Gavin Rooke of South Africa recently sent along a short email about a project they’ve been working on. What a beautiful car, and what photography!
From Gavin: “We recently completed the restoration of a 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 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 ’60s 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 no longer constrained to 1960s technology, we embarked on a full rebuild of our 1968 Porsche 912, integrating old and new into a final package that merges five decades of Porsche technology. The suspension, brakes, gearbox and motor were entirely replaced with more contemporary Porsche components using a range of specialist local craftsmen, while the interior and exterior design specification was handled by our design team. We then entered the car into the annual Kalahari Speedweek in Hakskeenpan, and celebrated the entire project with a reinterpretation of mid-century racing posters.”
