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356 International Meet, Spain
Marketwatch
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Nuts & Bolts
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Four-Cam Forum
I'm Keeping the Porsche
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Pri nted in Red Wing, Minnesota U.S.A.
Parade "Preservation Award " Winner Ernie Pashoal
The fa ithful come to the
Sa n Anto nio Para de :
Ernie, Carol and Gretal
Pa shoal. proud original
owners of their 1964 C
coupe (right) w on the
PCA's c ovete d
"Preservc tlon" d ivision.
Here Ernie (a t righ t)
hap pily d ispla ys his
overall trophy wit h
awards sc ulptor Jeff
Ga mb le
"Here is a slide of my dad's '58 coupe by th e Thiokol rocket display in Utah .
The larg e mot or lying on its sid e is o ne of the space shutt le b ooster rock et s.
These hug e motors are a solid fuel. sung le stage rock et putting out
decidedly mor e poop than a 356 mot or while , hopefully ,
leak ing less.
"Eve n though these slides are only 35mm , they should
reproduc e rea sonably well beca use I used a trip od .
"I hope you c a n read th e old-fashio ne d type (of this letter),
b ecause this is my last sta nd a gainst technolog y ov erload.
The 356 had a va lve stic k sho rtly after I made the slides , a nd
the 1952 Leica I used is a lso in the sho p . This 1937 SmithCo rona is my last hope! "
Tom Sinc lair,
Logan. Utah
Ron DeFrancesco's sho p in Brooklyn fea tures a " Monument to our b eloved Marque ". He sa ys it turns a lot of
hea ds, usually follow ed by , "How did yo u get it up there?"
Right : "Another car in a barn (p lus a friend). The last right
hand drive 356-or does someone know b etter? # 131 928."
w rite s Mike Smith of Essex, England
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V o lu rT1e 21. NUrT1ber 3
An update from Chuck House
1998
West Coast Holiday Aug 7-11
Monterey, CA
September 13, 1997
Elkhorn , Wisconsin
Fourth annual Happening at Tom and Judy Grunnah's Island Farm.
As in the past, plenty of food, drink and good Porsche talk. $10adults,
$5 under 12. Please RSVP to Jeanne Bender at 312-666-4022.
S
ome of you may think this is early to talk about next year's
West Coast Holiday in Monterey, but let me tell you what it's
all about and you'll see why NOW is the time to start making plans.
Here are a few items to contemplate:
Monterey, CA is a beautiful spot and a popular tourist attraction in the summer. Hotels usually sell out long in advance for the
month of August.
The Registry West Coast Holiday will start the weekend before
the Monterey Ilistoric races, the largest vintage race of its kind and
the biggest attraction to the area in August.
Porsche will be the featured marque at the Monterey Ilistoric
races in '98; the first time this has happened since '82 and has been
long awaited including a couple of postponements in the last two
years. Thosewho were at the '82 event know how special this will be.
Porsche will alsocelebrate its 50th anniversary at the historic
races. They are planning on pulling out all stops and bringing an
incredible assortment of racing cars and having a huge celebration.
The Registry West Coast Holiday in '98 is likely to be one of the
largest 356 events ever. It will be just prior to the Monterey Ilistoric
races with the events dovetailing nicely. Planning has already been
going on for months with the headquarters site finalized as well as
other major aspects of the event coming together. For example, we
have a commitment from Porsche that the number I car will be at
our event. This is just one of many "treats".
You will start to see registration forms soon for this event. In
the meantime, you should make your plans and headquarter hotel
reservations NOW. If you procrastinate on this one, you'll end up
staying at a KOA in Salinas (nothing particularly wrong with Salinas, it's just far away).
356 Registry West Coast Holiday '98 - Monterey
Friday August 7th through Tuesday August 11th, 1998.
Headquarters site: Hyatt Regency Monterey
The national toll free Hyatt reservation number should NOT be
used.They can't set up group reservations this far in advance. Please
call and make reservations at the hotel directly to avoid confusion.
Tell them you're with the Porsche 356 Registry West Coast Holiday to
get the reduced group room rate of $159/ night (believe it or not, this
is good for Monterey in Aug.)
(800) 824-2196 (toll free- CA only)
(408) 372-1234 (outside CA)
Don't end up being one of those destined to whine about how
they wish they would have made it to Monterey in '98.
MAKE YOUR RESERVATIONS NOW!
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Litchfield, South Carolina
September 18-21
356 Registry East Coast Holiday.
Be sure to makeyour reservations early for next year's holidays.
October 3-5
San Diego, California
356 RegistryWest Coast lloliday.
Be sure to makeyour reservations early for next year's holidays.
October 24-30
Tuxtla Gutierrez,Mexico
La Carrera, a re-creation of the famous Mexican road races of the
fifties. Interested? Call Loyal Truesdale at 213-464-5720 for a copy of
the "race report"; it's a great read and will give you a good idea of
what it takes to be a race hero in Mexico for a few days.
October 24-26
Sedona, Arizona.
Third annual Javelina 100, a tour through the beautiful red rock
country of Sedona, including Oak Creek Canyon and Route 66. Informat ion and registr ati on contac t Mike Wroughton , e-mail
[email protected] or call 602-582-4318.
November7-9
Nacogdoches, Texas
First annual North Meets South with the Tub Club and Lone Star 356
Club. Tour, train ride, dinner, PC concours. For info call Mark Roth
(Houston) 281-491-1325 or Don Rutherford (Dallas/FW) 214-365-9170.
November 8-9
Naples, Florida
A tour of the Collier Automotive Collection. For more information
contact Vince Cappeletti at 941-498-6461 or fax 941-498-3183.
1998
May 21-24,1998
Gmiind, Austria
The 356 Porsche International Meeting, celebrating Porsche's 50th anniversary. Agroup package is available from M&M Enterprises-contact Diane Morrill at 408-260-1606. More info in future issues.
July 30-August 2, 1998
Troy, Michigan
356 Registry East Coast Holiday featuring cars from the Porsche museum, held in conjunction with the Meadow Brook Concours and
Meadow Brook Historic Races at Waterford Hills race track celebrating 50 years of Porsche automobiles (Porsche is featured marque at
both). Racers:call for info on the all-Porsche vintage race-come beat
Vic at his home track! For hotel reservations contact the Somerset
Inn, 248-643-7800. Mention the Holiday for a special rate of $84. For
more info on the Holiday write Barbara Skirmants at 27244 Ryan
Road, Warren, MI 48092 or fax 810-558-3616.
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Monterey, California
The 356 Registry West Coast Holiday, held just before the Monterey
Histories, where Porsche is the featured marque. See info above.
September / October 1887
Porsche 356 Club Wayne Callaway
2037 S. Vineyard Ave., Ontario, CA 91761-8066
The Porsche 356 Southern
Connecticut Register, Ltd.
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The 356 Registry 's Web Site
can be fo und at:
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356 CAR Jim Hardie
2282 D Sierra Blvd., Sacramento, CA 95825
Sierra 356 Porsche Club Glenn Lewis
2000 Royal Drive, Reno, NV 89503
356 Motor Cities Gruppe Barbara Skirmants
27244 Ryan Rd. Warren, MI 48092
810-558-3692
Lone Star 356 Club Mark Roth
5550 N. Braeswood, Suite 88
Houston, TX 77096 281-491-1325
[email protected]
Southern Owners Group
Ray Ringler
3755 Creek Stone Way, Marietta, GA 30068
Three56 @aol.com
Florida Owners Group
Rich Williams, 4570 47th St.
Sarasota, FL 34235
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19532 Govemor 's Hwy,
Homewood, IL 60430
708-798-2637
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3374 Owasso St., Shoreview, MN 55126
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800 South Samuel St.
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Mike Wroughton
602-582-4318
19640 N. 47th Ave., Glendale, AZ. 85308
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Maple Leaf 356 Club of Canada
Dave Hinze, 416-244-4759
Australian Porsche 356 Register
P.O. Box 7356, St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004 Australia
356 Down Under
P.O. Box 47-677
Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
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Rocky Mountain Porsche 356 Club
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(303) 979-1072
Groupe 356 St. Louis Region
Ted Melsheimer, Sr. - 10517 E. Watson Rd.,
St. Louis, MO 63127 314-966-2131
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Bob Campbell
([email protected])
805-251-3500
20964 Canterwood Dr., Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Don Fowler
910-294-3540 (H)
P.O. Box 218 , Summerf ield, NC 27358
John Jenkins
619-224-3566 , 224-3933 Fax
3122 Kingsley St., San Diego, CA 92016
Joe Johnson
([email protected])
910-368-4110 (H)
Box 111 , Mt. Airy, NC 27030
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Vic Skirmants
810-575-9544 (W)
27244 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI48092
Officers
Bob Campbell , president
20964 Canterwood Dr., Santa Clarita , CA 91350
Vic Skirmants, vice president
27244 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI 48092
Patty Yow, secretary
Randall Yow, treasurer
5515 Wallace Dr. Greensboro , NC 27407
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Gordon Maltby, Editor and Publisher
Phone/Fax 612-439-0204
225 N. 2nd St., Stillwater, MN 55082
(gmaltby @minn.net)
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Reviews
423 Hawk High Hill, Metamora , MI48455
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Vintage Racing
3804 Westridge Farm Lane, Clemmons ,NC 27012
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Restoration Editor
7510 Allisonville Rd., Indianapolis , IN 46250
317-841-7677
Dick Koenig
Four Cam Forum
7S 710 Donwood Dr., Naperville, IL 60540
630-369-4492
Harry Pellow
The Maestro
20655 Sunrise Drive, Cupertino , CA 95014
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Historian
Box 29307, Columbus , OH 43229
614-882-9046
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Teile Trivia
Box 41030, Reno, NV 89504
702-626-7800
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Nuts & Bolts
2814026 Mile Rd., Chesterfield , MI 48051
810-749-9804
Jim Schrager
Market Watch
54722 Little Flower trail, Mishwaka , IN 46545 ,
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Technical Editor
27244 Ryan Rd., Warren, MI48092
810-575-9544
Hal Thoms
Photographer, W. Coast Vintage Racing
13341 Ethelbee Way, Santa Ana, CA 92705
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Early Cars
3004 63rd Ave., Cheverly, MD 20785
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Barbara Skirmants
Members, Renewals, Circulation
27244 Ryan Road, Warren, MI48092 ... 810-558-3692 , 558-3616 (fax)
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Club Coordinator / Event Insurance
3122 Kingsley St., San Diego, CA 92016
619-224-3566
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Member 's class ified ads
P.O. Box 29-547 , Columbus, OH 43229-05 47
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M & M Enterprises ([email protected])
Goodie Store Manage rs
2815 Mesquite Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95051
408-260 -1606
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Porsche Factory Liaison
7510Allisonville Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46250
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356 Registry 6
Volume 21, Number 3
T
hese days you can read about
Porsche Spyders everywhere,
even in Nationa l Geographic.
Well, sort of-the spider in that magazine is
one of those hairy, leggy kind rather than
an aluminum racer. And it's actually a Portia
spider, but it sounds the same, doesn't it?
For fans of four-wheeled Spyders, see
Dick Koenig's Four-Cam For um on page 29
where he and Joe Cavaglieri discuss the restoration of an RSK. 1 will take this opportunity to express once again my admiration
for Dick's hard work in presenting in-depth
material on these fascinating cars. We are
fortunate to have so many members who
contribute material to the magazine-stories
as varied as Fred Senn's tale of a lobby queen
(you've heard of garage queens) returned to
the road, and Jim Schrager's treatise on color.
You might ask, "How much new material can there be about cars that have been
"out of print" for three decades?" The answer is, apparently a lot more than we've
seen so far. Much of it just seems to bubble
to the surface from time to time, like the
fabulous photo on our cover (I hope to
present more of Mr. Weyer's photos in the
future-many thanks to Orr Potebnya).
member response card, and your comments
about the magazine and the clubare not only
welcome, but really important to myself and
the trustees. Let us know what you think,
what you'd like to see in the magazine and
especially, let us know what you 're doing. If
it's interesting, let's share it with the rest of
the club.
Gordon Maltby
Has the 356 News
Clock Stopped?
Since there hasn't been a press release
from the factory since May of 1965, much of
the 356 news these days is about people- 356
owners and enthusiasts- and what they're
doing with their cars. Nothing new you say?
How about the vintage racer who will be
attempting a world speed record for under1500cc cars at Bonneville-in a 1951 coupe?
Stay tuned for that one!
History is fascinating, but 1like to think
in this club we're looking forward as well as
back, and 1 hope the magazine reflects that
attitude. Back by the want ads you'll find a
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One thing you don't need to write in
about is the typographical error ratio in the
magazine. 1am painfully aware of my mistakes when 1see them in print, but at least 1
am fair-handed about it:advertising and editorial alike are victims. The authors and advertisers are all intelligent, educated people
who are at the mercy of my keyboarding
skills (or lack thereof). Hang in there.
One more important point to make:NOW
is the time to start planning for next year's
356 events. 1998 is Porsche's 50th anniversary as a car manufacturer (as if you didn't
know). There will be at least three majQ[
Porsche events next year, all listed on page5,
and last minute planning won't get you a
piece of the action. Make your plans and get
,~
your money down ASAP!
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Letters
Market va luations and
generalizations
The purpose of this letter is to demonstrate the need for and encourage the creation of a viable alternative to the non-Registry "market research services" that pose as
356 valuation experts. I am the original owner
of a 356 SC Cabriolet and for the last ten
years, the owner of a 356 restoration business with several national restoration awards
to our credit. To illustrate this need I offer
the following examples:
Ourshop just completed a two year, total restoration of a C Cabriolet. This car is
not only ready to win concours awards, it is
also ready to be driven coast-to-coast without repairs, just as it could perform when
new. This car now joins a secret, growing
groupof Six-figure 356 restorations. The sixfigure term does not refer to the weld-it/
paint-it/rebuild-it hobbyist who puts 100,000
hours of labor and $500 in parts into the car.
It does refer, of course, to the car whose
owner has engaged one of the better 356restoration shops to performa total restoration,
with the owner contributing only money to
the restoration. This group is secret perhaps,
because few restorers will admit the total
expense (rbad for business"), and the owner
can't admit there is "more in the car than it
is worth" - that is- admit the cost of restoration has exceeded the car's perceived "market value:
As a restoration candidate, this particular cabriolet was not unusual: some chassis
rust, some poorly repaired collision damage
front and rear, an aborted "restoration"
started many yearsagoin a production body
shop, and (surprisel) lots of its expensive,
hard-to-find parts were missing. Certainly,
restoration costs continue to escalate, even
though our country's inflation is officially
under control.(The government should commission some chrome plating, buy a pint of
catalyst, hunt somenew pistons/barrels,and
then re-compute the inflation index.)
With its every component, every surface
now restored, this six-figure Cabrio still appears, on paper, merely equal in value to the
"totally restored"$30-to-50k cabriolets in the
"For Sale"column.Trulysimilar cars? Aphysical part-by-part comparison would convincingly demonstrate otherwise.
Asecond example:a recently purchased,
"rust-free, West Coast 356 needing only paint
& upholstery" coupe delivered to our body
shop. It was here the new owner discovered
the car had been hit hard in the rear, with
damage and plastic filler from the tail light
up into the roof! After proper repair of door
rust, a hole in the floor (last repaired with
linoleum), longitudinal, closing panel & bat-
"There isa need for
knowledgeable 356 restoration
professionals to report on the
actual hours/money spent on
these restoration projects."
tery box rust and damage, this owner now
has spent more money to restore and paint
the body/ chassis than he spent to buy the
whole car. No money has been spent on its
bad synchros, drooling engine, etc. lias this
car now more than doubled in value? Which
number is more accurate for this car, the
Quiet Power
Pistons for
Air-Cooled
Porsches
Contact Duane Spencer
at this NEWADDRESS:
Same Great Pistons,
New Address!
Your source for 356,912 Pistons!
High-strength, light weight forged alloy pistons,
with rings, pins and locks for 356 & 912 cars:
(1) 86 mm x 9.25 c.r. Street $675.
(2) 83.5 mm x 11.5 C.r. Racing $750 .
(3) 86 mm x 11.5 c.r. Racing $750 .
We'restill
moving
andbuilding,
so please
bepatient.
SHASTA
DESIGN
ENG I N IE R I N G co.
202 16 Lakeview Dr.
Lakehead , CA 96051
916 -238 -2198
"market value"agreed upon by the ignorant/
crooked seller and the gullible/t rusting
buyer, or the number the new owner has
spent to-date? The car, on paper, still resembles its original advertisement, except
that it no longer "needs paint."
The point? There is a need for knowledgeable 356 restoration professionals to report on the actual hours/m oney spent on
these restoration projects. This information
would increaseasking prices for the deserving 356's, once their owners and prospective
buyers realize how much money is spent to
make a car "good" again. lIigher prices for
the good cars will ease the pressure on the
ownersof cosmetically or mechanically challenged 356's to demand cheap "just-fix-it-sol-ean-sell-it" services. Finally, increased values for good cars will free some of the cars
that are currently trapped in "restoration
limbo" due to the cost of completing the restoration exceeding the car's so-called market value.
Our cars' real values are directly proportional to the core value of the model, the
history of the particular car, and the value
of the correct work performed on the car.
No buyer or seller should pay any attention
to a number plucked from a column in a
book written by people who neither own,
nor study, nor service356's. Today's "car price
book" expert gathers a subset of asking/ selling prices of all public offerings of a given
model, casually generalizes the subject into
something fitting the available print space,
(e.g. "Speedsters'v-as if all Speedsters were
similarly valued), then through the careful
use of long division, computes the model's
value, defending his or her position with a
"fifty words or less" appraisal of the model.
(I have even seen the value listed for a "Super 90 Speedster.")This averaging technique
is fundam entally flawed, as any statisticsprofesso r can attest. Further, it is a disservice to
the owners, to the prospective buyers and to
the people who restore and/or maintain our
neat little cars.
If anyone should be in the business of
determining values of 356's, it should be the
356 Registry. The rest of the world should be
reading, not writing,about what our cars are
worth.
"Self-serving," the critics will exclaim!
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time, have some accurate numbers.
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Volume 21, Number 3
Dennis Frick
Owner, Ger man Classic Ca rs
Registry Member "141
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t must beSeptember, 'causethere's
a ballot in my magazine!" You'll
remember th at last year we
changed the election date to September/ October. This year, two(of five) Registry trustee
positions are open and we have three good
candidates to choose from. Each candidate
has written a position statement/ biography.
Please give thoughtful consideration
and cast your votes as soon as possible. The
ballot at left must be returned to the secretary by October 10, 1997. It is already addressed and only needs a stamp.
On the flip side is a comment card
which the trustees will read and discuss. If
you have a concern, please share it with them
as soon as possible so your card can be read
at the September 18th Trustee Meeting in
Litchfield, South Carolina.
Chuck House
Huntington Beach, California
Some of you in the West may know me
from the events I've been involved with but
for those who don't, I'll provide a little background. I picked up my first 356a little over
twenty years ago, have been an enthusiast
ever since and have actively donated time
for club organization and putting on events
in the last five years. Organizing events such
as the "North meets South" gatherings, the
"Monterey Vintage '96" event and co-chairing (along with Del Johnston) the upcoming
huge Holiday in Monterey next year give me
what I believe to be the necessary experience, insights and demonstrated enthusiasm
to be considered as a trustee for the Registry.
If elected, I will strive to improve the
coordination between the Registry and the
regional clubs as it is my belief the majority
of the work, enthusiasm and organization
happens at the regional club level. There are
lots of great newsletters, lots of great events
and informal gatherings and the Registry
should continue to encourage and support
these efforts whereverpossible. Almost without exception, a new member unearthed at
a local club event will join the Registry. In
addition, I strongly support the non-profit
status of the Registry and the local clubs.
