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My goal is to inspire other kids my age to chase their dreams
"just Tinkergineer it"
I first got into cars and started saving up for One at age 11 1/2. I didn't know where this project would take me, I knew that it would be an adventure that hopefully will end up with me having an electric car to drive to the beach and go surfing In.
along the way i would like to inspire as many other kids to chase their dreams as well and show them what's possible when they try
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My goal is to inspire other kids my age to chase their dreams
"just Tinkergineer it"
I first got into cars and started saving up for One at age 11 1/2. I didn't know where this project would take me, I knew that it would be an adventure that hopefully will end up with me having an electric car to drive to the beach and go surfing In.
along the way i would like to inspire as many other kids to chase their dreams as well and show them what's possible when they try
Frances Pearl Farnam
Porsche 914 EV⚡️restoration project. Spring of 2024 is my Goal to get this rolling. Go Make👩🏼🏭I do all IG on my Dads phone with him present 💕
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Thirteen-year-old Frances Farnam of Tinkergineering in Sierra Madre, California, bought her first car—a ’76 Porsche 914—using the money she made picking grapefruit and vegetables from her garden and selling them at the local farmer’s market.
Recently, she brought the 914 to the SEMA Garage in Diamond Bar, California, where Director of Vehicle Technology Luis Morales demonstrated the Garage’s 3-D scanning capability.
Farnam and her father Daniel plan to restore the car themselves and convert it to electric before showing it off at “SEMA Electrified” during the 2022 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
Frances Pearl Farnam
Porsche 914 EV⚡️restoration project. Spring of 2024 is my Goal to get this rolling. Go Make👩🏼🏭I do all IG on my Dads phone with him present 💕
Thirteen-year-old Frances Farnam of Tinkergineering in Sierra Madre, California, bought her first car—a ’76 Porsche 914—using the money she made picking grapefruit and vegetables from her garden and selling them at the local farmer’s market.
Recently, she brought the 914 to the SEMA Garage in Diamond Bar, California, where Director of Vehicle Technology Luis Morales demonstrated the Garage’s 3-D scanning capability.
Farnam and her father Daniel plan to restore the car themselves and convert it to electric before showing it off at “SEMA Electrified” during the 2022 SEMA Show in Las Vegas.
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Welcome to Tinkergineering! This winter I bought my first car, a 1976 Porsche 914, with the money I earned from picking grapefruit from the tree at my house. The Porsche is my favorite car of all time and I will be converting it to a electric electric vehicle.
This was a super simple project to do, and the 914 Rubber lenses look absolutely amazing! I can’t believe I thought it was going to be so difficult to wire them up - I just needed to pull the wire through the hole!! Keep on tinkering, and don’t be afraid of making mistakes!
Time to put on my favorite part of this car!! I made sure to powder coat the buckets so that they were certain to last. Check out 914 Rubber for those epic relays, bulbs, and the white surrounds. I know the white is typically for the earlier 914s, but they just looked so awesome!! These definitely seemed complicated at first, but it all came together and I didn’t accidentally break anything! - it’s all about the little wins lately. Keep on tinkering!
I definitely had to learn the ropes (or wires) on this one haha. I went through and cleaned the whole harness and replaced any bad wires. My dad and I found a cool trick to create our own stripes on the new wires, and to make the job a little easier, I used the old wires to pull the new ones through - still tricky but a game changer. Thanks to the 914 Rubber's Covering for Cable Holder Tabs, the harness will stay in place and not rub against the metal! It was a small detail, but it will make a huge difference in the long run.
Another thanks to everyone on 914 World for helping and advising me!
Keep on tinkering!
This was a fun episode to do! A pretty quick project - but it was definitely very very necessary (these things were super dirty and frozen up) Thanks to 914 Rubber’s support, we were able to get this looking and working like new! Like I said in the video, it’s all about taking it one step at a time and learning as you go!
I needed to make sure my Pedal Set was in proper working order so I dropped in on the master himself! I spent the day hanging out and chatting Porsche in his shop where I learned all about restoring and assembling my pedal cluster. Bruce Stone has done hundreds of pedal cluster restorations. Give Bruce a call when you are ready to have yours restored!
Thanks for the tour Marty and Matt of the Le Mans winning SONAUTO 914/6 at Luftgegekuhlt 10 - Universal Studios Backlot.
This was fun to see fire up, I think you all will agree!
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Welcome to Tinkergineering! This winter I bought my first car, a 1976 Porsche 914, with the money I earned from picking grapefruit from the tree at my house. The Porsche is my favorite car of all time and I will be converting it to a electric electric vehicle.
This was a super simple project to do, and the 914 Rubber lenses look absolutely amazing!
I can’t believe I thought it was going to be so difficult to wire them up - I just needed to pull the wire through the hole!! Keep on tinkering, and don’t be afraid of making mistakes!
Time to put on my favorite part of this car!! I made sure to powder coat the buckets so that they were certain to last. Check out 914 Rubber for those epic relays, bulbs, and the white surrounds. I know the white is typically for the earlier 914s, but they just looked so awesome!!
These definitely seemed complicated at first, but it all came together and I didn’t accidentally break anything! - it’s all about the little wins lately.
Keep on tinkering!
I definitely had to learn the ropes (or wires) on this one haha. I went through and cleaned the whole harness and replaced any bad wires. My dad and I found a cool trick to create our own stripes on the new wires, and to make the job a little easier, I used the old wires to pull the new ones through - still tricky but a game changer. Thanks to the 914 Rubber's Covering for Cable Holder Tabs, the harness will stay in place and not rub against the metal! It was a small detail, but it will make a huge difference in the long run. Another thanks to everyone on 914 World for helping and advising me!
Keep on tinkering!
Tinkergineering is all about my adventures in tinkering
Joy is what it gives me.
I am Frances and learning to share this joy has become my purpose.
Tinkergineering is all about my adventures in tinkering
Joy is what it gives me.
I am Frances and learning to share this joy has become my purpose.
Blogs
TINKERGINEERING Porsche 914 EV, EV WEST SHOP TOUR
914WORLD You may recognize a few of these amazing people-
EV WEST just might be one of the coolest speed shops in the world. They even hold race records in EV class racing events from Pikes Peak to Bonneville. If there was one place I need to go to for my Porsche 914 EV project it's EV WEST. These guys do it all and make it work, that's exactly why I came to visit. Michael@evwestdotcom and Mark @914electric are so kind as to share their passion for electrical conversions. Matt @914Rubber was also on hand to make sure it was fun. I learned about AC vs DC motors and Frequency vs Voltage. My 914 currently has a DC motor that needs to be removed next. The temps are cooling and that means more 914 project time.
EV West is a party come take a look!
Forums
TINKERGINEERING Episode 03 Interior Out!, My First Car EV project
My First 914WORLD So Cal Rally, TINKERGINEERING Rally Episode
TINKERGINEERING Dash Pad Teardown, Time to remove the busted up dashed with some help from the 914 Community
76 Bumpers/can you Identify/anyone want them? - free, What are these ones called?
TINKERGINEERING Bonneville Speed Week Field Trip, EV WEST ELECTRALINER Land Speed Racer
914 Rubber and Middle Motor Mentors for my Porsche EV project, Quick tour of what 914 Rubber and Middle Motors is all about
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