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, April 27, 2012

Rear Trunk Hinges Found!

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After many weeks of trying to find replacements for the body-shop-lost rear trunk hinges, I was given a pointer to a pointer to dc Automotiv...

New Rear View Mirror

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I haven't attached my rear view mirror to the new windshield yet so I was thinking about buying a special unit where the mirror mount i...

Earth Day 2012

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I was invited to bring my Biodiesel VW Beetle down to the Earth Day event at El Chorro park in San Luis Obispo .  Next year I'll take t...

Porsche Club Autocross

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When Porsche introduced the new 2012 911 (Codename 991) to the world's press, they did it on an unused runway at the Santa Maria , Cali...

K1 Speed Electric Go Karts!

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I was up in the San Francisco Bay area with a day on my hands, so of course I went to Fry's and then I discovered the K1 Speed electric ...
Saturday, March 10, 2012

PakTrakr for Android

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This post will be kept up-to-date about the PakTrakr for Android application I've written. It will represent the user manual, known bu...
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Friday, March 9, 2012

Zivan Overcharging

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I'm doing my 7th charge right now and have learned that I have to watch the Zivan 120V DC charger very carefully. The first couple of ...

4-wheel Alignment

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Earlier in the week I booked a time slot at John's North County Brake shop for a 4-wheel alignment.  My cow-orker Deb has all of her wo...
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Punch List

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I'm down to the point where I have a few things to finish off to call the car "complete".  I have driven it several times but ...
Monday, February 27, 2012

Windshield Installation

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In a breath of fresh air, the windshield installation went very smoothly!  I contacted Apex Auto Glass in town and arranged for them to inst...
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