Having been on both sidesas participant and
organizer at large events, I can say that we
all need to chip in our fair share when enjoying these activities. However, all event
monies should be spent on the participants
or help fund the local clubs in their legitimate activities. An open kimono approach
to where all the money goes and why, helps
keep enthusiastic volunteers from getting
discouraged.
I think the Registry is currently doing
great things. The internet list was a great
idea and the mainstay of the organization,
the Registry magazine, continues to only get
bett er. If fortunat e enough to become a
trustee, I will help with these and other ongoing improvements in the Registry and its
support of the regional clubs with the primary tenet that the organizational structures
are only in place to service the individual
member/ enthusiast.
Thanks in advance for your support.
John Jenkins
San Diego, California
Vote. Please take the card out and make
your mark for the people you want to run
the Registry. Thanks in advance.
I'll be blatant about it. I would like to
continue as a trustee for you. Why, you ask?
Well, let me summarize so we can use magazine space for more 356 information. I attend as many functions around here as I can,
subscribe to all the 356newsletterssoI know
what's going on, took over the road assistance network database, and am now cochairing my second West Coast Holiday. In
short, I feel I am doing as much as I can for
356'ers and enjoying it. 'Nuff said.
Gerald Van Vliet
Birmingham, Michigan
I am currently the treasurer of Motor
Cities Gruppe and co-chair of the 1998
Meadowbrook East Coast Holiday. I previously
handled the incorporation of, and obtained
the tax-exempt status for the group. I have
owned a 356 since returning to the Midwest
from California in 1972. Presently I am assisting (to the extent of my skills) in the
restoration of my car from "all original" to a
more presentable example of the marque.
I am running for the office of trustee
in order to bring my expertise as a business
attorney and former IRS agent to the benefit of the Registry. I feel that I have many
skills which can be used to benefit the Registry as it confronts many new financial and
tax-related issues in its continued growth.
Thank you for your support.
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was out the other day putting a
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on which I had recently finished
an engine rebuild. The engine was moderately modified and I was quite pleased with
the power it had. My intention was to really
make it work hard this time and see how it
felt in the upper RPM range before delivering it to its owner. While I was stopped at a
red light, an old man on a moped (both looking about 90 years old) pulled up along side
me. The old man looked over the shiny coupe
and asked, "What kind of car ya' got there?"
I told him it was a 1964 Porsche. lie asked
how much it was worth and I replied "about
$25,000".
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him sure, so he leaned over and poked his
head inside and looked all around. lie then
sat back up on his moped and said "That's a
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mirror. It seemed to be gettingcloser! I slowed
down to see what it could be and suddenly,
whhhoooossshhh!Something whipped by the
driver's door, going much faster than I was! I
tooka quickcheckof my gauges, then looked
up to see another dot coming towards me!
Whooooosh! It goes by again, heading in the
opposite direction! It almost looked like the
old man on the moped. I knew that couldn't
be, but then I see another dot in my rear
view mirror. Whooooosh Ka-BlaaMMM!Something grazed the rear bumper of the Coupe
and tumbled to a stop in a heap next to me
in the road. It was the old man! I jumped
out, rushed over to him and asked if there
was anything I could do? The old man
groaned and replied, "Yes. Would you please
unhook my suspenders from your side-view
mirror!"
lIey! It could happen.
for maintaining our email list, Paul Greene
for a tremendously improved web site and
Gordon Maltby and all the contributors to
our wonderful magazine.
It is time again to ask each one of you
enthusiastic members to take pen in hand
and vote for the two Registry Trustee candidates of your choice. Is that too muchto ask?
Out of 5,400 members, only about 350 of us
vote. 1I0w embarrassing. Please exercise your
right to vote this time by tearing out the
ballot card in this issue, mark your choice
and drop it in the mailbox.
Did you tear out the Registry information cards from the last issue and put them
in your car? Have you given any out? Do yo u
need any more? (We've got more.) Please
think about them and use them. Each new
member will helpguarantee that the 356 Registry will be around for years to come and
with each new member comes possible new
information for us all to share and most
important, more "fresh enthusiasm".
It has been a busy summer so far and
looks like it is going to get busier. By the
time you read this I will be back from the
Colorado 500, which is an invitational dirt
Recently I was able
to spend a few hours going through Vasek Polak's
race car shop with the
"keeper of the cars" Carl
Thompson. What an incredible place; stacks of
cars and miles of motors.
1I0w many 917's, 935's
and Porsche Indy cars
can one man have?It was
like walking around in a
dream. Vasek left all his
race cars to a cancer diagnostic center he has
supporte d for man y
years. Carl and Brian Edit or's not e : Is it my imagination or does this guy have a d iffe rent
Redman have been given 356 eve ry tim e I see him? Hey, Bob . tha t side -view mirror is be nt!
the job of organizing and
selling the cars. After that, Carl willcontinue
bike ride organized by ex-Indy car driver
to maintain and sell race car parts from
Wally Dallenbach. 220 riders will ride about
Vasek's equally incredible inventory of un600 miles over 5 days in the majestic San
available racing parts. Be sure to read the
Juan Mountains in southern Colorado. I look
great article on Vasek by Hal Thoms in our
forward to this ride each year. Then it is on
last issue.
to the East Coast Holiday at Myrtle Beach,
Your club is cruising along quite comSouth Carolina Sept.18-21, followed two weeks
fortably at the present time. I would like to
later by the West Coast Holiday in San Diego,
pass out a few "atta boy's" to M & M EnterCalifornia.Whew! I hope to see you at one or
prises for the great job they are doing with
more of these events. Until then, drive that
our GoodieStore, Robin Hansen and Rick Dill
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Volume 21, Number 3
J
erry Keyser's column discussed the
rapid growth of the club in its first
three years. lie pointed out that althoug only 21 members showed up for the
1975 first Holiday in Rockford, lIIinois, over
150 members plus their families participated
in the 1977 West Coast Holiday in San Diego.
Jerry also mentioned the Spark Plug Award
which has been givenover the years to members have given extraordinar y service to the
club. At the time he wrote this for the October, 1977 issue, recipient s included Bill
Durland, Tom Oerther, Jerry Keyser, Brett
Johnson and Bob Raucher.
Vic Skirmants technical column discussed Porsche front suspension adjustments.
He also reported that re-machined link pin
carriers, used to decamber the front, were
available at Garretson Enterprises. Vic went
on to report his recent racing activities in
both E and G Production including a first
place win in G Production at Waterford Hills.
A fu ll page ad an no unce d Kar l
Ludvigsen's soon-to-be-released Porscbe, Excelle nce Was Expected, and through an arrangement with the publisher, Registry members were offered the book at a pre-publication price of only $45. As we all know, the
Volume 4, number 1 included a cla ssified
ad for one Band one SCCabrio let , 3
hardtop s, workshop manual s and a
lite rature co llectio n, all for $7,000.
book has stood the test of time very well.
The October, 1977 Registr y included a
report by Brett Johnson on the third East
Coast Holiday at the Indianapolis Speedway,
which he chaired. At the concours, held at
the Speedway infield, Chuck Stoddard won
the 356/ 356A class with his Convertible D.
Howard Rapp's Ccabriolet won the BIC class
and Bob Gummow won the "Longest Owner"
award with his A coupe. On Sunday morning fort y two 356's lined up for two laps of
th e Speed way. Some confusion on th e
Speedway's part allowed four laps instead of
two, but no complaints were heard.
The final article was a report on the
first West Coast Holiday at San Diego, chaired
by Bob and Ellie Raucher. This was a milestone Holiday, held the weekend before the
San Diego PCA Parade and still vividly recalled by many attendees. At the Tech Session, Bill Steen gave a great technical presentation on the restoration of his 904, and
Bob Garretson gave a talk on 356 mechanicals.
Jim Perrin ended the session with a slide
presentat ion on collectible 356 sales literature and posters.
Chuck and Stanna Cooper chaired the
concours.The sixty cars entered includedJoel
Nave's 1950blackcoupe, the oldest car present
(which later went to the Harrah's I National
Automobile Museum collection.) The banquet
held Saturday evening wasattended by about
300 enthusiasts.
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H
ere I am furiously writing my
column two weeks late. I apologize to our new members who
waited a tad longer than my usual turn
around time for their first issue. I started a
major kitchen remodeling in February, and
here it is August ninth and we are now 98%
done. My house is also 98%covered in plaster dust!
The SVRA weekend at Mid-Ohio June
26/29 th th is year was the best yet. The
weather was almost perfect. The 356 tent,
tables, and chairs were delivered and placed
exactly as I instructed. There was a reduction in the number of 356 racers this year
with SVRA because they no longer permit
the useof Yokohama tires- Vic will talk more
about this. Ahout no folks enjoyed our BBQ
this year. I am very grateful to our sponsors
for the tent. The entire rental from Mid-Ohio
was 51464., too hig a hite for one sponsor.
Hans Wichter , President of Stoddard lm-
Another Great Bash
at Mid -Ohio
ported Cars helped with a large contribution. The other folks who contrihuted toward
this event are Don Marrah Auto Body,
Owosso, Michigan; Rick Spurlock, Monarch
Tool & Gauge Co., Southfield, Michigan; Neil
Goldberg, Stuart Tool, Troy, Michigan; Brett
Johnson, TPR, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; Vic
& Lucy Rivera Medical Clinic., Lincoln Park,
Michigan.jack Hagerty, Farmers Insurance,
Farmin gton IIi lis, Mi ch igan ; and Mark
Eskuche, Ecurie Engineering, Mequon, Wisconsin. And oh, yes356 Enterprises, Wa rren, Michigan.
A large numher of our local 356 Motor
Cities Gruppe members drive down for the
weekend, and this year my local guys did
the BBQcooking, led by my friend Sue Rupp
from Columhus, and Sebastian Gaeta , Ann
Arbor. Sebastian donned a BBQ apron, and
the guys gathered around to help. lIis wonderful enthusiam and personality are like a
magnet. This allowed me to he hostess, and
not cook too.
Aspecial thank you to Ron & Barbara
Platt of North Canton, Ohio, who delivered
his golf cart to the race track for my use,
then drove back down to pick it up. What a
great friend.
Representing Stoddard Imported Cars,
and holding the cake, are Dave Zonneville,
on the left, he is the guy you talk to on the
phone when you call to order parts, and Bill
Green, Parts Manager on the right.They hoth
are hecoming real 356 enthusiasts, and making many new friends.
We will see some of you at the Myrtle
Beach Holiday, then on Thursday afternoon,
we will head to Road Atlanta for the IISR
VintageRaces. Comeon over Sunday to watch
the Jonathan Corey, Ltd. 356 Challenge race.
I hope we will see you there! ~
George Balbach (above) and And re Gaudet (left) were
am ong the 356 competitors at the Mid-Oh io Vintage
Races thi s year. See page 45 for more photos and
vintage race coverage by Bob Hilton.
Photos on these pages courtesy of
Robert Harrington Photography
Than ks to these Bo o ster Fund Contrib ut ors
Geoff Fleming . Staten Island. New York
Shep Adk ins. Los Osos. C a lifor nia
Dav id Griffi n . Ber kshire . Engla nd
To m Spiegel , Ha les Corners. Wisc o nsin
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Volume 21, Number 3
H
ere are some miscellaneous
notes I've been carrying
around; some may sound familiar, but probably bear repeating.
Sheet Metal Screws
The horizontal pieces of sheet metal on
the engine above the valve covers; you have
to Loc-tite the hold-down screws into the
heads. Otherwise, they will come loose and
fall out. Then you have a direct hole into
the rocker arm area, and an annoying oil leak.
Okay,so you have 912 heads with the changed
casting; you don't get the oil leak, but you
still don't want the screws falling out.
Crank Pulley Seal
If you need to change the crank pulley
seal with the engine in the car your biggest
problem is how to keep the pulley fromturning while trying to loosen the bolt. Don't put
something through one of the pulley holes
and rest it on that convenient horizontal
section of the timing cover on the left side.
That section is only a couple of millimeters
thick, and you will immediately break out a
chunk of metal. Look around at some engines- it's not that uncommon. You can try
putting the car in gear with someone holding the brakes, and beat on the wrench with
a hammer.Sometimesthis will work, but you
may haveto make up a toolthat fits through
two of the pulley holes and rests on the #4
exhaust pipe.Ofcourse you already have the
rear engine pan removed.
Fuel Hydro-Lock
1keep reminding people to turn off the
fuel cock when parked. If the fuel tank is
full, it can act as a gravity-fed fuel system,
and keep enough nominal pressure on the
carburetor needle valvesto let the fuel keep
dribbling down the intake ports. Also, if you
have the front of the car jacked up to do
some work on the front end, you really have
a gravity-fed fuel system!
Carb Butterflies
While on carburetors: if you're rebuilding your carbs, don't remove the butterflies!
This is probably un-needed advice for 99.9%
of you, because why would you need to remove the butterflies? BUT, 1 have seen several sets of carburetors over the years that
had the butterflies re-installed improperly.
Upside-down, for instance (yes, there is a top
and bottom to the butterflies). Or, not properly centered, making one butterfly contact
the carb body, thereby keeping the other
butterfly from closing properly.
The Bosch 009
Distributors. The Bosch 009 gets an occasional bad review. It supposedly produces
less power than original distributors or the
Bosch 050. BULL! Thiscomment usually comes
from someone who only sets their timing
statically. The 009 has a shorter advance
curve than the stock distributor, therefore if
you set the timing only statically, you will
be lu' short at full advance. Of course you'll
have less power. Regardless of the distributor used, the timing has to be set for full
advance, with a proper timing light. And forget the old wives' tale about #3 cylinder being retarded, it's not true. (Editor's note: this
tal e apparen tly is a carryoverfro m VWen gines whose distri butor ca m lobe retarded
ignition to the chronically hot #3 cylinder.)
SVRA Vintage Racing
June 28, 29. at Mid -Ohio
Since the radial tires were banned last
year in SVRA, several of the 356 racers have
switched to HSR where they are permitted.
We choseto run the Hoosier bias-ply vintage
racing tires, based on input from the other
racers, such as Mark Eskuche. Besides, we
knew what slip angles were possible with
the Goodyears. Consequently, the 356 attendance was lower, but
there was still a good
represen ta tion . Brett
Johnson was in Group 1
with his 19511300Coupe.
The remaini ng 356's
were all 1600's in Group
3. En tered were: Mark
Eskuche of Milwaukee;
Hugh Kwok of Quebec;
George Balbach fr om
Lake Forest, Illinois;Joel
Black of Mansfi eld ,
Ohio.john Biggs IIIfrom
Tazewell , Virginia;
Andre Gaudet of Quebec;
Terry Wolters from Orlando; Olga Reindlova from New York; and
the only drum-brake 356 in Group 3, Rick
Bardsley of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Joel Black's weekend ended on Thursday with broken ring gear bolts. John Biggs
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also succumbed to an unknown malady before race day.
The first practice session showed that
the Hoosier tires werequite predictable, without the excess slip angles of the Goodyear
bias-ply vintage tires. We also were trying to
determine optimum tire pressures. Mark
Eskuche and 1 swapped pressure and temperature information to come up .with the
best set-up. Who says competitors don't help
each other? Saturday's qualifying race had
Mark on pole, with me next to him. 1got by
on the second lap, and stayed in front 'til
the finish. Lap times for Sunday's race had
me on pole, Mark next to me, George Balbach
6th,Terry Wolters 10th, Rick Bardsley (drums)
15th, Olga Reindlova 16th, Andre Gaudet 21st,
and Hugh Kwok 22nd.
Without Roger Ender's presence, the
weather had been perfect, with no rain whatsoever, and Sunday was no different. 1 kept
the lead from Mark at the start, and maintained it to the finish. His best lap time was
.018 of a second quicker than mine; how's
that for close?Terry Wolters was8th, George
Balbach celebrated his birthday by spinning
to a 12th place finish, Rick Bardsley was 16th,
Olga Reindlova was 17th, Andre Gaudet finished 24th, and Hugh Kwok was 26th.
I was quite impressed with the Hoosier
tires. They were very controllable, and the
lap times were almost as quick as with
Yokohamas. Maybe those who don't like the
Hoosiers haven't figured out proper tire pressures yet. Remember: 28psi HOT! Enoughsaid.
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Vic Skirmants in the #70 Convertible D and
Mark Esc uc ke in his g reen c a briolet batt le
it out at Mid-Ohio .
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A
couple of interesting things
have drifted in by mail since
last I wrote. First, via our beloved editor I received a letter from Chris
Hamilton of Seattle, WAwho is the owner of
an original unrestored 1965 356C coupe. He
sent the following photo of the components
of the Porsche crest from the front hood
handle. Of particular interest is the fabric
piece that mounts under the crest. Since this
is unseen when installedI would suspect that
most restored cars don't have it. The original
mounting hardware is also worth noting.
Dick Weiss sent the photos of the heated
sump plate from a 912. The information
stamped on the plate indicates that it was
made in Germany and has U.S. and Canadian
patents. It also has the name of the Canadian dealer that likely installed it. I have
never heard of or seen one of these on a 356.
I am sorry to report the closing of the
auto museum in Louisville, KY. It was an
eclectic collection that included Ray Knigh t's
Sauter Roadster and my 1955 sunroof coupe.
Now I have to figure out where to put it in
addition another one of my own eclectic
collection that will be here by the time you
read this. This, of course, increases by two
the number of cars that can't sit outside in
the weather. I don't need to tell you what a
populartopicaround the Johnson household
this is during the winter.
It is kind of fun to actually finishing
project cars. While these pages are typically
chocked full of tips for 356 restoration, for
those out there who
do not possess the
skill and/or time to
do-it-yourself entrusting your car to
the "professional restorer" can be unnerving.
I obser ved a
shop here in Indy
take in a number of
project cars including muscle cars, customs and British sports
cars. The proprietor would put together a
very professionallookingestimate, dismantle
the car, make a list of parts required, order
them and then begin this cycle for the next
car.
In a little over a year he had a shop full
of dismantled vehicles and an impressive
array of equipment. lIe also had no employees(because he hadn't feIt compelled to pay
them), an unpaid SBA loan and trouble with
the IRS. When the locks were put on the doors
there were a dozen or so cars within in various states of disrepair.
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The story had at least a remotely happy
ending as all but one owner got his car back.
The one who didn't had a Triumph TR4A
with about $8000 worth of new parts. He
must have been totally distraught, since he
didn't answer letters telling him to comeand
pick up the car. It was eventually auctioned.
It was fascinating that two of the ownersone with a Jaguar XKE and another with a
Dodge Challenger- had each of these cars in
two other shops that had met with similar
fates. I have heard of cases where customer
cars have been sold to payoff the shop's
debts, but thankfully that is a fairly rare
occurrence.
How to select a reputable shop is relatively easy. As mentioned, be especially cautiouswith newestablishments.The best shops
have satisfied customers who will tell you
what work was performed on their cars, if it
wasdonein a timely fashion and if the price
quoted was adhered to, This last point is a
bit tricky, because a number of very competent shops will shy away from giving a firm
quotation prior to dismantling and inspecting the car. These folks have learned that
what is underneath may be much worse than
what is observed on the surface. Having said
that, they should be able to at least give a
price range, so you can determine if you can
afford to proceed.
Bear in mind that your finished car will
probably not be worth the cost of restoration, but, if you still want
to proceed, here are some
additional useful tips pertaining to selection of a
restoration facility:
Most restorations
take two or three years to
complete. Be wary of any
shop that gives you a six
- months to one year time
frame. These estimates
generally come with a low
cost associated say $8000
- $10,000. As they say, if it
sounds to good to be true,
it probably is. Go somewhere else.
