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Darren65
post Jul 10 2025, 03:01 PM
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Hi All,

I was recommended to 914World by a guy in the UK who purchased a GT oil cooler from me who suggested I mention the coolers on here.

He rates 914World as the best forum around and knowing me from my DDK restoration threads he also said I'd enjoy some of the really cool builds on here as I love a bit of detail! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sunglasses.gif)

Not hard to guess that I'm really a 911 guy however I appreciate all things early Porsche, especially period sports purpose cars and have found myself attracted to all the cool details of the GT lately so that may well become a future project!

Getting the sales pitch out of the way, a friend and I do have a few GT oil coolers for sale. Obviously it would be great if my presence here attracted a couple of enquiries but I only have a limited number which will sell in time, it's not a commercial venture and, like you guys, we're just early Porsche enthusiast that got carried away so highly unlikely we'll commission anymore.

The coolers did turn out pretty good and respected 914-6 guys who know have rated them as the best reproductions produced and have even purchased them for their own cars.

I won't place a sales ad on here but if anyone is interested you can see details here - https://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-914...oil-cooler.html

Sales blurb sorted I thought you guys might be more interested in how these coolers came to be as no doubt it's a slippery restoration slope many on here have been caught by!

When this started I knew nothing of racing Porsche oil coolers, or indeed of how you'd get one fabricated, I owned a 914 Dinky toy as child but that's where my interest in these cars stopped and I wasn't prepared for the thousands of hours of commitment that followed.

But then I was offered this ugly duckling....

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Indeed (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) ....

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post Jul 11 2025, 08:36 AM
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So are these in serial production? Or was a batch made and that's it?

Only one batch ever produced although being fabricated at different times.

There's a very small market for these so unlikely we'll do more due to committment required for castings etc. but who knows.

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Darren65   Birth of an Oil Cooler...   Jul 10 2025, 03:01 PM
Darren65   ...fortunately after several years of hard work th...   Jul 10 2025, 03:09 PM
Darren65   So what does this have to do with oil coolers? We...   Jul 10 2025, 03:26 PM
mb911   I saw these on pelican and they look to be very ni...   Jul 10 2025, 03:34 PM
mepstein   A buddy of mine bought one for his (real) RSR. He ...   Jul 10 2025, 04:44 PM
brant   :wttc: Your car looks great! There are some...   Jul 10 2025, 06:10 PM
sixnotfour   Hey Darren , I took some bypass pics and measureme...   Jul 10 2025, 07:29 PM
Montreal914   :wttc: Beautiful car! :driving: What is t...   Jul 10 2025, 08:17 PM
Darren65   Thank you for the warm welcome guys, it's real...   Jul 11 2025, 05:52 AM
Darren65   As I got into the build of my 911, it started to b...   Jul 11 2025, 06:13 AM
Cairo94507   Please don't leave us hanging.... :beer2:   Jul 11 2025, 08:16 AM
live free & drive   So are these in serial production? Or was a batch ...   Jul 11 2025, 08:25 AM
Darren65   So are these in serial production? Or was a batch...   Jul 11 2025, 08:36 AM
Darren65   Please don't leave us hanging.... :beer2: .....   Jul 11 2025, 08:39 AM
mepstein   Please don't leave us hanging.... :beer2: ....   Jul 11 2025, 09:45 AM
Darren65   .......but then everything changed! I'm ...   Jul 11 2025, 11:44 AM
Darren65   I'm sure if I'd stayed on my initial path ...   Jul 11 2025, 11:52 AM
T.Rick6   Welcome to the madness. Very nice job on the tail ...   Jul 11 2025, 01:46 PM
Darren65   @T.Rick6 thanks for the kind words. Why not ping ...   Jul 11 2025, 02:14 PM
Darren65   Over the next few months I learnt a bit about how ...   Jul 11 2025, 02:43 PM


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