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.

Thanks

Kirk at Duetcshe Motorsport in Concord.

Is that possibly Concord.

That’s I believe ‘Concord’.

Yeap - Concord

Fat fingers, old brain, small keyboard

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!
Tom
///////

I believe Rich retired.

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.

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!
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!

My brother-in-law lives in San Jose, so we'd visit them too.

Cheers!
Tom
///////

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.

Hi Tec in San Rafael is a good choice.

Rich has some great stories from the old days, & loves to talk about racing his 914-2.0 & proving others in SCCA etc. wrong!

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".

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!
Tom
///////

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.

Cheers!
Tom
///////

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

OK Jeff - Rich is still there! Thanx for checking.

But what is "NOT TRUE"?


Tom
///////

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.

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.

The rumor, Tom T...

Yeah, I've been going to Hans since 1975, & he did PPIs on probably a couple dozen 914s that year, before he gave his blessing on my 73 2L.

His original shop that he started in 1972 was literally a block down from my apartment in Huntington Beach, & I could walk there - or push it when the clutch cable broke or other no-start issues.

My Rick neighbor across the street had a 72 914/4 (1.7) who recommended him, & he'd taken his 914 to Hans at Circle Porsche, then his own shop, since he got it new in Aug. `71 from Circle.

Hans is like Rich - except Austrian - & can listen to me pull up & diagnose things by the sound - as can Rich B. I'm sure, just from talking with him.

You can't beat old school guys!

Cheers!
Tom
///////

PORBOYS (moved from Oakland)
110 2nd Ave South C-7
Pacheco, CA 94553
(510) 437-9400

Joe also has a lot of parts available