Gavin Rooke of South Africa recently sent along a short email about a project they're working on in South Africa. What a beautiful car and photography!
From Gavin, "We recently completed the restoration 1968 Porsche 912 using a range of South African Master Craftsmen.
The project was designed to highlight the high calibre of craftsmen we have in the South Africa and falls within a broader range of projects that we undertake where we merge contemporary designers with experienced, often older craftsmen.
For the Porsche 912 project, we revisited the late 60’s concept of ‘Privateer rally enthusiasts’ who would fit simple factory supplied racing components to their private cars and then compete in professional rallies on weekends.
In this vein - since we’re now no longer constrained to 1960's technology, we embarked on a full rebuild of our 1968 Porsche 912, integrating old and new into a final package that merges 5 decades of Porsche technology. The suspension, brakes, gearbox and motor were entirely replaced with more contemporary Porsche components using a range of specialist local craftsman, whilst the interior and exterior design specification was handled by our design team. We then entered the car into the annual Kalahari Speedweek in Hakskeenpan just over 2 weeks ago and celebrated the entire project with a reinterpretation of mid-century racing posters."
A full background is provided on the site: http://www.dutchmann.co.za/racer.php
