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Have the original drum brakes. They appear to be in pretty bad shape. One side of the car was inexplicably painted black. Outer edge of one separating from the main part of the drum. Sent a photo to Martin Willis at The Machine Shop, who has an excellent reputation for repairing and restoring drum brakes.… Read more: No Stopping Drum Brakes

Car has finally been stripped of every last nut and bolt. With help from friends and neighbor got the dolly on the trailer and strapped down. Made it the 2 hour journey to American Stripping in Sacramento without rattling to pieces. Got a brief tour while there. They will start with plastic media to remove… Read more: Going Stripping

While cleaning and inspecting our case, I noticed some blobs that I did not think were original. My worry was this was a ham-fisted repair by a previous owner (PO). Just to be sure, I contacted the machine shop that did the work on our engine. Ollies got back to me right away and indicated… Read more: The Blob

A member on 914World was looking for a small part that is no longer available (NLA). I thought it was something I could recreate on the 3D printer, so I gave that a go on New Years Eve. It is a clip for the wiring harness of regulator / relay board of Porsche 914. Plastic.… Read more: NYE NLA – Relay Clip

I am painfully familiar with the Porsche tax, but I could not believe the price of spark plugs. They are listed as $47 per plug from the “discount” Porsche Parts dealers. That’s for 1 plug best I can tell.  Searching the factory parts catalog numbers for 1970 914-6 with CDI ignition and MARELLI distributor here’s… Read more: Sticker Shock