My first Porsche....
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My first Porsche....
Flew to Canada (Waterloo, near Toronto)
Bought this 912 (no engine but otherwise complete)
Paid a visit to Restoration Design (30 mins from the car) and bought some repair panels. What an awesome place!
Transported car to shippers in Toronto (panels stored inside)
Scheduled to arrive on 22nd October and should be ready for collecting on 28th.
CANNOT WAIT!
Bought this 912 (no engine but otherwise complete)
Paid a visit to Restoration Design (30 mins from the car) and bought some repair panels. What an awesome place!
Transported car to shippers in Toronto (panels stored inside)
Scheduled to arrive on 22nd October and should be ready for collecting on 28th.
CANNOT WAIT!
Re: My first Porsche....
Nice!
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Re: My first Porsche....
Very exciting
The simple things you see are all complicated
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
I look pretty young but I'm just backdated yeah
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Cool - what plans for the engine?
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Re: My first Porsche....
Because I don't have much money, I'm looking at putting a Type4 in as opposed to trying to source an original 912 engine. I've already sourced a 901 5 speed to replace the 4 speed (donated free!) and I've got a lead on a 914 2.0 engine that I will hopefully be able to buy for not *too* much money? We'll see.Bootsy wrote:Cool - what plans for the engine?
I am going to taking my time with this car, probably a good few years to get it finished with no timescales or deadlines. I want to do it well and finish it to a high standard even if it won't be all original - the lack of original engine has helped on that front, so I don't feel guilty about doing things my way.
A shot of the car the day before moving it to the shipping agents in Toronto:
The day the car was moved. I arrived to find nature saying a Canadian goodbye to the car. The weather had also turned to a more British feel from the beautiful sunny three weeks I'd had until this moment.
Loaded onto the U-Haul trailer on the back of my friends mighty Tundra long bed beast on a Hino truck chassis....5.7 litre petrol gas engine does around 8mpg!! The Porsche looked so tiny on the back of this thing.
At the export agents awaiting a slot in the warehouse. You can see more clearly here where the car has sadly had a bit of an 80s makeover at some point. All the chrome is gone (*most* chrome is completely removed in place of black trim, not just painted over, sadly) but it's going to be a long term project anyway and cosmetic things like the shiny bits will come at a later date.
I'm not too sold on the RS(?) style GRP bumper but I do have a proper original metal front bumper, albeit from a LWB, stowed in my 911 which is currently awaiting its own shipping from the other side of Canada. At least I'll have the option to go with a more original look once the 911 arrives, although, as said, this sort of thing is a low priority. Sorting the rusty bits will be the first issue.
The car should be landing in less than a week (fingers firmly crossed) and I can collect it a week later hopefully. Then the fun can begin.
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Best of fortune when you get your hands on it
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Just had an email:
Hi Bruce,
Please find arrival details for your Porsche ex Canada
Vessel: Sonche Trader
Ex: Montreal
To: Tilbury
Eta: 18/10/15
Part container: INBU ******
Unloading at:
CKR Services
Bonded Warehouse
Galleon Boulevard
Dartford
Kent
DA2 6QE
Goods: 1968 Porsche 912 vin 12804849
It''ll be unloaded within a few days and then a few more days to clear customs. Then I should be able to collect it.
Kingstown Shipping have been incredible with the whole process so far and if the rest of the import process goes this seamlessly, I'll be singing their praises for a very long time!
Excitement level: 7
Hi Bruce,
Please find arrival details for your Porsche ex Canada
Vessel: Sonche Trader
Ex: Montreal
To: Tilbury
Eta: 18/10/15
Part container: INBU ******
Unloading at:
CKR Services
Bonded Warehouse
Galleon Boulevard
Dartford
Kent
DA2 6QE
Goods: 1968 Porsche 912 vin 12804849
It''ll be unloaded within a few days and then a few more days to clear customs. Then I should be able to collect it.
Kingstown Shipping have been incredible with the whole process so far and if the rest of the import process goes this seamlessly, I'll be singing their praises for a very long time!
Excitement level: 7
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It will do...and you will be!Mystery Machine wrote: if the rest of the import process goes this seamlessly, I'll be singing their praises for a very long time!
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Make sure that you or someone you trust is at the docks when you collect
That is the time to make a claim for any damage
That is the time to make a claim for any damage
Mike at P.R.S.
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I'm collecting it myself, just got to book the trailer hire once I know when I can collect it. It's all part of the adventure collecting it yourself, I couldn't imagine just booking a company to collect it on my behalf, where's the excitement in that? :DMike Smith wrote:Make sure that you or someone you trust is at the docks when you collect
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indeed, they are great, Mark and the guys just make the whole thing so painless and easyKS wrote:It will do...and you will be!Mystery Machine wrote: if the rest of the import process goes this seamlessly, I'll be singing their praises for a very long time!
you will start counting the sleeps until collection now........
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Re: My first Porsche....
It's now cleared customs and is ready to be collected. I have a whopping £187.78 import/VAT charge to pay! ( :D )
Now to see who I can borrow a car trailer from so I can collect it next week.
Again, huge thanks to Mark and the rest of the team from Kingstown, amazing people.
Excitement level: 8.5
Now to see who I can borrow a car trailer from so I can collect it next week.
Again, huge thanks to Mark and the rest of the team from Kingstown, amazing people.
Excitement level: 8.5
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brilliant... to be followed
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550 1983 #1 Beck Replica Spyder
912 1966 Polo Red 6602 : Keeper
911 T 2.4 Targa Pastel Blue 1973 : Keeper
911 T 2.4 Light Yellow 1973 : Keeper
993 Cab Riviera Blue 1995 : Keeper
993 2S Paladio 1998 : Keeper
997 targa 4 Macadamia PDK II : Sold
Re: My first Porsche....
nice... I seam to remember this car up for sale a while back with a white one. So being you where close to it was a result..
nice one.. good luck.
nice one.. good luck.
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I think that might have been a different car? This one was never advertised for sale, certainly not in the last four years, I know and have met the previous owners who sold it on via word of mouth. I bought it from a friend who lives in Canada, he only agreed to sell it to me because I harassed him for months into selling it. :D912uk wrote:nice... I seam to remember this car up for sale a while back with a white one. So being you where close to it was a result..
nice one.. good luck.