I often get impatient, which is usually not a good thing. It does however something lead me to coming up with some creative uses for things. In this case, a very questionable use of tools. Example one is I needed to polish the shaft of distributor which was stained and pitted. It was going s-l-o-w-l-y …
I took Sunday to try to restore the Marelli S112BX distributor I bought off eBay. There isn’t a ton of info out there are these distributors, but I was able to find some help. PartsKlassik offers a rebuild kit, which is great given that parts were hard to come by for some time. It doesn’t …
I started compiling a list of things to do while the engine and transmission are out of the car. Ease of access can sure simplify things. What I discovered is “let’s just rebuild the engine” and get it on the road has become quite a project! I came up with a pretty lengthy list. I’m …
Just for giggles, I thought it would interesting to create a reproduction of the dealer window sticker that would have been on our car. I modeled it after 1970 sticker examples found on Jeff Bowlsby site and used the historical info I got from Dave Pateman for options. There have been some variations over the …
TLDR; Porsche 914-6 built prior to April 1970 would have CDI and a Marelli 911.602.022.00 S112BX distributor. I guess it should come as no surprise by now that identifying something as common as a distributor is not that straight forward. 914-6 came with models from a couple different manufacturers, and those come in different flavors. …
When attempting to track down original parts for vintage cars, it is really helpful if you know the part manufacturer’s part number in addition to the car builder’s part. Meaning if I had a photo or one in my hand I could look at the number on the starter and see if it matched. Case …
Based on some super helpful historical data obtained from Dave Pateman, we now know that the original engine for this car was 6404202. It looks like it was sold on The Samba in February of 2018 for $2700? The seller was zsvendschmidt of Newport Beach. He appears to have a car business called Newport Classics. …
Upon discovering that Zenith carbs were not correct for our engine, I started checking the availability and price of Weber IDTP. I soon discovered a very subtle distinction in a pair I saw for sale. If I have this right, the 914-6 part number adds a “1” after IDTP, whereas the 911T does not. So914-6 …
I’ve been trying to trace the history of our Adriatic Blue 1970 Porsche 914-6 that we have owned for several years. In particular, what was done with the original engine and transmission. The engine appears to have been sold on Samba in 2017, but I don’t know to who. I tried contacting the seller Svend several times, but he …
Discovered today that our 914-6 engine has Zenith 40 TIN carbs. When I look at the Porsche 914 Factory Parts Catalogue, it appears to list only two carburetor part numbers (left and right) which are 40 IDT Weber. So appears these are not the correct carbs. Word is Zenith were original to 911T motors. Something …