It actually doesn't cost substantially
more to totally restore a very bad car than a
one in reasonably good shape. Onl y the bodywork phase takes significantly longer. If this
is not explained, you are dealing with an inexperienced or a dishonest proprietor.
A shop that specializes in a specific
marque or model will frequently prove to be
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the most cost effective and quickest for obvious reasons.They've done it before and they
know what to expect. They also know where
to find those hard to find parts.
Ashop close to where you live is a definite plus. This will give you ample opportunity to visit frequently, check progress and
see how well they are spending your money.
If they don't allow customers in the shop
because of "insurance reasons" and actually
enforce this, go someplace else. On the other
hand if they don't allow yo« in the shop
because you are a royal pain consider how
"...one ofthe shop employees
phoned me and advised that work
billed had not been completed and
recommended I collect my car
before the sheriff came toclose the
place down".
you would feel if your customers paid as
much attention to your performance at your
place of business.
While on the topic of proximity, I personally had one unpleasant long distance
experience. Fortunately, one of the shop employees phoned me and advised that work
billed had not been completed and recom. mended I collect my car before the sheriff
came to close the place down.
Stay in communication about financial
matters.It is no fun to find out that due to a
slight miscalculation you are $20,000 in arrears and though it is finished, you can't have
your car until you pay up. Normally, pay as
you go terms keep these things out in the
open and lead to fewer misunderstandings.
You also might want to check into what the
local laws are regarding variance(read overruns) from written estimates.
Finally, remember that the customer is
always right. If you insist that a snazzy 8track player be installed in the dashboard of
your 356 Speedster (you know, where that
unusual Porsche script normally goes), a good
shop should advise you of the potential adverse effects on the car's value, but if you
insist they should oblige with a minimum
number of disparaging remarks. Be aware
though, you will be the topic of conversation at their company picnic and snobby
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Where is his first Porsche?
A
lois lIartmann was in his twenties, lived not far away from
Stuttgart and fell in love with
Porsche. For business reasons he moved to
Canada and over the next few years did better than expected. In late 1957 he went to
Hoffman Motors in New York to order his
first Porsche. He wanted a silver "Darnen"
Coupe with red interior and it had to be delivered to a dealer in Genoa, Italy.
On May 25th, 1958 he arrived in Genoa
on a ship from New York, and a crazy italian
taxi driver brought him to a VW dealership
not very far away. There he saw it the first
time, delivered by a factory driver and with
less than 500km on the odometer. IIis new
1958 Porsche Coupe 1600. The man from the
factory confirmed the perfect condition of
the car and returned to Stuttgart by train.
During the next two years the Porsche
was driven all over Europe and Alois saw
many races as a spectator. At Le Mans 1959
the car was damaged and caused a change of
the front bumper to the '59 version.
One year later, in April 1960 the Coupe
was sold to a man in Ntirnburg, Bavaria.
Almost 30 years later, back in Canada
and always in love with Porsche, he decided
to seewhat had happened to his first Porsche.
lie took the old paperwork with the original
bill of sale to check the chassis number. Surprisingly, there was no chassis number; not
one of all the documents showed the chassis
number. This was a serious problem in finding his first Porsche and most people told
him it would not be possible at all. lie contacted the factory, included a copy of the
original bill of sale and hoped they would
find it. Also, a notice with a photo of the car
was publi shed in th e German Porsche
Clubmagazine- unfortunately, with no results.
In 1996, at the Ski Roundtop swap meet
in Pennsylvania, we met each other at the
hotel bar the night before the event. Both
from Germany, we had no problems communicating. I heard about the search for the '58
Porsche and offered my help. I had done some
research ahout my own cars at the factory
before and saw a good chance to find the
chassis number even if it sounded hasty.
Back in Germany, I received a copy of
the original bill of sale from Hoffman's and
much more information, including some period photos. A few weeks later I had a date
with Mr. Klaus Parr, who runs the archives
at the factory in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen. It
took a while to explain what was going on
and what to do. We took the old Reutter
books-the handwritten books that show
information about every 356 that was made
hy Reutter-to see what we could find.
That evening I left the office with a
list containingalmost 100 cars. Anyone could
be the car we were looking for. Back at home
I compared the list with my other information and 42 cars were left. A big step forward, hut still too many cars.
Last March my friend fromCanada came
with me to visit Mr. Parr again. I also had
somenew information,collected through old
salesbrochures. It wasa sunny Monday morning when we met each other again, at the
old hrick buildings of Werk I. It wasn't only
a sunny and warm day, but a happy day too.
We left with a new list and only 16 cars on
it; a giant step forward in finding the chassis number.
Next thing was to fax the list to Olaf
Lang. Mr. Lang works for Porsche Customer
Service in Lud wigsburg, 20 km north of
Stuttgart. There, Porsche stores the kardex
files, a card that states every bit of technical
information about every Porsche ever built.
Mr. Lang couldn't believe it, hut the 8th car
on the list was the car we were looking for.
lie had the kardex of car number 103653 in
his hand. It showed Hoffman, New York as
dealer and IIr. Hartmann as owner.
This was the proof.
You can imagine what the next question is: Where is the car today?
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1958 Coupe 1600, chassis # 103 653. eng ine #69667, tra nsmission # 197 40
Dear Registry member. if you know the whereabouts of any of the parts.
we would be pleased to have any useful information.
Please contact:
Uwe Biegner
Berliner Str. 49
55583 Bad Munster a . St.
Germany
0049-6708-3131 .to x 3120
E-mail : [email protected]
356 Regis t ry 16
Alois Hartmann
294 Pinetree Cr.
Beaconsfield . Que.
H9W 5E1. Canada
514-695-8986
or 356 Registry PUblishing Office
612/439-0204 phone / fax
Volum e 21. Number 3
I
n 1990 we were moving our ad
agency, Fallon McElligot in Minneapolis into new space high atop an
office building under construction.
Since we were the agency for Porsche
in North America, the art director in charge
of decor in the new offices proposed that
we should have a Porsche in our new lobby
on the 31st floor. The general contractor said
it would be a piece of cake as long as the
construction cranes were still in place, and
the windows weren't in yet.
KevinJeanette of Gunnar racing in West
Palm Beach, who always helped us find historic cars for our photo shoots, found us a
very clean 1963 356B (sound familiar?) in
Memphis. We paid $15,000, rationalizing that
it was both more interesting, and more relevant than a nice Persian rug in the lobby. It
was early November, but the cheapest way
to get the car to Minnesota was to give young
Porsche mechanic Bill Schneider a frequent
flyer coupon to Memphis,and have him drive
it straight back. The weather cooperated and
the old car drove superbly, even though Bill
had packeda big tool kit, just in case. It was
about as cold and windy as November gets
in Minneapolis when the crane took the car
up on an open platform to the 31st floor of
its new home at the comer of 9th and
Marquette. We built a plywood garage around
the car to protect it while the building was
completed.
The car probably suffered more damage as a piece of art than it had on the road
in its first thirty years. First, a door fell on it
during the final rush of interior finishing.
Then, the trunk was used to hold the keg
during an office party, and of course, lid was
bent and sprung.
Themost commonly asked question was,
"What are you going to do if you lose the
Porsche account?" Wrong question. The question should have been, "What will you do if
you get another car account?"We parted ways
with Porsche in early 1993, but the little car
stayed, because it was sort of a mantra for
our company. We had a chance to actually
meet Professor Porsche and film him in his
home when he was eighty years old. He was
a wonderful man, and there was so much
history on the walls of his home it gave us
goose bumps. Our 356 was a perfect symbol
of what a little company could do if it was
creative, dedicated and stuck to its knitting.
But then in March of 1995, we were in
the hunt for the BMW account and the national dealer council wasgoing to visit us in
The strange tale of a 356
that made it to the top " ,
and how it returned to the road
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By Fred Senn
In the 31st-tloo r lobby of Falion-M cEllig ot. the 356Bsp ent four years as a corporat e
cente rpiece . Right: On its way to the top, via c ra ne in November. 1990.
Fred Senn a nd th e c ar today : "Although th e 356 B is not portlc ulortv rare or val ua ble,
it's still a classic. And this one is uniqu e an d ha s special me a ning to me ."
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lowering it down the side.
Even if you took off the
bumpers and turned it on its
end it wassix inches too tall
for the freight elevator. But
it was family now-and it
wasn't going to the parts
bin, it was going back on the
road.
I called Bohjohnson at
j ohnson Autos por t in
Northfield, Minnesota who
specializes in vintage and
racing Porsches, to get his
advice on how to extract the
Rolling into its new home on the 31st floor. Below : The process
car. He enlisted his specialof disassembly a nd loading onto a truc k. The car spent much
ists Tony Sharp and Mike
of the ne xt year stacked in piec es in the back room of a
Breckenridge and their kids,
body shop-o space-effic ient way to store a c ar. bu t not
along with Todd Hoeft of
recom me nded.
Tj R Co llision Center. We
scheduled to meet them at the office at 7:00
two weeks. What to do with the 356?Chairon a Saturday morning. They hrought a tool
man Pat Fallon said, "Fred, get it out of here,
kit and a Milwaukee heavy duty Sawzall.
before the BM W guys get here. Probably a
First, everything that could be removed got
good business decision, hut difficult both
removed; seats, doors and glass, engine,
emotionally and logistically. The economics
wheels, wiring, etc. Then they cut the top
of the rescue were not good. Could it go out
off. Then, they cut the body in half right
the same way it came in? Actually, the winthrough the floor. The kids took the small
dow cleaning rigs on the roof would support
stuff down the elevator in their wagon. The
the weight of the car, hut the huilding inrest of us man-handled the carcass. By noon,
surance people wouldn't even consider the
there wasn't even an oil stain on the floor.
possibility of taking out the window and
My wife (who grew up just one hundred kilometers from Stuttgart) and two
college-age kids were ecstatic. By summer,
they'd he driving a very cool little car around
the city lakes. But summer came and went,
and then another summer. You know how
that goes. johnson's shop was overwhelmed
hy urgent work for the local Porsche club
racers. The heap of parts that used to grace
our lobby sat under a cover in the corner. I
can't fuss much, hecause I'm one of those
racers, hut my wife had her German patience
tested. This was going to he her sports car.
Every time she saw Bob she grilled him on
when her car was going to be ready. lie was
always encouraging, hut evasive.
This car project wasn't even a distraction, it just happened to me. Circumstances
simply forced me to adopt it. This December,
I get the call. It's ready. The temperature was
ten below, with twenty inches of snow already on the ground. We decided to wait until
spring.
Finally, summer came to Minnesota. My
19-year-old son and I picked up the car in
Northfield and hrought it home like a new
puppy. It's been six years since this 356 has
been on the road. And in that time, it's heen
through what no other 356 has been through.
Now it's hack where it helongs - on the road.
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ached new" ..live "1\c1ghl> lQClay
advertising agency . re
on the 310t Boo' 01 the AT&T Tower in
Pend" 356 _ cIIle, to its Iutw . 1obby
downtown MlMeapolls.
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the top three nOOfS
is be\n a placed In the lobby 0
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to ...... as a (\al\y r=!ndor
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commI=l to creativ. ex«ucnoe· The
characteristics as Porsche. espedally Its
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sloN\' aboUt their werl<are uncompromising an pas
people who buil d theSe tarS
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Ginny Gummow reports : We ate the onions by peeling the charred outer layers off and
dipping the delicious Inner layers in a very tasty garl ic sauce. One of the South Africans
liked the sauce so well he was drinking up what was left in the dipping bowls .
South Africans
Arnold and Colleen
Van Wljk enjoyed the
grilled leeks. Arnol d
demonstrated his
expertise at the wine
drlnklng-almost
everyone else ended
up wit h wine of their
shirts-a fun to uch.
At the restaurant
insid e they too k
pho tos of the
coup les a nd by the
time we we re
lea ving th ey we re
a lread y selling
p ott ery bowls with our ph otos on the bottom.
This Isabout ha lf of
the cars parked
on the beautiful
promenade along
the seacoast in
Salou. A more or
lessequal number
of cars were
parked to the east
from the spot
where the picture
was taken. across
from the hote l
Blau Mar.
Gummow phot os
Four dutch cars
in the parking lot
at the monastery
de Poblet.
W
e arri ved earlier than we
planned at the 22nd International356 Meeting held in
Salou, a resort town near Barcelona on the
northeast coast of Spain. We had unfortunately experienced the Travelers Nightmare
en route from competing in the Mille Miglia
in Italy the week before. Most of our belongings were found by the French police very
quickly and luckily the hoods had no interest in the Spyder which was left untouched.
So wedecided to skip the sightseeingetc.and
head for the safety of the 356 Hotel B1au
Mar. The manager, staff and event organizers did everything to solve any and all problems- truly helpful and wonderful people.
After the initial frenzy of registration,
unpacking and greeting old friends and new,
the cars were parked in a secure, sectionedoff part of the promenade. They looked wonderful and as usual created a truly colorful
spectacle in the brilliant Spanish sunshine
with the azure Mediterranean as a backdrop.
During the dinner Thursday evening wewere
given our instructions for the following day's
activity, a photo rally. We were in 4 groups,
language beingthe common denominator.In
the English-speakinggroup there were Americans, Australians, Dutch, English and South
Africans as I recall.
The photo rally was a lot of fun and
included an interesting tour of a monastery.
The scenery and viewsin the mountains were
breathtaking. Lunch was a real surprise. On
our arrival we were shown to tables outside
under the trees but no chairs. In front of us
were bowls of sauce, chunks of bread and a
bib each!Presently a very large wooden platter arrived piled high with what appeared
to be burnt two foo t-long green onions. After we stared at theseawhilean amused waitress divulged the secret-she skinned it by
holding it in one hand and peeled down the
outer leaves.They were leeks Spanish sty[esort of barbequed- and delicious.Served with
these was red wine- no glasses- in a pitcher
with a long spout that you held and poured
into your mouth. Bob and I as well as many
others I'm sure ruined our t-shirts,
After relishing and devouring many of
these we were only then ushered into the
restaurant where a beautiful lunch awaited
us; the leeks were only an appetizer! After
continuing the photo rally in the afternoon,
arrival back at the hotel was accompanied
by the usual talk and questions of, "How
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many? Where was that? Did you even find?"
At dinner that evening in a marquee
(tent) on the quayside we were enthusiastically entertained by a happy band of Spanish troubadors who played and sang a variety of rousing/evocative Spanish songs and
music;a truly festive and memorahleevening.
Saturday's car indulgence wasa half day
of regularity runs on the twisty roads in the
hills- very difficult. Here we must say thank
you to the Blocks and the Fricks who trailed
behind us to the detriment of their regularity run times in case we got stuck up in the
almost deserted hills. We were experiencing
an almost total loss of power at times. Bob
was baffled. It would appear like fuel starvation and feel like ignition problems, but
after investigation at lunch it was found to
be a faulty ignition switch. lie was able to
do a quick fix, enabling us to compete in the
gymkhana in the afternoon. But not before
lunch was enjoyed at another monastary, a
magnificent location affording spectacular
360 degree views.
Arriving at the race track to compete
in various track events we were instructed
to proceed to the "brake test". The car is
driven approximately 40-50 m.p.h. to an area
lined with pylonseach side, and in front is a
plastic barrier. To the left of the barrier was
a stop box lined with pylons. The idea was
to go through the speed traps as fast as you
could, hit the hrakes, jog to the left and stop
in the stop box, of course without hitting
anything. Butjust prior to your start the road
is hosed down with water. It was great fun
to watch and compete. Bob doesn't race very
often these days so he had already decided
his regularity run on the race track was going to be done at race speed. I have only been
in a car once with Bob when he was racing
at Silverstone so I knew what I was letting
myself in for. It was fantastic, so exhilarating and equaled the most exciting ride of
my life which was in 1979 in his 930 Turbo
on Highway I from Monterey to Big Sur. Orgasmic!
The gymkana wasa real driver/passengerevent requiring a Le Mans style start, then
forward and reversing through pylon gates,
etc., golf putting, darts and needing to stop
the engine before running over to stop the
clock! Lots of fun.
Then it was back to the hotel bar to
exchange stories before the Gala Dinner and
prize-giving at the local yacht c1uh. Agrand
affair with Cave (Champagne) served all
evening.The lobster appetizer was fabulous
Ruth Ga rretson ph otos
Rut h an d Bob Garrets on c a me
to Spain from Italy (not with out
incident) w here Bob ran th e
Mille Miglia . Ruth's rep ort on
that event w ill appear in the
next issue .
Below: Enth usia stic dancers
and musicians enterta ined a t
d inne r on Frida y night.
and so large it was all I really needed hut I
did manage the rest with a struggle!
Apresentation was made to lise Nadele
who is, sadly, retiring this year. Her replacement Stella Stieber introduced herself to each
countr y in their own language!
The presidents of the various clubs
made the usual presentations to the host
president although there was notably none
from the USA and England. Maybe that
should be rectified next year,
The hosts Andreu and Christina Casas,
Amigos del Porsche 356 and Klaus Borher of
the Porsche Club Spain and all the workers
were thanked for a wonderful weekend and
the effort they had put in. Then the Aus-
356 Registry
trian 356 Club made their presentation for
the meeting in Gmiind next year, a special
year of course because of the 50th Anniversary of the 356!
It was a wonderful weekend- superbly
organized and one which will bring hack
happy memories for us.
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21 September I October 1997
A
few months ago I compared
jerry Seinfeld's Ivory Speedster
sold at the Barrett jackson auction with a red Speedster sold at the same
time and place and noted that the approximate 540,000 in price spread could he seen
as the valueof the Seinfeld name.Given some
further analysis and new data unearthed
about these cars, I feel a further discussion
is warranted.
First, I was able to track down the approximate amount spent on the Seinfeld
Speedster and was staggered to hear how
much was spent on the car (way over the
hammer price of 579,000). Next, I was reminded that the value of the Seinfeld car is
partially due to the car's provenance as a
race car used hy Skip Hudson and Dan Gurney, and not just the Seinfeld moniker. Finally, I learned that hoth the engine and
transmission in the red Speedster were incorrect for the car, and incorrect for the year.
This means the car would probahl y not compete well in the non-Kardex PCA concours
class.
Further is the issue of national publicity that surrounded the purchase of the car.
The new owner, who is planning on putting
the Seinfeld car in his Museum, was overheard saying that for all the puhlicity he
received in buying the car, he figures he got
the car for free.
Added to these new facts was my failure to properly convey that the Seinfeld
Speedster was a hetter car, in almost all ways,
than the red Speedster. The red Speedster was
a very nice driver, a solid "2 on the standard
5 point scale, while the Seinfeld car was a
stunning "I that could hardly he faulted.
In the end, after several discussions with
Speedster specialists around the country, I
think the redcar wasn'ta matchforSeinfeld's
so the difference of $40,000 was overstated.
I will leaveit up to youto formulatea nurnher, as this is certainly not an exact science.
(Thanks to those of you who provided additional information on these cars.)
Export Sales?
Several Registry members have asked
about the idea of taking a 356 over to Europe
to sell, as the prices in Europe can he quite a
hit higher than here. I have watched several
transactions among overseas huyers and have
heen involved in a few myself, going hoth
ways. While it is possible to sell your car for
more money overseas, there are plenty of
risks to balance that "upside,"
There are two big issues that you must
be comfortable with right off the bat: One,
that your car will be shipped and possibly
damaged on the way over; and, Two, that
unless you'vedone this hefore, you are going
to run into at least a dozen unexpected occurrences.
For example, most ocean freight carriers will not insure anything inside the car.
So your car must go over completely empty.
