Just saying 'hi'

[fareham123]

Just wanted to say 'hi' and thanks for letting me join the forum

I've been around old cars my whole life, a passion I inherited from my late father. I started out with a 1955 Oval beetle when I was 15 and things progressed from there! I currently own a 1965 356C which I've had for the last 18 years, and am also lucky enough to have a 1955 Triumph TR2 and a 1968 Iso Rivolta GT.

Having restored a 1950 beetle to concours and then being afraid to use it, I'm now a firm believer in owning cars that aren't so perfect that you're afraid to use them, especially as 356's fit very well into Aldi parking spaces!

Cheers
Pete

[hot66]

Welcome to Ddk ... let’s see pics of the 1950 split

[neilbardsley]

Welcome.

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[KS]

Liking both Beetles and Porsches? Whoever heard of such a thing...

Welcome to the madhouse – I mean, the friendliest forum in town.

Oh, and photos or it didn't happen, OK?

[Bootsy]

You’re most welcome - enjoy ddk

[jb]

Welcome
Those are a great mix of cars
There is lots of love for early beetles on here as well as all Porsches but the Iso is on a different level and it would be great to hear about it.
It would be good to see pictures of any of them

[yoda]

Hi Pete

Great selection of cars, even better if we could see some pics!

[fareham123]

Thanks for your messages, and yes VW's leading into early Porsches, who would have thought it!

Just grappling with the how to upload photos, will get some posted very soon!

[fareham123]

Managed to work out how to add photos, so here we go...

First up is my '50. This is as found in a Swedish barn, I bought it just on this picture.
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I spent the next 4-5 years slowly restoring it, and sold it at Stanford Hall, in 2003 I think. I'm really short on photos of the finished car as have somehow misplaced the album in a house move. I'll have good look for it soon. The photo below was taken at Stonor Park the year after I sold it. I'd be really interested to know where it is now, as its seemingly vanished, I guess exported.
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So onto the cars I currently own...
My 1965 356C which I've owned for many years now. It was restored in the late '90's, and is a great driver. Its not the original colour (it should be black), and unfortunately doesn't have its original engine, but its a great car.
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My 1955 Triumph TR2 is the opposite of the 356 - unsophisticated and crude in every way. It really highlights the differences between the essentially pre-war technology offerings of a lot of the British car manufacturers of the time, and the likes of Porsche. It shakes, rattles, screeches and slides but its lack of sophistication means its wonderful fun.
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My Iso Rivolta is my latest purchase, its car #713 of a production run of 797 cars. With styling by Bertone and chassis design by Bizzarrini (after he left Ferrari) it was touched by some of the greats of Italian car design. #713 is a rarer IR-340 model which means its equipped with an Iso tuned Corvelle Stingray 327ci V8 producing a claimed 340bhp, its also seemingly the only one specified with a leather dash and the Iso Grifo gauge upgrade. It was one of a pair found in a backyard in San Francisco in 2019, and is now undergoing a rotisserie restoration at Double H restorations. The Californian sunburn will be retained, which I'm sure will ruffle some feathers.
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[Bootsy]

Excellent stuff

[yoda]

Great cars. Would love to hear more about the Iso.

[neilbardsley]

Very nice

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[fareham123]

Hi Yoda, as you asked (as I'm well aware this is nothing to do with early Porsches!) the article below, gives quite a good insight into the Rivolta, interestingly the car in the article was built only 5 cars after mine.

The main criticism of the Rivolta was the steering, but luckily as the Burman steering box is shared with the MK2 Jag I'm taking the opportunity for a quick box conversion. I'm also having one of the new Tremec TKO 5 speed transmissions fitted (mine originally had a Muncie 4 speed), which should really improve motorway journeys, as well as making things a bit more frisky off the line.


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[yoda]

Lovely!!

[jeremyg]

A lovely collection to own. And a resto to follow too. Keep us up to date - and welcome to the forum.