Delivery by Sea ....

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03-06-2013, 03:03 PM
epilot

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Delivery by Sea ....

the internet is a great thing !

i was asked about the history of my 2.4E recently and whilst i purchased it out of NZ 10 years ago and knew that it was originally delivered to HK i had paid scant regard to the paperwork that came with the car.

so i decided to pull out all the stuff i had and have a good look.

what the certificate of registration in NZ shows that i didnt know is that the car was imported to NZ from Norfolk Island ! on the back of this document is the original NZ owners name, William Walter Hallett, so i said to my self, self, there cant be too many William Walter Hallett's in NZ, and sure enough there was only one !

NZ White Pages and contact details for WWH in Masterton NZ.

what the hell, i'll call, and left the crazy person message- did you own a 911 on Norfolk Island, if yes can you give me a call, if no, please excuse me ...

9pm that night the phone rings- it's Bill (William), yes it was his car, chat, chat, he was digging around in some paperwork and found the original maintenance record books for the car, would i like them !!

today in the mail, true to his word Bill sends me the maintenance record which also details the original owner in HK- and what i think is a classic photo of the car being 'delivered' to Norfolk Island in 1982.
03-06-2013, 03:19 PM
beh911

What an amazing connection. I imagine that incredible top photo you posted will be reblogged all over the web.

Are we to think that wooden boat is supposed to hold the car or is the picture playing with us?
03-06-2013, 03:20 PM
FL-Frank

Now that's cool! Thanks for sharing.
03-06-2013, 03:33 PM
LiveFromNY

Brilliant.
03-06-2013, 03:34 PM
jaudette3

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Originally Posted by beh911

What an amazing connection. I imagine that incredible top photo you posted will be reblogged all over the web.

Are we to think that wooden boat is supposed to hold the car or is the picture playing with us?

It looks like it's being lifted out of that boat. Trying to figure out what powers the boat.

JohnA
03-06-2013, 03:52 PM
Christian Guthrie

Considering the amount of effort to get the car on the island, I would assume the maintenance book is completely blank! Fantastic picture, thanks for sharing.
03-06-2013, 04:08 PM
Bill Simmeth

Awesome! Great score on the papers and picture. The poor kid in the back of the oversized dinghy looks like he's ready to bail!
03-06-2013, 04:25 PM
edmayo

That has got to be cover shot material!! but is there no ferry boat bringing cars to this island??
03-06-2013, 05:09 PM
epilot

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gents,
thanks, fascinating story.
norfolk island is in the middle of no where.

from Wikipedia

Norfolk Island (i/ˈnɔrfək ˈaɪlənd/; Norfuk: Norfuk Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia (France), 1,412 kilometres (877 mi) directly east of mainland Evans Head, and about 900 kilometres (560 mi) from Lord Howe Island. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance. Together with two neighbouring islands, it forms one of Australia's external territories.
Originally colonised by East Polynesians, Norfolk Island was colonised by Britain as part of its settlement in Australia in 1788. It then served as a convict penal settlement until 1794, when it was abandoned until 1856, when permanent residence on the island for civilians began and it was settled from Pitcairn. In 1901, the island became a part of the Commonwealth of Australia which it has remained until this day.

There are no railways, waterways, ports or harbours on the island.[41] Loading jetties are located at Kingston and Cascade, but ships cannot get close to either of them. When a supply ship arrives, it is emptied by whaleboats towed by launches, five tonnes at a time. Which jetty is used depends on the prevailing weather on the day. The jetty on the leeward side of the island is often used. If the wind changes significantly during unloading/loading, the ship will move around to the other side. Visitors often gather to watch the activity when a supply ship arrives.
03-06-2013, 05:26 PM
Mr9146

Un-frickin-believable
03-06-2013, 05:29 PM
beh911

Perfect ESSES article material.

Pictures, island back story, present day update on car.

Mr Dilger, are you reading this? :)
03-06-2013, 05:31 PM
70SATMan

What an awesome piece of your rides history!
03-06-2013, 05:41 PM
Peanut

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Originally Posted by edmayo

That has got to be cover shot material!! but is there no ferry boat bringing cars to this island??

Incredible story and photo. Maybe the boat is named "Porsche, Ferry"?
03-06-2013, 06:20 PM
StephenAcworth

Amazing story and wonderful photo... thanks for sharing! Agree, it is a cover shot in waiting...
03-06-2013, 06:23 PM
crockey

If this is not the ultimate "Caption This" photo, I don't know what is. My submission: "Willing to assist buyer with overseas shipping".

I would kill to have this photo in my car's binder. Race history, provenance, etc.....eyes start to glaze over. "My car was the one you saw being pulled out of a wooden boat on the internet".....winner. One last thing, if you haven't nicknamed your car yet, may I suggest "Noah".
03-06-2013, 07:09 PM
edmayo

Quote:

Originally Posted by crockey

If this is not the ultimate "Caption This" photo, I don't know what is. My submission: "Willing to assist buyer with overseas shipping".

I would kill to have this photo in my car's binder. Race history, provenance, etc.....eyes start to glaze over. "My car was the one you saw being pulled out of a wooden boat on the internet".....winner. One last thing, if you haven't nicknamed your car yet, may I suggest "Noah".

I think we have a caption winner :D
03-06-2013, 07:16 PM
Mr9146

Quote:

Originally Posted by crockey

If this is not the ultimate "Caption This" photo, I don't know what is. My submission: "Willing to assist buyer with overseas shipping".

