Project Marrakesh is starting to become more than just an idea. And I think it probably has to, because the simple truth is this: I really enjoy travelling in the 944. I honestly thought I was more or less done with the car. Everything had been thought through, built, changed, tested an…
The last few weeks weren’t just different from what I expected — they were completely different. Different even from “unexpected”. I don’t want to start talking about fate, but let’s call it a turnaround — the kind politicians love. A 360-degree one. And I’m not done. Not just 360 — m…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → Only 28 days left. And Ölvis is getting nervous. Since his suction cup has apparently entered an unbreakable relationship with the windscreen, he now has to witness everything — every tiny ta…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → All in all, the Porsche is… finished. Finished for the road, finished for TÜV — but nowhere near finished for Africa . It’s back on its own four wheels, it drives, it brakes, it steers… …
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → The priority list for the conversion can be summed up in one sentence: 1) Space. 2) Space. 3) Space. And even that still isn’t really enough. To get any grip on this at all, one dec…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → The destination, the date and the route are set. Now comes the real question: what does the Porsche need to become in order to cross Europe, survive the Mediterranean, and then keep going on…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → Once all the formalities around the purchase were done, the next step was obvious: pick it up . But, as life likes to remind you, anything that’s supposed to become good and great doesn’t com…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → Sometimes a new adventure doesn’t start with an engine note or the twist of an ignition key, but with a plain conversation at the kitchen table. Before an idea could become a project, before “…
Project Marrakesh ← previous | Overview | next → 944 Reasons for a Porsche I wasn’t looking for anything — and still found something. Chance? Fate? I’m going with: it was meant to happen. Because what other explan…