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The following list is sure to be incomplete, but can give you an idea of what's
available.
Great connections within the vintage Porsche and Volkswagen communities.
More than 30 years of experience, not just doing the same thing over and
over, but with extraordinary breadth and depth. (You might want to
see something of our wrenching credentials.)
A nearly complete set of specialized factory tools for engine, transaxle,
and maintenance work.
A very comprehensive library and archive, including very nearly all parts
and workshop manuals for vintage Porsche and Volkswagen.
A large, well equipped workshop totaling more than 7000 sq. ft of indoor
and outdoor space.
A small machine shop in-house: mill and lathe.
Media blasting - on-site:
Available media: glass bead, silica, granite pumice, walnut/pecan shells,
plastic bead, and soda.
Can accommodate entire automobiles!
Metal working:
Welding: Oxygen/Acetelene, MIG, TIG and resistance Spot Welding technologies
Plasma cutting
Large selection of hammers and dollies, files, spoons, pry bars, etc.
Hydraulic presses and pushers
"Jacob's brake" metal pulling machine
Casting facilities which can fabricate parts with volumes up to 12 gallons
of metal. We can work with all common metals with a melting point below
iron.
Blacksmith's forge, anvil, and related components
Crankcase lapping table and line-boring equipment
Engine water-brake dynomometer (measures torque and horsepower)
A manometer for syncing carburetors without inturrupting airflow
Some New Old Stock sheet metal
Great selection of engine and transaxle parts
Project Management & Parts Sourcing
Anybody who thinks they can do everything is probably wrong and/or probably
not very good. We all need help along the way in our automotive endeavors, professional
and amateur alike, especially if we wish to get a lot done in a short amount
of time; vendors are our partners in our projects.
There's a lot to do when considering interacting with vendors. Often the first
problem is to know what kinds of vendors are available. Once selected, they
need to be negotiated with and provided the things they need in the way they
need them. Someone has to deal with packing, shipping, receiving, paying, dealing
with any problems, and a host of related issues. Even when the vendors are great
and everything goes perfectly, it can still be a lot of work. Our role for you
in this capacity is to take care of all of this for you.
The job here is to oversee other vendors to ensure a positive outcome.
Here are just a few of the types of vendors that may be involved in a project:
Parts houses
Machine shops
Platers, not just chrome, but also zinc, cadmium, etc.
Painters
Upholsterers
Bodywork shops
Powder-coaters
Locksmiths
Media-blasting shops
Wheel and tire shops
Instrument shops
Muffler shops
...Sometimes even the Department of Motor Vehicles!
If you want parts made for you, the list grow further still - vinyl experts,
silk-screening, casting manufacturers, metal stamping die makers - and the list
could go on and on, depending on what you want to do.
You may also want someone to oversee the project from the point of view of
knowing what to, how to do it, and in what order. These skills aren't possessed
by everybody, but we've been doing this type of thing long enough to have developed
them. Not every problem can be anticipated, but we've been through enough to
know the ropes pretty well.
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