Where will the car he stored until you arrive?How many times will the car he started,
and driven, without your supervision? How
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many new scratches will be found as a result of the trip? What if something vihrates
loose on the trip- will you have the tools
and parts to repair the car in a strange land?
What if you are stranded hy the roadside?
What about license and insurance regulations? You need to feel comfortable dealing
with all these issues.
Regarding European prices you should
note that there are often large import duties
to be paid. In France, for example, a 30%import tax is due. That ohviously can make a
very significant difference in the price you
will net.
Finally, you also have to find some way
to sell the car. You can use local classified
ads or leave it with a used car dealer. Both
of these methods have their own pluses and
minuses.
On the block
Ourdetailed review this month is a 1963
B Super Cahriolet, Ruhy Red with hlack
leather, in superh condition. Excellent gaps,
an immaculate engine compartment, and
lovely paint made for a stunning restoration.
It wasfitted with improper Solexcarbs(stock
are Zeniths), a C tool kit rather than the
proper B selection, and Brazilian chrome
wheels. This car appeared at the Silver Auction in jackson Hole, WY hut never made it
to the podium. It was purchased for 555,000
prior to the auction by a first time 356 owner.
Thanks to long-time Registry member Steve
Shea for this report.
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here is probably nothing more
subjectivethan the color of your
Porsche.Our purpose here is not
to recount the emotional feelings about colors, but rather to note some facts about colors and their effect on the value of your car.
Do certain colors hurt the
value of my 356?
The color which universally seems to
hurt is Togo Brown. I have seen some gorgeous Togo Brown 356's sit for months unsold, even when priced way below similar
cars in any other color. No other color has
quite the same negative effect on value.
Should I cbange from the
Kardex color?
In general, the answer is no. You will
usually maximize the value of your car by
painting it the original color (except for
brown). However, the new PCA restoration
rules have defined an entire concours class
where the Kardex is not viewed, so a new
attitude about picking a color different from
the Kardex may be developing.
What color to repaint my car?
If you do decide to change the color, it
should be an original 356 color for the year
of your car. The new PCAconcours class does
judge the correctness of the car and engine
against the available options in the year of
production. If you paint the car a color not
available in the year of production, you will
almost alwayslose value.The colorsfor your
year are listed in the back of Brett Johnson's
book and Stoddard has color charts for some
B's and C's. Note however, that these rules do
not apply to race cars, which can be painted
almost any color.
Do any original colors enhance
the value of my 356?
Well, two colors seemsto have a special
value to some 356 buyers: silver and black. I
have often seen thesecolors bring a premium.
Which colors were used the most?
Exact data are hard to find, but the best
guesses are the shades of Ivory/Light Ivory
and both the later reds, Signal and Ruby.
These are colors which do not seem to have
any particular value effect, either positive
or negative. In other words,most people find
these good colors for the 356. The reason
these colors were used the most is unclear.
One theory is that many 356's were built for
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can affect your pocketbook.
dealer stock, and dealers found either Ivory
or Red to be easiest to sell off the showroom
floor.
Why are some of the colors so rare?
Since we don't have full color data, we
aren't certain. However, today 911's are built
in color batches, so it makes sense that 356's
were also. If you wanted one of the unusual
colors, say, Royal Blue (T-5 B), then you had
to wait until the factory had collected enough
Royal Blue orders to change the paint shop
to that color for a run of several bodies. The
wait required to have an unusual color built
may have been an additional impediment to
ordering one of these colors, making them
even more unusual.
Which colors were available
the longest?
In the early years of 1950-1956, there
was a large color selection with many unusual colors, such as Moor Green, Fish SilverGray, Strawberry Red, Penicillin White, Terra
Cotta, and so on. These were used for a single
period and then generally not repeated (the
seven "color periods" are:50-53; 54-55; 56; 5759; 60-61; 62-63; 64-65). This got streamlined
in 1957, with a selection of 7 standard and 4
special colors per period.
In looking at these more standardized
years, a few patterns are clear. First, black is
the only color available from 1950 to 1965 as
either a regular or special color. The next
most frequently seen colors are Silver and
Ivory, available in 5 of the seven color periods. Note however that both black and silver are believed to be rare colors, regardless
of their long runs in the color chart. Both
Signal Red and Ruby Red appear 4 times each,
while Slate Gray appears 3 times. All other
colors appear in no more that two periods.
The Meissen Blue/ Aetna Blue/Sky Blue nonmetallic light blues each appeared in one
color period, for a total of three periods.
Should I challge the color of the
interior?
It is easierand less costly to change the
color of an interior when compared to expense and difficulty of changing the exterior color. Therefore, it appears not to hurt
the value much, if at all.
Are certain colors important for
certa in periods?
Yes, some years are identifiable by their
colors. Look at the color chart for a 50's
American car, and you will see up to half
the available colors in various shades of
green. Call on a 930 Turbo and you'll find
many in basic black. How about the bright
orange, yellow or gold cars of the early 911
series? These colors were promoted by
Porsche after their tests of active automotive safety showed that a brightly colored
car had a better chance of avoiding an accident. All of these colors represent trends at
the time and can be important as symbols
and reminders of the period.
In the 356 world, the color combination of blue (say Aetna Blue or Bali Blue)
with a red interior at one time wasshunned.
Today, however, there seems to be a new appreciation for this distinct and unusual combination. Look around at concours today and
you will see the latest combinations getting
attention.
How important is color whell
I sell my car?
I recently attended a meeting of the National Automobile Dealers Association where
results from a nationwidestudy of consumer
attitudes about buying cars were released.
These results found that lack of the proper
color was the most important reason for not
making a new car sale. To many people, color
is a very important part of their new or used
car. Be careful what color you select.
Personally, I am very moved by color.
Next to the condition of the car, for me, it is
the most important thing. If you feel that
way too, know that you are not alone and
that the color of your 356 can have a big
,~
effect on its value.
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lease excuse me ...
if I deviate from the standard format this time. I didn't really get a
very good start on this issue's article because
I was spending all my spare time at the hospital, when Gordon called to remind me that
it was due in about a week.
Then during that week the
most remarkahle and powerful event in my life occurred.
Lindsay, our fourteen
year olddaughter, stricken
from birth with seriouscerebral palsy, was taken
home to hea ven. Now
many will say, "What does
that have to do with the
number of spot welds in a
floor pan?" And I must answer:not much. Maybe this
doesn't belong in a car
magazine. But on the other
hand the Registryis tv: just
any car magazine. Many of
us consider the Registryui
be a "family publication,"
and th e fri endl y 356
Porsche to be an expression of our family. That must be why wesee
so many of them on Christmas cards; you
never see cards with a Chevy Cavalier or a
Lincoln Town Car, do you?
But at a time like this even a Porsche
doesn't seem very important. Actually just
the opposite; you want a car that you just
get in and don't think about, like a Cavalier,
or a Town Car ...or an old Mercedes wagon. I
have spent all of my life thinking about cars,
or airplanes. Always trying to go faster or
higher, or make more money doing it. But
this has shut the engine(s) off and I am coasting silently. Not ready to bail out, but looking for a place hy the side of the road to pull
over.
Man y others are on the same road as I
was, rushingmadly to the next race, the next
car show, the next unit deployment, or to
the hank. All of these events are on weekends, Sundays. I went to more and more of
these alone as Lindsay hecame more diffi-
cult for Karen to handle. Thank you dear
wife for not leaving me in my foolis hness.
And thank God for opening my eyes hefore
it was too late. Somehow I don't think there
would he much comfort from "keeping the
356faith." Without the
grace of God through
tru e Faith in Jesus
Christ it would have
heen a cold, lonely funeral. As it was, hundreds of friends came
to share not only sorrow, but th e joy of
hlessed assurance of
eternal life.
If you came, or
sent a card, or said a
prayer, Than k You. I
pray that none of you
would ha ve to go
thr ough th is much
pain, although someof
you have or will. There
is joy, though, in knowing you will be closer
to God than perhaps
any other time in your
life.So we share this with others, rather than
selfishly crawl into a hole.
I know I have not been politically correct to talk ahout all these spiritual things
in a car magazine, and maybe this won't even
make it to print. Butwe can't ignore the eternal, for the temporal forever. Next issue I
will he hack to more temporal things. But if
you are spending all of your Sundays at the
track, or in the garage, you might reevaluate
your priorities. Thanks, and God bless. ~
' Undsa y 's Lowrider ":
the c ar she loved to sit in.
356 Registry 26 Volume 21, Number 3
NET RESULTS
Tidbits gleaned from the
356 Registry electronic mail list
T
he engine is apart in my livingroom
and stuffed into holes in a cardboard box to look like the exploded view
from Cramer's manual. I turn on "I Love
Loosley" and start to assemble. I finally get
the heads on with my home-made Allen
socket and torque wrench; I did know how
to use tools. So I lay out four pushrods for
each side and insert 4 push rods into one
side and put on the rockers. I spin the engine around and start with the other push
rods and can only find 3. I look everywhere
even thinking that maybe I lost it down a
hole. I even disassembled the first side and
look into the case. No find.
Next day, I go buy another push rod.
The enginecomesup and runs fine. For19623 I run slaloms, Riverside and Daytona with
the 1500 Normal (averaged 75m.p.h.). After
30,000+ miles I take it down for new rings
and while I'm draining it, I hear a clunk.On
closer observation, there is a push rod sitting on the camshaft with four groves from
lying on the cam lobes. I had to disassemble
the case to get it out-still don't know how
it got in there. There's a Maestro Mystery!
GeneCboin
The amateur's best methond of dealing
with plugs is to look at them. If your mixture is reasonably close to right, you should
be able to go somewhere that you can run
the engine on the hard-side of your daily
routine. While running hard, kill the engine,
stop, and look at the plug color. If it is white
or very light grey, the plug is either too hot
or the mixture lean. If it is black, it is too
cold, too rich, or you are splattering it with
oil.
What plug temperature to use depends
significantly upon how you drive. It isn't a
question of rapid acceleration, but of the
amount of full throttle. For street use this
doesn't make much difference, but it sure
does for racing.
Rick Dill
Regarding wobbling Zenith air cleaners - I found a cheap solution. My daughter
rideshorses (thank God she doesn't want my
356, although she likes the Ghia cabl) and
she uses stirrups that have rubber 0 ring
breakaways that snap if she falls. These 0
ringsare about 3/ 8 inch in cross section and
have about a 1-1/2 to 2 inch diameter and
are fairly soft rubber. I fitted them to the
tops of the Zeniths and put the pots back on
and it got rid of the wobble and rattle and
protects the top of the carboGet them at the
nearest horse place- equestrian or western
saddleshopsetc.Don't know if they help with
leaks yet, but they do cut down on the rattle.
Pat Daily
On my 21st birthday, I went out to buy
me a car. I found this cute 1500 N Continental Coupe in Pasadena for $1400. I bought it
and went to home to check it out closer. My
Mom said "what do you want with that funny
little car?" My dad said he'd take it, his boss
had one.
I decided to check the brakes.SoI found
that funny little wrench in the kit that fit
the rear axle nut (I didn't have any metric
wrenches, I had a few Whitworth and when
I went to buy some, the store couldn't fathom
that there were nuts and wrenchesthat were
not in fractions of an inch.)
So I take that funny little wrench and
a brass hammer and I knock the nut loose
and check the brakes. Cool, I put the nut back
on the same way. Later that week, I find
George Lutgeneaus' German Car Service in
Altadena and ask him about the car. I tell
him that I've checked out the brakes. He asks
me "how did you tighten the nut?" I tell him,
he laughs and says it is a "Three German
Nut". I ask what that is. He goes and gets a
three foot breaker bar, a three foot extender
pipe and puts it on the nut. He then yells,
"Franz,Hans, hold down the front end of the
car!" as he proceeds to jump up and down on
the extended breaker bar. Satisfied, he grins
and says "See, a three German Nut!"
GeneCboin
P.s. I went out looking for a Corvette,
thankgoodness Ifound the 'Damen"f irst. Its
been 35 years of pleasure to be a 356er.
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I would like to add my .02 worth on the
lead issue from an exposure stand point. I
am an Industrial Hygienist (no,I do not clean
bathrooms for those who do not know what
an IH does) and have dealt with lead in the
workplace for at least 15 years. The primary
route of entry into the body is through ingestion. In adults about 10-15% of ingested
lead is absorbed and only about 5%of that is
retained in the body, in children these figures are much higher. Does this make lead
harmless?No, because leadcan accmulate and
cause kidney and nervous system damage.
Lead boils at about 1700' F and the fumes
can be inhaled and be absorbed by the body.
Given th ese facts if you do small
amounts of leading I suggest wearing disposable clothing, rubber or vinyl gloves, and a
good HEPA filter respirator, no beards and
check to may sure the respirator fits the face.
I would wash my hands and face very well
before eating, drinking or smoking; we have
found high lead blood levels of employees
who were well protected, but had poor personal hygiene. Also, tobacco in cigarettes,even
in open packages in your pocket, will absorb
many chemicals, so you get a double dose
when you smoke.
Is the auto industry still using lead? I
do not have first hand knowledge, but given
OSHA's rules and the unions, I doubt they
are. We built special trucks for the oil field
and have not used lead anywhere except for
soldering and weare getting away from lead
solder wherever possible.
Does this mean I would be against using lead as a filler when you do your own
restoration? Nope. Because even without using any precautions for this small exposure
time you are probably more likely to be
squished by somedumbdriver than die from
the effects of lead in your system.
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Engines Used cores, mostlycomplete: (S-90)-804232; 806219; 75446; 609885; 70067; 85533; (912)-4093852.
Wheels Carrera alloy wheel, 4.5x15, 2/58; 16" wheels: 2 ea. 5/55, KPZ; 2 ea. 4/55, Sudrad; 4 ea. 4/54,
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pair wi air horns; 46 Weber w!904 or C2 air cleaners; Fuel regulator! sediment bowl combo; Repro Solex race
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ine 356's and several other cars
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oe Cavaglieri is well known in the
race car field. He has huilt prototypes and actual race cars, managed
championship teams, and rehodied historic
former racers.Recently, he has beeninvolved
in the restoration of several Porsche Spyders.
His cars are distinguished by the quality and
authenticity of the coach work.
Recently I visited Joe's shop for a tour
and discussion of his craft. Present were a
magnificent RSK 718019 that had just been
completed and a second car that was in
progress. RSK 718 015 was situated among a
detailed array of jigs and fixtures. While both
vehicles were impressive for obvious yet different reasons, the shop wasstriking as well.
Everything was precise, well organized, purposeful, compact and clean. Nowhere was
there any mess or clutter. It seemed to me
that the shop mirrored the cars being made
within. If you were to imagine a Spyder
"working environment"- other than the cockpit, of course-Joe's shop could he it.
J
Dick Koenig. This is a gorgeous car
(RSK718019). It appears to be finished. What
did you do to it?
Joe Cavaglieri. We finished this car
about a year and a half ago. 1 managed the
entire project, starting with disassembly. Before coming here, this car had been in restoration for about 20 years. We were responsible for all the fabrication, painting and assembly.This involved more than just the body
work. We did all the mechanical work, but
the engine and trans were rebuilt by Adrian
Gang of Edelweiss.
OK. The results surely must be rewarding. This is magnificent! But this is an immense project; much more than would be
required on production-bodied cars. It would
appear that you remade the entire hody and
frame.Seldom isso much needed on the steel
cars.
JC. A Spyder rehody is a big effort. It
takes a team and full-time commitment. Every member deserves a share of the credit. I
prefer projects that are no more than two
years. That's what a full restoration like this
usually takes. We finish off by going to the
first race to check that everything is functioning properly. However, it's nicesometimes
to just concentrate on the body - a six month
to year project.
OK. What's most exciting about this
work for you?
JC. I'd have to say it's the process that's
the most fun. I've worked on a number of
different (e.g. British, Italian, and American)
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race cars, but Porsches are absolutely the
most fasci nating. Their construction is the
most complicated. There's as much challenge
to the inner body as to the outer skin. To
repair collision damage, the body has to he
taken apart because the interior and exterior have been joined to form one unit. When
I look back at the Spyders I've worked on,
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Joe sta ndi ng next to 718019. the
completed RSK. Every deta il of the inside is
just as magnificent as the ou tside .
probably the Fletcher Aviation car (550-04)
is the most satisfying. It was made of the
U.S. equivalent of 6061 T6 aluminum that
was a hard alloy to work. The coach work
was very difficult, but I wanted to make it
as correct as possihle, so we didn't switch to
a softer alloy. This was absolutely the most
extensiveproject I have everundertaken. After it was finished, I thought we might have
made it too nice. Some time has passed now,
and the car has been raced and driven in
many events. It's developing a nice patina
The wooden form block tool for the rear
door post isshown next to Joe 's fa ithful
reprodu ction and a n a ttempt by anothe r
restorer. Notic e th e diffe rence in the
c risp ness of th e edges a nd the discrep an cy
in the number of indents.
and reaIIy seems right.
OK. I know what you mean about the
patina. There's a certain charm about this
look which carries me, at least, back to the
50's. Sort of a magical transition in time.
Nowadays, with improved technologies and
materials plus hig budgets, it's easier to make
something look "better than new."
Let's go across the shop now to see
what's going on. I think I see parts of the
inner and outer bodies, and here's a frame
section. But what are all these other pieces?
There's a lot here that doesn't belong to a
Spyder.
JG That's right.There are several bucks,
fixturesand form block tooling here. We have
all the tools to duplicate exactly every aspect of this RSK. I think that's a distinguishing feature of my shop.
There are many rebodied Spyders now.
I get calls all the time from owners. They
complain that one part of their car is different from the opposite side counterpart, or
the tires rub hecause the wheel well openings are not correct. Some rebuilders aren't
consistent, even within the same car. Without the proper tooling, it's very difficult.
The typical process, from what I'veseen,
is to huild a wooden buck and then to roll
out some panels. Trying to assemhle these
pieces, with just a huck is almost impossible.
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Here 's a panel that had to be replac ed .
The metal had been mashed , mangled
and worse yet. ground tissue-paper thin
du ring previous repairs.
It's hard to get the contourscorrect, the wheel
wells where they're supposed to be, etc., so
that the outer body matches the inner panels and the frame. There's been an awful lot
of ad Iibbing going on.
OK. I get the sense that you believe
there's a proper sequence of steps to rebody
a Spyder.Shortcuts seriously compromise the
end result.
Below : The new rear skin is fitted to the
steel grid internal body tem pla te.
jc. Most definitely. Porsches were very
procedural in their construction. They're
basically a monoque coming out of the German aircraft firm, Wendler. You can't start
out of sequence. You need to start where
Porsche started. In a rebody situation, however, there are a few earlier steps. You need
to begin with the car as it presents itself.
This car came to us painted and fully
assembled. obody knows what you've got
until the car is stripped. There's no way to
evaluate the integrity unless you look at bare
metal. It's "buyer beware" until the paint and
bondo are stripped as far as I'm concerned.
OK. You couldn't tell by looking inside
and at the inner structure that the car had
damage? Shouldn't the undersides of panels
have been bumpy?
jC. Yes, of course. It was obvious that
the car had lots of bondo. We knew that the
wheel wells had to be replaced because they
had been widened previously with fiberglas
fender flares. But, it wasn't obvious what
other panels had to be replaced until all the
bondo and paint were removed.
After the car is stripped, my goal is to
save as much original metal as [ can. I'd say
we go to greater pain than most shops in
this regard. I like the idea of saving everything that's possible to preserve history. If
an area is distorted, there's no problem reshaping. However, if the metal has been
ground on during prior repairs, that can be
the kiss of death. Porsche started with only
.040" aluminum. After a repair or two and
body finishing, the thickness might be down
to .030". You can't work it; it cracks. Welding
is difficult. Even if you could repair a section, strength and integrity might be questionable. That's the biggest problem. [f you
start with tissue paper, you end up with tissue paper.
