Volume 29, Number 3

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Volume 29, Number 3

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Volume 29, Number 3
September / October 2005
Local/Regional 356 Groups
"These groups offer activities, informa tion and fellowship for 356
enthusiasts from a particular geographical area. Each group opera tes
independently and is not sponsored by the 356 Registry
WEST
Porsche 356 Club Porsche356club.org
Bob Fitzpatrick, 17620 Corte Potosi.
San Diego, CA 92128, 858-487-0114
[email protected]
356 CAR Club 356car.org
Jim Reeder, Jr., President
PO Box 726, 4551 Eggers Dr.
Freemont, CA 94536, 510-793-4030
Central Coast www.cc356c.com
Dick Douglass, 1690 Kleck Hd.
Paso Robles, CA 93446 805-239-8394
356 Group Northwest typ356ne .org
Bruce Rockwell, 4705 131st St. Ct. NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332-7884
253-858-2788 [email protected]
Sierra 356 Porsche Club
Glenn Lewis, 2000 Royal Drive
Reno, NV 89503
Rocky Mountain Porsche 356 Club
AI Gordon, 12773 Grizzly
Littleton, CO 80127, ph,303-979-1072
Mountainland Porsche 356 Club
Edward Radford, 1568 Connecticut Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84103
801-521-7330
Hawaii 356 Owners Group
Rick Woltz, 719 N. Kainalu Drive
Kailua, HI 96734, ph. 808-262-5417
rcwpoorboves hawall.rr.com
SOUTH
Southern Owners Group
Ray Ringler, 3755 Creek Stone Way
Marietta, GA 30068, [email protected]
Tennessee Tubs
Nate Greene, 4003 Sunnybrook Drive
Nashville, TN 37205
[email protected]
Florida Owners Group 356fog.com
Kirk Stowers, 6134 Anchor Lane
Rockledge, FL 32955, ph, 321-636-5838
[email protected]
EAST
Potomac 356 Owner 's Group
Dan Rowzie, 800 South Samuel St.
Charles Town, WV 25414-1416
356 Mid Atlantic www.356midatlantic.org
Dan Haden, 715 St. Andrews Road
Philadelphia, PA 19118
356BURGH www.356burgh.com
Lenny Santora, 1345 Falla Drive
Bethel Park, PA 15102, ph 412-835-6594
[email protected]
356 Southern Connecticut Register, Ltd,
Ed Hyman, Box 35, Riverside, CT 06878
www.kammotors.com/scr/
edwardh@gullwingsearch,com
Typ 356 Northeast
Ron Swenson, 81b Warren St.
Charlestown, MA 02129
617-242-9213 www,Typ356NE.org
rswenson@typ356ne,org
MIDWEST
Group 356 SI. Louis Region
Ted Melsheimer, Sr., 10517 E. Watson Rd,
St. Louis, MO 63127 314-966-2131
Midwest 356 Klub midwest356.org
Robert Follmer, 3605 Greathill Rd.
Crystal Lake, IL 60012
Wisconsin Porsche 356 Club
Tom Spiegel [email protected]
10110 W. Bunny Ct.
Hales Corners, WI 53130 414-425-5584
Fahr North
Phil Saari, 3374 Owasso St.
Shoreview, MN 55126
651-484-0303, [email protected]
356 Motor Cities Gruppe 356mcg.com
Barbara Skirmants, 3359 Kings Mill Road
North Branch, MI 48461 810-688-2059
Drei Staaten Gruppe
Jim Leonard
2390 Trebein Road, Xenia, Ohio 45385
Ohio Tub Fanatics
Richard King, www.ohiotubfanatics.com
330-678-6259, ohiotubtanfscs .com
SOUTHWEST
Ar izona Outlaws Porsche 356 Club
Mike Wroughton
19870 N, 86th Ave" Peoria, AZ 85382
Zia 356
Joyce Y. Hooper, 4700 Westridge PI. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87111
[email protected]
Tub Club
Bob Morris, 397 Creekwood Dr.
Lancaster, TX 75146
Lone Star 356 Club
Mark Roth, 4915 S, Main, Suite 114
Stafford, TX 77477 (Houston)
OUTSIDE USA
Australian Porsche 356 Register
P.O. Box 7356, St. Kilda Rd.
Melbourne, Victoria 3004, Australia
www.356.com.au
356 Down Under
P,O, Box 356,Picton 7372, New Zealand
[email protected]
www.356downunder.co.nz
Maple Leaf 356 Club of Canada
Scott Gray, 467 Sandlewood Road
Oakville, ON L6L 3S3 [email protected]
Registro Italiano Porsche 356
Alberto Testo, Pres" Via A, da Brescia, 3
21013 Gallarate (VA) Italy
Tel.e Fax 0331 795355
www.registroitalianoporsche356.it
Porsche 356 Klubb , Sverge
Fredrik Brynte, Malmslattsgatan, 4 S-59031
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(C huck Ho use @356 regi stry.org)
11073 Begonia Ave.
Fount ain Valley, CA 92708
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(Gor don Ma ltby @356registry.org)
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Vic Skirmants, Vice President
(VicSk irmants @356registry.org)
3359 Kings Mill Rd , North Branc h, MI 4846 1
810-688-2059
Dr. Bill Block, Book Reviews,
(block lab @ao l.co m) 248-535- 1449
7295 Co ldsp ring , Wes t Bloomfi eld, MI 48322
Roland Lohnert, Treasurer
(Ro lahd Lohner t@356 registry.org)
1422 Tw in Oak s Ln., Cas tle Rock, CO 80 109
303 -663 -4363
Keith De nahan, Vintage Racing
21537 11Oth Ave. S., Boca Raton , FL 33428
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Karen Campbell , Secretary
(KarenCampbe ll@356reg istry.org)
Dr. Brett Johnso n, Restoration Editor
(356d rb @indy ,net) 317-841-7677
751 0 Allisonv ille Rd " Indianapoli s, IN 46250
rustees
Bob Campbell Event Insurance
(BobCampbe ll@356reg istry.org)
20964 Ca nterwood Dr.,
Sa nta Clarita , CA 91350 ,661-25 1-3500
Bob Garretson
(BobGarretso n @356 Reg istry.org)
18300 Jacobs Rd., Sono ra, CA 95370
209 -533-3566
Chuck House
(Chuck Ho use@356 reg istry ,org)
11073 Bego nia Ave.
Fount ain Valley, CA 92708
7 14-4 18-0779 (H)
Joe Johnson
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3802 Briarwood Ave., High Point , NC 27265
336 -886 -5287 (H)
Ro land Lohnert
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1422 Twin Oa ks Ln., Cas tle Rock , CO 80109
303 -663-4363
Vic Sk irmants
(VicSkirma nts@356 reg istry,org)
335 9 Kings Mill Rd , North Branch , MI 48 46 1
810-688 -2059
Randall Yow
(Ra nda IlYow @356registry.org)
21 Thimbleberr y Sq. , Greensboro, NC 27455
336 -545-8994
Joe Johnso n, Webmeister
(Joe Jo hnso n @356 Registry,org)
John Audette , Website Technical Editor
(JohnAudette@356Reg istry.org)
Eric Cherneff, Web Elf
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Rick Dill , Email List Monitor
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Bill Sa mpso n, Email List Monitor
(BiIISampson @356 Reg istry.org)
Dick Koenig , Four Cam Forum
([email protected]) 303 -76 1-308 1
23 Foxtail Circle, En glewood, CO , 80 113
Prescott Kelly, 356 Collectibles
(KellyC T@optonline .net) 203-227-7770
16 Silve r Ridge, Wes ton , CT 06883
J im Perri n, Historian
(ca rreragts @ao l.co m) 614-882-9046
Box 29307 , Co lumb us , O H 43229
Jim Schrager, Marketwatch
(jarnes .sc hraqe r G qsb.uchicaqo.ed u)
54722 Littl e Flower Trail
Mish awaka , IN 465 45
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71-A Oak St., Brooklyn, NY 11222
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John Jenkins, Travel Assistance Network
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3122 Kings ley s i ., San Diego, CA 92 106
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M & M Enterprises, Diane Morrill
Goodie Store (356goodiestor e @usa .ne t)
252 09 Cas iano, Sa linas , CA 93908
83 1-643 -0356, fax 83 1-643 -1333
Dr. Brett Johnson, Porsche Factory Liaison
(356 d rb@i ndy.ne t)
75 10 A lliso nville Rd. , Indianapoli s, IN 46250
317-841-7677, fax 317-849 -200 1
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On the cover: Agroup of 356s deep in
the heart of Florida. See page 18.
On the outer wrap: Targa Florio, 1961.
AFactory Abarth Carrera #1013 driven
by Von Hanstein/linge, It finished 7th
overall. l.M. Baker photo.
They compost horses,
don't they?
