Adrian
Chariot of Fire
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2011
- Messages
- 3,041
- Location
- T?sberg, Norway
- Car(s)
- '13 VW T5, '07 SMC, '94 BMW 850, '92 Donkervoort
Some of you guys might already know this, but for the last two years i have been oogling this advert of a dutch red baron. Despite looking clean as a whistle, low kms and well cared for, the car appeared unsellable. This because the owner, and his wife, was disabled and the car modified as such. The advert has remained up for well over two years. Eventually the #gear crowd got tired of me talking about it, and so did i - i had no plans of purchasing it though, never. Even though i love the type of car, it was not my... thing. I wanted something crazy, not a luxurious dutchie on speed. But under the cover of mini-ringmeet October 5th i flew to D?sseldorf and met up with Tim (Timbit) and Joe (Loose_unit) to go look at the beast.
Sadly all i have from the visit are cellphonepics:
- So clean and shiny!
- The hand controls. Throttle on the steeringwheel, brake on the lever.
Clutch works by bending the lever in the middle, downwards. I'll make videos demonstrating this.
- The Ford 2.0l Turbo powerplant, feeding through a 5-speed manual transmission.
In stock configuration it puts about 160 hp to the ground, the current setup is apparently closer to 200.
- My immediate grin! Boy was i wrong. What i was presented with still haven't sunken properly in.
It's presence is unmatched by anything i have met, seen, or touched so far. It was perfect. I was sold.
Over some very delicious tea and cakes a price was agreed upon, and the pickup planning begun! As if one 8 wasn't enough...
The pickup!
And this weekend she was picked up. Joining Tim and Joe on the job this time was my good friend Lars-Erik (larswey), who also picked up the 850 with me. Lars-Erik and me hopped in the T5 after work on friday and began the long journey through mountaineous Senmark and onwards south on ze Autobahn sharing the driving. After a quick sleepover at Tims place (thank you!), the trek northbound to Schloss-Holte began on this misty morning.
- Backing in the tight yard.
- There it is!
- Putting the roof on!
- Turning it around...
- And loading it on!
- And the trek back begun
- After dropping the german and fake german off...
- ...MANY kilometers...
- ...some testfitting at the ferry terminal, we...
- ...made it home! Where it rests until it gets plates later this week, and moves to winter storage.
Proofpic:
Sadly all i have from the visit are cellphonepics:
- So clean and shiny!
- The hand controls. Throttle on the steeringwheel, brake on the lever.
Clutch works by bending the lever in the middle, downwards. I'll make videos demonstrating this.
- The Ford 2.0l Turbo powerplant, feeding through a 5-speed manual transmission.
In stock configuration it puts about 160 hp to the ground, the current setup is apparently closer to 200.
- My immediate grin! Boy was i wrong. What i was presented with still haven't sunken properly in.
It's presence is unmatched by anything i have met, seen, or touched so far. It was perfect. I was sold.
Over some very delicious tea and cakes a price was agreed upon, and the pickup planning begun! As if one 8 wasn't enough...
The pickup!
And this weekend she was picked up. Joining Tim and Joe on the job this time was my good friend Lars-Erik (larswey), who also picked up the 850 with me. Lars-Erik and me hopped in the T5 after work on friday and began the long journey through mountaineous Senmark and onwards south on ze Autobahn sharing the driving. After a quick sleepover at Tims place (thank you!), the trek northbound to Schloss-Holte began on this misty morning.
- Backing in the tight yard.
- There it is!
- Putting the roof on!
- Turning it around...
- And loading it on!
- And the trek back begun
- After dropping the german and fake german off...
- ...MANY kilometers...
- ...some testfitting at the ferry terminal, we...
- ...made it home! Where it rests until it gets plates later this week, and moves to winter storage.
Proofpic:
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