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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! :lol:

Rich
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Welcome aboard mate :mrgreen:
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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’ :D
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welcome aboard....
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Hello....Rats rule!
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gaz wrote:Hello....Rats rule!
and you don't have to be so worried about car park scratches! :roll:
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griffiths_r wrote:
gaz wrote:Hello....Rats rule!
and you don't have to be so worried about car park scratches! :roll:
Yes very true.....but get ready for "when you gunna paint it" Lol
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Post by griffiths_r »

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. :shock:

will see what happens... need to find the right project first!
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