What is it about Convertible Ds and weddings? I was very interested in the MayJ]une article on 356s used forweddings and especially that
the majority used Convertible Ds. I have enclosed
a copy of our wedding announcement from two
years ago featuring my Convertible D. Many people were shocked by the paintingon the side, but
that was done by a graphic artist. One of our
We're off on the drive of our lives.
friends was so impressed theyasked ifthey could
use mycar for their transport from the church to
the reception when they got married - with me
driving, of course. I thoughtthis mayhave been a
first, but your article proved that wrong. Maybe
it's a first in Switzerland' To be honest, we used
my '64 VW Beetle to drive to the RegistryOffice as
wehad to transport witnesses. Still in the spirit, I
think. Dennis Thalman, Srl!itzerland
Richard Miller of San Diego sent this
photo as graphic proofthat 356s in California are
often licensed and driven year after year.
4
Volume 29, Number 3
Slowly degrading into its
elemental state, this '56 coupe
was recently offered on the
Samba.com. Looks like it had
already seen duty as a planter,
but these days the market is
such that there are still parts
that might be of value, like the
sunroof or wheels. Chuck
House let me know about the
Samba listing, and I contacted
the seller who was knid
enough toallowuse ofhisphotos and give us, as Paul Harvey
says, "the rest of the story."
It's a great example of
market forces saving even the
rustiest hulks at least forparts.
Joe Lia, the car's seller, tells the story. The
'56 coupe had belonged to a young man who
drove and raced the car, then went to University
and parked it in his parent's driveway. Some time
laterthe parents toldhimit hadto go so he called
somefriends and said, "That Porsche you like so
much - you canhave it." The new owners drove it
north to their cottageand left itthere, outside, for
30 years.
Joe heard all this from the people at a
machine shopnearhis workplace in Ontario, and
contacted the owners, offering $250.
"I got a four-wheel-drive truck, a big trailer
and drove several hours north. I got within a hundred feet of the car and could get no further." I
went back a week later and finallywas able to get
to the car. It was a rot box and I didn't knowanythingabout Porsches. I toldthe owner, 'Listen, for
$200 I'll take the Porsche and the oldVW parked
Swapping Tires? Go Figure.
Jim Serl!e!! of Franklin,
Tennessee sent a post to the 356Talk list
about comparing tire sizes. Jim referred
us to Miata.net, and several web sites
have pickedup this handycalculator that
allows you to type in two tire sizes and
get comparative results in dimensions of
sidewall, radius, diameter, circumference and revs per mile.
In short, it's just aboutallyou need
to find out what the differences are. You
can get results in inches or mm, and see
a graphic of the new tire size, superimposed on an outline of the originalsize,
from the side or end-wise. It also tells
you exactly whatyour speedometer error
will be as a percentage.
here.' He said, 'Sure.' 1\vo years later I finally got
up there and spent three hours winching it outof
the dirt. It came out in two pieces. All the way
back home I was thinking about the trips I'd
made and the time spent. I thought, I've got a
$400 pile of ruston the trailer.
"Myneighbor toldmeitwas a great dealand
he putit on the Samba for me. Five minutes later
he was at his door telling mehe hada buyer. The
first offer was for $300, and I thought, maybe I'll
get my money back."
Joe negotiated briefly until the emails started pouringin. He endedupselling itto a fellowin
New York for $2000. They put it on the trailer
with a frontloader.
So the buyer and sellerwere happy and the
parts willhopefullykeepanother 356 on the road.
Formore stories ofthe356 living dead, seeAdam
Wright's tale on page 18. GM
Euno s Communications Plus Sizing Tire Calcu lator
Th is tire calcu lator was first developed for our highly popular .M.i.a.ta..nftl site. Since then, it has been
used by permission by dozens of other automotive enthusiast sites on the net. It has also been
linked to from cou ntless other siles l
Use the calculator to see what hap pens to your speedometer rea di~g when you change Ihe size of
your ~Ires and wheels. The graphiC sho ws yo ur stock tire selection In an o utline over laid on your
new tire selection.
(No te : If all you see Is a grey box belo w , you may not have the latest Java implement ati on in
your brow ser . IIY cljc kj og here for ou r pre vio us version.)
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Sidewall : 4.4 in
Radiu s: 11.4 in
Diameter : 22.7 in
Circumf : 71.4 in
Rev s/ mi: 88 7.0
New Tlre
Sldewall : 4.0in
Radiu$ :l1 .S i n
Diameter: 23 . 1 in
Circu mf:72 .5 i n
Rev$/ m i:874.0
Speedometer reading wit h nc n -sroc k tire i s 1.S911 to o slow.
When your speecc reads 60mph ,you are actually tra....eling 60.9 n
Thanks very much to Eunos Communications for permission to reproduce. www.eunos.com/tirecalc/
September 10-11
Ventura, California
The Ventura Show, featuring the Carrera's 50th anniversary. Industry show,
People's Choice Concours, Lit meet, for Sale corral, seminars and more.
www.german-autofest.co m or phone 66I-296-6545, fax 661-263-043 1.
September 18
Everywhere
Drive Your 356 Day. Send your photos to [email protected]
September 24
Lewisberry, Pennsylvania
Thirdannual Vintage German Swap Meet at Ski Roundtop, For more info call
Mike Moodyat (7I7)-502-8820.
October 14-16
Grand Canyon, Arizona
On the 10th running of theJavelina 100 we will use the Grand Canyon as our
two night base. We'll tour northern Arizona on Saturday and let the Canyon do
the rest. Mike Wroughton, 602-418-2980 or [email protected].
California
November 12-13
The Porsche 356 Club's Fall Festival and Palms to Pines event. See
Porsche356Club.org for details.
February 26
Long Beach, California
The All-Euro car show and swap meet at Veteran's Stadium, Long Beach.
General Admission is $5, under 16 FREE, general parking FREE. Info, registration, plus map and directions, call 661-296-6545, fax 66I-263-043I,
email [email protected]
May 25-28
The 356 International Meeting. Details to come.
Visit www.registroitalianoporsche356.it
Padova, Italy
June 25
Henderson, Colorado
Gmiind West at George Maybee's. Details to come.
Jul y 8-14
Ohio
356Burgh Ohio River Valley Tour. Join us for a scenic, meandering, back
roads tour of the Ohio River Valley. More info to come. Contact Bud
Osbourne, [email protected].
September 6-10,
Colorado
356 Registry West CO;L~t Holidayat Snowmass and Steamboat Springs.
June 26-J uly 1, 2007
Michigan
356Registry E;L~t Coast Iloliday, Boyne lIighlands Resort, Harbor Springs, MI.
Details to comc.
Melbourne, Australia
November 26-28
20th 356 Parade and the 356 Down Under Tour of Tasmania. Info, see
www.356.com.au
February 25, 2006
Los Angeles, California
The Los Angeles Literature Toy and Memoribilia show. For info see www.lalitandtoyshow.com or contact Prescott Kelly,Jim Perrin or Wayne Callaway.
Tennessee Tubs' Bar-b-que
Bruce Sueetman
One hundred fifty 356ers converged on Cal 1\lI"IlCr Ill's Brush Pines
Farms, just outside of Nashville on June I lth, They came from Tennessee,
Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, andSouth Carolina to attend the Tennessee Tubs
fourth Annual Bar-b-cue, in spite of rain from Hurricane Adrian.
Most 356s that made the rainy trip found shelter under the extended
roofof the property's barn.
Standouts among event host
Cal Turner Ill's rare Porsches this
year included 1949 Gmiind coupe
#039, a werks RS 60, a Carrera
Abarth (#1003), and the last
Speedster (#84954). A line-up of
Cal's 911 s from '60s models, to a
Brumos-prepared "street" RS, to a
late model GT3 - pleased the 9 I I
enthusiasts in allendance.
Afte r wandering through the
array of Porsches and filling their
concours ballots folks followed
their noses to the chowline ofbarbecued ribs and chicken. Those
who made the trip were glad they
did; even the guywho discovered
At aTennessee Tubs' Bar-b-que,
thatPorsches mayslip when roads
there's noage limit or shame in hav- are wet went home happy - with
ing a little sauce on yourself. Just
an eyeful ofPorsche and bellyful of
shows you're having a good time.
barbecue.
5
Anew direction for Porsche
news release from Porsche datedjuly 27th seems to bring to closure the company's 53-year-old pursuit ofa truefour-scat automobile. Porschewillbuilda fourth model line (after the 911 , Boxster
and Cayenne), a four-seat, fou r-door sports coupe with a choice of front
enginesand rear-wheel drive. CalledthePanamera, it isset fora 2009 launch.
The new car's name is, of course, derived from the legendary Carrera
. Panamericana race.
"We will be developing a separate platform for our fourth model line at
our Weissach R&D center," said Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking. "There
are no plans fora joint venture with another car maker..." Production will be
A
was to address customers' immediate concerns about spaceinside the car, it
seems to me that Porsche had its eye on the sports sedan segment then and
has ever since. Sure, four "seats" in a Porsche is nothing new but during the
356 era, aside from those in the]agdwagen and Beutler, seats three and four
were vestigal at best.
