Christophe, the lucky owner of this gem explained that he never was a big fan of the beetle, or even Volkswagen for that matter. To start off with he was just looking for a nice classic to restore, preferably a model that he would be able to easily find original and reproduction parts. One day, a colleague turned up to …
PORSCHE 911 CARRERA 3.2
50 years already : 1963 – 2013 Yannick explained that since his childhood, for him the 911 was THE CAR, along with the fact that he’s always been a huge fan of German cars, starting with the Mk1 Volkswagen Golf and the T1 Bus. His father had a 928 S4 on loan when he was 12/13, an absolute monster!! This …
THE BEGINNING OF A STORY – PORSCHE DIESEL
In 1937, the professor Ferdinand Porsche got a contract from Adolf Hitler to build a people’s tractor (Volksschlepper), an identical contract to that of Volkswagen, (the people’s car). From that day the engineers at Porsche set about this new project in their offices. From their studies, in 1938 a prototype resembling a tractor is born, powered by an aircooled bicylinder …