914
Progress update, part 2, – The good…

So finding alot more work than expected when I bought the car and having less time because of work away from home I decided to let someone alot more skilled at metalwork handle the things shown in the earlier post….
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Progress update, part 1 – The bad…

The famous or rather infamous Porsche 914 Hellhole, the area under the battery shelf. (cut away in this image since it was so badly rusted) The firewall above the hellhole was also a bit rotten. The opposite side from the…
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2013-05-11 Dismantling continued…

Pontus my handyman and #1 parts cataloger. It’s been quiet in the garage for awhile because of me having started another work assignment that keeps me busy. We got another few hours of work done yesterday and the main accomplishments…
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The project begins !
Saturday the 13th of April the dismantling of the car began. First we (myself and my accomplice and friend Pontus) took care of the big easy parts, roof, wheels, front and rear bonnets, engine lid, rear lights, rear exhaust and…
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Importing my 914, Part II

Getting the needed certificate was easy. Too easy as it later proved. On returning to the AB Svensk Bilprovning they declined the document as it wasn’t written in the correct way. Thankfully the person who wrote it engaged directly into…
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Importing my 914
My car is originally from California and importing it to Sweden of course comes with some problems. The speedo showing mph instead of km/h would be the most obvious one. Swapping the speedo was just a 10 minute job. Coming…
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A Porsche 914? Why?

By some it’s considered the ugly duckling of the Porsche family, but I have always had a soft spot for it. Let’s see what it has… designed and built by Porsche (albeit originally designed for VW by Porsche) mid-engine and…
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