OK. There's a trade off between integrity and nostalgia, it seems. Cost might be
involved too. Isn't it cheaper many times to
replace a section rather than repair it?
jc. Yes. We work with the owner to
develop a good understanding of the options.
Integrity is always the first priority while
nostalgia and cost are the owner's personal
preference. It seemsto always take more time
to save something than to replace it.
Since the frame was damaged, that's
where we started. All of the inner and outer
body panels are related to their placement
on the frame. The most critical pieces for
the car's integrity are the two longitudinal
lower frame tuhes which are ahout 2 inches
in diameter. This is where the frames bend,
a natural point for collapse. So, our restoration started here. In total, about 60%of this
frame had to be replaced. However, many of
the gussets and all of the bulkheads could
he reused. Also, through the use of internal
sleeves, some sections of the frame were
saved.
[ don't know if you're aware but the
whole frame weighs only about 110 pounds.
Many of the tubes have only .035" wall, It's
an amazing source of strength while heing
so light. You can imagine how dangerous it
is when an area rusts away or is patched
with bondo. We made a frame fixture so that
everypart fitted correctly. When we're done,
the frame isahsolutely true - there's noguesswork. Since the inner and outer hody panels
are fitted to the frame, how could you do a
rehody without first making sure the frame
was both sound and correct?There's no way
yo u'd get it right.
OK. [ see your point. lt happens sometimes with production cars too. Let's turn now
to the aluminum panels. Do you have a favorite starting point?
jc. You have to start where Wendler
started, at the front door post and inner and
outer rocker. This estahlishes the important
parameters of the hody.Their height in space
and the outer profile of the car and wheel
openings are determined hy gett ing these
parts correct.
OK. That's a good overview. Start with
the most critical sources of strength. Could
you tell us ahout what yo u're doing here?
jC. O.K.One example is the rear firewall.
It is rather large and flat, so it's simple to
make in one piece. Atsome point in the car's
history, a roll har wasadded without taking
the hody off. To make room for welding, the
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firewall was beat out and stretched from
behind. We could never shrink and planish
thesebulges to where they would be flat and
smooth like new, even though the panel was
simple. So, we elected to make a new one.
Let's talk about the door jambs now.
They're critical to the fit of panels along the
sides of the car. The front door post, in particular, establishes the position of the cowl,
doors and fenders. Alsothe posts link together
the inner structure,and giveit beamstrength.
Tooling for the rear post is simpler than the
front because there are no hidden sections,
so we'll use it to illustrate how we go about
fabrication.
Here's an example of what a past restorer did.There's nothing that says "Porsche"
about it. The panel is a composite of several
pieces instead of one stamping.The door stop
pocket was added with aluminum solder instead of stronger gas welds. Dimensionally,
there's nothing right about it. One pocket is
the wrong size and the other is missing entirely while the edgeslack the typical crispness. Unfortunately, the owner spent a great
deal of money on something that isn't even
correct.
What we do is duplicate this panel exactly as original-all in one piece. This can
only be done with the necessary tooling. For
this section we made a form block. It is a
precisely machined copy of what the factory would have used in the '50s. Using mallets and slappers, we're able to form the metal
exactly over the buck.
The wooden buck technology has been
around for a long time and it's quite good
for shortrun custom coach building. Porsche
used a solid oak buck to build the entire RSK
body. It had the doors and all the returns
milled in. Forour purposes, a complete buck
would be too costly and cumbersome. We're
trying to save and preserve as much metal
as possible. That's a distinguishing feature
of our approach: we don't want to make everything new, only what's absolutely necessary. So, we don't need an entire mock-up.
Instead, what's required are forms to replicate the damaged areas-like the door posts.
We've developeda method wecall"form
block tooling." It doesn't require a huge lump
of oak and is less costly. Actually, it's a type
of buck, but is composed of multi-layer birch
laminate. Forsome sections,the laminate are
held together and strengthened with metal,
especially along the edges. We can make really crisp and smooth corners.
In addition, there's a rather new product called "woggle board." It is a laminated
board with a membrane inside which enables it to be bent or contoured. First imported 3-4 years ago for making curved forms
in concrete, it now has many other uses.Since
the woggleboard can conform to curved
shapes, we use it for the top clamp block
instead of making additional top tooling.
The door posts are just one example
showing our process. I think we're very consistent with what wasdone at Wendler.There
are quite a few pieces I could make simpler
in multiple pieces and with fewer tools, but
the Germans always made them in one piece.
The more we do this stuff, the clearer it becomeswhat seriously good craftsmen they were. Granted, they did
many cars in a short time and
didn't bring the level of finish up
to what we're doing today, but
their coach work was far superior
to anything done by the British or
Italians. In my mind, the Germans
were really good coachbuilders.
OK. I see now how essential
these form tools are for repairing
and/or duplicating original panels. It's a whole different approach
than the "ad libbing" you mentioned earlier. Looking around, I
see you have lots of tools. Could
we turn our attention now to some other
part of the car?
)C. Porsche did some other interesting
things. If you look at the front hood and the
tail you might think the frames were made
of tubes. Actually, they're a rolled piece that
wraps around itself and has a "leg" which
extends out from the circle. The purpose for
this design is to have something (i.e. the leg)
to attach the outer skin to. The Germans
probably felt this was easier than welding a
flange or tab to the perimeter of tubes, but
they're definitely more complicated to make.
I start out with sheet metal and bend it in
the brake. Then I use a special tool we made
to roll the edges. We get perfect results but it
took some time to develop the method. It's
almost as if German aircraft workers had a
contest to see who could find the most difficult way to make things. Seriously, this was
just the way they thought. However, quite a
few pieces could be made simpler.
OK. What's been your experience with
metal? Some of the readily available alloys
are different from those of the 50's. Also, the
metric thickness of aluminum is a little different than the common gauges here in the
U.S.
)C. We've used 1100 and 5052 but I like
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3003the best.It has good corrosion resistance
and can be welded with gas. That's how the
panels were joined originally. We don't do any
heliarc. The main advantage of 3003 is that
you can anneal it as soft as you want but
then, while forming, the aluminum work
hardens yet doesn't get brittle. When you're
done, there's the strength and integrity of
original. Think of the inner fender wells.
They're a very deep draw, (i.e.sharp, bulbous
curves) but they were made by hand tools,
not in a press. The annealed 3003 is pliable
and bends easily but, when you're done it's
gotten strong again.
Close-up view of th e fixtures to c heck
body skin surface from the o utside a nd
inside. The exterior gauge is made of
reinforced w hite fo a m board and extends
acrossthe en tire surface , from side to side.
The steel grid indic at es the inside surface.
I'd like to mention another thing about
inner fenders.They're what I call "total commitment" parts. You don't know if they'll
work until you're about finished. If your luck
is bad, they go on the scrap pile and you've
wasted a day at least. The inner panels are
custom made and installed after the outer
fenders and surrounding inner structure are
in place. They go in last and have to fit to
everything else. To avoid wasted effort, it's
not uncommon for us to make a trial piece
with softer 1100 material. When the fit gets
close, we make a final in 3003.
OK. 3003 sounds like the best of both
worlds. Why do I hear so much about restorers preferring 110D?
)C. Alot of rebuilders use 1100 throughout. I have a problem with that. The material is like silly putty. You can save about a
quarter of the time because the material
formsso easily, but the car wouldn't be very
strong. You'd have a race car th at you
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wouldn't want to race because it would damage so easily.
OK. Just as important as the type of
alloy is its thickness, or gauge. There's been
some debate about this also. What are your
preferences?
Jc. The majority of the car was made
from .040" material. Some sections are .050"
and the louvre doors are .060". Forrebod ying,
I typicall y recommend going "up" a gauge
and using slightly thicker aluminum. The
reason is that most likely the car is going to
The front d oor post a nd frame are c ritic a l
to the al ignme nt of much of the rest of the
c ar. Here they are fitt ed exactly. insuring
p roper alignment.
have to be repaired someday, especially if
it's raced. The heavier gauge metal gives the
car a better chance to survive. There's the
opportunity to do a little metal repair and
refinishing and still have a sound body.
OK. It's conventional wisdom that these
cars were made with an English wheel. At
least that's what I hear most rebuilders are
using. Is that what you do?
Jc. We do not use an English wheel to
do any of the shaping on the Spyders. A lot
of people can only shape with a wheel. We
choose other methods of shaping because,
number one, the bodies were not originally
shaped this way. Number two, we do not want
to see wheel marks on the underside of exposed panels, and number three, someof the
contours on a Spyder are tootight fora wheel
unless the parts are made in more pieces than
Porsche did.There is also an additional reason, and that is with a wheel all the shape
happens by stretching the metal, making it
thinner. A .040" panel could end up to be
.030" when done and after filing be .025",
which is too thin! We prefer to get as much
of the shape by shrinking, which is how
Wendler did the Spyder bodies. By shrinking
the perimeter of a panel, for instance a hood
skin, you add thickness to the edge and may
not even have to get out into the center to
get the shape. We use a planishing hammer a
lot to smooth out the shrink marks, but still
end up with at least the original metal thickness. So, we do all the shaping with a kick
shrinker, plani shin g
hammer and by hand.
OK. Yo ur comment s about appearance are easy to se~
Mor e
important ,
though, are your concerns about integrity. I
understand much better
now how a car made on
a wheel with llOO material would be a fragile entity indeed.
Panel fabrication
has been our main concentrati on thu s far.
Once these beautiful
panels are made, how
do you attach themcorrectly so the body isn't
crooked and the dimensions as they should be?
JC. This requires another set of fixtures.
At the start, we talked about frame reconstruction.We have one set of fixtures to measure all the key points, including all bod y
mounting brackets. In addition, we have inner and outer profile templates of the body
panels. The inner one is a grid composed of
several steel profiles joined together which
mirror the underside of the exterior skin.
This is more useful for us in reconstruction
than a solid buck because there's room to
work from underneath to fit and attach replacement sections. Also, we have a complete
set of exterior templates. They're made of
reinforced foam board and fit over the skin.
Between these two fixtures, we can index
every part of the car in space and get it right.
OK. Could we talk a little about your
background and how you learned your craft?
You have a deep appreciation for how the
cars were first built but you're not oldenough
and don't have the accent to have worked at
the Wendler plant. What are some of the
highlights of your career?
JC. Duringhighschool, my bestfriend
was the neighbor of Pete Brock. In 1964 the
three of us attended the Times Grand Prix.
He had just left Carroll Shelby to form his
own race team. I got a dollar an hour summer job as a gopher, janitor and whatever
else. Sometime later, Pete got the contract to
build the Samurai sports car prototypes for
Hino Motor Company (later merged with
Toyota). I helped with the clay model and
then built the wood buck. My famil y had a
background in woodworking and this was
easy for me. (Next year I'm going to restore
one of the Samurai. I'm really looking forward to it.)
Sometime later, Pete built a second prototype, the Triumph TR 250K. Again I built
the wood buck. I was fortunate, for both of
these cars, to work with an excellent fabricator named George Boskoff. He had worked
with Pete building the Cobras and was my
first teacher. George was exceptional.
My interests expanded after college and
I got involved full time in competitive racing. There were a variety of different jobs.
First wasa stint as mechanic and then on to
crew chief in the F5000 series with drivers
George Follmer,John Morton andJames Hunt.
Next I worked for Brad Frisselle as crew chief
running his GTU Datsun 240Z. In 1976 we
won the GTUchampionship and I was voted
IMSA Mechanic of the Year. The Frissbee
CanAm car, built on a modified Lola 332 was
my next challenge. It was conceived and designed by Trevor Harris and myself. In our
first season, with AI, Sr. driving, we were
dominant at the Laguna Seca Can Am race.
As team manager, a year later (1982) we won
the championship with AI, Jr. at the wheel.
After two seasons as Team Manager of
the Gallesand then Arciero Indy car teams, I
wanted to get off the road. Frank Arciero
gave me his Lotus 19 to restore. That was the
start of my restoration business. After the
first six years of doing British cars, I moved
on to Porsches. My first Porsche was the
Fletcher Aviation Spyder. I have been doing
Porsches ever since.
OK. Thanks, Joe. I've enjoyed the tour
and our discussion.Specifically, I like the way
you treat the delicate balance between quality, authenticity, structural integrity and cost.
Tradeoffs and conflicts among these dimensions have been the ruin of many restorations.Clearly, you knowhow to manage them
effectively. I know I speak for many others
in expressing my appreciation for the care
and attention you've devoted to the preservation of these Porsche cars.They'reour treasure. Thanks so much.
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Joseph Meyers continues his questfor truth, justice and a
new muffler, stating unequivocably:
I'm Keeping the Porsche
U
ncle Bill was the acknowledged
black sheep of our family, but
was usually an okay guy by me
- especially in the summer of 1957 when he
arrived at our house in a cloud of dust and
an almost new MGA. It was the summer I
turned fourteen and while Uncle Bill ate with
the other adults inside the house I sat in his
car for a couple of hours. That experience
convinced me that an MG would make a perfect family car, which meant that our 1950
Dodge with Fluid Drive would have to go.
The fact that there were five people in
my family seemed unimportant at the time,
so I set about the thankless task of trying to
explain to my fath er precisely why the
change-over would have to be made. It was
amazing that no matter what overwhelmingly valid point I presented, Dad never took
my overall plan very seriously. He obviously
wanted to ruin my life and as a result of his
bull -headed stubborn ness we suffe red
through the rest of the 1950's with a light
gray two door tank. Talk about mortification!
Well into adulthood, however, a little
light went on in my brain and I realized my
conclusions about Dad's motives and judgment may have been unjustified. Perhaps he
hadn't acted simply out of a desireto embarrass me in front of my friends.
Despite letting my father off the hook,
my affection for old sports cars brought on
by Uncle Bill's visit remains, and here I am
(I) drivingaround in an old 356Ccoupe that
needs a few things to be "correct" and (2) in
a financial situation where it will probably
always need something too expensivefor me
to afford on a timely basis. Last year I asked
356 Registry members whether it was okay
to owna less-than-perfect car, and it has been
heartening to learn that it is. A number of
very nice letters arrived from folks who assured me it wasokay with them if I kept the
car. The kind words were very much appreciated.
Now: the problem. The latest one was
backfiring. At the end of my last report, my
356 and I were being 86'ed from an independent Porsche repair shop whose owner had
utterly no interest in working on the car because it was painted a non original color,
because it had worn out shock absorbers and
because he was offended that he could tell
the floor pan had been replaced.
"Not a very good car", he said, adding,
"We can't recommend that you put very much
money into it." He didn't know it, but putting a lot of money in the car was never in
the stars. Nevertheless, as I drove off into
the setting sun, the loud backfiring continued and the repairman's speculation that it
was the muffler was something I took as
gospel. After all, the guy knew about floors,
original colors and all that other stuff I
hadn't even asked him about.
While trying to find a mechanic to deal
with the backfiring, I was reminded that the
current muffler of this car was one of the
very first items that got me into the world
of Porsche 356 repair originally, way back
when.
The car was adopted by my famil y in
the summer of 1982.One morning in the winter of 1983 it carried me on a trip from San
Francisco down to Pebble Beach for an annual stint as a volunteer worker in what was
then the Bing Crosby Pro-Am golf tournament. In order to make it to the volunteer's
own mini-tournament prior to the big event,
my car and I were headed out of San Francisco, south on Highway 101 by 4:30 a.m. The
plan was to get into Monterey comfortably
by 7:00 a.m., which left time for breakfast
and the annual renewing of acquaintances
with other volunteers before our tee times.
Headed down Highway 101 at that time
of night and that time of year was a dark
enough experience, but on that particularday
Mother Nature decided to add the element
of rain. The wet road ahead wasilluminated
by those famously powerful 6 volt headlights
but every where else there was nothing but
pitch blackness. With the driver's side window open a fraction of an inch, a bit of moisture splashed inside once in a while, but just
past Gilroy a great noise suddenly also came
inside along with the damp air. The sound
of the engine increased by a factor of about
fifty and a quick glance into the rear view
mirror showed that sparks were flying up
from the otherwise black highway behind
me, trailing off into the distance. The loud
noise, coupled with the sparks led even this
novice mechanic to the inescapable conclusion that the muffler, or at least a significant portion of it, had bailed out. The lighting and weather conditions made any idea
of a search futile. For ali i know, half of my
muffler is still resting somewhere along the
side of that highway near the garlic capital
of the world.
So there I was, driving into Monterey
where the elite of the golf world were showing up in their best coaches and private jets.
My own rusty pride and joy, however, sounded
"... a quick glance in the rear
view mirror showed that sparks
were flying up from the otherwise black highway behind me,
trailing off into the distance."
like the vanguard of a German panzer division. Getting into the parkinglot for our volunteer golf tournament didn't cause much
notice since there was nobody at the gates
to listen for noise, but when I left that afternoon it wasclear that I had to gostraight to
a Porsche dealer for help. Fortunately, there
was one nearby.
Finding the service manager was easy,
but getting him to speak to me was not. He
preferred to type things into his computer
while I stood by waiting. When he finally
raised an eyebrow and glanced in my direction, I took it as permission to speak, and
told him my 'exhausting' story.
Resplendent in his white coat, he looked
down at me from behind his counter. Without response he turned away to his computer
screen, maybe to play a game for ali I knew,
and was soon joined by a similarly-frocked
assistant. Neither spoke to me. I stood there
for, oh, about two weeks while they looked
at the computer monitor, glancing at each
other and occasionally shaking their heads.
In due course, however, they acknowledged my existence, advising me that according to their computer it was possible to spe-
356 Registry 34 Volume 21, N umb er 3
cial order the muffler, but a new bumper
would have to be put onto the car also so
the originalmuffler's exhaust pipes couldfit
through the bumperguards. It would take a
few weeks for the parts to arrive and the
cost would be somewhere in the neighborhood of the Soviet Union's annual military
budget, but yes, they could do the work. No,
they could not get a replacement for the
muffler that fell off.
"I'll get back to you on that", I said,
backpedaling like a scared gun fighter trying to back out of a saloon. They looked at
each other with "This guy isn't coming back"
expressions on their faces, correctly reading
my thinking. There wasn't a chance in hell
I'd be back.
Pulling away from the dealer's lot, however, what to my wondering eyes should appear but a Famous Franchise Muffler Shop!
What luck! At least, that's what a guy would
think.The fellowat FFMS did some research,
though, and told me his shop manual satisfied him that, as a matter of fact, my car
had never been manufactured and nobody
in this quadrant of the galaxy would be able
to sell me a muffler for it-not ever, under
any circumstances. By then it was getting
late, though, and thus dispirited, I gave up
the struggle for that day.
The next morning was the first day of
the Crosby tournament and I started my volunteer job working on a scoreboard near the
fifth tee at Spyglass Hill. In those days some
of the volunteers working out in the boondocks could drive to their posts and park
wherever they found a spot, and so that's
what I did. Getting the car into position that
morning was okay because the volunteers
are supposed to be at their posts before any
normal human beings are awake. The 356
was thus safely [quietly] parkedand sat idly
byfor the first half of the day's proceedings.
My real mistake was returning to the
car in the afternoon to run an errand while
forgetting about the muffler.Just as a foursome of pros were lining up their putts on
the fifth green, the 356 engine came to life
and my temporarily suspended memory of
the muffler problem came back quickly. I
thought my world had come to an end.