Texas Porsche dealer William Dickhad Troutman & Barnesbuild a fourdoor911 in 1967. Porsche dabbledwith theideaoflarger car throughout the
early 1970s, buttherewere also solid business reasons why the company did
not build a sedan, aside from simple market considerations. Karl Ludvigsen
writes in Porsche, Bxcellence Wits Expected : "Porsche had no wish to compete head-on with Daimler Benz. Its Stuttgart neighbor had always been, and
could continue to be, a major customer for Porsche's engineering services."
There have been other Porsche "one-offs" in the years since, and
Porsche went a little further down the four-scat road with its 928 in 1977.
Ludvigsen again: "...its interior space "package" was made just 4-1/2 inches
longer than the 911 'SoThiswas enough to squeeze in rear scats that were worthyofthename butnot so roomy that anyone couldaccuse Porsche of buildinga sedan." Ferry Porshe lamented that the transaxle design tookprecious
rear-seat room from the car, but he finally gotwhat he wanted. On his 75th
birthday he was presented with a four-seat stretched 928.
Notwithstanding these "specials," Porsche has never before been fully
engaged in the sedan (oops, sorry - sports coupe) market. It's been a long
roadfrom Gmiind, and for the first fifty years Porsche was a builder ofsports
cars. As the road now branches out in yet another direction, we can assume
the company willdo well there justas it has with SUVs, and I wish them every
success. I'm sure the new car will have great performance, but I can't help
but think this "departure" gives even more significance to the 356 as notjust
a productofthe company, but a true symbol ofwhat Porsche stood for when
those seven letters were not justa name, but a synonym for "sports car."
Scams and more scams
53 years separate the Panamera, above, from the Type 530, below. Photos
from Porsche AG and the Porsche Archives.
in Leipzig, where Porsche already builds the Cayenne SUV and the Carrera GT.
Engines will be built in Zuffenhuasen. Expectedsales are at least 20,000 units
a year.
How docs this relate to our 356s? It was in 1952 that two prototypes
were built, a coupe and convertible called type 530. Although they had only
two doors, these were the first ofseveral concepts over the years that, it was
hoped, wouldallow thecompanytotap into themarket forhigh-performance
sedans. While a part of the rationale in extending the wheelbase of the 356
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Volume 29, Number 3
I've received a few calls and emails from members responding to my
column about internet scams. Yes, I realize most ofyou are waaaay too familiar with these come-ens, but one reader was, at the time, puzzzling over
whether he should accept a check for thousands of dollars over the asking
pricein payment for his boat, which was then to be shipped to Ireland (what's
wrongwith this picture?) The magazine arrived just in time for him to recognize the "offer" as a classic scam.
Another reader called after having placed his first online ad on the
Registryweb site classifieds. Within a day he had received an "I wish to purchase your item for sale" email. Expecting it, he was highlyamused and gleefully responded as if he was an easy mark, but sprinklingwords about security people and other terms he thought mightsenda chilldown the scamrner's
back. My advice to him was, "Don't bother." It's like wrestling with a pig;
you're just going to get dirty and thepigenjoys it.
The reason for last issue's reprise was a call a few months ago from a
long-time Registry member, a smart, accomplished and knowledegable 356
guy. He's not, however, an internet-savvy seller and one of his offerings
(through a Registry print ad) had brought him to the point of accepting a
cashier's check (for more than the amount required - what a surprisel) He
waited just long enough before sending the parts and the "refund" that the
check bounced. His breathless phone call asked meto warn other people and
to see what the Registrycould do to stop this sort of thing.
OK then, consider yourselves warned. And what can the Registry do
about this? Forcrying out loud, America Online can't do much about it and
theyhave, oh, at least three or four more people on staff than we do. You may
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M
arsha and I just returned from the
356 Registry Rocky Mountain
Holiday in Banff Canada hosted by
Bert and Evelyn Leemburg. The scenery and
wildlife were fantastic and the event was superbly
organized by our Canadian friends. There were
someserious drivers who attended this event with
a contingent driving from San Luis Obispo,
California and of course,john Harveywas there in
his quest to drive to all three Holidays this year.
However, I was most impressed with Rainer
Cooney and Sid Wilde who drove from New
Hampshire to Banff, round trip, both in pre-A
Speedsters. Now that's an enthusiast!
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Volume 29, Number 3
We just concluded
our trustee meeting in
Montereyandthe clubis
stable, membership is
stillgrowingwith a lot of
new international members and the club is
financially healthy. With
the Porsche AG agreement behind us, we can
concentrate on other
activities to improve
servicesto the members
such as the web site and
new improvements to
the magazine. I want to remind everyone thatthe
Registryhas three contracts for paid services, i.e,
publishing, membership services and managing
the Goodie Store. These contracts are renewed
annually so if you are interested in submitting a
bid, contact one ofthetrustees. The contracts are
awarded based on pastand perceived future performance and cost.
ach year, part of the Registry's sevenmember board of trustees is elected. In
2005, four of the seats are open. As of August
15th, sixmembers have been nominated and their
candidate statements appear here, in alphabetical
order. Please read the statements, andcontact the
candidates if you have questions. Then fill out the
replycard with your four choices, stamp and mail
to be received by the secretary no later than
Monday, October 10th. GM
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Marsha Headington had a close encounter with
some local law enforcement agents. left:
Rainer Cooney's Speedster. Below: Chuck and
Marsha enjoy the cool glacier air.
Registry Friends,
I have been a 356
RegistryTrustee for
about one dozen
years now, and I
think 1am just getting the hang of it.
I have been very
fortunate to serve
with a great group
of concerned and
dedicatedTrustees and together we have expanded and guided this clubsmoothlyinto a new, and
very complicated century.
I am proud to have served as your president, vice-president and trustee, and to have
been one of the three trustees on the committee
thatnegotiated with Porsche AG regarding our
"Official Club" Agreement, as well as your representative at the 356 International Meet in
Belgium earlier thisyear.
I still have plenty of energy left and I am
askingfor your vote so I maycontinue to contribute to the 356 Registry. Please remove the
ballot from this issue and VOTE!
Bob Campbell, Santa Clarita, California.
[email protected]
661 -251-3500
The 2007 356 Registry East Coast Holiday
will be in Michigan 6/26 - 7/1 with Dave Peterson
from the Motor Cities Gruppestepping up to take
on the chairman duties. It will be a five day
Holidayso lookforward to some newand exciting
events for this one. We still do not have an East
Coast Holiday locked in fo r next year (2006) so
talk to your local enthusiasts and if you want to
consider hosting one, contact me or any of the
trustees.
The East Coast Holiday in Virginia is just
around the corner, September 8-I Ith. It's been
sold out for some time and I expectit to be a full
house and a great event and location. Marsha and
I will be there and hope you were fortnnate
enough to register earlyand share in the fun. See
you on the road.
~
Dear Members,
It's time
again for trustee
elections and I
am asking for
your vote to continue as a 356
Registrytrustee.
The past two
years have been
eventful for the
Registry board
and the primary
issue has been
to resolve the differences and come to an agreement with Porsche AG regarding a license agree-
356 Registry Trustee Election 2005 - 4 Open Positions
ment for the club. As president, 1led this effort
through a complicated seriesof direct communication and negotiation with Porsche AGmanagement; byengaginga very competent trademark
atto rney to help our case and by resolving differences between the trustees to reach a unanimous
board agreement. The end result was a new
license agreement and equallyimportant, a new
relationship with Porsche AG and PCNAwhich
leaves the 356 Registry secure and independent
for the future while addressing Porsche's trade
mark issues.
In addition, I've made various contributions in resolving other club issues, large and
small, as they arose and have made a point to
attend everyHolidayfor the past few years as
president. I reallyenjoythe cars and the people
in the 356 Registryand wish to continue to volunteer my time to help the club. Thank you for
your past support and I ask that you continue
that support in the future.
Chuck House, Fountain Valley, California
[email protected]
714-418-0779
Dear Members,
Timeis
fiying when
you are having
fun . During the
last two years,
as one of yo ur
trustees, 1was
involved in the
day-today activities of managing your club
together with
the officers and other trustees. 1enjoyed seeing
the progress made in manyareas and I :UI1
proud of being part of it. We still have many
projects to finish :md I am asking for your vote
in this election so 1C:lll continue being part of
the management of this wonderful organization.
As your treasurer 1have faced a number of
hurdles during the last two years. However, I am
pleased to report that we are sailing on an even
keel.There are always newchallenges in the
financial world of a club our size, butwe arc
well funded and with your support, 1wil! be able
to continue keeping the financial part ofour
club on solid ground.
1appreciate your support in the past and
thank you for your vote again in this election.
Roland Lohnert, Castle Rock, Colorado.
