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Julian Avent owns Werks 11, a Porsche service shop in Temple, Texas. There he does OEM restorations and mechanical servicing with his team who are all Porsche specialists. He served in the Army for 20 years and all that while Julian knew he would open his own Porsche shop when he retired from the service. While he was in the Army he apprenticed in two Porsche shops, one in Belgium and the other in the Netherlands. He purchased his first Porsche, a 914, when he was just 16 years old and cut his mechanical teeth doing all the repairs and service on that car. Since then he’s owned over 30 Porsches ranging from 356s to 997s and he’s worked on the marque for more than 25 years now.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Check, check, and re-check!
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
One of my biggest challenges was starting my shop. I had a concept on paper of what I expected my shop to be like. It was different when I actually got it started. I went from having plenty of money to being broke to start the business. It was a big challenge to “buy into” myself, but I just had to put everything into it to make the shop successful.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
My first special car was a Porsche 912 that belonged to my great uncle. I still have that car today.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Don’t sacrifice quality for speed!
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Porsche Technical Manual by Henry Elfrink
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Check, check, re-check! Don’t sacrifice quality for speed!
WHERE TO FIND JULIAN
Werks11 Facebook page
Werks11 on Instagram
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