I would kill to have this photo in my car's binder. Race history, provenance, etc.....eyes start to glaze over. "My car was the one you saw being pulled out of a wooden boat on the internet".....winner. One last thing, if you haven't nicknamed your car yet, may I suggest "Noah".

Best caption for sure. Although, I'd name it Jonah...
03-06-2013, 07:24 PM
jaudette3

Quote:

Originally Posted by crockey

If this is not the ultimate "Caption This" photo, I don't know what is. My submission: "Willing to assist buyer with overseas shipping".

I would kill to have this photo in my car's binder. Race history, provenance, etc.....eyes start to glaze over. "My car was the one you saw being pulled out of a wooden boat on the internet".....winner. One last thing, if you haven't nicknamed your car yet, may I suggest "Noah".

:D

I can't compete with that, but here's another caption:

"We had a good day out there today."

JohnA
03-06-2013, 07:52 PM
70SATMan

It's Ivory! Got to be "Moby"!
03-06-2013, 08:22 PM
LongRanger

Love this kinda stuff!
03-06-2013, 08:27 PM
Merv

I'm sure Craig won't mind but this at Norfolk Is 40 years later. Note the boat number.

http://www.typ901.org/showthread.php?t=4164

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Originally Posted by beh911

What an amazing connection. I imagine that incredible top photo you posted will be reblogged all over the web.

Are we to think that wooden boat is supposed to hold the car or is the picture playing with us?
03-06-2013, 08:48 PM
crockey

Craig, I hope you don't mind, but I emailed a link to this thread to one of my favorite car blogs "MotoringConBrio." Drew replied within minutes thanking me for the tip, and he already has it up: http://motoringconbrio.com/2013/03/0...-back-in-1982/
03-06-2013, 08:59 PM
LiveFromNY

This is absolutely going viral in the car community. Can't be stopped. Just too good.

Not for nothing, but as a collector, this is the kind of thing I (and others) pay a serious premium for. Whoever said it earlier was right. To own this car and to be able to start every conversation with "Did you ever see that photo...". They say a photo is worth a million words. I don't know about that. But I can promise you this photo is worth thousands of dollars.

Do I sound jealous?
03-06-2013, 11:14 PM
gulf908

Guys,

Also of interest is the models description in the maintenance record of the appliccable models.
1973(?) - 911T , E , S and 911 S 2.7 !
I have seen the 911 S 2.7 brochure in the RS book but not anywhere else .
Has anyone seen other like descriptions for the RS in other Porsche literature ?
Good detective work Craig !

Cheers,
Dennis. :)
03-07-2013, 04:25 AM
HughH

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Originally Posted by Merv

I'm sure Craig won't mind but this at Norfolk Is 40 years later. Note the boat number.

http://www.typ901.org/showthread.php?t=4164

merv
i dont think most of the members here will be able to see YOUR photo of 40 years later on the TYP901 link
so here it is...
03-07-2013, 04:28 AM
Bill Simmeth

I guess that's how they do it there, huh? Anyone know, do they place the cars sideways on top of the gunwales?

PS... makes you wonder how the heck they got that crane to the island! :eek:
03-07-2013, 04:39 AM
Reza

WHOA :eek: :D
03-07-2013, 05:23 AM
t6dpilot

Fantastic photo and great history on your car. One has to wonder how that boat stays upright even in calm seas. I would think that it would be placed on the boat, it would wobble a bit, then KERPLUNK! The boat flops over and car is gone... Amazing.
03-07-2013, 05:55 AM
Bill Simmeth

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Simmeth

I guess that's how they do it there, huh? Anyone know, do they place the cars sideways on top of the gunwales?

PS... makes you wonder how the heck they got that crane to the island! :eek:

With apologies to epilot for going a bit astray, but that picture has me fascinated by this delivery process. I found a couple more pictures that show how these deliveries are carried out. :eek:

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03-07-2013, 07:25 AM
Chuck Miller

Just incredable...... John Dilger is subcribed....... ;)
03-07-2013, 10:42 AM
smclaughlin

Quote:

Originally Posted by jaudette3

:D

I can't compete with that, but here's another caption:

"We had a good day out there today."

JohnA

"You should have seen the one that got away!"

-Scott
03-07-2013, 11:10 AM
uai

Quote:

Originally Posted by smclaughlin

"You should have seen the one that got away!"

-Scott

Now that's a good one
03-07-2013, 11:26 AM
EARLY911ZOO

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Originally Posted by Mr9146

Un-frickin-believable

exactly what Marco said! :eek:
us landlubbers find this kind of risk scary, pretty hard to leave the idea of solid ground when handling 2000lbs or more.
probably the only early Porsche on the island, so very cool, thanks for sharing!
03-07-2013, 11:29 AM
EARLY911ZOO

boat numbers are too small and fuzzy even enlarged to see

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merv

I'm sure Craig won't mind but this at Norfolk Is 40 years later. Note the boat number.

http://www.typ901.org/showthread.php?t=4164
03-07-2013, 12:01 PM
raspy2point2

There is somebody in the water at the bow in case the 911 falls in. Chris
01-10-2014, 01:56 PM
epilot

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hi,
just a quick update to this thread.
Bill the PO sent me some more photos of the car being loaded on to the boat at Anson Bay.
01-10-2014, 01:58 PM
epilot

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one last photo
01-10-2014, 02:18 PM
platas

This is cool, saw this in ddk. Craig have they ever dropped a car or anything else ?
01-10-2014, 04:43 PM
Mr9146

This is a brilliant thread. Those photos are GREAT!
01-11-2014, 10:10 AM
mohrgan

Thanks for the additional photos! Very cool story!