bonjour de la france

[yul34]

hello, my name is Patrick ,
I'm 37 , I live in Cap d' Agde,
a small town in southern France on the French Riviera



I love sports cars and big block us
I practice in amateur racing with a honda civic ed7(EUROPEAN EF9 with the ZC engine 1.6 16V dohc 130hp)
the Civic is prepared 170hp and style is inspired kanjo Osaka
I have to project to get into the touring pro , I still looking for the model (I have a preferance for chevrolet nova 1970)
I have come to Los Angeles in February to see my family who live in Burbank and I 'll take the opportunity to find and bring a car to France
then if all goes well and that my project pro touring works , I think up my company, imported car in France to prepare us in the pro touring, it does not exist at home,
I 'll be the first but before that I must do my project
So that is why I am here to see the different project also learn because I manages mechanics but I do not know any aftermarket parts and the system that exists ( suspensions, swap engine , steering, brake) so I 'm here to discover and learn what is on us carsorry for my english, i try to speak very well

thanks for reading

[andrewb70]

Welcome!!!

Andrew

[ICrombie]

Cool another European!
How hard is it to get cars brought into France from the US?

[BMR Sales]

Welcome Patrick!

[TheJDMan]

Welcome Patrick, you should make plans to visit some of our west coast vendors and members while you are in Calif.

[yul34]

ICROMBIE

no, it is not hard but it is very expensive , Container transportation by sea and once in France trucking from north west to south is also expensive and customs payable on arrival in France in Port Harbour
the French state does not promote import , so it is quite expensive, thus bringing in a Container , it must be filled to max.
Passion does everything, we forget the price and it is thought that future pleasure


THEJDMAN

I was thinking too, is a very good idea thank you


andrew and BMR thanks

[yul34]

HI everybody, i'm sorry, i did not connect from 1 year ago.

I have not had time, I am created my business (the first pro touring/restomod garage in france).

it takes a lot of time and money (especially in France), or my absence.

if all goes well, I should start in march 2017.

otherwise I have a question, I come to LA and Vegas from October to November, 1 month, and I would like to know the places and days or gather the fans of muscle, hot rods and pro touring course.

MERCI A TOUS (thank you all)

[bello]

Hi Patrick

I didn’t saw your preview post on the forum.
As you can see i’m from France too and i’m building a 66 Chevelle / LS1

That’s a good project you have here !

[yul34]

salut, bello
cela fais plaisir ,je ne suis pas le seul français ici,
si tu a un post concernant ta chevelle (avec des photos biensur) donne moi le lien,
j'irais voir avec grand plaisir,
sinon merci j'espere que mon project va rapidement voir le jour.

sorry translate in english:

hi, bello
this make me happy, I'm not the only French here,
if you have a post about your chevelle (with pictures of course) gives me the link, I'd go with pleasure, otherwise thank you I hope my project will quickly emerge.

the last time, I have not asked the right question, I wanted to know or go to the meeting on LA or Las Vegas. I come to see my family, I have a month to usa.

thanks you

[bello]

Patrick

Oui il y a plusieurs membres français sur le site !!
Tu peux voir des photos de ma Chevelle ici : https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...le-from-FRANCE

Je n'ai pas encore commencé mon projet car j'attends encore des pièces, mais je serais prêt dans quelques jours !!
Je créerais un post a cette occasion

A bientôt.

Translation !! :

Patrick
Yes there is a few french members on the site !!
you can see pics of my chevelle in my introduction thread here: https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...le-from-FRANCE

I didn’t start my project yet as i am collecting parts to begin, but i’ll be ready in a few days !!
I will start a new thread soon

[mc84_zz4]

Bonjour Patrick,
Here are some event calendars for those areas; you picked great destinations, Vegas and California have tons of car culture.

Here are some for Las Vegas:
Cars & Coffee is usually local car groups collectively organizing cruise-ins, usually a wide variety of: restorations, customs, rat-rods, 4x4 trucks, mustangs, corvette, impala, and a few other clubs are always present. In other cruise-ins local to me we often have 200+ cars on Friday nights, occasionally some rare collector cars and/or exotics show up, specially when the weather is ideal.
https://carsandcoffee.com/calendar/schedule/

Tons more events:
http://www.lasvegascarshows.com/
http://www.socalcarculture.com/events.html


Some great reading material for the library:

These first 2 are from guys that were into pro-touring before it had a name:
https://www.amazon.com/How-Make-Your.../dp/1613251750 <-- written by Mark Savitske from SC&C
https://www.amazon.com/Stielows-Tour.../dp/0979115248
https://www.amazon.com/Detroit-Speed.../dp/1613251378
https://www.amazon.com/How-Build-Pro.../dp/1613250037

A few links of good vendors:
in no particular order, and probable very incomplete:

www.scandc.com
www.umiperformance.com
www.detroitspeed.com
www.spohn.net
www.speedtechperformance.com
www.ridetech.com
www.kore3.com GM brake systems
www.globalwest.net/nova-street-performance-applications-1968-1969-1970-1971-1972-1973-1974.html

www.roadstershop.com/product/chassis-and-suspension
www.schwartzperformance.com/chassis
www.artmorrison.com/chevelle.php


There is a long list of vendors that have their advertising on the far right hand of the screen too, click on any of them to browse their websites.

HTH

[TheJDMan]

Patrick if you are planning to open a PT shop in France you need to make arrangements to attend SEMA in LasVegas November 1-4.

https://www.semashow.com