Reiver

Saw another thread elsewhere talking about how some of us have found great AC 911 support from some Guru's.
Many of them have been doing this from the 60's-70's and we can only hope they stay at it awhile and train some youngun's.
This is a Howard Freeman rebuild.
This it the what my 930-10 looks like after 20k miles...now I do keep it clean because I live in a dusty Az area but this is after a 100 mile run yesterday.
Runs like a top, stays cool in Az heat and knock wood I'll keep it til I croak.

GTgears

Someday mine might be so clean. Howard is helping me out with some parts on my 2.5l build.

Reiver

Howard's a good guy and def knows his business.
This thing burns about 8-12 oz. of oil between oil changes depending upon my right foot.

We've some good wrenches' in Az too at Stuttgart SW in the Phoenix area but they are getting up there in age too.

How many guys do you see in their 20's/ 30's professionally wrenching old 911's? I've not seen any lately but hope they are out there.

race911

Just not the volume to make a living at it. I'm glad I grew up in the wheelhouse of fixing and modifying these things when they were still just cars getting to be old and in need of fixing and modifying.

I think my cousin, in his late 40s, is one of the most well versed guys in the world on 910s and 907s. Talk about a sub-specialty he got himself into!

Reiver

Jack has a fairly large shop in Phoenix with mech and auto body /paint. He does the water pumpers and the older AC's.
The young guys are factory trained and very good on the WP's and the older guys do the AC's.
Let's hope some of them desire to learn both skill sets.
He said the young guys have the skill but there isn't the factory schooling for them on the old stuff and the time to let them learn (a normal 2 hour job taking them six until they get the hang of it) isn't exactly cost effective.
Oh well, not a dead art yet.