Hello Everyone, I would like to introduce you to a website I created for this Porsche Hobby of ours:
https://www.OriginalPorscheTOOLS.com/
Landing Page:
I have been working on this for well over one year, and it is now
live.
The purpose of this site is to memorialize information for future enthusiasts to use as a guide for their own hobby. Many people helped me with this website, both directly and indirectly. I had a lot of help from members from the
Porsche356Registry,
Early911SRegistry, some well known posters on this site
M.O. and others who have helped me expand my knowledge.
I learned from many people on different forums. If there is a photo of yours I posted on the site, first, I apologize for not asking you first. If you would like photo credit or a watermark added with your name, please let me know.
If you would like the photo removed, also please let me know by PM so that I can address your concerns privately and not in a public forum. In most cases, photos are just "place holders" until I find a suitable replacement.
Table of contents page found for each model and sub-model when applicable:
Collection of Kits (these will all be scrutinized soon to list what is known to be accurate for the kit, or reproduction, mostly in older kits, or additional items that do not belong)
Details of tools according to model (you are able to toggle between pages to see what came "previous year" or "next year" from the page you are looking at)
74-75 screwdrivers:
77-89 screwdrivers:
Other tools:
959 Tool Kits:
Other Items like Key Fobs:
Floor Jacks:
Owners Manual (for 356's... if someone wants to start helping me gather clear overhead photos of 911 manuals, I would start to add those as well):
All are invited to subscribe to the website to get updates. This is
not "my" website, this is a website I hope that we, as a community, build together. If you find errors, by all means, let me know. All constructive criticism is welcomed and appreciated.
Please let me know if there are any "dead links", Where possible, I posted references in pdf format, or links, and/or quotes from different resources. Again, I am not an authority, I am just one of those few Porschephiles who has had the privilege to own many different model Porsches and wanted to unify all this knowledge into one space.
Please Note any link that says "DEMO" is a link that has not yet been reviewed by an authority... here you will be able to see the process, I start by entering items by my own observation and research, and then I have multiple people review. This makes the process more thorough.
I will respond to all PM’s and emails on weekends. I have a list of edits to make and I will be making them systematically, in order that they have appeared. The only exception being is if someone has a need to make edits by phone and has little time to do so, I will accommodate them in real-time the best I can, that way we do not lose anyone’s enthusiasm.
On schedule:
(1) Ongoing - Photo removals, they are being done is a priority
(2) Ongoing - Watermarking photos for people that requested it or credit near the photo
(3) Ongoing - Figuring out how to make this an “open source” website
(4) 356 Carrera kits update to “complete” tools and what is real/repro or other… I will slowly do this for all “complete” kits section. There is a note before you click on each of these sections saying the same
(5) 912 kit addition
(6) Early Pre-A 356 revision
Currently, the website is not optimized for Mobile devices, but you can still use it that way, as many pages work, but this will be updated by April.
I have received some PM’s from other forums asking me about their own kits, I am not an authority, but I can help out. The website should have all that information and more, and I am more than willing to help people navigate it… it might also help reveal possible problems with the site that I will need to address.
Don't forget to subscribe to the website, you will receive timely updates to changes or additions. Your data
will not be shared under my tenure.
Please keep this fun for everyone, and ENJOY!!
Sincerely,
Benjamin Abraham