Whilegettingready to swing their clubs,
golfers react as though the slightest noise
means that a homicidal maniac is going to
attack them-and I'm talking about golfers
who are playing for 25 cents a hole. Make a
noisearound a guy who is playing for a quarter million or near an amateur whose testosterone will gush out of his body if even a
small gallery sees him miss a three foot putt
and you have a group of people who really,
[eally. don't want to hear unexpected noises.
Despite the fact I turned the ignition
back off as soon as the engine fired up, the
pros and captains of industry who were about
to putt provided me with stares at that moment that will always rank among the most
unforgettable memories of my life. Thank
God none of them had a gun.
Clearly, something had to be done right
away. That afternoon I had an inspiration
about how to spend my time after play was
ended. It was a divine inspiration, actually.
There had to be a VW garage nearb y.
Volkswagens are a bit like our cars, right?
Why not go to a VW garage and ask, plead,
grovel for help?
My first reaction when reaching the
service manager's desk was surprise-these
VW guys were wearing those same white
coats that the Porsche guys did and there
was one of those damned computer terminals on the counter. After hearing I was hav-
"Nobody else had gone as far as
tolook at the car-their
computer screens told them all
they needed to know."
ing a muffler problem with a Porsche, not a
VW, the service manager raised his finger to
shush me, after which he reminded me, in
tones one would reserve fora blatheringidiot,
that they repaired Volkswagens, not Porsches.
"Do you know", he asked, "that there's a
Porsche dealer right down the street?" He
pointed in the direction of the place that
had offered me a lifetime of debt only the
day before.
I thanked the man and explained that
the other dealer's best computer readers had
told me they could be of no realistic help. I
also rushed to assure him that I knew the
difference between a Porsche and a VW, but
thought I'd stop by on the off chance someone there had experience with my kind of
vehicle.
"Oh, yeah. Now that you mention it?
Mike, the mechanic who works in the last
bay over there? He used to race the things?"
(The question marks are not inadvertent.
Many people who live in California phrase
most of their sentences as questions.)
Trying to give the impression of being
unexcited, I asked if it would be okay to go
back and talk to Mike.
"No problem."
It was then I met my hero. Mike struck
me as a good guy immediately; there were
no computers near his work area, he looked
as though he would never own a white coat
and might well dislocate the nose joint of
anyone who even thought about asking him
to put one on. Much to my relief, when I
told him what had happened he actually
asked to see the car. (Nobody else had gone
as far as to look at the car-their computer
screens told them all they needed to know.)
Although no mind reader, I am certain when
Mike looked at the car he never noticed the
rust or the tattered upholstery. Instead of
telling meabout howincorrect various things
wereabout my car, he justsmiled and seemed
to drift off into a melancholy world of his
own for a few minutes. He gave every impression of renewingan old friendship with
the car while I stood by.
After a bit of running his hand across
the fenders and engine lid, Mike bent down
to look at the remaining half of my once
sporty muffler. We talked for a bit, he paused
and rubbed his chin for a while, then told
me to come with him me out back, behind
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He went into action, pulling thingsout
of barrels and fromheaps of discarded metal,
but all the while looking as though he was
picking from an orderly and well-stocked
parts shelf. After getting a piece from here
and there we walked back toward my car
with assorted parts of pipes hanging out from
under our arms. Mike grabbed a wire coat
hanger fromsomewhere, put the car up on a
hoist and broke out his welding torch.Sparks
began to fly. This was welded here, that was
welded there and in a few minutes the car
was brought back down to earth.
When Mike started up the car it sounded
absolutely wonderful, if not whisper silent.
Mike added, "This will get you through the
week and back to San Francisco, but you'll
need a new muffler pretty soon", which was
exactly what I had hoped for. To top things
off, before he let me drive away Mike also
insisted on adjusting the carburetors just for
the hell of it.
My, "How much do l owe you", was met
with a good natured push toward the door,
making it clear that there would be no charge
and that it was actually fun for him to do it.
After some feigned wrestling, however, he
let me put some folding money in his shirt
pocket, much to my great relief.
Mike wasn't his real name, I've forgotten that longago. But the guy worked in the
VW dealership in Seaside, California. He's
been my hero for years and I hope he's had a
healthy and happy life since then. Mike didn't
need a computer screen, a viewer or white
coat and knew that it was possible to solve a
problem, even if temporarily, if just a little
creativity was used. He is a welcome contrast with the people I've met at a hundred
'service' counters since then who tell you
whatever your problem might be nothing can
be done about it because they can't find anything on their computers that says it can.
There are probably lots of Mikes out there,
but they are being pushed aside by the white
coats and the garage franchise owners who
think Porschesare intended only to be driven
to Starbuck's and back, and believe that if a
shop manualdoesn't coversomething it can't
bedone. Will all of the Mikes out there please
come back soon?
After my experience with Mike in Seaside I returned to San Francisco and found
that a new stock muffler could be purchased
at a reasonable price. I also learned that taking off the old one and putting on the new
one wasn't that big a deal.
But here we are, years later, with this
backfiring beinga good clue that the integ-
rity of my personally installed muffler was
in doubt. It was shocking to think that it
could have worn out in fourteen short years,
but it was also perplexing to think that a
bad muffler could make an engine backfire.
After being tossed out of the independent
Porsche repair shop for committi ng the
crimesof bad shocks, wrongshade of green,
etc, I consulted with two other Porschephiles
who confirmed that backfiring on deceleration could well be caused by a bad muffler.
It made no sense to me, and even though the
muffler sounded okay during normal driving, that verdict seemed inescapable.
The ads suggested that the old Ansa type
muffler is a bit less costly than the stock
muffler, so since I'm too old and/or lazy to
do the work myself now, I found the biggest
ad for custom muffler shops in the Yellow
Pages and went over there. A young male
who appeared to be about seven or eight years
"...the integrity of my personally
installed muffler was in doubt.
It was shocking tothink it
could have worn out in fourteen
short years..."
of age(but who had somehow grown a mustache) greeted me with a suspicious eyecast
in the Porsche's direction. After explaining
that my engine wasbackfiring and that some
folks have said a new muffler was in order,
I asked the young man whether his shop
handled Ansa mufflers. He had some difficulty trying to prevent himself from laughing and he put his hand over his mouth for
a moment before responding. After composing himself, the little boy with the mustache
looked up at me and patiently explained,"Sir,
mufflers have nothing to do with how an
engine runs. If your engine is backfiringyou
probably need a tune up, not a muffler. Besides, wedon't handle Ansa mufflers because
they're no good."
What a fool I had been. A seven year
old kid with a mustache who pretended to
own a muffler shop treated me as though I
was a complete idiot, and was probably [ustified in doing so. What the hell do mufflers
have to do with backfiring anyhow? Enough
was enough. This time I was going to take
the car to a reliable Porsche mechanic, describe the problem and not demonstrate my
complete and utter stupidity by suggesting
that I knew what was wrong. "It backfires",
and "fix it" is all that I told the fellow who
filled out my service order.
The call at the office I received later
that morning indicated that the distributor
was defective and had to be replaced. Together with some other things that should
be straightened out at the same time-all of
which were contributing to the backfiringit would cost about $650. See, it wasit best to
not try to tell an expert what the problem
was, huh?
When I arrived at the garage to pick up
the car later that afternoon, the work was
done and the bill was ready. Sure it was expensive, but payingfor half the bill by check
made it possible for me to squeeze the balance onto my credit card, so what the hell.
After I paid him, the owner handed me the
key and said, "Now, we didn't eliminate all
of the backfiring. But it's a heck of a lot
better than it was."
I now know that phrase, "We didn't
eliminate all" of a problem means that the
work done on your car was totally ineffective and unnecessary, but you are going to be
charged for it anyhow. The first time I decelerated after leaving the shop, my car
sounded as though a 12gauge had been fired
near the rear bumper. Dismal frustration set
in. $650. down the drain and old ladies were
still being frightened when I drove by.
After a half hearted complaint to the
old reliable mechanic, his response was that
if the wonderful work he did already hadn't
'entirely' eliminated the problem, all that was
left to do was rebuild the carburetors.
"How much will that cost?", I wanted
to know.
"At least a grand", he said."Grand"!(Honest, he actually said, "Grand".) I passed.
After a few weeks of learning to drive
without ever decelerating, I noticed exhaust
soot was accumulating on the body work
behind the right rear wheel. Looking underneath, it was clear the s-pipe that was supposed to be leading into the bumper exhaust
port was turned around a 180 degrees and
waspointing directly back at the engine. My
keen mechanical instincts told me this probably wasn't a good thing so I turned the pipe
around and gave myself some silent praise
for figuring out how to stop the smudging
of my fine British Racing Green paint.
But guess what also happened? Since
that s-pipe was turned around back to the
proper direction you can decelerate the hell
out of this car and it just will not backfire
any more. The old muffler still works perfectly well and the repair costs were exactly
zero. Ain'Ul1aj grand? I sure wish I could
tell Mike about this one.
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T
he fax camefrom a Customer in
the SouthernPart of Africa who
had a 1967912 with, Potentially,
a Major Problem.
He had called the Maestro Looooong
distance (12,000 miles worth), with an Oil
Pressure Problem. The Problem was NO Oil
Pressure! And THAT can be a Real Problem.
Having NO oil pressure in yourengine is not
a good sign. It can ruin your whole day and
your bank account too.
"But before we "assume" the engine has
no oil pressure,"said the Maestro."Let us first
MEASURE the Oil Pressure by INDEPENDENT
means. With a GAUGE!"
So the Maestro told the man from the
Southof Africa how to makea handy-dandy
little oil pressure gauge that iseasily attached
to a Porsche 356 or 912 Engine.
First, find a spare "hex nut" that the Oil
pressure Idiot Light Switch normally screws
into.Then remove either the fitting from the
bottom of a spare Oil Filter Can, OR the fitting in the case that the Oil Line coming from
the bottomof the Oil FilterCan screws into.
Either one-the fittings are the same.
Screw that little fitting into one end of
the Hex Nut. Put this combination fittingattached-to-the-Hex Nutinto yourpocket and
go on down to your tribal hardware store to
buy a "Water Pressure" Gauge that goes from
0-80 psi AND with 1/8" pipe threads so it
will screw into the other end of the Hex Nut
in yourpocket. (Didn't know that the Oil Pressure Switch in 356's have American/British
1/8" PipeThreads, did you? Now you do.)
Viola! A pressure gauge that you can
hook up DIRECTLY to the engine for a quick,
accurate, Independent Reading of the Oil
Pressure.
Simple attachment to the Porsche Engine is accomplished by disconnecting the
Oil Line going to the Oil Filter Can, on the
left side of the Oil Filter Can, and hooking
your "Porsche Oil Pressuregauge" to the free
end of the Inlet Oil Line.
Which the guy from South Africa later
faxed back that he DID. And when he fired
the engine up again, with the Oil Pressure
Gauge in Place, what did he get for Pressure?
That's right-he got 0 psi again. That's
ZERO! As in NONE. Again!
So he cried a little. Died a little. And
disconnected the Oil Pressure gauge completely, leaving an open oil line Direct to
Atmosphere! (Kids, DON'Tdo this at home to
Daddy's Speedster!)
And started the engineagain. And again,
(J
and
When Scales Are
Outlawed ...
NO Oil cameout of the Oil Line to the Filter.
That's not a Good Sign.
And so he cried some more. And disconnected the oil line ENTIRELY at the Oil
Junction Block. And fired the engineup with
NOTHING plugging the Inlet Oil Line! And
again, No Oil Came Out.
So he cried himself a Mississippi, and
REMOVED the Oil Junction Block COMPLETELY- and all the stuff attachedto it-leavingonly the bare-naked "Standpipe"sticking
up from the Case. This was his Last Try.
And fired up the Engine yet again!
Y'know, there must truly be an Abun-
"And oil sprayed like a Geyser all
over the Engine, all over the
garage floor, yes-even all over
the garage's ROOF!"
dance of Natural Resources in South Africa,
for the Man from South Africa STRUCK OIL!
And oil sprayed like a Geyser all over the
Engine, all over the garage floor, yes-even
all over the garage's ROOF! Yes, the line had
unblocked!
Sothe Man fromSouth Africa carefully
cleanedand reassembled the Junction Block,
and all its accessories, (noting from the
Maestro's recent Column that all the VERTICAL Surfaces associated with the Junction
Block take the ALUMINUM gaskets, and all
the HORIZONTAL Surfaces associated with the
Junction Block take the COPPER gaskets!) He
re-hooked up the Oil Pressure Gauge once
again to the Inlet Oil Line and fired the engine up once more, with feeling. NOW, he had
Oil Pressure! Not too bad Oil Pressure either40 psi at Idle, 55-60 psi at 3000 RPM.
Just about Normal. But the Man from
South Africa DID notice, while cleaning up
the oil mess on the floor, lotsa little bronze
pieces in the oil. "What could that be," he
asked the Maestro overthe longdistancelines.
"Well," said the Maestro. " Sadly, I'd say
they are wear particlesfrom the only things
brassor bronzein the Engine-either the Distributor Drive Gear, the Valve Guides, the
Wrist pin Bushing or sadly, the Rod Bearings."
"Ooooh," said the Man from the South
of Africa. "What can I do?"
"Dump the sump screen and magnet
NOW. Inspect the screen and magnet. If you
seelots of copper or aluminum colored pieces,
that's a BAD sign. If you see LOTS of hair on
the Magnet, that's the Crankshaft wearing
badly! If you seeonly a little "peach fuzz" on
the Magnet, that's usually Rings. Clean and
Refit the sump, put fresh oil in it, run it 100200 miles and drop the sump again. See if
the particles increased, deceased or remained
the same. Go another 100-200 miles dump the
sump again. Continue this until either there
are NO particles or that it's Real Obvious that
something is wrong.
It willeither get Betteror it'll get Worse.
(Sometimes much Worse!) Ifin it gets better,
there's no problem. If it gets worse, call me
again.
If you still had low(or no) Oil Pressure,
I'd say take it apart-NOW!
But, since you have "Normal" oil pressure-not obviously low-I think it'sa gamble
with a Reasonable Chance of success.
The Man from South Africa said he'd
check the sump and report back.
...
Whew, it was now almost evening and
the Maestro hadn't eaten lunch yet. Between
the Faxesand the Phone callsand the E-Mails,
the Maestro's spent seven hours that day on
the Phone, learning new things and dispensing advice to the World Wide Web of Perplexed Porsche Owners. It went on like that,
nonstop, for a solid week.
And, boy was it FUN! Like the Mickey
Mouse Club, the Maestro learned something
new every day. Sometimes about thingsother
than Porsches. Like the following item, which
may sometime affect YOU personally:
The next phonecall wasfroman Owner
who asked about where the Important Engine Numbers were. Numbers like the Engine
ID or Case Casting Number.
The Maestro told the guy where to look
and then received some return info that was
SCARY!
Seems as though the VOP wanted to
overhaul his engine himself-and do mostof
the work himself. Like CC'ing the head and
356 Registry 38 Volume 21. Number 3
balancing the pistons.
Tobalance the pistons, the VOP decided
to use a Triple Beam Balance, just like the
one the Maestro used in the Engine Assembly Video Tapes. Awise choice; a Triple Beam
Balance isaccurate to ahouta tenth of a gram.
Too goodfor Government work, but justabout
right for Proper Precision Porsche Piston balancing.
So, the VOP, heing a Man in the Know,
called Fisher Scientific to order a Triple Beam
Balance out of their Catalog.
"Are you a company?" asked the girl taking the Order.
"No, I'm just a private individual."
"Then we can't sell you a Triple Beam
Balance."
"Whaddya mean you can't sell me a
Triple Beam Balance. Is it against the LAW of
something!"
"YES, it IS against the Law!"
said the Clerk. "Triple Beam
Balances are now a 'Controlled
Substance', along with
hypodermic needles and some
laboratory tubing!"
"YES it IS against the Law!" said the
Clerk. "Triple Beam Balances are now a 'Controlled Substance', along with hypodermic
needles and some laboratory tuhing!"
"What!" said the Innocent Customer.
"You mean a stupid SCALE is now a "Controlled Substance?"
"That's right!" said the helpful order
clerk. "And you must also fill out a Government form explaining the reasons why you
need a Triple Beam Balance."
UNBELIEVA BLE, thought the guy!
UNBELIEVABLE, thought the Maestro!
All he could think of was: WHEN SCALES
AREOUTLAWED, ONLYOUTLAWS WILLHAVE
SCALES. Or: When Scales are Outlawed, only
Outlaws will he ahle to weigh accurately. Or:
When Scalesare Outlawed, only Outlaws will
be ahle to balance Pistons
You think I'm kidding?Check it out!Call
up a Chemical Supply house and ASKto buy
a Triple Beam Balance and SEE what they
say. You might be surprised. (You might also
want to use a pay phone, far from home, in
a place where nobody knows you or the
trouble you'veseen, when you call the Chemical place. Wear Gloves too, just in case.)
So, let me get this straight. You can have
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a GUN in your house, no problem, but a SCALE
in your house is prohably a Felony!
The Government, "OUR" government, is
trying to ban the things crooks use to make
or sell drugs. But making Possession of a
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Mr. Congressman, sir?
They're also failing to recognize that
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Both a Baseball bat and Good Scotch share
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Will there be an Underground Market
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And how about 50mm Pipettes, or IOmm
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Cars for sale
"52 bent windshield coupe "11571, eng. "21015.
Rare interim bumpers, 34Koriginal miles. Fully
restored. PCA, Registry concours trophies. Pascha
Red (dark burgundy). Featured on Registry Web
page "pictures." Driven regularly. Outstanding
example. Needs nothing. Can arrange shipping.
539,900 US. Bertrand Picard, 377 St. Aubin,
Va udr euil, Quebec, j7 V 7N7 Canada (near
Montreal), 514/ 424-5891, e-mail: bert356@
odyssee.net.
"53 USA standard coupe. Have COA from Porsche.
Original family car. In storage25 years. Original
and complete except for orig. factory muffler
ami paint. New tires/ tubes & partial orig. factory
tool kit, manuals. Car has 150,132 orig. miles.
snooo OBO. Mike Sheldon, Arlington, WA, 360/
403-9600 ofc., e-mail: [email protected].
·'53 coupe. Restoration in progress. New floor
pan. Black epoxy primer, 16" wheels, 'C' engine.
Solid car. Drive as is or restore. 56500. j osh
Rienecke (for Bill R.) Atlanta, GA, 404/522-2271.
·'54 coupe "52272. Solid. 1500cc original engine
"33192 just rebuilt. 16" wheels. All original.
518,000. Pascal Giai, San Diego, CA, 619/298-5318,
fax 619/298 -5306.
·'54 Speedster "80026.Very rare car. All matching
numbers including top frame with riveted hold
down plates, blank 1500Sengine,incredibly solid
body, doors, etc. Battery pan replaced. Car is
together with all major parts. Restored example
sold recently for almost 590,000. eeds serious
collector for proper restoration. 532,000. Frank
Torchia, Long Grove, IL, 847/726-0629.
·'54Speedster "80154, 1500N, stripped,gutted but
complete. Big deer dent left front. Nose clip
removed but repairable. Comeswith uninstalled
floor pan, longs, battery box, spare 1600N, 5-16"
wheels. Your vintage project awaits. Don Di xon,
St. Albans, VT, 802/527-0148 6-8 p.m.
·'55 pre-A"54169.'64 'C' motor. Right hand drive
converted.Solid, original pan. New longitudinals,
battery box, engine shelf and door bottoms.
Under side scraped, primed, undercoated, rebuilt
motor, transaxle, brakes. Two interiors. Man y
extras. Car runs good. Racer or driver project.
56500 with motor, without ? Bernard Oresti,
College Park, GA, 404/766-6577.
·'56 Speedster. 1600s. Matching numbers. No
accidents. I ice dri ver. Red/b lack. 534,000.
