Porsche 914E Electric Conversion and Tesla Obsession

This blog follows the progress of restoring and converting a 1973 Porsche 914 from stock to full electric drive, with an electric motor and half a ton of batteries. Now that the car is done and in storage while I live overseas, I'm adding descriptions and pictures of each Tesla location I visit.

Friday, June 18, 2010

Back from the Blaster

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I stopped in at Rainbow this morning, as they have received the car back from the blaster.  It's funny to see it as bare silver metal vs...
Tuesday, June 15, 2010

eBay Auctions for Un-needed Parts

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I did my first round of eBay auctions for parts I won't be needing.  This included the gas tank and accessories, aftermarket side view m...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Body is at the Blaster

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I stopped in at Rainbow today and heard from Mike that he had completed all of the metal rehabilitation on the body and it had been trailere...
Monday, June 7, 2010

Comment Spam

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First it was political ads, now it's some clown trying to put links to "little blue pills" in the Comments.  I've had to t...
Saturday, June 5, 2010

Political Ads

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Well I've been invaded by political ads...  I've gone into the ad customization settings and disabled the Politics category so hopef...
Thursday, June 3, 2010

My Visit to Electro Automotive

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I am getting close to the point where I had to order the electric component kits from ElectroAutomotive, so they'll arrive around the sa...
Saturday, May 29, 2010

Article in the June 2010 Porsche Club Newsletter

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I attended Gary King's car get-together at his shop at G-Rides on May 8, 2010.  There were several Porsches, a Viper, a couple of Ferra...
Monday, May 24, 2010

First View of the Metal Work

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I stopped in at the body shop on the way to work this morning and met Mike for the first time.  He had already repaired the caulking hole be...
Friday, May 21, 2010

It's At the Body Shop!

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I finally got the entire car stripped and ready for the body shop.  My neighbour helped me get the car down to Rainbow with his flatbed trai...
Saturday, April 10, 2010

At Long Last, Ready for the Body Shop

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Sorry for the long time between posts, but not much has happened physically on the car.  Our winter was very rainy so I didn't get a lot...
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