Film I made for a restoration workshop, Only vintage Porsche... a few 914's Options

[johannes]

Great Film!

Can you list the equipment you used for your production?

Here is the list

Camera : Canon 600D
Lenses :
- 18-55mm Canon Kit zoom
- 0.45 wide angle adapter
- 55mm 1.7 manual vintage Revuenon
Crane: Home built DIY "Olivia" design
Tripod: Velbon DV7000
Steadicam: Hague Mini Motion
Car Mount: Hague SM1
Sound recorder (for interview): Zoom H1+kit
Lights (for interview):
- 1 x Led Longnuo YN160
- 2 x 125W Daylight Lighting Softbox (generic from ebay)
Edited on Sony Vegas Studio 11

[orthobiz]

I also worked on it a bit...

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Art restoration was not an idea I had all of a sudden,

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but rather, from
an idea to be independent,

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professionally speaking, by
living my passion by being autonomous,

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independent and
working on Porsches.

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today Art Restoration
has 10 employees.

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a 13,000 square foot workshop

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our clients entrust us with their cars
for various work

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from simple maintenance to
complete restoration

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we will work hard to satisfy your needs

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giving great importance to supervising the
work on your car

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budgeting the work at our various service and
repair stations

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bodywork is at the heart of our restoration
craft

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I am fortunate to have hired
on my team

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people who are as
demanding as me


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we are now outfitted with the
equipment

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for fully reconstructing
a car as necessary

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classic 911’s were painted
with solvent-based paints

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we are a rare and unique
garage in Alsace

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equipped with solvent-based paints

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water-based paints never manage to
match the original appearance

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the same color, the same depth

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and when we talk about metallic colors
as they were done at the time…

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with a water-based paint,
we would be far from authentic (could say “we are downright off”)

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whereas with our solvent-based paints

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we truly approach
the proper look of that era

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a “flat” engine is technologically
simple

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but the implementation is complicated,
it always leaks, oozes

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rebuilding an engine is not only
disassemble, clean , reassemble

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but there are a lot of checks, (could say “but there are a lot of inspections)

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adjustments to be made
to rebuild a reliable engine

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which runs smoothly and does not leak

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we set up a workshop complete with
machine tools and with a person who

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is a fitter ,miller , lathe
operator

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it enables us to assemble
engines today with a level of quality

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and reliability that is remarkable

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our general philosophy
above all is customer satisfaction

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that means, cars that are sold

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with the greatest
possible transparency

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the customer who buys a car
from us will know

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its strengths and
weaknesses

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when someone comes for maintenance
we will give him advice

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and above all, we will solve
the problems he has

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we pride ourselves on not letting
a car leave

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until all problems are resolved
until the car is just right

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Restoring Fuchs wheels

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is also an important element
of our business

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for classic Porsches

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three years ago, I met a unique German
who still had the know-how

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to restore Fuchs wheels
as they were done originally

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he retired and I took over
his business

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and now we restore
Fuchs rims

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at the Art Restoration facility

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our company is not just our workers

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but our customers

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many customers become friends

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and for me, my passion for Porsche
is driving Porsches

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and the Porsche camaraderie,
when driving with others

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every Sunday morning , 8:30
we meet at our garage

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we have coffee and

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discussions ensue on the "flat" engines
and afterwards we drive

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we try to spend at least
two hours driving

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it can be said that we have the most fun
driving a Porsche

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while seeing one in front
and another behind

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that is just great

Paul

[r3dplanet]

What a great video. But further, what a great way of life. I'd love to spend my days working on classic Porsche cars in a beautiful shop in such a gorgeous land.

[PanelBilly]

I finely got a chance to watch this. I liked the way you chanced the focus on the rods. Great work

[euro911]

Very nice production (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[KELTY360]

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That rotisserie is sick!

[johannes]

I also worked on it a bit...

Thank you Paul. This is helpfull.

[Maltese Falcon]

Johannes, thank you for sharing this cool video !
The restoration shop c'est tres bon ¡ must be one of the biggest of its kind in France.
Is the dealership Sonauto still going?
Marty

[johannes]

Johannes, thank you for sharing this cool video !
The restoration shop c'est tres bon ¡ must be one of the biggest of its kind in France.
Is the dealership Sonauto still going?
Marty

This shop is not the largest, but certainely one of the cleanest...
Sonauto is no more the official importer for Porsche. They still own three Porsche centers.

http://www.sonauto.fr/

[Montreal914]

Très belle vidéo Johannes! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
Superbe atelier et quelle belle façon de vivre sa passion!
J'espère avoir l'occasion de visiter un jour et je vais faire suivre le lien à mes amis Français.