How To Repair and Improve Your Wiring For High Power H4 Headlight Upgrade
Before you upgrade to H4 headlights, make sure your wiring is up to the task. My 1974 Porsche 911 factory wiring was over taxed and [Read more...]
Is Double Clutching Necessary Today?
If you're a car enthusiast who loves shifting gears in a manual transmission then this article is for you. We enjoy the mechanical process [Read more...]
Porsche 356 Front Suspension Versus 911 Complexity
I've been working on my 911 and 356 suspensions back to back and the comparisons are interesting to say the least! Porsche 356 [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Backdate |Hand Formed Hood Extension
A common modification to mid 70's & 80's 911s is to backdate the nose to make it appear even older. Why do we want to make the car look [Read more...]
Automotive Paint Stripping -The Complete PRO/ CONS Guide
Whether you are stripping paint from a small section of your classic car or removing paint from the whole car all at once, below is the [Read more...]
FIA Seat Mounts For Your Porsche 911
My 1974 Porsche seat mounts are surprisingly weak. As if a 6mm screw is going to do much in side or rear impact collision! The other issue [Read more...]
Rear Camber Boxes Change Roll Center Too!
Porsche 911's have proven themselves to be excellent handling race cars. However, this did not prevent me to improve it. One very common [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Roll Bar DIY Fun
Rear Half Cage Porsche 911 Some say a roll bar is only for bad drivers. I'm the first to admit that I'm a better engineer than a race [Read more...]
Trunk Area Gets Epoxy Primer & Detail
All one color! My trunk area gets epoxy primer and detail! Yay! Everything in the same color and tidy is strangely satisfying. The [Read more...]
How To Roll Your Fenders For More Tire Clearance
I'm not sure what wheel and tire combo that will end up on this car, but my thought is to make it as wide as possible now before paint. The [Read more...]
Stronger Anti-Roll Bar Mounts Porsche 911
Welded Front ARB PlatesFront ARB Armor PlatesRear ARB Boxed Mount Homemade Porsche Parts Are the Best For My Wallet Anytime improved [Read more...]
Stitch Seam Welding + Porsche 911 Chassis Mods
Plates/Gussets/Braces/ Stitch Seam Welding Mods After bringing my Porsche 911 chassis back from dead, I feel that I'm at liberty to [Read more...]
My porsche 911 Project Advances To the Bodywork Phase
A BIG Milestone Some milestones bring more excitement than others, but for me seeing the car all one color is a big one for me. After [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Suspension Pan Repair
Dealing with Porsche 911 Suspension Pan rust has to be the one of the most demoralizing aspect of any restoration! One of the advantages of [Read more...]
Getting Body Ready for Primer – Align Panel Gaps
This week I start to adjust the body panel gaps on my old classic Porsche. As it turns out this is not an easy task because my car has had [Read more...]
RS Versus SC Flare Differences Explained & How to Convert SC–>RS
Porsche's 1973 Carrera RS is arguably one of the best road racing cars Porsche made. For this reason it is often imitated. I will show you [Read more...]
Aluminum Porsche Bumperettes – Custom DIY
I managed to finish both custom Aluminum Porsche bumperettes this week and I love them! Above all, this was a fun project working with [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Rear Backdate – Bumper Mods
If you're in a hurry please skip to the Porsche 911 Rear Backdate video. Click Here! This week my Porsche 911 rear bumper backdate [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Restomod Custom Seal Closeout Panel
This week I completed the front end backdate on my Porsche 911 Restomod project. Before the RS style bumper installs in its final position, [Read more...]
1973 RS Porsche Backdate Process. DIY Sheetmetal Hood Extension
This week I continued the 1973 RS Porsche Backdate process on the front hood. After the outer skin modification, the inner hood support [Read more...]
Metalshaping With An English Wheel
In this episode, I began metalshaping with an English Wheel. To start I shaped the inner skin with an English Wheel in a similar way I did [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Backdate Project DIY Beginning
Welcome to my Porsche 911 Backdate project! Here's what the beginning looked like. Bring A Trailer, ha ha. DIY Beginning From Stripped [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Longhood Conversion Progress
Porsche 911 Longhood Conversion Piece Tacked Welded In My Porsche 911 Longhood conversion process continues. As a result, this week I [Read more...]
Luftgekuhlt 5 2018 Aircooled Porsche 911 Show
My son and I had a great day at this premier event known as Luftgekuhlt 5 2018. Well done guys. Of course I focused on the many [Read more...]
Porsche 911 Longhood Fender Backdate Is Complete
Finally, my Porsche 911 longhood fender backdate is complete! The picture below illustrates the change from the short hood on the left [Read more...]