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| frankiec@outrageous.net |
 Sep 20 2020, 02:59 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 81 Joined: 31-March 13 From: Mendocino, CA Member No.: 15,717 Region Association: Northern California  |
Looking for recommendations for 914 shop/s in San Francisco bay area. Ideally north bay, Santa Rosa, experienced, good communication and honest. Please PM me if you can.
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| PCA7GGR |
Sep 20 2020, 03:39 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Dublin, CA Member No.: 1,219 |
Kirk at Duetcshe Motorsport in Concord.
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| wes |
Sep 20 2020, 04:14 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,588 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California 
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QUOTE(PCA7GGR @ Sep 20 2020, 02:39 PM)  Kirk at Duetcshe Motorsport in Concorn. Is that possibly Concord. |
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| wes |
Sep 20 2020, 04:18 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,588 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(PCA7GGR @ Sep 20 2020, 02:39 PM) Kirk at Duetcshe Motorsport in Concorn. That’s I believe ‘Concord’. |
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| PCA7GGR |
Sep 20 2020, 04:19 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 251 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Dublin, CA Member No.: 1,219 |
Yeap - Concord
Fat fingers, old brain, small keyboard |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 20 2020, 04:37 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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Also Rich Bontempi at HPH - High Performance House in Redwood City.
He's old school & been working on 914s since the 1970's, has a humongous parts stash on-site in his 4 story warehouse, & his team knows 914s well. South Bay, but worth the drive for the service expertise, or just to see & buy needed parts. If I lived up there - that's where I'd go, & I've sourced parts from him, & will do so again I'm sure. Jeff Bowlsby probably knows other shops too (& if Marty is still working?), & can advise you on which shop is best for you in S'Rosa. PM him on here. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| wes |
Sep 20 2020, 04:41 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,588 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:37 PM) Also Rich Bontempi at HPH - High Performance House in Redwood City. He's old school & been working on 914s since the 1970's, has a humongous parts stash on-site in his 4 story warehouse, & his team knows 914s well. South Bay, but worth the drive for the service expertise, or just to see & buy needed parts. If I lived up there - that's where I'd go, & I've sourced parts from him, & will do so again I'm sure. Jeff Bowlsby probably knows other shops too (& if Marty is still working?), & can advise you on which shop is best for you in S'Rosa. PM him on here. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// I believe Rich retired. |
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| wes |
Sep 20 2020, 04:52 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,588 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California
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I’ve used for 914, 944 and 911 several years Now
Bauer Porsche 1009 Seventh street, Oakland, Phone Brian 510-834-2772 one of the guys there Chris is one of the old school guys. |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 20 2020, 04:54 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(wes @ Sep 20 2020, 03:41 PM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:37 PM) Also Rich Bontempi at HPH - High Performance House in Redwood City. He's old school & been working on 914s since the 1970's, has a humongous parts stash on-site in his 4 story warehouse, & his team knows 914s well. South Bay, but worth the drive for the service expertise, or just to see & buy needed parts. If I lived up there - that's where I'd go, & I've sourced parts from him, & will do so again I'm sure. Jeff Bowlsby probably knows other shops too (& if Marty is still working?), & can advise you on which shop is best for you in S'Rosa. PM him on here. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// I believe Rich retired. Wes, Yes, but I thought that he still owns HPH & comes in some, but his crew have done much of the 914 etc. work for years. If so, then he's still available for his guys to ask on anything an old hand would know. Is Marty Yeaman still around & working at his shop in Palo Alto? He's another good one in the Bay Area familiar with 914s on the body & paint side. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| wes |
Sep 20 2020, 06:20 PM
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wes Group: Members Posts: 1,588 Joined: 8-December 07 From: Ukiah Ca Member No.: 8,436 Region Association: Northern California
