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Thanks to Tom Perazzo, I discovered that one of my front lower trailing arms (aka suspension lever) was bent. Anything over .008″ is considered bent. Mine measured .010″ in one plane and .018 in another. Also have a cracked bearing race on a different arm. While searching for a good used replacement, I found there […]

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.

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

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

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.

Seeking to get our poorly primed and finished rear valance to match the rockers or and front valance? It is a combination of both color and texture. Went through several forum threads. The recommendations range from BBQ grill paint to what seems like the most likely option of Wurth Underbody Stone Guard Black. It is $40

Came across some items in my dad’s 914 parts stash that will turn out to be very helpful. They appear to be original and are hard to find. Yea!

We have two old horns. The appear to be correct for our car, but I am not certain. One worked fine when wired to a car battery. The other is silent. Luckily the silent one has bolts instead of rivets so I could easily open it up. The corrosion doesn’t look too bad to me.

I have a single black key. It is old, but perhaps not original since it seems to be acting as a valet key. Meaning it operates the ignition and doors, but not the rear trunk or frunk handle. In theory, there should be a black key with access to all. A red key (valet) only

Finally got the car down off the lift which allowed me to get to the bottom (bad joke intended) of several things. I think car had some rust issues which inspired a previous owner (PO) to take the car to a rust treatment specialist. This would explain: Wow! Lots uncovered. Lots to process. While some

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