Automotive

I have a passion for most things automotive.

That pretty much sums it up. I was raised by one of those old muscle car “hot rod” type Dads and was always around fast cars, loads of horse power, and works of art at car shows. What really got me into it was the fact that I enjoyed drawing, but automotive creations were like an expression of art that you could drive!

As I grew up my tastes became more “refined” I guess you could say and I took a primary interest in European cars such as Ferrari’s, Lamborghini’s, and of course Porsche’s. Porsche being my all time dream car, I eventually purchased a 2001 Porsche 996 C2 Aero kit car that I’ve customized front to back, top to bottom with most of my work detailed in my posts on this site.

However, I still have a love for the classic cars and a couple years ago sourced a 1969 Dodge Super Bee, 383 4-speed car that was factory special ordered locally in BC. It came with the original build documentation and I was actually able to track down the original owner! In fact, he sent me pictures of the car on the drag strips in the ’70s! Very cool!

Anyways, I’m going to keep posting as I do work on both cars here as well as share any other automotive things that peak my interest. I hope you find it informative and entertaining as I’ve enjoyed working on my cars over the years.

I want to note that, if I happen to post an article here, I’m not responsible for ANY damages you do to your car following my lead. It is always recommended that you have a certified, and qualified, professional do any work for you on your cars.

Cheers
Aaron

Porsche – Time for some Body Updates

Posted by Aaron K. Alsop, PMP on Nov 24, 2011 in 2001 Porsche 996 C2, DIY, Upgrades | 0 comments

As time moves on so do car trends.  I look at my 1969 Super Bee and think of times when cars were sharp and aggressive… I’ll skip the 80′s and 90′s… Coming into 2000 we still had much of the rounded “jelly bean” car lines to contend with.  The biggest offender being the Mazda Miata that has a jelly bean shape and colours! My 2001 Porsche Carerra 996 C2 was factory ordered with the Aero kit which was the same body kit as the GT3.  Although this did make the car more aggressive, it has still become...

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2011 Mercedes R350 – New Car and Review

Posted by Aaron K. Alsop, PMP on Nov 23, 2011 in Automotive | 0 comments

Well as we have an expanding family and we are putting many more miles on our family mover, we decided to get something newer and on warranty as well as more economical on fuel and with some more space. As we’re not fans at all of mini-vans, that whole idea was out.  We also didn’t want a massive full size SUV, so our options were getting limited.  After some searching on the crossover market, we came across the Mercedes R-class.  More specifically, the R350 BlueTec diesel version. This is an interesting car concept and hard to...

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1969 Dodge Super Bee – Finished at Last

Posted by Aaron K. Alsop, PMP on Sep 23, 2011 in 1969 Dodge Super Bee, Restoration | 1 comment

It’s been a long three year journey, but it has come to the end and now it’s time to insure it and introduce it to the road again… The results look amazing! Thanks to all the efforts of my old man this car is back to it’s original beauty. Check out his website at Long Lake...

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Porsche 996 – Air Oil Separator and SC

Posted by Aaron K. Alsop, PMP on Sep 23, 2011 in DIY, Maintenance | 0 comments

Hi all, Well it looks like the increase of positive crank case pressure killed what was left of my AOS. These things are service items and it was in suspect before my supercharger install. Looking back, my new advice to anyone looking to SC their 996 that has some miles and never had the AOS is to replace it. I did this leaving the transmission in but you’ll need to remove the driver’s side intake manifold. This actually makes it sooooo much easier to do the injectors for the SC and you don’t have to remove the expansion...

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1969 Dodge Super Bee – Almost There!

Posted by Aaron K. Alsop, PMP on Mar 21, 2011 in 1969 Dodge Super Bee, Restoration | 0 comments

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Hi all, Well I started this blog much later on down the road of this restoration so I haven’t been doing well keeping up with a log of the restoration, but what the heck, why not start now! First a little bit about the car. I was located locally in BC and was a numbers matching car, custom ordered new local, and I even tracked down the original owner. That was a very cool part as I got to hear some of the old stories and he even sent me pictures of the car on the local drag track in ’69 and ’70s. Very cool…. I hope that...

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