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Posted by: Jgordon Jul 20 2004, 10:20 PM

I was hoping that you guys could offer some advice:

I have a friend with a 73 914 in Bronxville, NY (just north of the city). I was hoping you'd recommend a good shop to handle the restoration. Money is not a deciding issue, but it would help if the costs could be kept reasonable. I don't think he needs those guys in new jersey that interview people or whatever before working on their cars.

Thanks for the help.

Jgordon

'89 Carrera 3.2 (I know, I know)

Posted by: Part Pricer Jul 21 2004, 04:59 AM

If you want to take it to someone that knows what he is doing, take it to our own Racer Chris at http://tangerineracing.com.

His shop is about 2 hours from Bronxville.

Posted by: ynotdd Jul 21 2004, 06:14 AM

Chris is great or Keven at PSH on LI ,631-321-5100

Posted by: Jgordon Jul 21 2004, 08:28 AM

Thanks for the replies. Is Deman motorsports good with 914s? I just know them for 911s.

I'll check both of these leads. Any other thoughts?


Jgordon

'89 Carrera 3.2

Posted by: vortrex Jul 21 2004, 08:34 AM

nicest 914 I have ever seen was restored by deman.

Posted by: Mark Henry Jul 21 2004, 10:39 AM

You could send it north of the border to my buddy at Mike's 914's in Ontario.

Good work, labour at .75 cents on the dollar.

Posted by: morphenspectra Jul 21 2004, 10:48 AM

Sold some stuff to PSH, the guy claims to know what he is doing.

Posted by: Racer Chris Jul 21 2004, 02:25 PM

He must be better than me, because I don't know what I'm doing most of the time.

Posted by: Carrera916 Jul 21 2004, 03:23 PM

Try KAM Motorsports in Waterbury, CT...they do restore and repair Porsches

www.kammotors.com

j

Posted by: joea9146 Jul 21 2004, 03:48 PM

Kam is more 356 and old 911's not really 914 guys....
I would go with Chris Foley Tangerine racing

Chris knows 914's

Posted by: Mueller Jul 21 2004, 04:31 PM

I think that is an excellent idea....doing restorations is nothing at all like taking your car in to get the something fixed such as a new starter...pretty much "by the book" with the chance of "gotchas" pretty low....set a price and 90% of the time all jobs will make money.....everyones description or version of restoration is entirely different....communication before and during a job like this is very important for all parties involved

Posted by: kenpolives Jul 21 2004, 05:34 PM

Go to Chris in CT, there are some nice pics of his rust repair work that was posted by William Harris.