Friday trip into West Java, VW heavy content... plus some RWBs |
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Friday trip into West Java, VW heavy content... plus some RWBs |
23e Heure |
May 23 2019, 05:20 AM
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Busy overtaking 911s Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 13-August 15 From: London Member No.: 19,057 Region Association: England |
I posted this thread over on DDK and - as I know there are a lot of VW fans here on the world - am copy pasting it here for you guys to enjoy also...
My work/travel schedule has been pretty barmy lately. In fact, since January I've spent a total of 11 weeks out of the country, going back and forth to the US, Europe, and to every corner of Asia. When I get home from a trip I don't bother unpacking half the stuff from my suitcase, BA staff at Heathrow T5 have started to welcome me by name, and any day now I'm expecting poison pen letters from environmentalist groups about my carbon footprint. (As a long time owner of classic Porsches, I'm surprised I didn't get those letters years ago (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)) I landed back in the UK on Sunday, after my most punishing trip yet: In the space of just 14 days I hopscotched London-Bangkok-Hong Kong-Kuala Lumpur-Manila-Jakarta-Bandung-Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur-London All work and no play would make James a dull boy, and in February I started a policy of rounding off any long tours of duty with some R&R before coming home. And this last trip was to be no different... Last month I finished off a 3 week Asian trip by joining Tenn and the Renndrive crew, for a Sunday morning cars'n'coffee in Bangkok. http://www.ddk-online.com/phpBB2/viewtopic...f=1&t=64686 Tenn knows Porsche freaks all across Asia. So before I set off on this month's trip, I asked Tenn if he could recommend something for me to do when I got to Indonesia. Turns out Tenn knew just the guy to introduce me to... |
23e Heure |
May 23 2019, 07:08 AM
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Busy overtaking 911s Group: Members Posts: 323 Joined: 13-August 15 From: London Member No.: 19,057 Region Association: England |
If you had thought we were done with RWBs, think again. In the workshop today are customer cars RWB#5 and RWB#7. (RWB#6 lives in Jakarta).
I forget which is which, but what I do remember (purists get your smelling salts!) is that the red one is the first and only (so far) RWB built on an SWB 911 :shock: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-19057-1558616896.1.jpg) The green one - in an old bedroom - is built on a G model 911, and it is painted a 1951 356 colour. Its Magnus Walker rims are on the floor, out of shot, and are 17x11s and 17x12s: Michael persuaded Magnus to make 16inch versions of his trademark rims, because he didn't like the look of his 18s and 19s on the car, and felt the MW 16s were too small. Annoyed I don't get more and/or better quality snaps of this one because, with its army-ish green exterior and all black interior, it is probably my favourite of the 6 RWBs I see today: (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-19057-1558616896.2.jpg) |
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