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We visited this year's Amelia Island Concours and the Gooding Auction.  We came away impressed with the quality of machinery—as did a lot of folks with healthy bank accounts. The auction results were outstanding.  

George Malos of Davis, Illinois is working on the restoration of his 1966 912. George is the original owner of the car.  It was originally Polo Red, but it was damaged during initial delivery and repainted green.  

 One of our favorite parts of the Lit Meet weekend is what we call the Shop Crawl. Many of the Porsche-centric businesses and restoration shops in the Los Angeles area open their doors to visitors to show off their wares. 

The crew here at Stoddard is at the 31st annual Porsche and Volkswagen Literature and Memorabilia Swap Meet at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel.  We took a bunch of pictures of the event to share with our customers.  

We installed a new Stoddard dashboard for our 911 over the weekend.  The new dash (SIC-552-051-037-09) is an exact replacement for the original Porsche dash pad and is a small chunk of change less expensive than the Factory versions.   

Our crew will be attending the 31st annual Porsche and Volkswagen Literature and Memorabilia Swap Meet at the Los Angeles Airport Hilton Hotel. 

We have the majority of our 1973 911 back together and it runs just fine—we drove it out of our garage last weekend and turned it around before putting it back in.  Our cold Ohio winters and a lack of windshield kept us from driving further. 

Main bearing Sets are a constant source of confusion for early air-cooled Porsche owners.  The Factory long ago stopped producing full sets and the engines can take a variety of different sizes, based upon year of manufacture and machine work to account for wear. Here's a handy guide to what bearings are available for your 356 or 912

A customer of ours noticed that our engine lid seal looked a little strange (it had gotten folded under the lid during our latest cold snap and stayed that way) and mentioned he had a Sepia 1973 as well.  We, of course, asked for pictures.  

We don't normally do "Columns" per se here at Stoddard.com—trying to keep with the editorial "We" in our prose about products and events.  That said, sometimes things make more sense when just told as a story.  Here's a not-so-tall tale about how my dad briefly owned a 356 Carrera.