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 |
OK then... onto something rarer... purer.
Remember the guy outside the front of the house, making not just bucks, but also copies of original wooden parts? Well his work is crucial to this project. Another blindingly rare Rometsch, that is getting treated to a full rebuild: Yanto imported this car from the US, and it was a mess. These cars were built on Beetle floorpans, the Rometsch hand built aluminium body bolted on, and reinforced with wooden sections. Michael estimates the hours required for this build will nudge into 4 figures. Lucky he's using Indonesian labour rates! "Not easy build...Very hard!" he muses. "Lots of delicate details, all is handmade" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-19057-1558616934.1.jpg) So inside there are the workshop and 'playrooms' - and other projects not photographed - but of course it doesn't end there. Where once was surely a tropical Indonesian family garden is now a yard... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.postimg.cc-19057-1558616934.2.jpg) |
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