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QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:54 PM) QUOTE(wes @ Sep 20 2020, 03:41 PM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:37 PM) Also Rich Bontempi at HPH - High Performance House in Redwood City. He's old school & been working on 914s since the 1970's, has a humongous parts stash on-site in his 4 story warehouse, & his team knows 914s well. South Bay, but worth the drive for the service expertise, or just to see & buy needed parts. If I lived up there - that's where I'd go, & I've sourced parts from him, & will do so again I'm sure. Jeff Bowlsby probably knows other shops too (& if Marty is still working?), & can advise you on which shop is best for you in S'Rosa. PM him on here. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// I believe Rich retired. Wes, Yes, but I thought that he still owns HPH & comes in some, but his crew have done much of the 914 etc. work for years. If so, then he's still available for his guys to ask on anything an old hand would know. Is Marty Yeaman still around & working at his shop in Palo Alto? He's another good one in the Bay Area familiar with 914s on the body & paint side. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Great! I Sadly know he sold off at least a lot of stock. |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 20 2020, 06:31 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(wes @ Sep 20 2020, 05:20 PM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:54 PM) QUOTE(wes @ Sep 20 2020, 03:41 PM) QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 20 2020, 03:37 PM) Also Rich Bontempi at HPH - High Performance House in Redwood City. He's old school & been working on 914s since the 1970's, has a humongous parts stash on-site in his 4 story warehouse, & his team knows 914s well. South Bay, but worth the drive for the service expertise, or just to see & buy needed parts. If I lived up there - that's where I'd go, & I've sourced parts from him, & will do so again I'm sure. Jeff Bowlsby probably knows other shops too (& if Marty is still working?), & can advise you on which shop is best for you in S'Rosa. PM him on here. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// I believe Rich retired. Wes, Yes, but I thought that he still owns HPH & comes in some, but his crew have done much of the 914 etc. work for years. If so, then he's still available for his guys to ask on anything an old hand would know. Is Marty Yeaman still around & working at his shop in Palo Alto? He's another good one in the Bay Area familiar with 914s on the body & paint side. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// Great! I Sadly know he sold off at least a lot of stock. I'm not positive that he's still involved - so someone up there should check & update 914world -n but that's just what I'd heard from someone else up there. It would take Rich or whomever years to sell off his stock - it was jam packed. I have seen them selling stuff on evil-bay lately. I just wish it wasn't so far away, for me to source parts there, but I may whenever the COVID is under control, & I get my Westy van back to use for parts hauling! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) My brother-in-law lives in San Jose, so we'd visit them too. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| 7T914-6 |
Sep 20 2020, 11:46 PM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 11-July 20 From: San Anselmo, CA Member No.: 24,485 Region Association: Central California
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Just talked to Rich Bontempi last week and picked up some NOS heater boxes for my 6. Very helpful but VERY BUSY. Doesn’t sound the least retired to me.
Have been using Bill Eason (Eason Auto Werks in Oakland. Also old school focused on air cooled Porsches for over 25 years. Great guy. Used to go to Hi Tech in San Rafael but it’s been a very long time. I know people that go to him and seem happy. |
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| Krieger |
Sep 21 2020, 08:03 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,694 Joined: 24-May 04 From: Santa Rosa CA Member No.: 2,104 Region Association: None
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Hi Tec in San Rafael is a good choice.
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| Tom_T |
Sep 21 2020, 10:39 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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QUOTE(7T914-6 @ Sep 20 2020, 10:46 PM) Just talked to Rich Bontempi last week and picked up some NOS heater boxes for my 6. Very helpful but VERY BUSY. Doesn’t sound the least retired to me. Have been using Bill Eason (Eason Auto Werks in Oakland. Also old school focused on air cooled Porsches for over 25 years. Great guy. Used to go to Hi Tech in San Rafael but it’s been a very long time. I know people that go to him and seem happy. Rich has some great stories from the old days, & loves to talk about racing his 914-2.0 & proving others in SCCA etc. wrong! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) FWIW - Rich's favorite street upgrade for the 2L /4 is simply to use the Euro/ROW 2.0 Heads with the 8.0 CR that clocked in at 100 HP, plus some good tuning to add some HP & TQ to that. Apparently they'll still run great on Unleaded - especially in later years when we added mid & high-grade (premium) unleaded to the fueling options. Rich thought that was as effective or more so, than the small up-bore options used out there (2056, 2100+/-). BTW - The USA 2L heads are 7.6 CR for 95 HP, & can also be better tuned by a good 914 Mechanic for more than the listed 95 HP, as my guy Hans does, & he was factory trained on 914s, 356s & 911/912s while at Circle Porsche in Long Beach, before starting his own shop in 1972. I think that Porsche has always been conservative on their listed ratings on all cars (& now SUV/CUV), as well as having performance tweaks that their Techs could do on their cars, including 914s. I'd been told by Hans & other old schoolers that the tweaks & Euro heads can get the 73-74 2.0 /4 to the detuned 914-6's listed 110 HP (detuned from the `69 911-T's 120 HP 2L -6 for marketing reasons) - but then the 914-6 2L can likewise be "juiced up". (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) If you know the tricks, then you can improve any of that era's Porsches, as you can by re-chipping the modern ones. Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 21 2020, 10:48 AM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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Do we have an up-to-date 914 Shops nailed thread here in the Garage Forum?
