Primer ed body Porsche 917

Lets get some paint down!

It was time to get some paint down on the body. My good friend Duncan was the only person that I would trust with prepping and spraying of the Porsche. Mike loved his black cars. His Aston Martin DP9 was black and so was the Porsche. The color we decided on for the Porsche was […]

700HP VK45DE

In what state was the 700Hp engine?

Finally, I started looking at the engine. I knew this engine has blown head gasket from the time when the radiators blew and the engine overheated. I just didn’t want to put the engine back in the car in this condition. The engine didn’t fit my “2 Million Rand Car” picture. I asked my one […]

The Outcome of the 917

It was about a month before I got a proper answer on what is going to happen with the Porsche. Everyone agreed with me that the Porsche will be worth more in one piece than what they would be able to get for the components. I had to put a list together of all the […]

Here we go again!

The Porsche 917 is now stripped down to the frame. It is bringing back memories from when I built this car originally. This is like starting with a clean slate. You now get time to do things and change things that usually aren’t any time for. I put all the damaged parts on one side […]