Christopher Casler, Newport, CA, 714/63 1-2464,
fax 714/ 650-5881, e-mail [email protected].
·'56 coupe. Origi nal owner. Arizona car. Minimal
body modifications. Mise.original parts included.
Surface rust only. Original bill of sale and all
manuals, photo history, 53,591 actual miles
(garaged many years). Original 1600N engine.
512,500. joel Mu zzy, Wooster, 0 11, 330/262-4450.
·'57 coupe, 1600s "58044. White/red. Less than
100 miles on rebuilt engine. New clutch. ew
floor pan. Rebuilt brakes. Very good condition.
No delivery.511,000. Wa yne Kachel, San Antonio,
TX, 210/698-9006, e-mail [email protected].
·'57 Speedster "82985 IISR/ SVR A. All original
race car. Ground up restoration by j ack Lewis
(Atlanta). Never wrecked. Zims pan and rockers.
Dipped by Redi Strip. Carellos, Aeroequipped,
Cosworth pistons. Many original parts included,
bumpers, gas tank, etc. 539,500 OBO. jim Comer,
Charlotte, NC, 704/ 864-3853 eves till 9 p.m.
356 R e g is t r y
·356race car (356A coupe). Red. Fully developed
(3 Carrera Pan Americanas). Always finished.
Current legal vintage racer. 12 volt. Interesting
history. Photos. 510. Michael Lederman, 2532
Lincoln Bl vd. Suite 349, Venice, CA 90291-5978,
fax 310/2 71-5976.
·'58 GT Carrera Speedster "83876. Body never
rusted. Fresh 4-Cam.S85Kor lesswithout engine.
Vic Zeller, Westport, MA, 508/636 -5379, e-mail
mzeller@u massd.edu.
·'58 Convertible D "85684. Silver/ red. Rebuilt
'62 engine with NPR's and 912 rods, balanced.
Rebuilt trans with new syncros, Autos interior.
Factory triple chromed wheels/XZXs. Class/
Peoples' Choice winner in 356 Club event. Tools.
Beautiful car.$42,900. Bob Fitzpatrick, Escondido,
CA, 760/489-5675.
·'59 Convertible D "85609. S-90 "1'801463. Red/
black top. Solid mechanicals, floor, brakes. New
carpet, interior, wiring. Everything works.
Reliable daily driver and head turner. 518,600
OBO. Bill Selah, Torrance, CA, 310/530-1677, email [email protected].
·'59 Convertible D "86608. Red/black interior
and top. Excellent condition. 0 delivery.S32,000.
Wayne Kachel, San Antonio, TX, 210/698-9006,
e-mail [email protected].
·'60 356 racer. SV RA / IISR/ PCA winne r.
Professionally built and maintained (Excellence
8/93). The best of everything. All the tricks.
Safest cage, easy handling and fast!!. Specifics
to serious buyers.539,500. Eric Bretzel, Leawood,
KS, 913/681-2323 days, 913/491-6726 eve.
·'GOCabriolet, 1600S. Red/beige. Solid floor pan,
Pirellis.Car is complete and beautiful. Excellent
mechanicals.520,000. Richard Stromwasser, Colts
eck, j, 908/431-5442 home, 908/ 462-1400 ofc.,
908/409- 1292 fax.
"60 T-5coupe"110832,1600s. Restoration project.
Straight, completely original car in storage for
past 25 years. Good mechanicals, interior, doors
and rear lid. lias floor and under carriage rust.
54000 OBO. Kent Larson, Delafield, WI, 414/5444611 ofc., 414/968-5995 home.
·'61 Roadster "88582, eng. "1'604005. Stree t
concours. Guards Red/black. Mint condition.
Mechanically flawless.Exceptionally maintained.
Unbelievably beautiful. Complete records since
total restoration in '86. Show engine with big
bore and Webers is meticulous and has less than
85,009 miles sincecomplete rebuild.534,900. Bob
Graf, lIi1ton lIead, SC, 803/681-8050.
"61Karmann T-5 hard top "200325.Super motor
"89812. Red/b lack. Car is very rust y but
complete, not running with some extra parts.
Car is located at Klasse 356 in Allentown. 51995.
Tom Miller, Bound Brock, Nj, 732/ 563-1575.
40 Volu me 2 1, N u m b e r 3
"63 'C' Reutter electric sunroof coupe #127819,
eng. #P730993. Eu ro model. Red/black. Big bore.
Michelins, Konis, Nardi wheel, luggage rack.
Mechanically sound. $12,000. Phil Howerton,
Nebo, NC, 704/ 584-0563.
"'63 'B' Carrera 2 Cabriolet #158397. Ruby Red/
black leath er. Professional restoration with
photos and receipts. Al Cadrobbi engine rebuild,
Cardex, concour winner. Avery rare car.$139,500.
Mark Leonard, LaJolla, CA, 619/ 459-3500, fax
619/459-3512.
"'63'B' Karmann coupe #211016 with S-90 engine
#804048. Bare metal restoration. Glasurit Ruby
Red/black naughahyde. YnZ wiring harness,
new chrome, new glass, NOS gas tank, new 55
rims and tires. Much more rebuilt and or new.
Engine meticulously rebuilt with Webers, NPR
kit. Approximately 2000 miles since completion
5/ 96. $23,500. Dan Burke, Arlington, TX, 817/
649-0756.
"'63 'B' T-6 Cabriolet #158081, S-90 eng. #p807117.
Euro car. Cam ber compensator. Engine apart
(80%). Needs restoration. $12,500. Rolly Resos,
Newport Beach, CA, 714/65 0-0546.
"'63 B' Karmann coupe #213774, eng. #P610779.
Green/black. Original pans, Blaupunkt. $8000.
Phil Howerton, Nebo, NC, 704/ 584-0563.
"'64 coupe. One owner, Calif., rust free, matching
numbers. Red/black .$16,500.Christopher Casler,
Newport, CA, 714/ 631-2464" 714/ 650-5881 fax,
e-mail [email protected].
"'64 coupe #215367. Silver/ black. Newly rebuilt
motor and new paint. Good condition. lIave
owned since79.$13,500 USOBO. Hubert Veerman,
Vancouver, BC, 604/ 737-0750 days, 604/873-8879
eve.
"'64 coupe vint age race r. Prep by Cox
Mo torsports, KC, MO. Lates t SVRA legal
components. Full cage, fire system, fuel cell,
limited slip, new seat. Red/black. Possibility of
trackside service and transport.James Cox (for
Dennis Strauss), Omaha, NE, 816/ 331-3020.
"'64 SC coupe #2168571, eng. #p811082. Ruby Red/
black. 85,000 miles. Original except for repaint.
Second owner. Near mint. $22,000 OBO. Alan
Timmerman, Tucson, AZ, 520/29 7-5952, fax 520/
297-6680.
"'64 coupe #218041. Slate Grey/ red. 130,000 miles.
Engine rebuilt 11,000 miles ago. Owned since '69.
Concours restored in 7 1. Garaged and driven
30,000 miles since, never in rain. All original
except same color repaint and carpets. $17,000.
Mike Marko, Albany, NY, 518/449-5412.
"'65 SC sunroof coupe. Zero rust. No accidents.
Black/ black. Very nice car. $25,000. Christopher
Casler, Newport, CA, 714/631-2464, fax 714/6505881.
"'65SCCabriolet #161434. Bali Blue/blu e.Original
owner. 80,000 miles. Excellent condit ion.
Restored 73.Not usedsince77 but kept in perfect
running condition. Chrome wheels, factory steel
roof, head rest, soft top cover, tonneau, factory
manuals, records. Color photos available.$49,500.
Jack Johnson, Melbourne, FL, 407/727-3458.
"'65 SC #247797, eng. #p811766. European model
in kilometers. Delivered in Bologna, Italy.Second
own er. Sil ver / red. Mechan ica ll y well
maintained. Needs floor. Daniel Ryan, Agawam,
MA, 413/7 89-2580.
"'65 Cabriolet #161994, Guards Red/black.
Ground up bare metal restoration. Has new floor
pan and nose piece plus 2 'B' Normal engines.
New top and carpet. Looks and drives great.
Many extras. $29,000. Dennis Daniels, Caro, MI,
517/673-8493.
"'65 SC Cabriolet. Signal Red/black leather. All
numbers match.Total restoration in '95.Covered
and garaged with less than 1000 miles since
restoration. Excellent mechanicals. Perfect
condition. $39,500. Michael Carmichael, Ocala,
FL, 352/ 867-8311 ofc., 352/873-3311 home.
"'65 Cabriolet #161485. 2000 miles on rebuilt,
correct engine #732495. 3rd owner cared for last
18 years. Rebuilt brakes, transmission, shocks,
etc. New top, tonneau, interior carpets. Red/
black leather front seats. Nice additional items
include lIella fogs, rear seat luggage straps, hard
top. Great looking driver, solid longitudinals.
$24,900. Jim Webster, Dunwoody, GA, 770/39 46614 days, e-mail [email protected].
"'65Cabriolet #161958. White/ black leather. 2nd
owner with still excellent paint. No rust or body
damage. All numbers match. 53,000 miles on
origina l engine. New top and excelle nt
maintenance.Runs and drives great. Needs only
detailing for concours. $45,000. Dennis Daniels,
Caro, Ml, 517/673-8493.
Mise For Sale
",/\ steering wheel, steering column, late and
early coat hooks, Speedster door caps (repro),
top latches, 4 over size early 6" rims with tires,
2 '/\ coupe doors cheap, several rear quarter
glasses with frames, left chrome door glass
frame, Normal cylinder heads, brake backing
plates, right front NOS sheet metal piece. Jim
Rogers, Tucson, AZ, 520/ 574-3437.
"Garage full of various 356 parts.Sell as complete
package. List available. Buyer pays shipping.
Louis Eidenmiller, Tucson, AZ, 520/ 797-7290.
"Authentic acrylic bronze replacement visors for
'51-'57. $50/ pair plus $5 s& h. Will soon have
authentic iContinent al" emblems. Thomas
Kincaid, Lake Geneva, WI, 414/249-0577.
Jake Finch, Overland Park, KS, 913/663-4792.
"Roadster chrome windshield frame with sun
visor. Roadster top frame with all latches. $800
plus Shipping. Ron Duplain, Mineral City, 011,
330/ 343-5064.
"Workshop manual for B/ C. Used littl e. No
fingerprints. $50. Registry back issues: Vol. 6 #6
to present. Excellent condition. $300 complete.
John Luikey, Holden, MA, 508/829-6084.
"4 Fuchs wheels 55x15. Completely restored by
Rennsport of Atlanta. Like new condition. $1000.
Complete '60 Super engine, disassembled. Good
crank, case, cam, lifters, heads, carbs, etc. Ready
for reassembly. $1800 complete or will be parted
out. Dave Goldman, Atlanta, GA, 404/2 66-6124
days, 770/ 396-4939 eve.
"Registry complete set from Vol. 1 #1to current
plus 9 issues from'61, '63,'64.Christophorus from
#25 complete to current. Partial Christo set #85,
#95, #97-100, #107-120. All excellent condition.
Sell in sets only. Call for details. Bob Strum,
Sunnyvale, CA, 408/773-0884.
"1500N engine, 3 piece case #33924. Best over
$1200. Flat top distributor, original braided wires,
new cap, rotor. $250. Rings for NPR1720. $40. 16"
sheels 3/55, 2/ 54. $175 each. Fuel pump black
plate. $15. Steve Proctor, Tucson, AZ, 520/ 5779507, e-mail [email protected].
"Weber 44IDF car buretor conversion with
adapters, K&Nfilters, linkage, studs,etc. Requires
S-90 heads and big bore. New condition. $925
OBO. Carl Goodwin, Grosselie, MI, 313/675-9565.
"Speedster/ Cab rear clip.$800.Solex carbs. $150/
proEuro heater boxes. $250/ pr. Wiper motors.
$35. Super tach. $100. Eurospeedo. $100. 'C' crank
10/10 just done. $600. A/ B brake drums. $400/
set. Roadster passenger door, complete. $350. A/
B/ C heads. $100 each. Oil coolers. Roadster top
bows, top complete. $450.Stephen Demosthenes,
Mosier,
OR,
541/ 478-2525,
e-mail
[email protected].
"'64-'68 engines. Apart and rebuilt.$1500 to $3200.
'B' sweep second clock.$125. Etc. All plus shipping.
Vic Zeller, Westport, MA, 508/636-5379, e-mail
mzeller@u mass.edu.
' Covercraft grey polycotton fitted cover and
sto rage bag. Used indo ors only. $75. New
Continental tire with new chrome rim for T-5.
Never used.$75. Solid brass Porsche license plate
frames.$25/ pr. Buyer pays shipping.John Pinto,
Staten Island, NY, 718/97 9-9427 eve.
"Print by II.]. Cleworth, internationally known
automotive artist of a red '/\ Speedster. Number
666 of 950. 22"x30". First offered 79 but long
out of print. $250. D. Bartlett, St. Petersburg, FL,
813/894-5690.
' Blaupunkt AM/ FM/S W. Perfect condition.$500.
After market luggage rack for T-5 or 'I\. $100.
356 Registry
41 September / October 18 8 7
' Fiberglass Speedster tonneau, new. '/\ sway bar.
Coupe doors, cheap. Roadster wshld frame. Needs
repair. James Rogers, Tucson, AZ, 520/5 74-3437.
' Wheels, earl y 911 Fuchs 5.5xI5. Fit 356c
Refinished by Wood. Look new. Set of 4 w/ caps.
S1000. 741 trans. S400. B/ C int & ext. lights. '/\
bumper guards. lIardtop rear glass. Hella 128s.
Rebuilt Zeniths, A/ B brake drums. Much more.
Marvin Lee, Sunland Park, NJ, 915/ 581-6817.
' Qrtr windows for 'B' coupe. S75 each. F & R
windows for 'B' coupe. S115 each. Complete 'B'
trans.S650.'B' fuel tank.S250.Complete eng.sheet
metal for S-90.S350. Day/night rear view mirror.
S55. Front seats, red. SI25 each. Chrome wheels
w/ tires, good condition.S55 each. Rear lid w/
twin grille.S500. Brian Sender, Newport, RI, 401/
846-5158, e-mail [email protected].
' Blaupunkt AM/ FMradio mid-50s style. lias long
cable for amp under floor. S195. John Linden,
Wal nut Creek, CA, 510/ 939-1375.
'Glass washer bottl e with stripes and cage.
Excellent. S375.'/\ pliers. S25. '/\ tool bag. S90. 'C'
generator wrench. S25. '57 jack. S100. Tourist kit
stuff: folding spark plug wrench, S35; 14mm thandl e, S40; 27mm t-handle, S40. 100 Jahr e
Porsche with dust jacket. S50. "Ripened by Trial"
(M&M109). S100.Jerry Haussler, San Ma teo, CA,
415/5 94-2919eve, 415/ 377-1213 day.
' Parts collection. Philll owerton, Neho, NC, 704/
584-0563.
' Headliner for sunroof coupe, '62 T-6, complete
with clips and ruhber tips. White quarter
window trim. Shift lock coupling machined
from solid billet. "695.424.206.01, (lIIus. 3/ 3aAItem 13, 1st Sup. 'B' parts cat.). Pair clear B/ C
front direction lenses. 'C' door mirror. Vince
Cappelletti, Bonita Springs, FL, 941/498-6461.
'Gears: 2E, new. S495. 3A, 3D, 3C, used. S300 each.
Eric Bretzel, Leawood, KS, 913/681-2323 days,
913/491-6726eve.
' Webers 441DF, tow bar. Pellow's ABC, Secrets.
Elf rink. John son's Rest or er 's Guide. B/ C
Workshop Manual.Supplement to 'C' spare parts
catalog. Pasini's 356. Registry mags 2/ 88-2/ 93.
Excell ence mags " 1-"36 and oth er hooks
individually priced or all for $350. Howard
Lunche, Berkely, CA, 510/848 -3582.
' Luggage rack that fits A-C cars. S250. Assorted
PanosJune 78-July '90.SI each plus postage. Mike
Wroughton, Glendale, AZ, 602/ 582-4318, e-mail
mwroughton@aolcom.
'Carrera 2 oil lines, air cleaners, oil tank, Bill
Doyle headers & muffler, 48IDA Webers w/
manifolds, 6.31 r&p, ZF 12 volt lim. slip, 1500
Ca rrera engine (incomplete) 1600 heads. Used
p&c's, restored Rudge wheels. 'C' chrome wheels.
'/\ '59 wheels. Roll y Resos, Newport Beach, CA,
714/650-0546.
'NOS regulators 12v, black.Restored instruments.
1300cc crank. 912 rods, new. Pre-A heater cans,
NOS. Racing lights '50s-'80s, NOS. Badges, Heuer
hand held stop watches. Porsche tractor. Michael
Lederman, Venice, CA, 310/ 271-5976 fax.
' 5 Rudge Wheels, XZ X, '/\ drums, hammer,
complete, rechromed, excellent.SIO,OOO.GT tank,
straps,'B' style.S800.Original flat Nardi, restored.
S1850. lIella In-body fog lights, perfect. S850.
Hazet speed wrench, excellent. S100. 'A' turn
signal switch, NOS.S250.'/\ front beehives, repro,
new. S100. Rod Gustafson, Rockford, IL, 815/6331929.
' Panos 1/ 81 to present (ove r 200 issues),
complete, perfect condition. $250 plus shipping.
Bertrand Picard,377 St. Aubin, Vaudreuil, Quebec,
J7V 7N7 Canada (near Montreal), 514/ 424-5891,
e-mail [email protected].
' Registrys from Vol. 3 No.3 Feb. '77. Complete
and in excellent condition. Panoramas fromJan.
to Ma y '89. Registrys to go as a package. Best
serious offer. E.S.Dashiell, Severna Park, MD, 410/
647-3311, e-mail [email protected].
'SCmotor "1'820026 (36,000 miles). All standard
and perfect. S3000.T-6 deluxe horn ring. S135. '/\
steering wheel and ring. S125. T-6 fuel cock rod.
S15. T-6 silver seat belts. s60. 'C' jack. $125. 'C'
right front fender, complete.S250.SC clutch and
pressure plate (NOS '71). S95. T-6 pedal cluster.
S50. Paul Goldzung, Athens, OH, 614/ 592-4953.
' Unique and scarce. llIaupunkt KV900 short
wave adapter. llook up to AMbandon Blaupunkt
radio for reception around the world. Orig.
schematic, directions, brochures. SIOO. James
Dean Champion poster. S15. Elfrink Technical
Manual. SI5 Various Porsche/ Audi license plate
frames. $15 each. Original '66 driver's manual.
S35. Win Lyons, Woodland Park,CO,719/687-1227.
'356/ 912 race/high performance parts, Carrillo
rods, crank shafts ('C' and 912), race flywheels,
12/ 4 Bursch, new cams (7805, 7806, 7308), deep
sumps, velocity stacks, ignition systems, race
pulleys, Solex jets, I' / C sets. SASE for list. Tim
Beradelli, Alexandria, VA, 703/ 971-8139.
'Complete sound deadening kit for 'C', new, still
in Stoddard hox. S50. Reconditioned Becker
Europa radio, complete with original manual
from fa ctor y insta ll at ion on 'C'. S120.
Reconditioned 6v horns.S60/ pair. Original hood.
S400. Buyer pays shipping. Larry Cloetta,)ackson,
WY, 307/734-9149.
'Complete A/ Bsunrf, clip, square opening. Make
offer. Roh Greene, Redding, CT, 203/938-9128.
