Hi everyone,
My name is Costa and I love air cooled Porsches!
Although I have been lurking around the Pelican forums...long before I owned one,
I have never actually introduced myself, until now.
Part 1 – How it all began (the 911 bug bit me)
I remember the day as clearly as if it were yesterday.
It was 1997 and we were in our 1st year of study of mechanical engineering. My mate Matthew owned an Alfa 33 and we had just walked in to see Dawie at Glenwood Motors (in Pretoria, South Africa). Dawie was Matthew’s trusted Alfa Romeo go-to guy. These visits were frequent, as any Alfisti can attest. But this visit turned out to be very different to any of our previous visits…
There it was. A silver 930 was strapped down onto Dawie's rolling road dyno. It growled, spat flames and put down power unlike anything we had ever experienced before. The impression it made would last forever. The two curious youngsters eagerly watched on, while Brian White tweaked the K-Jetronic and repeated dyno run after dyno run, while monitoring his mechanical pressure gauges. Brian is a legend in the South African Porsche fraternity.
That day, friendships were forged and a Porsche journey began.
I have been blessed, over the years, with opportunities to work on some very special projects and to meet fantastic people. I would like to share with you some of the more memorable moments: