finally getting around an introducion
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:35 am
Gday, I've been a member for a while now so it's about time I introduced myself, so here goes, I've been a proud pinz owner for about 2 years now a civilian 712K, it just kinda fell into my lap. Originally I planned to just get it registered and go on a couple of small offroad outings and then move it on.... but no, the bug well and truly bit me and I fell in love with it. The build quality, exceptional engineering etc and the ear to ear grin I have whenever I drive it is what got me. Not to mention the pinz community on this forum, the wealth of knowledge and willingness to share is something I found uniquely altruistic. So thanks, many of you have been a big help to me without knowing it. Also even though the spare parts sellers are on the other side of the world from me I have to say I much prefer dealing with them (Scott EI, Sarah SAV, Dale HafTek) than many sellers local to me who seem to have no problem pushing cheap and nasty products and services.
Now a bit about my pinz, its a 1985 712k 4 door, it was imported new in 1985 by Peter and Alan Hamilton of
Porsche dealerships in Australia they were well known here for building and importing race cars and vehicles that were interesting or different, they brought 2 over at the time but I was told the other was in a nasty accident/ rollover and badly damaged, they were both RHD.
Modifications and points worth a mention.... being such a late build its obviously got the 2.7 litre engine and exec 2 pinions, it was imported with aircon but the previous owner (who I worked for for too many years)ripped it all off rather than repair it. He also removed and threw away the rear folding seats and the rearmost sliding windows seen in one of the pics. It has a power steering conversion, G Wagen box and pump, 2 forward facing rear seats behind front seats, 2 aluminium rollbars inside cab 1 over front seats (being a civi it has no cabin divider) and 1 over rears. The brake booster is a slightly larger unit sourced from a BMW, it apparently applies 5 kg of extra brake force, breaks are awesome but I never drove it before this was fitted, it bolts directly to pedal box. 12 volt conversion of the entire vehicle (alt rewind), intermittent wipers and its dual fuel, petrol 120 lts and LPG 140 lts actual fill, I fitted the LPG because its about half the price of petrol over here and available everywhere, the air cooled engine really seems to love it, I couldn't be happier with it.
I've got plans to a lot more work to it, giving it some new paint is high on the list as I don't like the yellow on it, BTW only the roof, rubrails, tail light back plates and rear bumper tubes are yellow, hopefully pics are coming soon. The pic of it in off white/beige is the original colour, but I think I'll probably paint it an OD or something close.
Cheers Warren.
It seems none of my images are "valid" I tried uploading several with no joy. I select choose file then I select an image, then I select add file. After the site tries to upload for a while I get a message saying its an invalid file. Am I doing something wrong?
Now a bit about my pinz, its a 1985 712k 4 door, it was imported new in 1985 by Peter and Alan Hamilton of
Porsche dealerships in Australia they were well known here for building and importing race cars and vehicles that were interesting or different, they brought 2 over at the time but I was told the other was in a nasty accident/ rollover and badly damaged, they were both RHD.
Modifications and points worth a mention.... being such a late build its obviously got the 2.7 litre engine and exec 2 pinions, it was imported with aircon but the previous owner (who I worked for for too many years)ripped it all off rather than repair it. He also removed and threw away the rear folding seats and the rearmost sliding windows seen in one of the pics. It has a power steering conversion, G Wagen box and pump, 2 forward facing rear seats behind front seats, 2 aluminium rollbars inside cab 1 over front seats (being a civi it has no cabin divider) and 1 over rears. The brake booster is a slightly larger unit sourced from a BMW, it apparently applies 5 kg of extra brake force, breaks are awesome but I never drove it before this was fitted, it bolts directly to pedal box. 12 volt conversion of the entire vehicle (alt rewind), intermittent wipers and its dual fuel, petrol 120 lts and LPG 140 lts actual fill, I fitted the LPG because its about half the price of petrol over here and available everywhere, the air cooled engine really seems to love it, I couldn't be happier with it.
I've got plans to a lot more work to it, giving it some new paint is high on the list as I don't like the yellow on it, BTW only the roof, rubrails, tail light back plates and rear bumper tubes are yellow, hopefully pics are coming soon. The pic of it in off white/beige is the original colour, but I think I'll probably paint it an OD or something close.
Cheers Warren.
It seems none of my images are "valid" I tried uploading several with no joy. I select choose file then I select an image, then I select add file. After the site tries to upload for a while I get a message saying its an invalid file. Am I doing something wrong?
