http://www.914conversions.com About Porsche's Ugly Duckling and the process of creating Swans Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:55:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.914conversions.com/2008/07/firewall-cuts/ 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 ... http://www.914conversions.com/2008/07/914-sig-mid-west-us-ramble-oklahoma-2002/ 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 ... http://www.914conversions.com/2008/06/rich-johnsons-1971-914-6-30l-sc-ole-yeller/ 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 ... http://www.914conversions.com/2008/06/triad-exhast-had-to-go/ 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 ... http://www.914conversions.com/2008/06/welcome/