We love seeing what exciting projects our customers are currently working on. Every month we would like to showcase a couple of cars in whatever state they are in - on the road or on the rack.







This month's customer car story comes from Bob Munao. Bob is the 5th owner of a 1974 Cremesicle 914.  The car was first sold to the president of the L.A. Porsche club who did a full off-body restore in 2009. The car went to a collector in Colorado, then another collector in Minnesota, and then to a collector in Chicago, where Bob found it 2 years ago. This Cremesicle was always kept in a climate-controlled garage and has 109,000 original verified miles on it. 







Bob relocated the Cremesicle to Florida where he took the entire undercarriage apart to install stainless steel brake and fuel lines. Then he removed the engine to replace all hoses and perfect the original fuel injection system. He added a new clutch, brakes, and shocks - all parts from Tangerine Racing - to get better drivability and replaced all the “rubber” with new seals from 914Rubber.







Perfecting the original interior, Bob added LEDs on gauges and LEDs when you open the door to light footwells at night!  The car was finished out at Auto Atlanta. With $35,000 in restoration in it, the car was ready for Werks Reunion Amelia Island Concours d 'Elegance. Bob says that the Cremesicle “…wins every show it’s entered in.







Bob, thanks for sharing your story with us and your passion for Cremesicles. Keep winning those awards!

We love seeing what exciting projects our customers are currently working on. Every month we would like to showcase a couple of cars in whatever state they are in - on the road or on the rack.



This month's customer car story comes from David Algie with his 1975 Porsche 914 2.0. The car previously belonged to his brother who had owned it since 1977.

 

The car suffered engine damage from ingesting Mt. St. Helens ash and was garaged for nearly 45 years until 2022.  After hauling it to home to Tucson David began to resurrect the car with the goal of building a weekend driver.

 

The car recently came out of paint and now sports a fresh coat of Metallic Fire Mist Green Paint. Awesome job saving a snapshot of history David, we hope you are able to get on the road this summer and enjoy driving with the top off! Thanks for the great submission!

 

Please submit your image and a brief summary to blake@914rubber.com. If we select your photo for the newsletter you will win a $25 914Rubber gift card!

Please submit your image and a brief summary to blake@914rubber.com. If we select your photo for the newsletter you will win a $25 914Rubber gift card!

 

The team is made up of college students from the automotive and engineering departments of the university. For almost 5 years, the team drove a Miata in endurance races and then decided to start a new project during the Covid-19 restrictions. This led them to acquire a 914 as the program's new endurance race car. The car has a GT chassis reinforcement kit welded in along with a full roll cage and a removable petty bar. It has also been completely stripped out to reduce as much weight as possible.

 

Brembo brakes have been added up front along with a set of 993 brake cooling deflectors and M-calipers have been installed in the rear. A full GT oil cooler has been set up in the front and a transmission cooler has been installed in the rear. The team plans to run a 2.7-liter 911 S engine with a 901 transmission that has been modified with shortened gears. if everything goes well they are hoping to get the car on track this spring for testing and preparation for a race in August.