New member from the Netherlands

[Ricoberg]

Hello Pelican Crew.

I would like to introduce myself as a new member to this fantastic community. My name is Rico and I am from Rotterdam, the Netherlands. I have been lurking this board for quite some years but never signed up until recently. Currently I have 2 Minerva Blue 911's.

After buying my first car I have met a fantastic group of nice people after some Porsche Meetings and made good friends.

I have done a few simple modifications/ repairs to the car myself but for the majority have sent it to a very capable mechanic…but as with all things the bills are adding up so I definitely plan to do a lot more work myself and believe I can learn a lot from this community.


1. a 911S from 1977 (my birth year) which was originally a Californian Car which I have purchased in 2014. It has the SC flares and for the rest quite original I believe. The engine and transmission are in fantastic shape and I absolutely love this car with the high revving engine characteristics. 2 years ago I have upgraded the suspension to RS specs and installed the SSI heat exchangers and a nice Dasnk double exhaust. It is now a blast to drive. This car I take out as much as possible when to weather in Holland allows and I also take it out on the track when my schedule allows. Future updates would be to add some sports seats (Sparco’s or Recaro) and get me some semi-slicks to improve my lap times. A roll cage I am not sure yet since I also like to bring my kids along for a ride

The car had a Californian blue plate (380 UDU) when I purchased it and unfortunately came without any history. I did notice a window sticker from Lomita 911 so believe it’s from LA. If anyone recognizes this car and could point me to some previous owners that would be really cool.

When I bought it:




Current status:



2. My second baby is a quite rare 1976 Carrera 3.0 originally delivered in Switzerland which is a blast to drive (200 HP) and has been restored cosmetically (new paint, interior redone) but had some serious mechanical issues when I bought it. The complete CIS system has been redone the last months and I am now searching for some interior parts to get it 100%. The engine running quite hot though so that needs to be solved and its consuming a lot of oil (3 quarts per 600 miles!!) I hope this can be solved without a complete overhaul of the engine. But I have plenty of time for this baby to get it solved. This one I just use occasionally. Alse here unfortunately not much history provided except a few previous Swiss invoices. I tracked down one of the previous owners last week so that was very nice. He was also happy to find out that his old car was still alive. I told him there are no old Porsches, just new owners 




After finding some nice 15"8-9J Fuchs..nevermind the ride height..it was lowered with and provided with some nice Billsteins after this.





Thanks for your time and I hope that I can meet new friends here as well, learn a lot and hopefully in the future are able to provide assistance myself.

Regards Rico

[proporsche]

Hi Rico..nice cars welcome to this 911 Jungle....i am just a little south from you;-)

Ivan

[Flojo]

Welcome!

CheeRS from Germany!

[Ian Comerford]

Welcome Rico, great cars! Have you also tried www.impactbumpers.com which is a UK forum for these cars?

Ian

[dfhtrhjn]

Soooo pictures?

[75 911s]

Awesome cars! Love the Minerva Blue!

[RDM]

Beautiful cars. They aren't so bad to work on, as long as you are willing to not be in a hurry and take good advice. Welcome!

[Evans, Marv]

Beautiful car, & I like the color combination. Welcome.

[steely]

Congratulations and Welcome Rico - both cars are stunning and thanks for sharing the pictures.

[RSBob]

Welcome Rico. Gorgeous cars and you live in a beautiful city.

[jlex]

Sent my '85 to the Netherlands a couple of years ago.
Nice looking cars.
Keep your finger in that dike!

[Ricoberg]

Thanks all!

[tdw28210]

Very nice stable. Welcome.

[André 3.0]

Welcome Rico.
Minerva C3 is über-cool