[email protected]
303-663-4363
Dear 356
Registry
Members:
My
356
Credentials:
1boughtmy
second 356
in 1987
when looking to emulate the
most 'fun'
car 1ever owned - a 'C' coupe purchased newin
1964. Shortlythereafter, 1found myselfinvolved
in the 1988 East CO:lSt Holiday. Since then, 1
have actively participated in the 356 Motor Cities
Gruppe in various positions, including two stints
:IS President. 1served on the planning te<UI1 and
W:IS registrar for theverysuccessful 1998 East
Coast Holiday, and :1111 currently playing a leadership role in the planningof the 2007 East Coast
Holiday. My knowledge and appreciation for
356sgrew even more through a hands-on total
restoratlon of my third 356, an 'A' cabriolet.
My leadership credentials: As much :IS we
love the cars, the 356 Registry is reallyabout the
people who own them. Myfocus :IS a trustee
would be listening to our members and then
applying my m:lI1Yyears of management experience :IS a leader, problem solver and team player
to work with the other trustees on the board in
addressingand support ing member needs and
providing high qualityand innovative ways of
keeping our club fresh, excitingand fun .
David Peterson, Royal Oak, Michigan
a59 po rtia @co mc :l~t. net
248-547-5875.
Dear RegistryMembers,
"Tom Spiegel is a bona fide 356 Porsche
nut," says mywifeJan. Having owned 356ssince
1963, I have autocrossed, rallied, restored, and
concoured trophy cars. My passion for356s
includes memorabilia (posters, toys, literature,
dealer stuff) and archival past O\\11er materials.
My membership and participation includes43
years PCA and 25+ years 356 Registry (member
# 1454). Recently, I started the Wisconsin 356
Porsche Club, probably the fastest growing - now
with 62 members in 7 states, and 1ran 14 events
in 16 months. 1chaired the successful, funfilled regional event "Beer, Brats, & Bathtubs" at
Elkhart Lake on 16 July.
MIl' should you vote for me?
I have 22 years of results oriented expert-
ence in the nonprofit sector both
:IS an administrator and board
member which
impact the 356
Registry through:
*Becoming more
mission oriented.
*Enhanced member services.
"Increased future
membership. *New
funding sources. *Stronger local groups.
Call or email with any questions. As we
plan for our club's future and improve service to
you, the 356 Porsche owner/ driver, I appreciate
your support and vote. Thankyou.
TomSpiegel, Hales Corners, Wisconsin
[email protected]
414-425-5584
Dear Registry
Members,
1have used the
same picture that 1
used at the last
trustee election
because 1am the
same person, a little
older and hopefully
wiser, Formost of
myadult life 1have
been involved with
356 series Porsches,
:IS a technician in the early '60s and a shop
owner for the last 35 years.
356 automobiles bring together a unique
group of people in an atmosphere unlike any
other car club 1amaware of. Over the years my
companyh:1S enthusiasticallysupported Registry
activities. 1wo uld like this 10 continue. Mysuccessful business experience gives me a strong
foundation in providing practical leadership for
the club and people I enjoy being with,
As a legacy, I would feel honored to have
assisted in maintaining the \iability ofour club.
Thank you foryour support in the forthcoming
election.
AI Zim, Bedford, Texas,
[email protected] 817-256-4451
PLEASE VOTE
Return your ballot by
October 10th , 2005
September I October 2005
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356s at the peA Parade 20
By Jim Schrager'
left: 356s were also
well represented at
the Autocross.
Below: Judging at
the Parade is a serious mailer. Here
Pete Archibald's cab
is scrutinized.
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Volume 29, Number 3
f you couldn't get to a 356 Holiday this year, then the PCA
Parade in Hershey, PAwas a decentsecond choice. The heart
ofanyParade is theConcours onSundayandthis one was better than most. Ingeneral, 356s made a good showing although participation throughout all the classes-with a few exceptions- was
sparse. Of course, with a total of 70 possible classesand a modern-day
average of about 120 cars entered in the concours, it is a mathematical truism that most classes will have just a few entries.
However, following the interests of collectors, the 356 B/C class
and the early 911 s (1965-73) had excellent participation, with the
Touring Restoration Class of the B/C cars, including both closed and
open vehicles, the biggest class with ten entries. The 356/356A
Restoration class had two entries; the 356 Preservation class one.
Tom Scott, with his prettyChampagne yellowCCab won the big
B/C class, having both the highest raw score and bonus points for
doing the ten mile tour the day before the event. Don't for a minute
think he had an easy win, as he needed an "over-perfect" 235.8 points
to beat the serious competitors that included Scott Newkarn in second,
Denis Moore in third, and a knock-out black Roadster presented by
Diane Landers in fo urth.
New this Parade was an original owners circle, and in this case,
Mike Robbins reigned supreme with his 1958 Speedster. Mike was
available with the car 01I and on alldayand manyPorsche friends were
able to say hello to the PCA legend, having attended 47 of the 50
Porsche Parades held. The banquet after the concours always presents
a "last man standing" contest to seewho has been to the most Parades,
and again this year, Mike was the last man standing.
Swap meets at most Parades are an after-thought, butthe Hershey
region did an exceptionally good job and attendance was strong.
Parades last a week these days, and there was plenty of time for various rally and race events. Ourkids loved the radio control car racing
on Monday. Tuesday was tech session day with many good speakers
providing their insights on various historical and technical topics. I
gave a session on vintage valuesfor 356and911cars and had two lively groups interested in discussing the state of the market for our cars.
It was impressiveto see the significant number of 356sin attendance. Although the vast majority of Porsches- and therefore PCA
members-are newer cars, everyone seemsto have a soft spot intheir
hearts for our cars. In speaking with many multiple Porsche owners,
my favorite question is always the same: "Which Porsche is the most
fun to drive?" The vast majorityanswer, without hesitation, "the 356."
And I think that explains the serious interest in the 356 from the normally more "modern" PCAers.
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Stuart Zeh on the People's Choice Award he
received for his recently-finished 1950 Cabriolet
(owned for manyyears by Bob Heller): "The field
was composed of 120 of the world's most significant Porsches, including: 550 # I, an RS60, an
RSK, 904, Abarth, and Mark Donahue's 917, 1
was completely flabbergastedwhen I was presented with the award due to the significance of the
other cars on the field,"
left: Stuart's cab #5017. Below left: ACarrera
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Restoration
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hose ofyou into earlyPorsche numerologyknowthat the fi rststeelbodied 356was #5001, a Glasercabriolet. During the 1950 calendar veal' there would be there would be 28 additional Glaser and
five Reutter cabrioletsinaddition tothe 380or so Reutter coupes. Ludvigsen's
Porsche, Excellence lV,'lS Espeaed reports thatthree 356s were imported to
the US in 1950. l\vo 1.1 liter coupeswere snapped up byBriggs Cunningham.
I believe that #5033, the third Reutter cabriolet, was the other car and based
on one of its features, was likely intended for show purposes though its
Kardex is blank.
My conjecture about its show roots stems from the chrome plated top
frame. Since removal ofthe frame on cabriolets built prior tothe 1958 model
year is not possible without cutting some sheet metal and drilling rivets, the
platingof this frame was done prior to assembly- bUI why? On a production
cabriolet nearly all of the frame is hidden from view by the top and/or headliner. So one must speculate that this one was supposed to be seen and that
no headliner was likelyinstalled.
#5033 is currently undergoing its first total restoration. The current
owner has had it for nearly fifty years! It has had a few incidents in its past
including an encounter with a station wagon, which ended up atop the left
front fender. The car has been largely dismantled for a number of years, but
the details and parts presentgive insight to the first production Porsches. Last
fallStuart Zeh (restoring #5014, the first Reutter cabriolet), Ray Paterek and
I had an opportunity to view this piece of history.
This shows a number of interesting things: first and foremost the chromeplated top frame. The windshield frame has a slight rearward curve
toward the top, which was a feature that was qUickly phased out. Notice
also the copious use of lead. The wood on the floor is the battery platform (no, the battery wasn't located there).
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Volume 29, Number 3
Note thickness of windshield frame
top. The glovebox lock is missing its
cylinder and that cable to the right
of the lighter operates the front
vent. Metal plate covers windshield's center rubber and holds
interior light. Note also the pleated
vinyl pocket in front kick panel.
Right: Very early aluminum Reutter
badge had only black enamel for contrast. It has the same Frank & Reif
manufacturer's mark as the later silver plated brass one with black and
yellow enamel.
Below: Note cool scoop on rear lid (not original. nor are slotted wheels).
.
Nose and left front fender show obvious signs of the previous station
wagon incident. Front bumper was too low to be damaged. The aluminum
panel up front covers the battery well. Below: Rear compartment wall
pleats match the ones on the front kick panels. Horse hair seat pads were
covered by carpet. Bottom: Center air vent and single front horn are visible below the nose. Above right: Just like on one of those mummy shows
on the History Channel. Stu removed the steering access cover for the
first lime and discovered allthis stuff. Right: Earliest cars had lined metal
gloveboxes and strengthened doors. Note also tonneau cover snap above.
Straight shift lever indicated no smchros behind.
