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From: Severino Camanes, Valencia, Spain, '69 912
Soft-Window Targa; I bought] this car in Baltimore, Ohio, previous owner
Earlene Carter, Columbus OH, [on] 22 of the May 2007. Now white, two
years for total restoration. ( this car is one of the only 6 cars made
in 1969 model change "long nose") [per] information of Porsche Stuttgart
Germany. Home. Interests - Events, Touring, Technical, Restoration,
Show, Information/Newsletter Committee
    
From:
Registry Member Jeff Lippencott, '68 912 coupe,
California, USA; Here is a picture of my finished 1968 912. It was an 8
month restoration of engine, transmission, paint, body and interior. I
pulled the car apart myself including engine and transmission. I sent
the engine and transmission out for rebuild. It then went to paint,
body and interior. I put most of the car back together myself saving
everything original that I thought could be salvaged and replacing what
couldn't be salvaged. This is a one family California car. I purchased
it locally from a women who inherited the car from her aunt who bought
it while in Germany and had it shipped over to the U.S. in 1968. I
found it garaged but not running. The women I bought it from grew up in
the car and even remembers riding in it as a young child. It is now
fully running and operational. Still original color, used for touring.
Interests: Interests - Events, Touring, Technical, Restoration, Show,
Rallies, Autocross, Racing
From:
Jerry McAbee, 1967 912 Coupe, California: I have a lot of work to do on
my car before I can call it a driver, but it will be someday. When I
originally purchased the car it looked pretty good. I found the car at a
dune buggy shop. The owner of the shop said the person that had the car
said there was a problem with the transmission. The owner of the shop
never had a chance to look at the car and the owner never came back so
he lean sold it to me. Like I said the car looked good it had come
directly from the body shop to the dune buggy shop. Once I got it home
oh boy was I in for a surprise the floor boards were totally rusted
through. The front end was about to fall out and other problems with
rust. It also was missing the original motor there was a type 1 VW
installed. I was never so happy in my life. I fixed the clutch plate
and the car ran fine down the street and back, pulled it up in the
garage and stated tearing it down. I have ordered the floor boards,
front suspension pan, rocker panels, and front latch panel. I am having
a lot of fun working on my 912. I hope to have it finished in 3 to 5
yrs. Wish me luck
From:
Pancho Herrera, 1965 912 Coupe; While I was perusing my photo files I
came to realize that at least 75% of my car photos feature bikes on the
roof-rack (like my original calendar shot). The car really is my ultimate
SUV! I bought the rusted hulk out of a back lot much neglected. Red
with no documentation...or engine..or interior..or... Dash was body
color and had been poorly converted to 5 gauges. I welded the extras shut
and brought it back to it's 3 hole origin, body color, of course. The resto
was a big project that continues on. There's always more to be done.
Thanks for your great work with the Registry. The collective principles
found here are the true essence of the 912. Pancho
From:
Marcel van der Meer,
restored '65 912 coupe,
imported from California USA in 1996 to The
Netherlands. "I
started with the restoration in Nov 2004, in August of this year
[2006] the
project was completed. You can see some pictures of the restoration on
my website
www.deklassieke912.nl
Best regards"
From:
Richard Muller, 1969 912; photographed on the
Chesapeake Bay in Virginia.
I enjoyed everyone else’s
photos so much I felt I had to give back. It strays from original with black
anodized trim, pearl paint, 935 mirrors, and 911S wheels and vented discs
are on all four corners. The alloys are coated with black epoxy and hand
painted caps and, yes, it’s lowered. The 616/40 motor is mostly new old
stock with only 600 miles since assembly. A Precision Matters full flow oil
filter will help keep it new. Nice touches include full factory tinted
glass, original seats rebuilt and recovered with leather. New Performance
Products seat belts are fully retractable. The steering wheel is original
and recovered with hand-stitched leather. Cocomats (black with white dots)
add a touch of retro. Thanks for all your inspiration and technical advise
in getting mine together.
From: Kai Lindfors;
Finland, '67 912; Hello 912 colleagues,
This photo you currently have on the website is from 6 years
ago, so I'm be sending you a few newer ones, in case you'd like to update.
