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Old 06-16-2012, 09:06 AM
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After a 2 year restoration project I have been doing some hot weather endurance testing, here are some pictures I thought you may enjoy that I took this morning.




Old 06-16-2012, 10:35 AM
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She looks awesome - how hot is hot at the moment?
Enjoy the "Love in".
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Old 06-16-2012, 12:33 PM
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Thanks Roger, a slightly toasty 45c this morning.
Old 06-16-2012, 03:26 PM
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How is it still so clean?
Old 06-16-2012, 04:29 PM
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That is one big Russian bird right there. Looks pretty good for being abandoned!
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Originally Posted by pcar928fan
That is one big Russian bird right there. Looks pretty good for being abandoned!
Yes someone on this forum will probably think it needs to be "saved" restored
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Porsche meets Antinov
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113F and I thought Texas was hot
Old 06-16-2012, 07:07 PM
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Your car looks beautiful!
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Originally Posted by outbackgeorgia
Porsche meets Antinov
More like Porsche meets Ilyushin 76 ....
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Originally Posted by pcar928fan
That is one big Russian bird right there.
I thought the IL-76 was a good-sized bird, the AN 124 too. Then one day in late 2004 I watched an AN-224 fly out of Baghdad.

Holy ****snacks, is that a big bird. It's like a gawdam office building with wings.

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I stand corrected, I do think those designers went to the same schools though. Many design clues are similar. Should have researched it more.
Dave
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45 Degree's and its not even summer here yet Roger.....Not everything is bigger in Texas (Sorry, couldn't resist)!

When he is not taking photo's of stuff just lying around in the desert here, this is what Dictys (OP) and Phil928 built for me on Friday when we had a local 928 "Love in" here in Dubai. My only contribution was to clean the CE panel and provide the Pizza.
Great work guys and many thanks.
Should fit it back on the "Purple Pig this week and hopefully everything will work.
We are getting together with the cars again next weekend and will post some pictures of them together as its probably the first time in the last year that they have all been on the road at the same time.

Your car looks great in those pictures mate.
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