6:30am, Tom Stahler appears in my room at my Mountain house yelling “WAKE THE !*&*&^^%!$#@!! UP-WE GOTTA GO! He scared the hell out of me because I forgot that I’d left the front door open the night before. Off to Monterey to help cover the “Road to Indy” event at Laguna Seca/Mazda Raceway over the […]
“Quality Control” at its very best!
At Z911Partsstore.com, we labor to supply our Porsche public the best in quality reproduction and refurbished products for your 911/912/356 machines. We are constantly working with our suppliers in Germany to better serve you by staying ahead of issues that arise that offer the opportunity to improve our line. Case in point, our 69-73 911/912 Door […]
“PCA Santa Monica Concours”
The Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport is headed up by its curator and designer, Dan Ryan who seems to have a great sense of “Man and his Machine”. The Museum holds many events outside the aviation realm including the Annual Porsche Club of America Grand Concours, which literally takes over the whole […]
“The Exception that PROVES the Rule”
Within the Restoration Culture ,for Porsche in particular, we run across various levels of restorers, small shops, big shops, back yard guys and garage enthusiasts etc etc. Many guys out there are opinion’d that the Larger Operations simply cannot reach a level of build quality that equals the smaller, more “kiosk” boutique shops with the […]
“The Friends of Steve McQueen Car & Motorcycle Show 2016”
It was Friday night around 8:30 pm, browsing around instagram, and I noticed a car show flyer and it was in Southern California. Woke up early, rinsed the Porsche, and took off toward Chino Hills, CA. Upon arrival the sun was out and on full blast, clear beautiful cali skies. The event was located in […]
“PINE MOUNTAIN CLUB WELCOMES TARGA CALIFORNIA”
Hello all, and hope the day brings good cheer and excitement for Sundays TARGA CALIFORNIA. Dave Bouzaglou has made strides to create a small “Stop Off” in Pine Mountain Club for the 125 or so entries in the phenomenal event, “TARGA CALIFORNIA“. A 4-day funded/sponsored drive through some of California’s most beautiful backroads, discovering the […]
“All work and no PLAY”
Well, thats half the saying, at least. The predicate to that would lend to “Balance”. After getting back to the Netherlands from Karlsruhe via Bochum, I had a day to catch up on Blogs and get ready to shift-gears into a little less frantic of a mode, and take in all the past 2+ weeks of […]
DEJA VU, NO REALLY!
Imagine doing what I do, buying or building some of the coolest vintage cars on the planet then selling one, and moving on one to the next. What a cool thing to do! The variety, the change of scenery and a different dynamic for each machine. Then imagine having the unique opportunity to see […]
“A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT”
My friend and the clan live about 20 min outside Karlsruhe in one VERY enchanting little town simply BURSTING with character. WEINGARTEN is Magically Alsace and storybookish in its manner. One would almost expect to see old stately wagons pulled by Clydesdales through the Cobblestone’d town flanked by woman with dresses flowing to the ground pushing […]
“SECRET HEADQUARTERS – KARLSRUHE”
Karlsruhe Germany is in the south, aprox. 30 minutes from Stuttgart to the slight northwest, Heidelberg directly north. Strasbourg directly south And there you have it. I drove 360 kilometers beginning 0645 am from Ubach Palenberg and arrived at 10:15 to the “facility”. I hope you don’t mind some vagueness but I will not use names nor […]
“Friendships (& PORSCHE’S) that withstand “THE TEST OF TIME”
It’s always really cool for me when I’m here in Europe to visit with my friends that are not necessarily “pure business”, but have began as friends, and evolved as so. Uwe Schmidt and his lovely wife Crista, are perfect examples to a friendship spanning 6000 miles and about 5 years now. Ubach Palenberg is a […]
THE CUHL LUFT-EST” LIL CANDY STORE IN GERMANY
One of my oldest friends in Germany and business partners in cars, ANDRE CZECH of CLASSIC CARS CZECH in Moers, Germany, has really crammed A LOT of “KUHL FAKTOR” into his rather small showroom in Moers. It’s really an adult candy store! Andre does it all, restores them/builds them/shows them at the events across Europe, brings […]
“Motron BV”
“CHRIS DE LEEUW/ANNELIES DE LEEUW DENNIS VAN OS/PIETER GELUK/TIM GRUNTERS = Motron BV.” What to say? Lets begin with the facts: Fact 1: Motron BV is located in a small town in Holland about an hours drive from Amsterdam. Fact 2: Motron BV has been about the business of Porsche since 1996, dedicating the company’s focus toward CARE/MAINTENANCE/PROCUREMENT/SALES of early 911’s […]
The Home Front
6000-sumpthin miles from home, on the road, trying to make things GO! Fucking exhausting, really. This effort would NOT be anything without the support and vision of Kevin Baktiar – CEO to Z911Partsstore.com. Kevin is stuck in California, crammed with College work, projects he’s doing that are being scrutinized by some of the largest Aero Space companies in the USA, yet STILL Kevin somehow […]
“Porsche Unobtanium”
“You know, sometimes you meet someone great, an “Earth Mover”, and realize that still that person is not only human, but has soul and an uncanny ease about them that life just seems to magically do what they ask it it to do That their vision will always succeed because the attitude is humble and strong at […]
Renkum Holland
RENKUM HOLLAND…SCHOOL..”STRIP MALL”..CHURCH..PEOPLE..HOUSES.. By: Jonathan Sieger
Boutersem Belgium
Boutersem Belgium is a small village outside Brussel about 25km. Just outside that tiny Hamlet is a rather sprawling 15th century Farmhouse surrounded by acres and acres of rolling meadow. It has seen generation after generation of wealthy landowner through the Centuries. Inside the old place you would imagine slow easy opulent living within its […]
CAN 260 HORSEPOWER BE RENDERED FROM A 2 LITRE FLAT SIX AIRCOOLED PORSCHE ENGINE DEPENDABLY?
The answer is: YES! Bochum Germany is one of the more “focused areas” specializing mainly in Mechanical Engineering and Development and manufacturing of parts and hardware to the automotive industry. Huge Industrial Plants surroundeded the city, creating many componants used in VW/ SKODA/OPEL (now closed), point being, it’s a city FULL OF ENGINEERS AND “GEARHEADS”. […]
Fully mappable MARELLI/BOSCH reproduction Twin Plug distributors!
EXPLOSIVE NEW INNOVATION! NEW product available exclusively through z911Partsstore.com for the USA. Fully “Mappable” Twin plug Distributors coming soon. MAGNETI MARELLI Repros that are 100% asthetically CORRECT 2.0-2.3/ 2.4-2.8..RS RSR-with mappable electronic insides – fully programmable and tuneable for every track condition. Same with our “BOSCH” 3.0 SC/Carrera/3.0 930/3.3 930 Repro’s (Clockwise rotation/Counterclockwise rotation..10,000 RPM tested and proven..500-8000 RPM scheduled. Software included Made in Germany […]
Luftgekühlt III
While Jonathan is attending Techno Classica, I had the pleasure of attending the 3rd Annual Luftgekühlt at Modernica furniture warehouse in beautiful Downtown Los Angeles. To be honest, this event was a “maybe” since I had no clue what it was all about, but I’m extremely glad I decided to check it out! The event […]