaking about Trudi. :bounce:
I tried to putt a pciture of Trudi, but the site told me all my images were invalid…

Thank's to read me

Swiss guy

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 5:47 pm
by Bruce M
Welcome :)

Looking forward to the pics (have to be stored elsewhere on the web and post the link).

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 8:50 pm
by Ian Gunney
Welcome to DDK

Looking forward to seeing pics of Trudi :wink:

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2013 10:34 pm
by Mike
Hello Jack, welcome to the forum.

To make you feel really at home we were only talking about Switzerland the other day,
sorry about the chocolate making comment though, please forgive me!

Halfway down the page here:

http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewto ... &start=960

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 6:46 am
by jack
Thank you for welcoming me everybody!

Mike, don't worry about your comments, I'm not sensitive or touchy! By the way Mike, I can tell you if I'm now on this site it is more or less because of you!

I was looking for a new exhaust for Trudi and I found your thread about Neil Bainbridge and BS Motorsport… I read everything and was pleased by his work I discovered. I talk with him yesterday by phone and made him an email for an offer. My mechanic in Switzerland, Johnny Chatillon, is a big fan of Neil's works and they know each other!
About the Martini car who won the Targa Florio and your exceptional tribute: Claude Haldi, the swiss Pilot, finished 2nd in 1973 if I'm not wrong? He is living about 15 minutes away from my house! And in 1978 and 1979, he made the Montecarlo rally with an Haberthür Porsche. I was on the road with the team for the assistance, because his copilot was a friend of me: Bernard Sandoz. (here is a picture of the car, the red one with Meccarillos sponsor: http://www.forum-auto.com/sport-auto/hi ... 45-490.htm
The engine exploded very early and we had plenty of time to follow the race and to see Bernard Darniche winning on the blue Stratos.
In 1979, Haldi and Sandoz finished the rally but faraway. There were a lot of snow this year, but a Porsche won: Jean-Pierre Nicolas on the famous Almeras car. Good souvenirs!

Just to tell you that Porsche World is not so big!

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 8:11 am
by Vic Cohen
Hi Jack and welcome , we share some names in common here
Claude Haldi rebuilt the engine on my 3.0 rs , black,before i bought it , run by Swiss drivers from new , won the Swiss Gt championship twice ....sadly i sold it a few years ago
Also If Johnny finishes ur exhaust well done , ask him if he wants some chocalet cake and pse send him my best regards

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:20 am
by jack
Hello Vic, I will tell him. His Vic your real name?

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:31 am
by Vic Cohen
Sure is
Haldi ran the car for a guy called commoli I think
Johnny knows me from Monaco classic and load of UK
Customers

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 10:34 am
by Bootsy
jack wrote:Hello Vic, I will tell him. His Vic your real name?
Welcome Jack.

Details of how to post pictures can be found here http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewto ... f=1&t=3864

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 11:50 am
by neilbardsley
Welcome

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:04 pm
by jack
[img]/Users/jacqueshouriet/Documents/Porsche/LanderonClassic2012/TrudiLanderon.JPG[/img]

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:07 pm
by jack
I try to put pictures and I'm f...ing bad at it!

Thank you Bootsy for your help but so far I didn't succeed…

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 4:33 pm
by neilbardsley
I think you issue is that the picture have to elsewhere on the internet then you link to it.

Try posting to facebook or one of the picture sites.
Then copy the URL. Right Click copy image location.
Press Img
Paste the URL inside the Img backets

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:07 pm
by jack
[img]TrudiLanderon.JPG[/img]

Re: Swiss guy

Posted: Thu Jan 31, 2013 5:08 pm
by jack
I can't find this URL. I'm a moron!