a pelicanparts forum thread in which he posts a lot of "inside info"
do not click here if you have anything else to do this week...
and his home site:
a pelicanparts forum thread in which he posts a lot of "inside info"
do not click here if you have anything else to do this week...
and his home site:
I don't know how I feel about this guy. I really respect that he does most of his own work and would rather drive a 60's Porsche than some new car, but the shameless self-promotion grates on me a little and the videos of him driving like a madman on public streets don't sit well, either...
Good taste in cars, and that's where it ends. Chalk outline waiting to happen.
Living "La Vida Loca " that guys is.
Javelin wrote: I don't know how I feel about this guy. I really respect that he does most of his own work and would rather drive a 60's Porsche than some new car, but the shameless self-promotion grates on me a little and the videos of him driving like a madman on public streets don't sit well, either...
Similar reasons I dislike Bill Caswell. He tends to get up his own butt sometimes. That and his association with Gawker/Jalopnik. Just a little subtlety would do his image good. Same for the subject in the OP.
I like Magnus. Granted, he did start that thread, but the masterful presentation of the thread itself is what attracted people to him and caused the "self promotion".
More importantly how did he get the money to own all those Porsches while looking like that? I want that job.
In reply to 93EXCivic:
He started a clothing biz in LA but the real money came from renting out his warehouse to reality TV shows and stuff.
His stuff prompted me to recall the $175k early 911 that was on BaT recently. Insane what some of these "restored" cars go for! 
http://bringatrailer.com/2012/08/31/bat-exclusive-1967-porsche-911s-restoration-project/
Javelin wrote: In reply to 93EXCivic: He started a clothing biz in LA but the *real* money came from renting out his warehouse to reality TV shows and stuff.
it's the "...and stuff" where the real money is. Supposedly there are a few films of an adult nature that were filmed in the upstairs rooms of his workshop.
Also, he got into the clothing business by selling knitted hats on the Venice beach boardwalk.
Yep, his girlfriend/wife I believe owns more property as well. They rent to anybody who needs fancy/different looking sets.
Must be nice...
Thanks jerk, I just spent like the WHOLE day looking through that thread. Started about 8am and got done about an hour ago. Wass pretty friggin swee though. He's now a friend on FB. 
Why do I think this every time I see this thread title?
The guy reminds me of Rob Zombie, but holy hell that's a pretty porsche.
Merchandising! Merchandising!
Dude's got more blog posts about his knick-knacks than about the cars.
93EXCivic wrote: More importantly how did he get the money to own all those Porsches while looking like that? I want that job.
Working as Rob Zombie's stunt double, I'm guessing.
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