Some details: Body color originally white, now silver; Karmann
Coupe, still with original engine #
756002 and 4 speed transmission; First delivered in California; Factory options: chrome wheels (still got them) and
front bumper overriders, radio and one dash-mounted loudspeaker; History known from early '80's to the present day,
nothing from '67 to '84.; The car lived in the Bay area until 1994 when it was
exported to Finland; Engine rebuilt by no less than The Maestro, Harry
Pellow himself in '86; The archtypical issues that needed work have been done
during '00 - '04...new floor pans, suspension rebuild with new dampers and
bushes, completely new electric system, interior redone, most of the
exterior ornamentals new, and another engine rebuild with Weber 40IDFs +
other ancillaries new ; Mileage 80,000 or 180,000 or 280,000 but who
cares...the car drives and feels extremely solid, almost like new. An
incredible piece of machinery. They don't make them like this anymore. ; If someone who knows anything about the early history
of the car i.e. '67 - '84, I'd be very grateful to hear from them! Papers
reveal the car as had California plates 2PVZ381 at least during the '80s
and early nineties. Thanks for the great work with the website & all!
Kind regards
Kai Lindfors
From:
Ronald Bosma, '68 912, The
Netherlands;Car was imported in 1998 from USA-California to Holland.
Car was red, Californian license plate 2BDV510. Car was owned by Norma R.
Tehan, Artois. If you have any info on previous owner, please let me know at
ronald.bosma@home.nl.
Restauration finished in 2003, now in original Irish Green colour
again. Here is a
picture of my 912, at
the paddock of the Dutch Zandvoort Circuit. Used for touring.
Keep up the good work! Interests: Events, Touring, Technical,
Restoration, Show, Rallies, Autocross, Racing
From:
Felix Gerdes, Hamburg Germany; a photo of my '65 912 coupe; the car was delivered to a Hamburg
Porsche dealer in November 1965, for direct export to California. The car
was re-imported to Germany by the previous owner, and correctly restored
(incl. engine overhaul) in Berlin. I purchased the car in August of
this year [2005], thus bringing this forty year-old delight back to Hamburg!
The 912 Registry is such a great community and resource! More useful than
anything in the Porsche world I've seen on the web thus far. Brgds, Felix
From: Sean Eves, '67 912, California, USA: Now red, street
and race car, full pan up restoration. down to bare metal. creme puff with
plenty of go power. two motors , one 912 motor balanced , blueprinted, bored
with cam and nitrous, and a orig.2.0 1967 911 motor, bone stock, ready to be
fitted.the car is fully caged, interior is all new and appears stock from
first glance.tastefully restored, my dream come true.
Interests-Events, Touring, Technical, Restoration, Show, Rallies, Autocross,
Racing; Technical Committee
 From:
Wim Redert, '67 912. Holland
[reimported in 1999 from Huntington Beach California.
First owner in The
Netherlands]; I have enclosed a picture of my recently
restored [9/05] 1967 SWB 912. It was red but, after a bare metal
restoration, it has been resprayed in Argentinian Racing Blue (originally a
356 color). It took me about 2,5 years to finish this massive job. I had a
great help using
Dave Hillman's website. My VIN number is 461525. Maybe you
could also add the picture in the register. Keep up the good work!
Kind regards, Wim Redert,. Hellevoetsluis, Holland
From: Douglas Haynes, '66 912, California, I have owned the car since
1973. I believe I am the second owner. It is in almost pristine condition
following a gradual restoration over many years, the latest being a complete
engine rebuild by the master mechanic of The Nethercutt Collection, Jim
Shewbert. Interests: Events, Touring, Technical, Restoration, Show, Rallies,
Autocross, Racing
From:
Randy Weis , '69 912;
Trip across America!!!!! I purchased a 1969 912
from a Registry member who was selling the car on E Bay. This was my
first E Bay purchase as well as my first Porsche. Am an avid German car
fan having Audis, BMW’s and an Opel in the 70’s. The car was a totally
restored 1969, bare metal restoration, new paint, wheels etc. and looked
great on line and when I picked it up. The car started, stopped, started,
and handled great. There was a linkage problem that hounded me for the
first two days of my journey. With some creativity on my part, the
assistance of a local mechanic in Grand Junction, CO, I was able to get
the car home safe and sound from LA back to Connecticut some 2,800 miles,
with an average daily temperature of 95.
