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Thanks to all for the positive comments 
The onboard shots were from my Nikon D300s with a wide angle lens mounted on a big sucker on the inside on the windscreen. It also does video, but the sound quality is not great.
snotrag said:
I absolutely loved this thread already, and what you've done there is pretty much my 100% ideal holiday. My Parents have just come back from the same area of Switzerland, and my Grandparents have been taking them there (6 up in a Cortina through the night) since they were kids.
I am desperate to go to, but I have no way of affording it and no-one to go with. Exceptionally Jealous.
What were your onboard shots taken with? Looks like you have a video - are they stills off a go-pro?
Funny you should mention a cortina, I did a similar trip with my parents many years back in a 1.6 auto cortina towing a trailer tent! I still have the burns from those black vinyl seats...I am desperate to go to, but I have no way of affording it and no-one to go with. Exceptionally Jealous.
What were your onboard shots taken with? Looks like you have a video - are they stills off a go-pro?
The onboard shots were from my Nikon D300s with a wide angle lens mounted on a big sucker on the inside on the windscreen. It also does video, but the sound quality is not great.
A mate of mine in Germany bought this old shed (911T Targa) from the USA a year ago. He's always wanted an old Porsche and decided to junp in before the prices got too silly. He's already restored a Volvo P1800 and Triumph TR3A to fabulous condition, so I am sure this will get there too (eventually!)
LotusOmega375D said:
A mate of mine in Germany bought this old shed (911T Targa) from the USA a year ago. He's always wanted an old Porsche and decided to junp in before the prices got too silly. He's already restored a Volvo P1800 and Triumph TR3A to fabulous condition, so I am sure this will get there too (eventually!)
That should keep him busy... Older targas always worry me as I know how much the coupe rusts without a leaky roof! You can almost see the ropey ones sagging in the middle! [quote=gary71]The Stelvio Pass:
At the top of the Stelvio Pass by Suggs, on Flickr
I saw you at the top of the Stelvio Pass! You were just pulling away from this viewing point. I was driving my 993 engined supercharged 911SC. 2,000 miles around Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany in 8 days. Superb!!!
At the top of the Stelvio Pass by Suggs, on Flickr
I saw you at the top of the Stelvio Pass! You were just pulling away from this viewing point. I was driving my 993 engined supercharged 911SC. 2,000 miles around Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany in 8 days. Superb!!!
gary71 said:
That should keep him busy... Older targas always worry me as I know how much the coupe rusts without a leaky roof! You can almost see the ropey ones sagging in the middle!
We'll see. It's a dry climate car, but only time will tell what it actually needs. It was originally pastel blue and so he will return it to that colour and swap it to Euro-spec headlights. He will also swap the wheels to Fuchs alloys like yours, although he reckons that these "Mahle Gasburner" Magnesium alloy wheels are lighter and rarer, but they clearly don't look the part, do they?993SC said:
I saw you at the top of the Stelvio Pass! You were just pulling away from this viewing point. I was driving my 993 engined supercharged 911SC. 2,000 miles around Italy, Switzerland, France and Germany in 8 days. Superb!!!
Cool. Sounds like we did the same trip! 993 supercharged SC... I guess that won't have been struggling like my car did occasionally then! 
gary71 said:
Cool. Sounds like we did the same trip! 993 supercharged SC... I guess that won't have been struggling like my car did occasionally then!
Yeah it's got plenty of torque so the hills weren't a problem although the engine was getting a little on the warm side on occasion! Cracking trip though - I'm hoping to do Norway next year all being well. Hope you don't mind me adding a pic of mine on the other side of the Stelvio Pass:
Otispunkmeyer said:
Saw a car exactly like yours outside tesco in lougborough the other day. Lovely shape and quite dinky looking compared to the bloaters we have today.
I think I've seen that one before, going up the a1 near colchester and near east midlands airport. silver. Thought it was op's at first!what fantastic car, keep the pics coming
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