Below: Largish hole to the immediate left of the Petri steering wheel is
for the long lost rotary headlight switch. That's Ray paying homage up
front. Continued nextpage.
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Fifty-five years of honest grunge on the original VW crashbox.
Below: lotsa fun stuff: Kilometer speedometer and clock, gas tank holddowns, ash tray, wiper, linkage cover and putty knife.
Top: Detail on front vent, a feature discontinued by early 1951. The battery
sat over on the right side. Above: Early chassis number plate (I need one
for #5142, anybody got one?) . Note also the sound deadening; vinyl
upholstery would have covered it.
long time readers will know how I love under dashboard photos. lotsa
black paint down here. I'm not sure if it was always there. Pull type headlight switch is not original.
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left: Archaic
top latch.
Below:
Original quilted engine
compartment
upholstery.
left: Door handle
recess is much less
crude than the ones on
my Glaser cabriolet.
Center: Original aluminum script and door
top cap pieces.
Below: Cabriolet mods
to the coupe chassis
include this provision
for the topwelL looking
up and forward inside
the right rear fender.
Right: Plastic and
metal escutcheons with
standard VW handles.
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In Praise of Professional
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By]irn]ohnston
f you subscribe to 356Talk, it's easy to getthe impression thatmost
356 owners do all their own work on their cars. From the posts, it
seems like everyone can fi eldstrip a transmission at night on theside
of the road, diagram the electrical system from memory, and rebuild an
engine in an afternoon while tossing backa fewgood German brews. After all,
guys own vintage cars like the 356so theycan spend those lazy Saturdayafternoons working on them, right?
Well, I may be risking my Registrymembershiphere, buta professional
356 mechanic maintains our cars (a '58 Speedster and a '64 Coupe). There,
I've confessed. It's not that I'm missing the mechanical gene or that I was
absent the daywe were supposed to learn all that stuff. I understand how cars
work, and over the years I've occasionally doneall sorts of maintenance and
repairs to 356s. I love thesatisfaction thatcomes from figuring outa problem
andfixing it as much as the next guydoes.
Sowhydon't I do my own work? I could complain that I don't have all
oftherighttools, the convenience ofa lift, anda nice biggarage, butthoseare
pretty lame excuses. Most people who work on their own cars suffer these
limitations to one degree or another. More honestly, my free time gets pulled
in too many different directions, and the time I have available for working on
cars would often come up short, especially given that at my bestI wouldn't be
veryefficient. Besides, I'd much rather spend thattime driving the cars.
I suppose the real reason I've usually taken mycars to professional 356
mechanics over the years, however, is because I respect their expertise. The
guywho works on my cars has seen and doneit allfor 35 years, and he's certainly the best I've ever known. Think about all the things you've learned in
your profession over the years. Now, imagine that what you did all day every
day is work on 356 Porsches. Think of all of the knowledge and experience
you wouldhave accumulated, all ofthe problems you would have figured out,
all of the mistakes you would have learned from, and all of the tricks you
would have picked up. Imagine howgood you would be!
I'm waxing poetic on the zen of mechanical experience because every
time I take one of our cars in, whether for routine maintenance or chasing
I
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down a problem, I'm impressed at the depth and breadth of my mechanic's
knowledge and skills. He's not very often stumped, at least for long, and you
can tellhe reallygets a kick out ofmaking all the partswork exactly like their
designers intended, if not better. He was trained by a factory mechanic, but
his standards are more personal. The cars he maintains are his responsibility, wherever theirowners drive them. Forinstance, if I don't call him when I
get home (a two hour drive) or when I take a trip, he'll callme justto check
on how everything is working.
Watching a mechanic of this caliber work on your car is like sitting in
the orchestra section enjoyi nga mechanical ballet. The right tool, including
those he's made over the years, is always at hand. There is scarcelya wasted
motion as his hands follow the time-honored steps. One movement anticipates the next without hesitation. Each small action is the result of all those
years of experience. Even a routine service is an opportunityfor demonstration of mastery. You come to expect a high
level of competence, butit's the little things-even insignificant-that give away his standards. Washing the inside of
the oilfiller cap before putting it backon. After
changing the oil filter and reinstalling the top, wiping a finger
around the lip to make sure
no oil escaped. Noticing
things that weren't meant to
be found, such as a heater
flapper not achieving full
travel or a chafing wire. His
abilityto anticipate what might
go wrong insures that my
driving is trouble-free.
Am I justeasily impressed?There are certainlymanyother full-time 356
mechanics who are just as good, butis everyowner this capable and fastidious in doing his (or her) own work? I have seen more than a few ownermaintained cars that, let me put this delicately, needed the touch ofa professional. No matter howcarefully I might maintain myowncar, I will surelynot
bring to the task the expertisethat comes from decades of doing it for a living. If maintaining a 356wellwere that easy, the guyat the local garage would
do just fine. Some tasks are a snap, but others require special knowledge
intermingled with close judgment calls, subtle complexities, and perplexing
diagnostic challenges.
I would love to think I have whatit takes to keep our cars at their peak,
but I know better, and it would seem a little insulting to the real experts for
me to suggest otherwise. Yes, I'm missing the satisfaction that comes from
doing it myself, and my mechanical skills are not getting any better without
the effo rt. I wish I could saythat I've had my hands on every part of my car,
and I would love to have the mechanical confidence that comes from that
experience. On the other hand, I havethe confidence of driving cars that are
maintained in perfect running order and perform in all respects as they did
when new.
Let's lift a cold one to our professional 356 mechanics. Their enthusiasm forthese carsgoes well beyond making a living. Guys who build a career
working on a German sports car that's more than 40 years old are a special
breed of mechanic. They work with automotive technology that's crude by
today's standards, can't just call up their local auto parts store and havethe
right part delivered in an hour, and depend on too few owners, whosecars
are toys supported by discretionary income. On the other hand, they don't
have to keep up with advancesin automotive electronics, they can enjoy fixing things rather than just replacing them, and they're unlikely to have any
competition acrossthe street. Theyalso have the satisfaction thatcomes from
being masters of their craft, working on cars that were made by hand by a
company still renowned for its engineering prowess. And there are plenty of
days we'd love to have their jobinstead of ours.
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The Finding
Webster's dictionary defines a Treasure
Trove as "Avaluable discovery, resource, or collection"
Every treasure hunter sincethe beginning of
timehas been on a questtofind a great "valuable
discovery. " Most never find the Big Kahuna, but
some uncover items worth keeping. We 356
enthusiasts are treasure hunters in our own right,
always looking for that lost and long forgotten
Speedster or Roadster. How many of us can't
resist stopping when we see a covered car, or
catch ourselves looking into garages as we drive
along? Or, in passing through a small town and
seeing an old VW or Porsche shop, just stop and
ask, "Anyold 356s around?" We all have a little of
the treasure hunter in us, searchingfor our own
Treasure Trove.
Unfortunately, most of us never do find the
mother lode. We find a few treasures - a 356
coupe, maybe even a rusty cab, butthatdream of
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a whole collection eludes us. In fact, we often
wonder if in this day and age such a place even
exists. Well, it does exist, and was fou nd by 356
hunter Peter Hussey.
Don't feel bad about not stumbling across
this place yourself. This was not a spot one would
ever stumble upon, unless they were looking to
buy a cow. Settled deep behind a cattle pasture
was a place of unusual fortune, at least in the 356
world. In this place that time forgot there were no
less than twenty-five 356s in all stages of completeness. From the 1957 Speedster in a pole
barn, covered in guano to the '54 Coupe behind a
Catamaran to the '55 Speedster in a metal storage
container. Another seventeen cars were outside,
covered in vines, none of which had turned a
wheel in 15 years or more. Pete Hussey's extraordinary discovery of these cars came out about
througha chancemeeting with a man named Kent
Brewer.
"I met Kent Brewer one day while at
Automobile Atlanta helping
out my brother George, "
remembers Pete. "Kent
brought bysome pictures of
a pretty rusty but complete
1960 Roadster. He planned
to purchase it and wanted
George's opinion on the car.
After George and Kent
viewed the 20 or so pictures
together and George gave his
advice, 1 also had a chance
to talk with Kent and look at
the photos.
"I
thought
the
Roadster looked very complete and restorable. I started asking Kent wherethe car
was located, how long it had been sitting, if there
were any other 356s where the Roadster was
fou nd (thequestionI wanted mostto beanswered
with a yes) and he said YES! I then toldKent, who
was still skeptical about the Roadster purchase,
about the smashed ~U1d rusted RoadsterI had sold
on eBay just the month before for around $8000.
This seemed to relax him about the amount the
owner wanted for the Roadster. I even offered to
go down there to help him pick it up ifthe owner
wouldn't mind. We set upa date for that weekend
and thehunt was on! "
Thisis why it always pays to keep yo ur ear to
the groundto find that lost car, or in this case, lost
cars. Once Pete and Kent decided to go pick up
the Roadsterthe magic really starting happening.
