Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
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Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
Ok so this is not quite historical - but it does'nt fit into the "spotted" section iether.
Now don't shoot me (I'm the humble messenger) or Phil, this happened sometime in 1984 in Zimbabwe (where Phil lived and ran a garage).
There were still plenty of what are now "classic" car bodies lying around. Excuse the photos .......
Anyway this took Phil 11 months to complete, the notch was the donor car, apparently the "Porsche" is still in Zimbabwe.
Now don't shoot me (I'm the humble messenger) or Phil, this happened sometime in 1984 in Zimbabwe (where Phil lived and ran a garage).
There were still plenty of what are now "classic" car bodies lying around. Excuse the photos .......
Anyway this took Phil 11 months to complete, the notch was the donor car, apparently the "Porsche" is still in Zimbabwe.
by fig » Mar 26, 2018
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
Thanks some skill to do that in metal!
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Not the bad attempt... Just the wheelarches and bonnet are overdoing it a bit. He should have aimed for a 911T
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
Is it me or is a standard Notch just so much cooler than that monstrosity??!
Sorry. That was a waste of a perfectly good car
Sorry. That was a waste of a perfectly good car
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
i might be the odd man out here but for that kind of skill, time and money the project would have looked a whole lot better if he restored the notch. just selling some porsche bits and pieces he could have had a cash advantage. sad to see a genuine classic go to waste to produce an imitation of another kind.
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
They weren't classics in 1984, they were yesterday's news....Farhaad wrote:i might be the odd man out here but for that kind of skill, time and money the project would have looked a whole lot better if he restored the notch. just selling some porsche bits and pieces he could have had a cash advantage. sad to see a genuine classic go to waste to produce an imitation of another kind.
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
I suppose you have to know the man and his circumstances at the time - he was a garage owner, probably happened to have a few car bodies lying around, a few ideas, a bee in his bonnet, an angle grinder.
You should hear what they did with kombis there at the time - they were used as road scrapers, tippers/dumpers, mine detection vehicles, etc, etc. Apparently they were bought in job lots at autions in SA (Post Office, municipalities, etc, etc), had their bodies "removed", and the chassis/motors sent to Zim. I would love to see pics of those, unfortunately he has non. I have asked him to draw some sketches ........Does anyone else on the forum have knowledge/info on these vehicles?
He is extremely creative, this ain't the only vehicle he has "built". He is in his seventies and still at it. I think that the notch body was to him then what a Mazda or similar car would be to us now.
You should hear what they did with kombis there at the time - they were used as road scrapers, tippers/dumpers, mine detection vehicles, etc, etc. Apparently they were bought in job lots at autions in SA (Post Office, municipalities, etc, etc), had their bodies "removed", and the chassis/motors sent to Zim. I would love to see pics of those, unfortunately he has non. I have asked him to draw some sketches ........Does anyone else on the forum have knowledge/info on these vehicles?
He is extremely creative, this ain't the only vehicle he has "built". He is in his seventies and still at it. I think that the notch body was to him then what a Mazda or similar car would be to us now.
by fig » Mar 26, 2018
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Re: Home made Porche - Phil de Bruyne
just glad you dont know where I live!!!Farhaad wrote:point taken, id chop up a mazda anytime
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