Tardza, recycled Porsche.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Can a car have a personality? This story begins with the man who lost it.
How is it pronounced? Tardza. It is a combination of the name "targa" and the word "rdza" (Polish for rust).
Tardza is a Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 from 1984. The original owner had a drug addiction. He lived in this car with his dog. I know he lost contact with reality. He lost his moderation. He lost the car. I don't even know his name. I don't know what happened to the man. I don't know what happened to the dog. I know that the car had a collision that decided its fate.
A left fender dent. The owner couldn’t afford the repair. He had debts. He irretrievably lost the car.
In this unfortunate sequence of events someone took over the car. And I became to be the owner then. The car was in a deplorable condition. The interior existed formally. Useless. The same with clocks, wire harnesses, everything technical. Basically everything at all. I admired the rusty fender. I realized I can't just rebuild this car in accordance to the original. It wouldn't be fair. An idea arose. The Tardza name was formed.
I began to wonder how it all happened. Why did the man and consequently his car fall? I could only assume that the reason was running away from people, from chats, from solving problems.
No dialogue...
Dialogue became the keynote of the restoration. I decided to get all the parts by building relationships with others, that is, simply speaking, receiving for free, exchanging with someone for something and buying, of course. But not in the store. From a man.
The car came without any engine. But that wasn’t a problem. I bought it in Germany from a guy named Raimund. I met him on the day of purchase. We still keep in touch. The roof fabric is a gift from a friend, Maciek. Originally it was a military tent cover from the ‘70s. It was found at his parents’ garage. He made me very happy. I received other internal materials from friends from all over the world. For free, for a smile, for a handshake, for money or exchanging. Notice a bakelite socket from the ‘30s. Polish, from the interwar period. Beautiful. They don't do those anymore. :)
Technically, #Tardza is a brand new car. Each item has been opened, verified, cleaned, repaired or replaced. Besides lowering it is an absolutely standard car. The 3.2’s performance is super good. At least good enough for a project that is not about power, but about relationships between people.
I didn’t deal with mechanics personally. I am a designer. Most of the parts you see I designed and made myself. Notice I did many of these things for the first time in my life, like seats. I didn't know I can do it. I did and they turned out perfectly. In addition, I changed their construction. Now they're open at the back. I love to design, combine, give new form and meaning. Surprisingly the empty seats are very comfortable. They work like buckets.
There are some clever upgrades here but they are not important. It is important what Tardza means for me, for the car culture and for the world in general.
Tardza is a social project. It has opened many conversations and friendships. I always say Porsche is a state of mind and a kind of thinking. This car is honest and free of any bad emotions. It opens people’s eyes and they respond by a smile. It is not as classically serious as the completely original one of the 10 ever built limited Porsche. It’s better because it raises strong emotions. It's better because it raised from the ashes. Don’t get me wrong. I know this is a car. It's not only the car, it’s a car. We can say the same about people. Every person is just a mixture of elements but at the same time everybody’s different.
A rusty fender survived. And it will stay at the place forever. It’s a monument reminding us of the past. It is like a sculpture or a scar. It tells us about pain that we remember. Pain that made who we are. We should remember the past. Who would we be if not the past?
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Music by Polish street artist from Lodz, Mateusz Joachimiak. Mateusz is a part of the project too. He prepared and delivered tracks for free.
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Used tracks:
"Vibrafo" (0:20)
"Restart" (3:36)
Filming and postproduction by Filip Pikiel.
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Witam. To moj pierwszy film jaki zobaczylem na Waszym kanale. Wogole to jestesmy sasiadami. Gdzies tam za ogrodzeniem, w bloku, zerkamy co dzien i sprawdzamy z moimi synami ile dzis Porszakow stoi na parkingu. Bardzo fajny film, bardzo fajna inicjatywa, super fury. Moze kiedys wpadniemy do Panstwa na zakupy. Bardzo o tym marzymy. Trzymamy za Was kciuki!
I love this concept. It is something that is tolerated, encouraged even with Porsches, and wouldn't be accepted by other marques. Perhaps it's the links back to the humble Volkswagen or maybe it's just that Porsche owners are a lot cooler. Either way it's awesome and I love it. Well done.
Thank you for your kind words! 🙏
This is what it's all about for me. I love the details. Fantastic.
Thank you! 🙏
Pięknie opowiedziane! Masa emocji!
Piękny projekt
Powoli przymierzam się do kupa swojego pierwszego Porsche. Tak z ciekawości jakie są widełki cenowego takiego projektu ?
Dzięki Bartek. Rozbieżność jest ogromna. Napisz proszę nam maila na office@car-bone.pl by dowiedzieć się więcej.
Zakochałem się w niej a nie w Podsiadle i dobrze mi z tym 😜
I ona i Dawid fajni. 🙂
Glad you saved it! I feel the same way about every unloved old 911 I see. If it were my car, I'd find other ways to retain the good patina and get that front fender fixed although you clearly are dead set on leaving it.
The fender tells the story. I need to keep it!
świetna narracja - zajebisty projekt ! 5
Dzięki! 🙌
Brawo Pawle! O to chodzi w zabawie w porsze chyba 😉
Dzięki Jacek! 🙏
Glad it doesn't have a Mazda engine...
There are more options. Some prefer V8 😉
Thank you Adam! 🙏
love this short stories!!! Bravo!
Thanks a lot! 🙏
Im glad to know that there is another Porsche with a personality. My Targa is a direct barometer to my mental health. She sat during the whole time I was really sick and now it seems we love each other even more.
Mike, all classic Porsches have a personalities. Not all of them can tell stories tho.