Introductions are in order (Weissach content)

[Krautfed]

Greetings my fellow Porsche enthusiasts.

I'm Dan from Wisconsin. I wanted to start off by thanking our host, Pelican Parts, for
creating this space for all of us. It is such a great resource. I also wanted to thank all of
the members for sharing your knowledge. I'd still be trying to figure out how to work
the heater controls if it wasn't for you.


After years of owning watercooled VW's, I finally saved enough to purchase my first 911.
Like most here on Pelican, it was a long time goal of mine to have a Porsche in my garage.
My youth was spent at Road America, and after seeing so many 911's I knew that
someday I had to own one. After searching for a months I ended up finding the perfect
car for me. A 1980 Weissach 911.


Quick background on the car.
I believe this car has spent most, if not all of it's life in the Midwest. Chicago area at first.
I purchased the car from a guy who owned it about 8 years, and lived in Upper Michigan.
It's clean, but not pristine. I've owned a few show cars, and didn't want another garage queen.


It has 97K, and needed a clutch asap. Typical "while I'm in there" deal. We also fixed
some oil leaks, seals, new oil lines, SSI's, muffler, wevo coupler/shifter, etc., left my
bank account a little lighter than I'd hoped. It was worth every penny though.


Here are some shots that I grabbed a few months ago.











Now, being a photographer helps, but it's also nice to have friends who have a killer rig
for rolling shots. My buddy, Ken, and I spent an evening creating these.
Hope that you dig them.











This next year will consist of me getting the interior squared away. Thankfully the carpet
is in a 9/10 condition. The seats are hosed though. The dash is slightly warped, and
door tops could use a recover as well. I'm thinking Tony @ Autobaun.
Any insight is appreciated.


Thanks for reading!





-Dan

[wayner]

Great shots...and car!

[OsoMoore]

Fantastic looking car, and great photography. I just bought an SC this past spring, and I too grew up working on VW's, Golfs mainly.
Whereabouts in Wisconsin are you? I'm in Milwaukee, and I've found some nice roads to run around here.

[Krautfed]

Thanks for the kind words.

I'm up in Appleton, but I make it to Milwaukee quite often. In-laws live in Mequon.

I still love Golfs. Here is my old one that was in Performance VW magazine.

Photos taken by my good friend, Anna Taylor.

[steely]

Welcome! Beautiful car, and great shots!

[Reifle]

Nice rides! You will love this place...

[wacko]

How did you take those pics of you driving from above?

[Krautfed]

It's called a rig shot.

My friend Ken's is a custom made, carbon fiber, tube that is held to the car with special suction cups.


After shooting you remove the tube in photoshop.
Pic for reference

[kiwiokie]

Plaid seat inserts? Schweet!

[SAY - 642]

Thanx for sharing the amazing action shots

[weseeeee]

Congrats on your new ride. The shot entering the bend would be a nice poster.

[Krautfed]

Thanks everyone!

Here is a shot of the interior. I'm not a huge fan of the plaid, but it will work for now.


Anyone have a recommendation on where I can get these seats/dash redone?

[Drive-em]

I have always loved Weissachs
Yours looks great! I have never seen one with plaid inserts, if those are original I wouldn't change them! Pretty rare car.

[Doug E]

Outstanding action shots !!!!

Thanks for sharing the set-up on how those were done ... always have been curiuos about that.

[OttoB]

Dude, if you bought the car to enjoy, then by all means the sky is the limit as to how much you can modify it... It looks great as it is, but don't feel as if you can't customize because of other's opinions - do what makes you happy and in the long run, that's exactly what's gonna happen, so enjoy many miles of motoring and congrats!

[dave 911]

Nice car - congrats! I like the plaid - it's original, and screams '70's!!'...very cool. Is it still available, if you were to grow to like it and want to keep the car original?

And a question regarding that photo boom -- how does it not shake? It looks like you are using a relatively slow shutter speed to get the blur of the road, but the car is pretty clear...I would think with the weight of the camera hanging out there at the end of a long pole it would be bouncing like a big dog.

[Drive-em]

Ultimately Otto B is right on.
My car is a complete bastard that won't be for sale.
Drive-Em!

[Mr.Doback]

I almost thought you were Larry Appleton from vwvortex...

Welcome! Nice to see a fellow mk3 owner jump over here. Good luck with the build!

[Krautfed]

Mr.Doback - I've met "Larry Appleton" a few times a various shows. I've been on Vortex for
10+ years now, and still have a lot of close friends from the forums.


OttoB - I totally agree with you. Although the car is fairly rare, there will be a few modifications that
she will get. If I don't mind putting Billet Wheels on a golf, the 911 will get some different yet tasteful.
Thanks for your advice. I really appreciate it!


Dave 911 - Great question. For the boom shots the car is actually not running. We were shooting at
about F8 with a 1 sec shutter speed to get the motion blur. The car was pushed (5mph-ish) to keep
the boom steady, and vibration to a minimum. Although the carbon fiber boom is pretty damn rigid.


Cheers!



-Dan

[rs6er]

Here are some of my son's rig shots: