Mike, Peter and Alex DeJonge of Restoration Design are all Porsche collectors. Last month, we showed you Mike’s 356 Speedster – this month, check out Peter’s 1973 Porsche 914.

Peter originally bought the 914 from a seller in Kansas. He spent his first summer after college working on it, and it soon turned into an 8-year project.

With the help of his family, he was able to completely restore it and is now the proud owner of a Subaru-blue 914 – with some modifications:

  • Steel GT flares with rockers moulded in
  • Rear ducktail
  • Running gear and breaks from a 6-cylinder car
  • 916 rear bumper
  • 993 mirrors

Check out the video to find out what other modifications Peter made to his classic Porsche, and see the finished product.

At Restoration Design, we often get questions about the kind of steel we use.

We use galvanneal steel, which is used in a lot of industries, with the biggest being the automotive industry.

A lot of other restoration shops use mild steel because it’s more cost-effective, but we prefer galvanneal. It’s also better than galvanized steel because it goes one step further in the production process: after it’s coated, it’s heated at super high temperatures, resulting in a higher corrosion resistance than other kinds of steel. This also means it has a longer shelf-life.

The main reason we prefer galvanneal steel over galvanized steel is that galvanized steel’s coating will flake, and galvanneal will not rust when exposed to water.

Watch our video to find out more about the difference that using galvanneal steel makes, and see some examples of Porsche restorations we’ve used galvanneal steel on.

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