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If you’ve ever fancied the looks of early 911 wheels you are probably aware they are called Fuchs wheels. Fuchs is a German metalware company that stems back as early as 1910. Fuchs has been supplying parts to several car companies, including Porsche. Visit Fuchs here

Now, all 914 4-cylinder cars use a bolt pattern for the wheels of 4 bolts per wheel. That limits the amount of choices in wheels to just that - but if you want a 911-style wheel you will find that the Porsche 911 employs a 5-hole pattern.

This issue is not isolated to Porsche 914’s - it also exists in early Mustangs and lots of other classic cars. The good thing is that it can be remidied by use of well-proven methods.

The 911 and 914 are parts compatible in a number of areas, and the 914-6 was originally manufactured as a 5-lug car. Since there are differences to the spindle and thus to the wheel hub, how the rotors bolt up etc it is required to change the front struts to 911 front struts to get to 5-lugs for the front end of the 914.

The 911 struts are compatible with the 914-4 too, however the original calipers will not fit the strut. There are numerous options when it comes to caliper choice. I will leave it as this for now and return with more on calipers and what is required to convert the rear end in a separate post.

Prior to purchasing the car, it was determined that after the conversion was completed by the PO an alternater failure had occured. Instead of dropping the engine to replace it the firewall was cut from the inside after removing the backbad, allowing the change. It was not something I cared for but you take the [...]

Sometimes things just work out. It certainly did just after I had bought the 914-6 which should become known as “Silver” to us. After the deal was completed in California, I had the car transported with a car moving company to Texas. That all went completely well and after the car arrived it could be [...]

Meet Ole Yeller. A trusted companion of 914′eener Rich Johnson since (I believe) 1976. Rich bought the car in his youth in Little Rock, AR with only 35.000 miles on it from the original owner.
Like most, Yeller has gone through phases in her life. For instance, from ‘83 to ‘89 the car had the 914 [...]

Naturally, I could not leave my new car “as is”. My need to have influence was almost immediately guided towards changing the muffler to a Dansk 911 exhaust. What you see below is a so-called Triad exhaust which I did not much care for. I am sure it’s a fine muffler, but aesthetically it’s not [...]

A lot of stuff has happened in my 914 universe since 2000 when I last updated the site. Most importantly, I am now also the happy owner of a 914-6 (yes, a converted car) which you will be able to read more about here on this site.

The original 4 to 4 conversion that started it [...]