"After the initial meeting at Automobile
Atlanta, the trip was set," says Pete. "Kent was to
meet me and my son Archer at my shop in
Roswell, Georgia at 6 am to startwhat would be
one of the most memorable trips of my life. We
drove out of Atlanta in my Ford F350 Crew Cab,
Archer dozing off in the backseat, Kent nervously
talkingabout spendingmoney thata youngcouple
with two small children would normally invest in
stocks. Kent had the OKfrom his wife to invest in
a piece of automobile history. After driving five
hours south on 1-75 we exited and proceeded
through Archer, Florida tothe Middle ofNowhere,
through flat scrubby land that was partially
farmed and sparselyinhabited.
"We finally arrived at a gas station near the
farm tomeet a fellow named Mr.Joneswhowould
show us the rest of the way. I was blown away at
what he had on a trailer behind his 1970 Land
Rover: a 1955 Porsche Speedster, complete but
neglected for years after many races ~U1d as many
paint jobs! Whilewe made introductions I was trying not to stare at the Speedster because thiswas
Kent's trip to buy his car of a lifetime; Archer and
I were the help. We followed Mr.Jones another 15
miles or so and pulled into his farm to look at the
Roadster. Kent and Mr. Jones were talking about
finalizing the Roadster purchase when I asked if
Archer and 1 could look around and take a few
pictures. At the first turn we made we came face
to face with a 1956 coupe and a 1953 Cabriolet
undera pole barn, bothin very restorable condition . These cars were in very safe company
because they had been protected for the past
many years bythe General Lee, oneof the original
Dukes of Hazzard Dodge Chargers! What a picture! Archer and I wandered around a bit more
and came upon a small clearing that had a massive vine-entangled growth in the center of it
extending 100 or so feet. As wewalked up to this
nature's tumor we found 17 old 356 hulks that
had been peacefully restingundertheirblanket of
brambles for a decade and a half."
The cars Pete fo und that day varied from
complete protected Speedsters to long forgotten
hulks. Many of these cars were worth little when
left to rot 15 years ago, but as we all know now,
there arc not many 356s, especially open cars,
that arc worthless :1I1~11l0 rc . Pete and his son
Archer dida quick survey ofthc cars on the property, feeling like Charlie at Willy Wonka's
Chocolate Factory; around every corner was
somcthing different
Pete recalls the order of events, "After
Archer and I located thc 1956 coupe, the 1953
Cabrio protected by the General Lee and the miscellaneous rusty, wrecked, and very incomplete
coupes and cabriolets under thc vines, we then
fo und a 1954 coupe that was very complete and
solid. At that point in timc the day was marc than
half gone and we needed to load up Kent's "new"
1960 Roadster, After we successfullyhandled the
loading I asked Mr. j ones if I could see the other
Speedsters Kcnt had told me about. IIc said sure,
absolutely then proceeded to take Archer and I
over to a 20 foot long shippingcontainer; opened
it and there was a second 1955 Spccdstcr! Arch
and I had already taken many pictures of the onc
hc had on the trailer painted every color under
thc sun. The white '55 Speedster in thc container
was driven there aboutten years earlier when Mr,
jones said it developed a braking problemand he
just stopped driving it! Wc did a full pictorial of
this '55 also, Ilc thcn showed us a red 1965 911
and a 1969 912 that were complete running cars
when driven into yet another pole barn many
years ago and lcft to hibernate.
Mr. jones was goingto show Archer and me
the 1957 Speedster that was supposed to he the
most complete and least rusty of all the 356s
there. Wc rounded thc corner of the main pole
barn (a telephone polel) andsittingin 16 years of
barn dust and pigeon droppings was an unrestored, totallycomplete, dirty white 1957 Porsche
Spccdstcr! Mr. j ones left Archer and mc to ourselves to take pictures and write down info rmationon thc last car I would have timc to lookat on
this trip, Wc had an eye full and enough pictures
and memories to make this day one of the most
thrilling in our livcs."
But thc Trcasurc Trovc had not yct givcn up
all i l~ sccrcts. Upon furthcr inspcction of thc surrounding arca Pctc camc across a wcalth of 356
parts. Pctc rcmcmbcrs, "As Archcr and I wcrc
givcn CaJ1c Blanchc to roam around thc Porschc
'boncyard' wc camc upon a shipping containcr
full of 356 cngincs, a school bus with spccdstcr
scats and a Spccdstcr top as wcll as a Hoadstcr
Four cabs were
among the
coupes stored
outdoors. Stored
inside was a '57
Speedster, (left,
after removal)
an early '55
(opposite) in a
container and
another '55 with
layers of paint
(below).
top. Behind thc bus we found many suspension
assemblies. Inside the main pole barn at every
turn there were 356parts piles andwe didn't even
get to really dig around! Wc found a Glaspar
Speedster hardtop, a Cabriolet hard top, many
heads, pistons, cranks and incomplete engines. A
few sets of A bumpers hung in thc rafters of thc
main pole barn taking on the dusty, cobwebbed
look of everything else. There were a few Aand
B/C hoods, a handful of engine lids, fiftccn to
twcnry doors, sixor so trash pails full of carburetors and intakes, a big box of door handles and
window handles, great stuff everywhere!"
Likc allgrcat days this oncwas comingto an
cnd, plus Pctc, Kcnt, andArchcr hadanothcr sixhour trip back to Atlanta. As thcy wcrc lcaving, a
chancc commcnt to thc owncr of thc cars forcvcr
changcd thc lifc of Pctc lIusscy.
"Wc had to sayour goodbycs at thc cnd ofa
alrcady long day so wc could drivc thc 6 or so
hours back to Atlanta. As wc wcrc lcaving and
Kcnt W:l~ ghingthe tic down straps of his ncw/old
1960 Roadstcr a fcw hl~t pulls, Mr. joncs madc a
suggestion that I return with Archer and a few of
his computer savvy buddies, and we could help
him list manyofhis parts andcarson cBay. As we
were about to leave, after thanking him probably
the tcnth time for his time and hospitality, I said,
'Keep your thoughts about thc cBay auctions
open,' and thcn half kidding/half serious I said,
'OR you could just sell me everything and that
wo uld solve all your problems.' The sweetest
words I heard all day long was Mr. jones
response: 'It's a possihilityl'"
At this point the magic was fading and Pete
had to go back to regular life, and memoryof the
Trove was sharingspacc with cveryday conccrns.
Thcrc was somc rcflcction on thc day but at thc
timc it W:l~ just that, rcflcctio n on a mcmorablc
day. Pctc had no idca that thiswas onlythc bcginning.
"Wc wcrc on our way back to Hoswcll to
unload Kcnt's Roadstcr at myshop. At that pointin
thc daywc wcrc all dirtyand cxhausted, butwhat
a day forall of us to rcmcmbcr. Archer and I had
just succcssfully complctcd our sccond 356 rcs-
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cue together and Kent was a proud 'dad' for the
third time!
"Not a day went by that I didn't think of my
last minute proposal to Mr. Jones and his answer.
I wanted to let some time go by before I called
him so we could both think about howto structure the deal. Just about when I couldn't wait
another day, Mr. Jones called and asked what I
had in mind as far as a figure to buy everything!
Yeah, right, I said to myself. Where am I going to
get that kind of money? We went back and forth
with somefigures for a week or so and somehow,
miraculously the deal was sealed."
"In planning a second trip down, friendand
part-time employee Wade agreed to come without
much coaxing; he was hooked on treasure hunting. Another friend wanted to come to help catalog the cars YINs.
The Resurrection of the Trove
Now that the deal was official, Pete Hussey
got to see exactly what he had bought. There is
always an element of risk when buying whole lots
of items; surprisesare on both sides of the equation. Could there be a Carrera under the vi nes or
could all the cars that were covered be stripped
clean of parts? You just don't know. But there is
reallyonly one way to find out.
"After the purchase contract was signed the
real work started. Wade would help me machete
my way through 16 or so years ofvines to uncover the 17 356s. lie thought I was crazy and I
agreed. Once down in Florida, we hired a 'casual
laborer' to help uncover the 356 hulks. This guy
was straight out of the swamps of central Florida;
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mosquitoes wouldn't even bite him. Wade and I
had to stay upwind at all times too! As we uncovered each car I took detailed pictures, cataloged
serial numbers, and at the end of the second day
we had a recognizable Porsche 'bone yard"
Getting it on paper
Nowthat Pete knewwhat he had, he stillhad
the problem of getting paperwork on all the cars
and finding buyers for everything. To get paperwork he turned to the State of Florida.
"On my third or fourth trip down to the
Treasure Trove, I knew I should do the VI N
research with the State of Florida to see if I was
going to get lucky with getting titles or registrations on anyofthe whole or paI1S 356s. Mr. Jones
had given me a few titles but many of the 356s
remained undocumented. I had done my homeworkand knew the only way I could get this task
handled was to have the local police officer come
by and lookat each serial number with me.
