Stop Saving Your Porsche for Someday | Kris Clewell, Overcrest

Most Porsche owners spend years worrying about mileage, paint, value, and keeping the car perfect. Kris Clewell has put well over 100,000 miles on his 1972 Albert Blue Porsche 911T, driven it across the country, taken it down roads most owners would never consider, and he thinks we may be missing the point. Kris is the co-founder of Overcrest, host of the Overcrest Podcast, photographer, filmmaker, writer, and one of the people whose work helped shape the way I think about old cars and road trips. He also happens to own the same year and color Porsche as I do, a 1972 Albert Blue 911T. What started as a conversation about those two cars turned into something much bigger. This ended up being one of my favorite conversations I've had on ElevenAfterNine. If you own a Porsche, an old car, a motorcycle, or anything else that gives you an excuse to go somewhere, I think there is something in this episode for you. The car isn't the point. What you do with it is. IN THIS EPISODE • More than 100,000 miles in Kris's 1972 Porsche 911T • Crossing the desert in an air-cooled 911 with no front oil cooler • Why tiny moments become the road-trip memories you never forget • How a cheap Volkswagen Rabbit eventually led Kris to his first Porsche 911 • Rebuilding his first 911SC himself • How he found the 1972 911T he still owns today • Why authenticity matters more to Kris than perfection • The $150,000 offer that almost separated him from his 911 • Why his kids are one reason he may never sell the car • Driving a valuable air-cooled Porsche on gravel, dirt and broken roads • Why Kris considers paint a wear item • Cars as tools for exploration • Why you shouldn't waste the "in-between" parts of your life • Driving, solitude and flow state • The emotional moment that eventually created the Overcrest Rally • Why Overcrest isn't about expensive cars or driving fast • "No man left behind" and the community created on the rally • How Kris spends days scouting a route • The incredible Renault Le Car story from rural Oregon • Why the best experiences are often the ones nobody could have planned FOLLOW KRIS CLEWELL & OVERCREST Overcrest: https://overcrestproductions.com Overcrest Rally: https://overcrestproductions.com/page... Overcrest Podcast: https://overcrestproductions.com/page... Overcrest YouTube:    / @overcrestproductions   Overcrest Instagram:   / overcrestproductions   Overcrest on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Overcrest on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3XtcT5j... Support Overcrest / Driving Team: https://www.overcrestproductions.com/... WATCH DAS ZIEL If you've never seen Das Ziel, Kris Clewell and Alex Nelson's film documenting a cross-country journey in Kris's 1972 Porsche 911, watch it. It was one of the pieces of automotive filmmaking that first introduced me to Kris and his Albert Blue 911 years ago. Das Ziel:    • Das Ziel - An Epic 911 Road Trip   More on the film from StanceWorks: https://stanceworks.com/2018/03/das-z... MORE FROM KRIS Kris's current work at Petrolicious: https://petrolicious.com CONNECT WITH ElevenAfterNine Website, Porsche Consulting & More: https://www.elevenafternine.com/ Main YouTube Channel:    / @elevenafternine   ElevenAfterNine Podcast YouTube:    / @elevenafterninepodcast   Instagram:   / theelevenafternine   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0fpVL61... Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Contact: 11afternine@gmail.com Buying a Porsche and want a second opinion before you wire the money? One-on-one Porsche buyer and ownership consulting is available at ElevenAfterNine.com. CHAPTERS 00:00 Kris Clewell and the two Albert Blue 1972 Porsche 911s 02:17 More than 100,000 miles in one 911 05:34 Why the strange moments make the best road-trip memories 12:40 How Kris became a Porsche guy 15:22 The cheap Volkswagen that started everything 19:40 Buying his first Porsche 911SC 25:26 Finding the 1972 911T he still owns 29:37 Real cars, replicas and why authenticity matters 34:00 How I first discovered Kris's Albert Blue 911 35:57 The offer that almost bought the car 39:14 Why he drives a valuable 911 on gravel 41:44 A car as a tool for exploration 42:49 Don't waste the "in-between" 44:17 Driving as meditation and flow state 45:22 What makes the Overcrest Rally different 46:42 The moment that started Overcrest 51:17 Who gets into an Overcrest Rally 54:35 What actually makes a great driving route 56:05 The Renault Le Car story 1:02:26 The real reason we take the car ElevenAfterNine is an independent enthusiast podcast and is not affiliated with, authorized by, or endorsed by Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.