Originally Posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
(Post 9371444)
It's a clean car, with a clean title, owned by Tom from 1998. There's some odd stuff circulating on the Internet in the past, but there are probably very few people who know Tom Woodford as well as I do, as he is the guy I worked with for hundreds of hours on writing the Porsche 911 Engine Rebuild book. The cars started out as a California 1970 Porsche 914 - a pretty simple and basic car, and has been heavily modified from there. With so many four-cylinder 914s around, there is no need to mess with any VINs whatsoever - it just doesn't make any sense.
This car, of course, is highly modified from new, and currently has a 2.8L twin-plug RSR engine in it - built upon a 1965 aluminum block Porsche 911 engine.
Tom offered me the car many years ago, but I already had a 914, and wasn't interested in having two of them. Having my 914-6 conversion stolen last year (I tracked the guy down and he's now in jail, but we still can't find the car), this is now a replacement. Pretty much a dollar-for-dollar exchange with the insurance money, and although my 914-6 conversion was my very first car and my first Porsche, this one is a much better and much more sorted out car.
As with any car I buy, there are some improvements and changes I will be making in the very near future, but they are relatively minor. The back window has been removed, and that makes for some interesting aerodynamics which causes exhaust to enter the passenger compartment. We'll be putting the back window back in and probably turning the engine lid into the "GT Style" lid with a full grille across the back. I might put some dynamat in too, if I ever want my wife to ride with me in it - it is really almost unbearably loud.
-Wayne
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