"The State of Florida couldn 't have sent a
nicer or more patient guy. It was a typical midsummer Florida day, temperature somewhere in
the low90s with humidityto match. We started in
the field so we could get the 356s thatwere baking in the sun out of the wayfirst. The cop was a
heavyset guy and had already started perspiring
just from the walk from his patrol car to the field.
Of course, he didn't recognize what type of cars
these were and when I told him they actuallyhad
some value he gave me the 'yeah right' eye.
After we finished documenting all the numbers ofthe fi eld cars he said 'that was interesting'
and turned to leave. It W:L'i then I broke the news
to him thatwe had about eight more 356sto document. Again I got that eye, but this time I didn't
quite know what it meant so I scrambled for
something that might make his extended stay
interesting. I said, , Well, the good news is all the
other 356s are under cover,' which to the officer
meant SHADE! He still didn't look pleased so I
pulledthe last rabbitout ofmy hat and asked him
if he ever watched 'The Dukes of Hazzard.' His
eyes lit up. 'Did I?' I then went on to tell him the
last two 356s we were documenting today were
long time residents with one of the original
General Lees!
"The rest ofthe V1N inspections went quickly and with a little less sweat. When wegot to the
pole barn the General Lee was in he went rightto
the car and enthusiastically told me how he had
gotten his picture taken with this car when he was
a kid. lie was all smiles. I asked him ifhe wanted
a current picture with his car idol and he of
course said YES! We got V1Ns from the 1953
Cabriolet and 1956 coupe and went back to the
main barn where the officer called in all the YIN's
to check title/registration status. The dispatcher
called back and affi rmed that one of the '55
Speedsters was a mobile home in the computer;
we got a laugh from that information. Then the
newly-educated-in-356s patrolman left."
Never one to sit on information, Pete knew
just the man to get all the YIN numbers to, our
very own Bill Block.
"Afte r the patrolman'S visit to the Trove, I
returned home and promptly called and emailed
Bill Block allthe VINs and all the engine numbers
so as to preserve the legacyofthese lost 356s. lie
seemed very excited and amazed to have gotten so
many numbers in one shot. A few days later he
emailed me with a match! Someone had registered their 1956 356 coupe with the Registrythat
had the birth engi ne number of one of the
Treasure Trove engines. He was ten miles from
where I live! I called the man but he didn't seem
interested in his 356s birth engine even at a bargain basement price of $900!There were no other
matches found and no Carreras either. Oh well, I
wasn 't going to complain."
The cars went to all points, with manygoing
back to Europe. A1956 Coupe, 1954 coupe, 1953
Cabriolet, 1952/1955 coupes (badly wrecked!
rusted! incomplete), a 1955 white Speedster,
1955 multicolored Speedster, and 1958/59/61/64
Cabriolet rustywrecked hulks all went to Italy. A
1960rusty, wrecked, incomplete Roadster wentto
Texas, a dirty white 1957 Speedster to Georgia, a
1965 911 nice, complete and running to Miami, a
1969 912 Targa soft window, nice and complete
also went ot Italy. A 1960 coupe, fairly complete
butvery rustyfound a home in West Palm Beach.
Pete kept the 1957 Speedster for himself
and got it running just in the nickof time for the
Speedster 50th. He made the trip cross country
with no problems. It's pretty brave to take a car
thathas been sitting sinceprobablythe Carter Era
and drive it fromGeorgia to California. But the car
had been gone through by Pete and his friend Ric
Marcus, so it made the trip without a hiccup.
Pete proudly displayed the car at the event,
along with his co-pilot and 8 year old daughter
Mary Ann. With Pete the 356 lifestyle always
includes family.
Pete's interest was piqued afterhis first 356
find onlya fewyears ago. "I had the 356 bug ever
since my first barn fi nd in Athens, Georgia three
years ago when I found a 1958 and a 1960
Cabriolet. I had always liked the 356, but 911s
were my first choice. No longer, since that first
barn find and the second, third, fo urth and now
the Treasure Trove, the 356 bug has me hooked.
I didn't knowuntil talking with Brettlohnson after
fi nding my first 1955 Speedster and then after
reading his book, just how important these cars
arc to automobile historyand just how few were
produced. To my amazement more than half of
the Treasure Trove 356sarc now in the hands of
restorers. I feel like I saved a little piece of this
356 culture that seems to be on fire with interest
right now."
Now that the Trove has been cleared and the
cars have been sold, the real question is, arc there
;lI1Y more
troves to be fo und?
"There is nota weekthat goes bythat I don't
think of the possibility finding another cache of
old Porsches. The probability of that happening I
think is slim, so as a treasure hunter I will just
have to be happy with a couple a year."
Pete is always on
the lookout and has connected with a few other
'·Mr. Jones" types who
have stashes of 356s.
At the end of the
daywe have what may be
the greatest 356 find in
the last twenty years. The
sheer number of cars in
one place is impressive
but with the three
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Cabriolets factored in,
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" I 've never been closer to the presenceof God's majestic beautyofour
earth.," so echoed the words of my Floridian friend Steve Davies, as
he reflected on an earlier visit to the Canadian Rocky Mountains. And
so the location in Kananaskis countryand Banff, Alberta, Canada was chosen
for its stunningand rugged mountainviews andisolated wilderness. For those
who keep the faith and drive their hardy Porsches, it was a perfect location
for the most northerly-ever 356 Registry Holiday.
Asmall group of dedicated I'orsche 356 eruhusiasts in Alberta, Canada
hostedthe Holiday. Late outofthe chute, it was already October in 2004 when
the planning of this three-day event started in earnest. Our web-site was
designed by Linda Blanchett and was up and active byJanuary 2005. Linda
also designed the Holiday logo.
The Porsche Factory assisted in the design of the shirt's logo and even
provided Porsche buttons! The Factory part of the Goodie bags were packed
with unusual gifts: a Porsche 356 Spec Book, a tinof Porsche peppermints, a
I'orsche Classic Restoration department booklet and Porsche Post-it notes.
"
Early Bird Day
After two weeks of torrential rains and historic flooding of nearby villages, the weather broke into spring-likeconditions in time for the early birds
who arrived on Wednesday, June 29th. 19 vintage Porsches had pulled into
the underground garage of the Kananaskis Lodge, which rolled out the red
carpet for the cars with deluxe car-washing facilities.
The registration desk opened for the early birds in the hosts' suite, and
gave everyo ne a chanceto mingle and enjoy somewestern hospitality.
Photos courtesy the Holiday
committee, Kurt Anderson,
Bob Cannon, Bill Coddington,
Chuck House, Stan Jensen.
left: Gelling there was
half the fun, and the
scenery was great.
Once arrived, registrants
enjoyed marvelous
scenery in every direction.
Right: Evelyn leemburg
and daughter Donna welcomed early arrivals at
the regisatration desk.
Below: the hospitality
room.
Opening Day
Afternoon registration re-opened in the Explorer Roomwith its windows
and mountainvistas. It was shared with the GoodieStore, bigger than ever and
"manned" by Diane Morrill. It was a "free-day" for those who arrived early,
and most of the earlyfolk seemed to spend the day resting up or driving to
the nearbytown and explore Canmore.
The Hospitality Suite also re-opened early and the sponsor of the delicious snacks was 356 Enterprises. Rob Maitland ofour local planning group
opted to provide a choice of brews from the local "Tree Brewing" microbrewery. Comradery lingered long intothe evening .
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Tour Day of the Canadian Rockies
From top: Drivers get instructions ontour day. On the road in all directions.
Below: The lookout platformat the upper lodge, Lake Louise Ski Area,
reached by gondola (right) .
Belowright: Some accomodations in Canada are still quaint and simple,
like this motel near Johnston's Canyon.
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The sun rises early in this neck of the woods, around; am, and coffee
was provided for the pre-tour driver orientation at 9. Jim Clement and Rob
Maitland led the discussion, as maps, driving directions andmileage chartsas
well as handouts with points ofinterest were distributed.
Rather than sendinga column ofPorsches down the two-lane busyhighway on Canada Day (a national holiday), it was decided to let groups of
Porsches drive the 92 miles at their own pace, with plenty of time for sightseeingand reststops. It started nearthe boreal forests ofMt. Allen, siteofthe
1988 Winter Olympics. Then, winding down along the eastern slopes of the
"Rocks," Highway 40 makes itsway to the foothills, as the Porsches skipped
over a couple ofcattleguards into and througha First Nation's Reserve.
The tour made its way along the mountain range called the Three
Sisters, guardingthe town of Canmore. Passing the resort town ofBanff, with
its own sentinel, Mount Rundle, the Porsches dove into the valley, onto the
BowValley Parkway.
Anumber ofcars stopped atJohnston 'sCanyon for a short and easyhike
to the Lower Falls. Arather jammed parking lotfound Porsches parked in all
nooks andcrannies!
The destination was the Resort of the Canadian Rockies, where a free
"Dine & Ride" package awaited the hungry crowd. The eager Porsche 3; 6
drivers seemed even keener forthe lift ride up the mountain, where spectacular mountain views stretched across the valley upto distant Lake Louise and
beyondinto the province of British Columbia.
