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Posted by: Joe average13 May 8 2020, 05:05 AM

Hey Everyone, After last weeks live tour with ninemotoring.com I found out that restoration design is in Canada.... so I gave them a call and to my surprise they gave me a personal tour!

https://youtu.be/Rt8IwYm_H60


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt8IwYm_H60

Posted by: 914Sixer May 8 2020, 05:52 AM

Very nice. Good people, dedicated to the Porsche brand restoration.

Posted by: Joe average13 May 8 2020, 06:00 AM

Absolutely! I’m still trying to figure out if that was real or Porsche heaven?.. The business is ran by A Father and two sons, really incredible to see a family business like this!

Posted by: mepstein May 8 2020, 06:11 AM

Pete is active on this site and an asset to the 914 community.

Posted by: peteyd May 8 2020, 06:14 AM

It was nice to have you visit Joe and it was my pleasure to show you around.

Pete

Posted by: Joe average13 May 8 2020, 06:53 AM

It was very nice meeting you Pete, I really look forward to seeing you guys again. The tour was a really incredible experience and I’m very lucky you guys let me film and share!

Have a great day!
Joe

Posted by: ValcoOscar May 8 2020, 09:41 AM

Nice video. Their place is much larger than I imagined.
I wish you could have filmed their presses in action.
These large Hammer presses are very imposing in person.
They require massive foundations.
I've been machining tooling dies for over 25 yrs.
Typically, they use a Kirksite material that is very gummy during
machining.

I'm very impressed with their work, both as a customer and a spectator.



Oscar

Posted by: jaredmcginness May 8 2020, 09:59 AM

Great video. Place looks amazing and will certainly get my business again, next time I need a replacement panel Loved the pieces I've used so far.

Side note: probably sounding like a snob... I don't know why "Nine One Four" irks me so much.

Posted by: Joe average13 May 8 2020, 10:33 AM

Hey Jared, Thanks for the video compliment!

Hilarious enough on the side note I totally agree, listening to myself saying Nine One Four on camera grabbed my attention to correct. Nine fourteen, Nine eleven, Three fifty six sounds much better. I will be attempting to correct my future vocabulary in videos.

Cheers!
Joe

Posted by: Mueller May 8 2020, 12:12 PM

Many thanks for making the video and for allowing the video to be made!

Tremendous amount of work and skill at RD, it's amazing to see all the parts that they are making.


Anyone add up how much just in parts it would cost for a "new" 356 chassis?


Side note: I used to work down the street from NUMMI* and once took a tour there.
Their presses where impressive for sure.

*now Tesla