Restoration Wednesday
At first I thought the spider in the speedometer was dead, until it disappeared. How did it even get in there? Little bugger. You look creepy up close and up side down behind glass. I’m not planning to rebuild … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, The 928S4 Finally Catches Fire
It’s not a metaphor like: Man, that 928 catches fire and runs like little Billy away from a beehive. The 928 literally caught on fire. I bled the brakes and accidentally knocked the fluid reservoir cap into the engine … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Off Jack Stands a Year Later
It’s official. Yesterday, one year to the day exactly on March 24th, the red car comes off of jack stands. Crack a beer, high five, fist bump, give a finger point with a giddy up. I can finally get … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Are You Kidding Me? I Did Something.
The long and winding road has left me in the ditch of disappointment. After getting my Brembo calipers rebuilt by my buddy Will at Centric (thanks again Will!), I sat down to do their install over the weekend. My parts … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Me and The Gauge Cluster
Yesterday I pulled the gauge cluster in the 928 S4 and updated the odometer gear purchased from, wait for it, OdometerGears.com. I’m sure many of you have heard of them. They do great work at providing solid plastic gears … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Porsche 914 Headlights
Black and orange look hella good don’t they? See what I did there? You are a sharp one, you are, for noticing. That’s why I love you reading my blog. What? You flipped from Hella to a slight scold before absorbing … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, What’s in a Gas Tank?
These aren’t the best pictures but guess what, I’m photographing gas tanks. Is there anything less sexy on a car besides a stock gas tank? Tires? Love me some red walls. Brakes? Please. Cad plated calipers and cross drilled rotors. … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Triple Zeniths
Porsche had a long standing relationship with Zenith. Zenith carburetors powered many 356s before losing ground to Solex and Weber as the 911s and 912s came along. But then they made a return to favor on the early 70’s 2.2 … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, So That Happened
Not working on cars all summer apparently makes you as rusty as your 914 tanks. Hard to believe this is my first real project in like five months. Instead of working on cars all summer, I’ve been renovating a … Continued
Restoration Wednesday, Stickers Gets New Brakes
The left rear caliper froze up last summer when I took Eddie Alterman for a ride in Stickers during Car and Driver’s Ten Best testing days outside of Ann Arbor. It was an uneventful but hard stop that shows why … Continued