I started my drive on
Saturday July 30, the first day of owning my car, and my pre-work prior to
my purchase was reading the Registry website which was invaluable, plus
reading Duane Spencer’s complete Porsche Guide. After starting out of LA
heading up route 15 in CA, I was amazed at how little acceleration the car
had and the top speed was around 55mph. Since I had 2800 miles to drive,
I was very concerned. Around 7:30 on Saturday morning, I decided to call
Duane Spencer at home and find out why the car could be performing so
poorly. Duane’s first comment was to never buy a car on E Bay, just what
I wanted to hear, but walked me though everything it could possibly be,
and suggested that I stop in Vegas at “Carls” and have them look at the
car. I struggled to get through the dessert….creeping, shifting on the
slightest hill, many calls back to Duane….etc. I removed the insulation
that kept falling on the fan, removed the rain tray to get as much air to
the engine as possible. Along the way, I removed the accelerator stop,
and even cut out the floor board to get more pedal for more power. Upon
arriving at Carl’s place, he said I had a problem with the right carb
(Webbers) and there seemed to be linkage adjustment issues. Carl said it
would take a couple of days to sort it out but I was trying to get the car
back home. I asked Carl if it would hurt to drive the car as is, and he
said he did not think so. I should also say that along the way, Keith
from San Francisco, part of the TAN Network was in contact with me to make
sure I got to where I was going. I made it as far as Grand Junction, CO,
before the part that the linkage cables and the accelerator rod connect
into broke. Thanks to Eric Hermann of Grand Junction, he welded the part
and got me on my way. I continued my journey till I arrived home on the
following Thursday.
Once home, I went to my
local Porsche mechanic, Tullio Ferri of Bridgeport, CT who looked at the
car and admired how clean it was and essentially original. He too said
there was a problem in the right carb, which later turned out to be damage
from a carb fire, that once he rebuilt it and adjusted the valves, has the
car running like new.
I like originality in my
cars. The paint color is from a 72 Porsche, and the wheels are 16inch
chrome Fuchs. I will leave the paint as is as it is a respectable job,
less than a year old, but am contemplating going to the steel wheels and
hubcaps.
Back two weeks now, I am
driving and enjoying the car immensely. My thanks to Keith, Duane, Carl’s
Porsche in Vegas, and Eric Herman the local mechanic in Grand Junction,
CO….I could not have made it back without them.
Randy Weis
 From:
Brent Cline, 1968 912, South Carolina; Original slate grey colour, love your
site. I found tons of useful information as I was partially restoring my
912. It was a impulse buy and your site went a long way toward helping
feel comfortable after the fact. It is really special car, a one
registered owner complete with tool kit, window sticker, owners manual and
complete history. All with essentially zero rust. mechanically it has
just been completely rebuilt by Drew Slayton and I couldn't be happier with
the car. Thanks to your site, I now have a much better idea of the
treasure I happened trip into. Many thanks, Brent...
 From: Gary Bayless, 1969 912: Retired race car, beats a lot of the 911s
around here.
Might have to sell it. Don't use it much and my 4 boys are not in a position
to take it over.
Won SCCA Concours 2 years ago, Bare metal restore for Parade 1990 Monterey.
From: Steve Veytia, '67 912, Bidart, France: Car transported (boat) March
2005. Spent 2 weeks tweaking and slight restoration (95% complete) at
parents house in Laguna Beach before being shipped to my house in the Basque
country of France. Interests-Events, Touring, Technical, Restoration, Show
From:
Albert L. Mertz:
Dear 912
Registry, I took a few new pictures of my ’67 912
after finishing the motor and wanted to post. I am the second owner and
purchased in California 8 years ago…have been enjoying ever since! Keep the
faith! Albert L. Mertz 1967, Polo Red, 912 Coupe,
Florida
 From:
Joseph Armstrong; November 1998 ; G'day Rick, Just got back from the
Australian Porsche 50th celebration tour. Yesterday's parade, there were
850 privately owned Porsches in total, & from the pre '73 911/912,
three 912s' came gold & silver. Mine was the silver. Attached is one of
the pictures taken on the Australian Porsche 50th celebrations. As I
mentioned earlier, the 912s' won gold & silver placing. My car is the
one on the right (the only one w/ fog lights). It just shows you that
you don't need a 6 cylinder to be a winner. Later mate ! Regards,
Joseph Armstrong
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