New Year's Drive-out

Well...another year went by. We rang in 2014 with our 356 Porsche friends and went for a local San Diego area drive-out together. We started on the 5 South to the 94 East to Lyons Valley and through Alpine we were driving the winding roads in the hills East of San Diego area. There were about 24 of our San Diego Porsche friends who joined on this ride:  ten 356s, two 911s, and one 928. We have met at the organizer's home in Mission Hills and we had breakfast with scones and cappuccino. As always our group in a row was a head turner with the locals cheering. We ended our drive with a nice lunch at a new restaurant and then we all went our separate ways. What a great way to start the New year! Hopefully this would be an annual event. All cars performed flawlessly and there were some happy Personalized Autohaus customers as well,  who enjoyed their new year's drive. www.personalizedautohaus.com

Our beautiful vintage Porsches always still the spotlight!

Gorgeous weather, great friends!

Group hug people!

Yes. We made it!

Rolling in to the restaurant parking lot....

Wayne Baker's 1974 911 Carrera "Old Blue" loves the winding roads

Lovely Speedster...

Nice to catch up with Friends and of course discuss the cars.

Beautiful Cars. Great event! Hope to see everyone next time we all go for a drive! 

If you have a vintage Porsche Repair or Restoration project contact Wayne Baker expert - give us a call at (858) 586-7771 or e-mail waynebaker@earthlink.net http://www.personalizedautohaus.com

1956 Speedster ground-up restoration by Personalized Autohaus

This beautiful Speedster is owned by a customer of Personalized Autohaus. Our knowledgeable team has been doing a ground-up restoration since the automobile was purchased in 2012.

We will run a complete story about this restoration with before and after pictures all the way through this restoration process and we will add more photos and documentation along the way.

Chief Porsche mechanic is Glenn Roberts; Personalized Autohaus part-owner, who has completely rebuilt the engine and transmission for this beautiful automobile.

Original color of this 1956 manufactured Speedster was Poyantha Red (which shows under dash) but was repainted by previous owner to Canary Yellow.  The new owner will restore this beautiful car for a unique special order color combination: color code# 5707 aquamarine blue (non-metallic) exterior paint with brown interior.  
 
Here are the pictures according to the correct timeline:

Wayne Baker with Glenn Roberts have inspected and looked through every inch of the automobile 

Thorough tech inspection by the experts at Personalized Autohaus

Speedster coming apart...Engine out...

Original color was Poyantha Red; which barely shows under dash

Wrong front grill..not period correct for the year but it will be replaced

 

All wrapped up....

down to bare metal....

Meanwhile Glenn has taken apart the engine and laid it all out on his "operating table"

Glenn doing Quality Control

Engine after rebuild and restoration by Glenn Roberts- Chief Porsche Mechanic

Panels come off... (note the Tear drop taillights openings that are wrong and not period correct for the 56/57 year Speedster)

Being prepped for paint...

Color test of Acquamarin Blue #5707

Making corrections for period correct "beehive" tail lights on the '57 Speedster - work performed by G.A. Coachwork located at 3556 Hancock St, San Diego, CA 92110 Tel: (619) 299-3099

Opening of the Beehive taillights right on spot!

Final Prime coat is sanded and Speedster is ready for the Paint job!!

The paint is finished and the color is sharp! code# 5707 aquamarine blue (non-metallic)

The '57 Speedster will be beautiful with the period correct beehive taillights 

The color turned out to be great!

Speedster is back at the shop in Personalized Autohaus for engine and transmission installation

 

New Transmission parts laid out ready to be assembled by Glenn Roberts Porsche Expert Mechanic

Wiring harness is being assembled by Glenn Roberts Porsche mechanic and Restoration expert at Personalized Autohaus

Porsche emblems fit beautifully....

 

If you have a vintage Porsche Restoration project talk with Wayne Baker expert - give us a call at (858) 586-7771 or e-mail waynebaker@earthlink.net http://www.personalizedautohaus.com

 Special inquiries contact Wayne Baker's cell at (619) 743-1356

FOR SALE – JUST LISTED! Beautiful '07 997S

Porsche 2007 997 Porsche Carrera S Sunroof Coupe, 2 owner, Black over Black, originally sold and serviced by Hoehn Porsche in Carlsbad, California. Hoehn Porsche replaced engine with 52Kmiles, odometer is 57,000 miles now. Engine is 3.8 Liter and is brand new stock. VIN# WP0AB29947S730911 Full Carfax report in hand. Asking $45,000 O.B.O.
Car is beautifully maintained and serviced by the dealership and it has all service records for review. Car has highly desirable red caliper brakes. Exterior and Interior are in excellent shape.
The car has a sun roof, 19 inch tires, Sport Chrono Package (parks a dual analog/digital stopwatch on dash) and BOSE sound system. Some service records stamped in the Porsche book inside the car.
See more pictures in the Picasa web album at
https://picasaweb.google.com/116167588058684747106/AlexS997?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCIPn28qdl4GxXA&feat=directlink

Call Wayne Baker for more information (619) 743-1356 or e-mail  waynebaker@earthlink.net

 

* Photocredit: Julien Thiebaud at Nissan Design Studio - San Diego, California

Wayne Baker Racing at Buttonwillow Raceway

Wayne Baker Racing had a great time first weekend of May at Buttonwillow Raceway. Our Porsche 904 No. 33 with drive Mel A. has finished in first place overall. Our next race will be at Laguna Seca in Monterey, California. 

Wayne Baker Racing with the blue 914/6 No.76 and the 904 No. 33

Wayne Baker Racing ran good with the yellow 914/4

The blue 914/6 No. 76 next to it Eric Benner mechanic

Buttonwillow is flat track, but very technical.

Lot of characters at the track...Lots of fans!

Wayne Baker Racing provides vintage Porsche race support, transport and mentoring. 

Call Wayne Baker for more information (619) 743-1356 or e-mail waynebaker@earthlink.net

356 Breakfast Club for San Diego vintage Porsche enthusiasts

What a nice group that gathers second Saturdays of the month from 7 to 9 am @ Studio diner at 4701 Ruffin Rd. San Diego, CA 92123.
We had about eight to ten cars and about 20 people or so meet at the diner to socialize and spend time together. We also had a fun drive together after the breakfast. Its always nice to see friends and catch up on Porsche events and happenings. Please join us next month May 11th. See you there!

Wayne and Nancy Baker's 1958 Convertible D in front of the Studio diner

Nice line up of vintage Porsches in the parking lot ( John Straub's white '67 911 in the middle)

Red Porsche Bonanza

Nice example of the rare 1955 356 Porsche Continental

The '55 Continental with red dash board

Great crowd!

To repair, service or tune up your early Porsche give us a call (858) 586-7771 and visit our website www.personalizedautohaus.com