If not, we should start one & start listing these here & others in other areas as a resource for members "on the road" & at home. The number of Air-cooled Porsche experts dwindles every year, so having an updated topic is a necessity. I think that we're down to just a couple here in Orange County now, & about that in LA - at least those also doing flat-fours (unfortunately my guy Hans now only takes older existing customers air-cooled VW/P cars for the past 10-15 years). I know of a couple of the VW Vanagon & Westfalia Forums who have such shop lists made up by the members, & they get well used. It's a suggestion for Sir Andy & the Mods & Admins on the Garage Forum to set up a Nailed Shops Topic. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/type.gif) Cheers! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Sep 21 2020, 04:55 PM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,470 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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High Performance House
11:29 AM (55 minutes ago) Hi Jeff, NOT TRUE! I'm the only one left! I've got Millions of Porsche parts. I'm doing a huge business on Ebay! No Easy, No Parts Heaven Only HP House! I'm the only Bay Area Supplier left! Over 45 years! If someone comes in and wants to buy the whole thing, I'm open to that! Rich Bontempi High Performance House 2431 Spring St Redwood City CA 94063 650-364-6234 www.highperformancehouse.com |
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| Tom_T |
Sep 21 2020, 06:22 PM
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TMI.... Group: Members Posts: 8,318 Joined: 19-March 09 From: Orange, CA Member No.: 10,181 Region Association: Southern California
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OK Jeff - Rich is still there! Thanx for checking.
But what is "NOT TRUE"? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Sep 21 2020, 03:55 PM) High Performance House 11:29 AM (55 minutes ago) Hi Jeff, NOT TRUE! I'm the only one left! I've got Millions of Porsche parts. I'm doing a huge business on Ebay! No Easy, No Parts Heaven Only HP House! I'm the only Bay Area Supplier left! Over 45 years! If someone comes in and wants to buy the whole thing, I'm open to that! Rich Bontempi High Performance House 2431 Spring St Redwood City CA 94063 650-364-6234 www.highperformancehouse.com |
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| BuddyV |
Sep 21 2020, 09:32 PM
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Robert Group: Members Posts: 552 Joined: 8-April 05 From: Santa Rosa, CA Member No.: 3,898 Region Association: Northern California
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PM sent..... call me.
I have a shop in Santa Rosa that you need to consider. Air Cooled..... younger guy..... knows his stuff. Call me for details. I can introduce you. |
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| Woodside914 |
Sep 22 2020, 12:49 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 170 Joined: 19-May 10 From: Woodside, CA Member No.: 11,743 Region Association: Northern California
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Rich? Retired? Seems that'll never happen....lol
Yep, Rich is still there running his shop. I was just there last week. Geez, he's been my mechanic since 1980! Louie is still there too, but Larry has retired. Still have memories of Doug from many years ago...he was a good mechanic. QUOTE(Tom_T @ Sep 21 2020, 05:22 PM) OK Jeff - Rich is still there! Thanx for checking. But what is "NOT TRUE"? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif) Tom /////// QUOTE(JeffBowlsby @ Sep 21 2020, 03:55 PM) High Performance House 11:29 AM (55 minutes ago) Hi Jeff, NOT TRUE! I'm the only one left! I've got Millions of Porsche parts. I'm doing a huge business on Ebay! No Easy, No Parts Heaven Only HP House! I'm the only Bay Area Supplier left! Over 45 years! If someone comes in and wants to buy the whole thing, I'm open to that! Rich Bontempi High Performance House 2431 Spring St Redwood City CA 94063 650-364-6234 www.highperformancehouse.com |
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| JeffBowlsby |
Sep 22 2020, 08:54 AM
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914 Wiring Harnesses Group: Members Posts: 8,470 Joined: 7-January 03 From: San Ramon CA Member No.: 104 Region Association: None
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The rumor, Tom T...
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