in 64 when Porsche announced is the 911
it was a a big revolution but it was so
expensive Kabila cars were something
like 60% more expensive than the
previous 356 so a lot of guys said to
their horse dealers where yes
it's a great car but I cannot afford it
Porsche in Stuttgart responded by
creating the 912 912 was basically the
911 body chassis everything but with the
old 356 four-cylinder in it it's still
with 911 chassis you are very nice
driving and even a bit better and early
because the 911 engine was so heavy it
had so much way behind the background
and the 912 had less of that after 69
everything about Porsche was the
6-cylinder engine so for a very long
time - 912 was moved upon has been the
black sheep of it all it's it's really
it was worth nothing and now well it's
it's a desirable car again
but it's a French championship for a
supermoto for something like eight years
it's really hard to make a living out of
it so since you're paying for everything
you have to enjoy everything you do even
the mechanical part even the driving
around to get to the racetrack you have
to enjoy and I guess with support I'm
trying to recreate that I want to enjoy
every part of it
most guys have learned vintage cars with
their father or for I guess some with
her mother but I actually remember
working on wood because my father worked
a bit on would he like to build stuff
but nothing about cars in 2012 my father
died
very unexpected death I also had a
little girl in June and it kind of made
me think about well past futures and
just resetting what I wanted in life and
I really wanted to build stuff and to
have another challenge I guess so I did
go on the hunt for a 9:12 after two
months I did find a pretty good deal it
was nice twas running but it was kind of
sad looking the paint was roughed up and
the floor pans were almost gone as I
started to think where I could work on
the car I said of this house it's my
grandparents or family house it's in
poor shape there's nobody living here
since 40 years it's a little village
it's not far from Paris but but we're
working on old cars in old stone
building it's done Pisa floors bumpy as
of the gravels outside is hard to push a
car on that it's still busy so I can I
can say there's a green the plants in my
work environment now that a lot of guys
are grinding next to a plant I received
an email from the administrator of a 912
register forum in the US and turns out
as only was to real owners he sold the
car after 45 years and other was
beginning it to take it apart I asked
him a few more question because he kind
of forgot to mention a an accident on
the front right of the car and first
answer on his email was well I was young
and not married so I think it said it
all I guess after the accident about a
69 or 7
front right fender but there's a bit
flare on the fender more than the
original and to be correct with the
other fenders on the car
he had it worked on it gives it or a
racing look it's not original but I love
it
the body works on the rear fenders but
not that great it's a very specific
shape is the back end of a Porsche some
areas it was like more than one
centimeter of body filler so at the end
we took it back to the bare metal and
then we worked our way back to have a
very nice curve with a machine you could
do it a lot quicker but it's not going
to look that good
so I guess under this pains there's a
lot of sweat it was really important to
me that the car kept its original color
but it's something really really funny
you can take 10 polo red Porsche and
there's not one since there's going to
look the same as the other it's a very
difficult color to get very precisely
I put Bilstein suspension 16 inches
wheels I painted the fresh wheels same
weight was done in this in the 60s and
70s I chose to swap engine because well
first of all mine will need to be
rebuilt
I kept it flat for because about a 912
so I still wanted to air-cooled I still
want it with the same kind of
architecture it's a t1 it was built by a
performance workshop close to Paris so
yes it's a bit more sporty er I think
it's something like the revenge of the
black sheet I want to be able to take on
a 911 this might like she can't well
and see what the porn range Porsche can
do there is a flat for spirit nine
twelves more barbeque car rather than a
golf course car it's closed searches a
Volkswagen buses it's a bug young guy
going surfing with friends it's not car
to show up it's got to enjoy my father
used to say something I think is the
best advice when you start to do
something do it to the end never
hesitate in the middle because it's a
cetacean that's going to get you killed
and in motocross it's even bigger you
have to jump or not to jump but do not
hesitate on the way up but I think this
challenge is done so I think I'm going
to move on to another project so we've
got some others I don't know yet what
the program is going to be on this one
or the other ones let's weld and grind
we'll see what's underneath
I'm Jillian born I Drive in 1967 Porsche
912