'912 motor, complete and running. B/ 912 engine
cases and heads. A/ B front drums. '/\ mesh air
cleaners. Hazet Tourist tool kit. Large quantity
of A/ 912 motor parts and tin.C/912 steel wheels,
NOS. '/\ T-5 rear window. Speedster cloth tire
belt. Golde electric sunroof tool. Cahriolet,
Roadster and Speedster top parts. Bill Mitchell,
Everett, WA, 206/7 45-1599, fax 206/2 58-9153.
' Deluxe chrome horn rings for B/ C, one near
mint. S425. One very nice. $300. Both with horn
buttons.Car covers, various.$75each. Rear engine
sheet metal with carb pre-heater horns. Good
condition. S160. All prices include shipping
anywhere in USA.Jim Schrager, Mishawaka, IN,
219/259-9261.
'Coupe seats, complete with tracks. Black vinyl.
Serviceable condition. SI50 each plus shipping.
Roger Morrison, Salina, KS, 785/ 827-9331 ofc.,
785/ 827-9337 fax.
' Aluminum bumper trim, 2 lengths. S300. Mesh
headlight covers, new. S275. Hood straps, new.
$150. Peter Aziz, Toronto, Ontario,Canada, 416/
961-6573.
' Carrera 1500GS4-Cam engine case.S2500.Set of
Speedster top bows. S1400. 904 original sales
folder. S350.Jim Perrin, Columbus, 011, 614/8829046 phone/fa x.
'356/ Carrera 50mm front Spyder brake drum.
Spyder flywheel.4-Cam 1500 headers. A/ Buncut
heads. 'C'distr. 'C'electric tach. B/ CCab hardtop.
4';x15 Fuchs (5). KPII speedo. Eric Linden, Seattle
WA, 206/632-5158 day, 206/632-5247 fax.
' liard top rear glass (Sekurit). $90. Hella 128s.
S250/ pair. ABC rear engine covers. S75 and up.
B/ C license lights. S80 pair, complete. NOS disk
brake pads. SI5 set front. A/ B hrake drums. S50
and up. SC crankshaft. S100. Much more. EO.B.
Marvin Lee, Sunland Park, NM, 915/58 1-6817.
' B/ Chood handle, original, never replated.S200.
'55 bumper guards.SIOOeach. Deta battery decal.
Makes modern 6v battery look original.SIO each.
John Paterek, Chatham, NJ, 973/635-5924.
'Split case transaxle 90201lS. 741/2C transaxle
83305. Engine sheet metal. Engine cases. Good
pressure plates. S25. Used pistons and cylinders.
T-6 steering wheel. S100. Air cleaners. Flapper
boxes. A/ B front wheel assemblies. S150. lIeads.
S50 to $100. Scott Visniewski, EI Paso, TX, 915/
778-9790 days, 915/ 545-4742 eve.
'''A'' coupe left door w/ frame. Slight rust and
crease at bottom but very useable, S175. A or C
engine lids,S20 ea.Gordon Maltby, 612/ 439-0204.
Wanted
' One "Cont inental" fend er scr ipt for '55
Continental coupe. Looking for a source of the
plastic sun visor material for restoring my sun
visors. Bill Kelso, 215/233-9717.
' Pre-A coupe with sunroof. Prefer good to
excellent condition. Uwe Iliegner, Berliner St.
49,55583 Bad Munster a.St., Germany, 01149-67083120 fax, e-mail [email protected].
356 Registry 42 Volu m e 21, Num b e r 3
"60 Porsche book "Liebe Zu Ihrn" and Porsche/
VW toys and ephemera for personal collection.
Reasonable, please. Trey Harrison, Memphis, TN,
901/278-9024.
"C' ratio first gear either 644 or 741 type.
Especially need 33 tooth pinion shaft half
741.302.021.20. Have found many 12 tooth input
shafts 741.302.101.00. Help!.Pete Reves, Vineland,
NJ, 609/ 794-2334.
'VDM wood steering wheel to fit '58 GT. Jim
Saunders, Sydney, Australia, fax 011-61-2-95663022 with your telephone number and I will
call you back. Thanks!
'Funded driver/navigator for La Carrera. We
have developed 356A race car, transporter,
support vehicle and Carrera crew. You need: I.
Cash; 2. 10 days time. Most exciting experience
in the world. Full information pack available.
Michael Lederman, Calif., fax 310/271-5976.
'Trade for early 16" rims for 4 with '55 date.
James Rogers, Tucson, AZ, 520/5 74-3437.
' Need 2 Lemmerz/ Empi 55 chromedrum brake
wheels in good condition Kent Topham,Salt Lake
City, UT, 801/277-8244.
' Late 'B' tools: med. red wood small ti p
screwdriver; 3open end Hazets (have10/ 13); 'B'
cigarett e lighter assembly. Michael Petko,
Charlotte, NC, 704/ 847-6346, 704/ 821-6561.
'Fiberglass Speedster seats. 'B' drum brakes and
spindles. 2 '/\ grillesand steering column. Set of
pre-Ainner door handles and turning indicator,
not SWF. '/\ ignition with keys. Dean Burnside,
Lodi, CA, 209/ 334-1955.
'Binders: 4 each for earliest Christo format,gold
colored. Need 3 each of 3" style blue binders for
Panos. Del Johnston, Long Beach, CA, 562/5969215,562/ 430-5355 fax.
' Information on '65 Cabriolet #161990. Started
life as Irish Green/ black leather. Probably in
the northeastern States. Any information or
history on it from its early owners will be
appreciated. Vince Cappelletti, Bonita Springs,
FL, 941/498-6461.
' Hazet round metal or plastic spare tire tool kit,
partial or complete. Or, individual tools for same.
11-12mm Porsche script open end wrench.
Registry issue Vol. 1, No.5. Porsche Diesel
porcelain sign. Jim Perrin, Columbus, OH, 614/
882-9046 phone/fax.
' Early 911 tools, sport seats, pre '64 Panos, old
driving and fog lights. Eric Linden, Seattle, WA,
206/ 632-5158 day, 206/3 01-9527 eve.
"C' Carrera 2Cab in good, undamaged condition.
Top dollarpaid.John Paterek, Chatham, NJ, 973/
635-5924.
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John Paterek has tested and uses these products
on his '52 America Roadster and other fine
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356 Registry 4 4
Bob Hilton
W
hy would anyone in their
right mind drive for over24
hours straight pulling a race
car to somewhere in Michigan no one's heard
about?1I0wabouta newstate of the art track
called Gingerman Raceway near beautiful
South lIaven Michiga n and lIistoric
Sportscar's 5th event of the year. The track
is nestled among farm lands and has II turns,
is 1.88 miles long, and has over 40 feet of
elevation changes. In addition to the group
races, formu la 5000 and Winston Cup Stock
cars were present in decent numhers, and
put on a good show. Aspecial mention to my
brother Bill who took a plane from Florida
to be at this event. Bill is the greatest crew
person anyone could ask for, and is a major
reason our program is evolving, thanks Bill!
I invited Porsche meister Vic Skirmants
to co-drive the I hour endurance event in
our 356, which he accepted. Practice Friday
found everyone trying to figure out the track
that most had neverseen before. Many tracks
are relatively straight forward with respect
to the proper line, not this one. Gingerman
is a more complex track, requiting a high
level of concentration to both go fast and
develop consistency. The fast time of the day
went to Todd Jenkins from the Club Sport
stahle, with the remainder of us still working on learning the track and trying to develop a rhythm.
Late Friday night one of those rare 20
year Lake Michigan storms rolled through
leaving 12 inchesof rain creating lakes where
there were none! In addition a most vivid
lightening display and very high winds were
present.Just ask Vic and Barbara about their
stay in the motor home during all this! If
you ask me there must be a conspiracy going
on with the weather and IISR events. The
following morning saw the pit entrancecompletely under water, with many tent structures turned to pretzels. Due to water extraction by pumps, and other cleanup operations, the Vintage Enduro was postponed until
after lunch. Our "87 356 was gridded 3rd,
and I chose to run the first 30 minutes or so,
before our scheduled pit stop. The track was
wet at the start allowing Keith Denahan,john
Schrecker ( with new motor and trans., by
Vic) and others to get by me. At the end of
the first lap coming into the first right
Volume 21, Number 3
More Mid-Ohio Scenes
Robert Harrington ph ot os
John Biggs, IIIgets a wheel up o n the competition
From left , Skirmants , Hilton, Aston drivers Boxstrom and Singer, Jenkins
Rob ert Harrington pho to
hander John Schreckersuffering from the red mist syndrome missed
the turn and went off allowing me by.
The track has a special polymerized asphalt surface which began to dry quickly. This boosted the spirits and I began to go quicker,
finally catching 'Kermit' Denahan and passing him before the halfway mark. In Keith's defense much of the enduro was run with his
Bursch system practically falling apart. We pitted for our required
five minute pit stop, fueled the car and sent Mr. Skirmants out. Vic
started to build a rhythm and checked off progressively faster lap
times, naturally beating my fast lap for the race. The I1ilton/ Skirmants
combination netted a 2nd. overall and 1st. in class. The overall winner was Boxstrom's Aston Martin, with Carl Singer doing a stint, and
3rd. overall to Todd Jenkins in a 356. I hope that we'll see Vic in
future HSR events, maybe in his own vintage car?
For Sunday's sprints, the weather was hot and sunny. On the
pole was Boxstrom in the DM, Jenkins 2nd, I was 3rd followed by
Denahan and Schreker. At the drop of the green Keith Denahan (with
new exhaust system, and no pun intended) had a great start and we
had three wide into turn I with our #87 in the middle of the sandwich. I was able to outbrake the two of them and take 2nd position
and begin to chase the DB4. That big Aston is one fast car, and although I was able to keep up for several laps he began to pull away.
We finished 2nd,Schrecker 3rd, and Denahan 5th. ToddJenkins DNF'd,
possibly more problems associated with the valve train.
The Rolex Vintage Enduro Series is heating up for the final three
races of the year. The standings for 356er's after the results of this
race are as follows: ToddJenkins is 2nd, Bob Hilton3rd, Keith Denahan
is 4th and Jim Scott is 8th. The final three events are Road Atlanta
(Sept.), Daytona (Oct.), and Savannah (Nov.).Stay posted, as they say
it just doesn't get any better than this.
P.S. Special thanks to Barbara Skirmants for a fabulous dinner
Friday night.
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Olga Reindl ova and her silver A coupe
Vic Skirma nts and Mark Eskuche
Terry Wolters
356 Registry 45 September / October 1887
T
he summer race season is here
and the drivers all wish they
could afford cool suits or suits
with a mesh-type crotch.
SVRA's big event of the year was held
at Mid-Ohio in june. It is the one time a year
that Mr. Skirmants goes vintage racing and
has his supportive wife and friends cook for
him and all their buddies. Sometimes, when
you do something once a year, you don't do
too well, hut old Vic took care of Mr. Eskuche
again this year. Mark had the fastest race
lap, hut he still came in second. Vic must
have tossed a few brats on the track and
that threw Mark off. Ten 356's were present
- down a lot from the usual twenty. Rick
Bardsley in his drum-brake coupe got third
in his class. lIis time was eight seconds behind Vic's time. My real old huddy, George
Balbach is starting to show his age. lie was
two seconds hackof his wrench and driving
instructor, Eskuche.
Brett johnson turned a 206, onl)'twenty
one seconds behind the leading Triumph
Spitfire. Been there, done that. Doesn't feel
good-hut since Brett also likes Triumphs, it
doesn't hurt his feelings as much.
jon Vargas and his '52 wasn't able to
make it, so it will be next year before we
have the j ohnson/ Vargas shoot out.
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George Balbach and john Biggs were the
only 356's in the enduro. George finished
first in class and twenty fifth overall. john
had transmission prohlems and a DNF.
IISR had an event at the newGingerman
Raceway in Michigan. Acouple of the drivers in the hunt to win the enduro championship madeit all the way from Florida. My
Peter Mcl.aughlin from Hanover, Nil. lie
drives English cars mostly, so I guess we can't
plan on too many favors from him. The new
motto is "Safe, fair and fun". They have some
debt problems, but they hope to get everyone to rally around the flag and take SV RA
into the new millennium. (I've been waiting
two years to use that word). We shall see.
Several of our folks went to the Chicagollistorics at Road Americain jul y. They
had a real big turnout. john Biggs reported
that it was pretty much run what yo u have
in your garage that is fast if you want to
check it out.They even had the Mustang that
Tom Kendall drove last year in SCCA Trans/
am. One morning on the way to the track,
john saw a F-40 Ferrari gettinggas at a small
convenience store. I wonder if he also hought
a Dr. Pepper and some Nabs (southern joke.)
john was gridded next to one of Sam
Walton's son's on one occasion. Ah, the life
of the rich and fam ous. john said he spent
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It just wouldn 't be a vintage column w ithou t
a picture of '0 1number 51. You'll notice
there's no one b ehind him-guess he 's
a lready lapped the fie ld.
writing and driving huddy, Bob lIilton was
one, along with his fellow Florida friend,
Keith Denahan, Bob got first in class and
Keith fourth in th e sprint race. j ohn
Schrecker got second. (See Bob llilton's story
on page 44.)
They had about 120 cars in attendance.
I wassurprised that there weren't more 356
folks from the mid-west there. The weather
was pretty good, with just one rainy day.
Sometimessummer weather and racing is an
"iffy" affair.
Most of the political news is coming out
of Charleston, sc. SVRA has been bought by
most of his time looking in his mirrors to
make sure no one ran over him. lIey,john - I
didn't know your car had mirrors. Sorry,
couldn't help it.
Only serious356 casualty was john Winters who lost it in some kink and crunched
his coupe.
On a lighter note: Have you seen the
Miller Lite ad where this old couple are making out and the old man looks up when he
hears a noise and wonders if his lover's parents are home? Man, I wish I could he that
clever. I need to make sure my 80 year old
buddy Ed watches it. Knowing him though,
it could be possible, because he dates forty
year old women.
Rememher one of those Punkin Man
racing sayings: "If it smells, check it out".
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Chrom e Wheels, 5 1/ 2 X 15, d rum
70.00
Hub Cap , bab y mo on, 356 A, B
18.50
Front Axle Link Pin Rebu ild Kit
26.00
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Rear Wheel Bearing, 356 all
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Front Sway Bar Bushing, 356 all
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St eering Box, ZF, rebuilt 4 stud versio n ex499 .95
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Fuel, 356, 912 all, 5 &7 mm universal
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3.50
Rod Nut , 356, 912 all
2.99
Flywheel Gland Nut, 356, 912 all
25.50
Solid Bron ze Wrist Pin Bus hing
4.95
139.95
Rear Engine Tray, 356 wi Am erican heat
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15.95
Engine Seal, 356, for above t ray
11.50
Ring Set, 356 most mod els
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Lifter, 356, 912 all new 29.95
Remanf ex 7.50
Pushrods , 356, 912 set of 8 for 5104 ea.13.95
Pushrod Tub es, 356, 912 set of 8 556.80 ea.7.25
Cam, 356, 912 all, sto ck , new hardened
295.00
Oil Line, 356, 912 all, inlet or outl et line
7.50
Generator Pulley Half, 356, 912 all
from 8.95
Generator Belt , 356, 912 all
3.00
Oil Coo ler, 356, 912 all
49.95
Bursch Exhaust , 356 all, Quiet
179.95
Fuel Pump Rebuild Kit , all 356 to 912 from 21.50
Carb Rebuil d Kit , 356, 912
fro m 9.95
E N G I N E ELECTRICAL
Bosc h Spark Plug W6BC OR W7BC
1.75
Tune Up Kit, 050 Dis!. ca p, rtr, pts , cond
17.70
Dist ributor Cap , with cast iron d ist ribut or
6.95
Dist ributor Cap, with aluminum d istr ibutor 10.55
Rotor, with cas t iron dis tri butor
4.00
Rotor, wit h alumi num dist ributor
3.20
Condensor, for cast iron d ist ributo r
4.95
Point s from 2.15 Coil, 6 vo lt 23.50 12volt 18.00
Spark Plug Wire Set, 356, 912 all
13.95
6V Voltag e Regul ator, recta ngular
29.95
Bo sch 6 volt Start er, remanufact ured
ex 140.50
Bos c h 6 volt Generator, rema nf
ex 178.95
Bos ch 12 volt Gen, small case , remanf ex 225.00
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356B th ru C T-6 12v Conversion Wiper Motor
ex 246.95
Transi storized Voltage Reducer 12v to 6v (wipers) 49.95
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356 RESTORATION
COACHWORK PANELS
" The Ultimate Sheet Metal"
Floor Pan Pre A thru C
269.95
Longitudinals all cars
99.95
Rockers A thru C
255.00
Front wheelwell closing panel
159.95
Front Axle K Member
89.95
Fender braces
from 51 .00
Coupe Lock Posts 56-59
125.00
Coupe Lock Post 60-on
95.00
Rear of Front Fender Repair Panel 95.00
Front of Rear Fender Repair Panel 65.00
Door Bottoms 2 versions
70.00
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Rear Engine to Body Shelf
127.95
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41.95
Rear Roto r, 356C
64.95
Front Wheel Cyli nd er, 356 wi dr um brakes CALL
48.95
Rear Wh eel Cylinder, 356 wi drum brake
Master Cylinder, 356 all
from 69.95
7.95
Master Cylinder Kit, 356 wi dru m brakes
24.95
Master Cylinder Kit , 356 wi disc brakes
Wheel Cylind er Boot & Cup Kit , for d rum s
1.50
Caliper Kit , 356 C, Frt or Rr
fro m 9.00
Brake Shoes, 356 all dru ms, rebuilt
ex 24.95
Brake Pads, 356 C, Frt or Rr
from 18.95
Brake Hose, rubber, Frt or Rr, 356 all
fro m 9.95
Brake Hose Kit, Stainless, 356 all
from 45.00
TRANSMISSION REBUILD KITS
Kits includ e all OE gasket s, seals, synchros,
input and output shaft bearings.
356, 519
760.00
356 , 644
715 .00
392 .50
356 , 716/741
SWEPCO 201 GL5 GEAR LUBE
1 GAL. 32.00
CLUTCH KITS
Kits include disc, p ressure plate and T.O. brg.
356 A, 180 mm
72.00
356 A, 180 mm , heavy d uty
118.50
356 B, 180 mm
261.00
356 B to C, 200 mm
299.00
BODY & LIGHTING
Headlight , 356, 6 vo lt sealed beam
Wind shield Seal, 356 all
Rear Wind ow Seal, 356
Headli ght Assy, 356 all USA
H-4 Conversion Headl ight 6 volt
Bumper Guards , 356 B,C
Bumper Deco Strip s, 356 all
Roc ker Deco St rips, 356 all
Horn Grilles, 356 all
Outs ide Mirrors, vario us styl es
Hood Handle Crest , 356 all
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10.95
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356 R e g ist r y 47 S e pte mber I O ctober 18 87
STOCKING A COMPLETE LINE OF QUALITY NEW AND USED PARTS
FOR TH E RESTORATION AND MAINTENANCE OF YOUR 356.
Klasse 356 offers
services to make your
engine project
look great
as well as
run great!
Dual Circuit
Master Cylinder
Brake Kits
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$299. for discs
$199. for drums
Replated rear quarter window frame s,
with all seals and hardware.
$ 450. per pair
New carb linkage shafts .
Have you checked excess play
on yours lately?
For smooth throttle operation
356AT-2 to C
$ 100. each
NEW! Fiberglas Speedster tonneau .
$375.
Visit our web site for new and used parts, Internet specials, a free Cars for Sale section and more!
World Wi de Web - http://www .klasse356.com email -parts @klasse356.com
Order Line 1-800-634-7862
Tech Line 61 0·432·2324 • FAX 610·432·8027
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