The "guided tour" ended at Lake Louise and while most registrants
made theirwaytothe lake, others drove to the town ofBanff, where a Canada
Day parade was in progress. Alot of the ladies found some exclusive shopping in the village ofBanff, andas daylight lingered beyond the 10pm reluctant sunset, registrants found it hard to switch off the day.
Concours Day
Saturday started with a local, violent mountain rainstorm, and the planning group had to make some instant decisions, joe Leoni, our affable technical presenter, agreed to hold his 356 electncs session early in thc day and
the Explorer Roomwas quickly transformed into auditorium-style seating, ;L~
joe held his audience captlve with a very descriptive power-point presentation.
Our concours lead-organizer, Peter Vcrity and an able group of volunteers had transformed the soccer field of the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel
intoa well-prepared color-coded and structured concours site, The hour-long
drive to Banffpromised more showers as organizers literallyheld their breath
for somesunshine! Porschcs started to arrive around noon, ;L~ a fewshowers
enhanced the dramatic mountain landscape. The day improved with periods
of sunshine and temperatures in the high sixties.
As most registrants chose to have their Porsches judged as "Peoples
Choice," the fu lly judged part of the Concours d'Elegance W;L~ collapsed into
the more democratic peoples choice catego ryand therefore all judging was
based on peer critique, Each registrantand co-registrant had the opportunity to vote for his or her favorite Porsche in each of the seven categories, with
an additional vote for the Porsche factory's "Best in Show" award.
Aclogged town-siteof Banff prevented a casual returndrive to the event
headquarters at the Delta lodge at Kananaskis. Little time was wasted in gettingthe ballot boxes back to the Hospitality Suite, as volunteers counted and
recounted the ballots to ensure thatthe correct recipientswould receive their
very distinct awards plaque.
Concours at the
Fairmont Banff Springs
Hotel. l eft: Evelyn
leemburg chats with
Sharon Staplin,
Concours Photographer.
who had come prepared
for the weather in the
best western fashion a duster and cowboy
hat.
From absolute stock to semi-outlaw, there was a wide variety on display as
the sun finally came out. Some of the most popular displays included period accessories, like the well-traveled suitcase on Roger Shapiro's coupe.
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Banquet and Awards night
Holly Bromberg of Leland West Insurance (left) presented the concours
awards which featured a beautiful illustration by Alain Levesque. Ed and
Darlene Swain accept theirs as Peter Verity announces.
People's Choice Concours results:
Porschefactory "Best in Show" award.................. ..............Ken King
356 & 356AOpen
First Place
Harry Geddes
SecondPlace
Rainer Cooney
Third Place
Ben Edwards
356 & 356 Closed
Ed Swain
First Place
Second Place
Bob Garretson
Third Place
Ray Crosno
356B Open
First Place
Skid Hall'
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First Place
BiII Moore
Second Place
John Taciuk
Third Place
Jim Kellogg
356C Open
First Place
Robert Wilkins'
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First Place
Rob Maitland
Second Place
Stefan Brown
Third place
Scott Seeman
Special Class Jack Arct
, Due to a lack of entrees in 356B and
356C Open, there was only 1 award.
The evening soiree started with the usual open bar as an intimate
Porsche group of about 140 enthusiasts gathered in the magnificent ballroom, where music froma grand piano wafted through the stately room.
The awards banquet started with the blessing of the meal by Ruth
Garretson. And as the guests were seated, a power-point presentation cycled
through a myriad of digital images of the Porsches featured at the concours.
Dinner started with Baskets ofWildberry Bannock with butter and jam,
followed by a ButternutSquashand Apple Bisque with dried apple chips. The
feature dinner was ofa combination ofBlackenedStoneBroiledSalmon, Beef
Tenderloin Medallions with a rich Wild Mushroom Glaze and Open Flamed
Chicken with a variety ofvegetables that was served separately on logs placed
on thetables. Dessertwas like "death by chocolate." It was a chocolate filled
canoewith chocolate mouse anda chocolate-made paddle. The Porsche factory provided ample dry Valkenberg Reisling and the local Porsche dealer
sponsored the YellowTail Shiraz.
As the winning Porsches were announced at the endofthe banquet, the
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Special Attendees
Wc were extremely pleased to welcome Chuck House, our 356 Registry president and
Marsha Headington, as well as trustee Bob Garretson and his wife Ruth to our 356 Holiday.
Chuck presented a special 356 Registry"Hall of Fame" award to Robert Rancher.
A very special gucst was Ms. jutta Aldcnhoff, one of the managers of Porschc Club
Coordination, who brought greetings from thc Porschc fac tory and presented thc factory 's "Best
in Show" award.
With ample door prizes from manygenerous donors, everyone at thc banquet walked away
with something, as the Porsche factorydonated several dozen posters to this 356 Holiday.
Above: Julia Aldenhoff of Porsche Club
Coordination, Evelyn and Bert Leemburg.
Left: Julia presented the Best in Show
award to Ken King for his 1955 coupe.
Far left: Chuck house presented a special
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to Bob Raucher. Bob was chair of the first
West Coast Holiday in1977.
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Stopgap fixes on the road
By Jim Coddington
During one of three stops for a recurring fuel problem, Stan Jensen (left)
and Stefan Brown give moral support to Bill Coddington as he works on a
fuel filter. Below: Bill's car in a happier moment amidst some of the lovely scenery in western Canada.
t was a dark and stormy night- no wait! It was a bright and sunnyday
(I went to theSnoopySchool of[ournalisml) and I was readyto leave
my home in Vancouver, Washington to travel to the Rocky Mountain
Holiday. Everything was a mess after an accident that bent my driver's door
backward; things were not put back together, the car wasn't buffed, etc. But
the interior was cleaned, all electrical working, engine running very sweet. I
was kicking myselffor being too cheap to order the nicelooking finned aluminum block-off plate for mystill-installed butnon-functional fuel pump. But
I was ready to go!
I was traveling north on a rural Idaho road, in the good company of
three other 356s, driven by Doug Clauder, Stefan Brown and Stan (Insane
Man w/prettywife) Jensen. We were having as much funas is possible, doing
group passes, very safelymind you, at higher rpm's - enough said. This was a
thrillfor me because in the 30 years I've had my '65 Ccoupe, I've never driven it over 300 miles in one day, and never at these speeds, this long. Very
exhilarating!
We were about 20 miles north of Sandpoint, Idaho and I was climbing
out of a corner in 3rd at about 4800 rpm whensuddenlyit felt likeI was run-
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ningout of gas. I blewit offas maybe an engine miss. But in the next halfhour
it happened again twoor three times. Finally, climbinga fairly steep grade in
3rd I did, in fact, did run out of gas!
How can this be?! We had recentlyfill ed with gas, and I was running an
electric fuel pump for easier starting, bypassing the manual pump. My car
acted as if it had the same old vapor lock that my '39 Ford coupe had. Not
possible, it's electric! After a halfhour of tremendous group problem solving
skills, including punching a hole through the fuel filter trying to clear it (and
I mean through it - as I punched a hole in the filter sidewall) andthen removing the ruined fuel filter hoping it was the cause, we were able to start the car.
Terrific! We roared downthe road again, promising to stop in the next available spot to buy a fuel filter.
In a small villagewith a NAPAstore, I attempt to buy three fuel filters for
present and imaginaryproblems that will/might occur but, as I'm askingfor
three, mycompanions are ALLdeciding they better have a backup too. Small
village, small store, so of course they only had three for sale, go figure. At
least I got a newone to put back in the line of my car and again it was running great. Before reaching Banff, though, the problem reoccurred and this
time, collectively, we decided to reconnect the manual fuel pump (this one
time only, it paid off to be too cheap because I still had the old pump
installed) . The car was running rough, but running. We (a collective group
WE) thought we had discovered the final remedy. The next day I changed a
fouled plug and the car was running as good as new!
Forthe next three days wescurried around theBanff area, enjoyed Lake
Louise, made lots of newfriends, drank good beer in the HospitalitySuite everything was as perfect as it can get, especially how my car was running,
After some tears and misgivings aboutleaving my new best friends, Bob
Raucher of Chico and the Bittermans of Chicago, I drove offinto the sunrise
headed for Calgary and on to Montana, my original home, to do somefishing
and visit friends. That's where the this "technical" story really begins.
About 45 minutes south ofCalgary, runningmyself-imposed limit of less
than4000 rpm, I started to run out of gas, and then I was out of gas. This is
NOT possible!After the required five minutes ofcritical thinking thatJim Byrd
mentioned in a Registry article last time, the light bulbcame on:
If the electric fuel pump is lockedup, there will be no gasat the engine
regardless ofanyrepairs you mayhave done!
So, I'm thinking, howam I going to overcome the collective wisdom of
our group thinking that had me hook up the fuel pump? And at the moment
I recalled a storyfrom my earlier life in Montana, 30 years ago.
It was a Montana fall-the finest time ofthe year- and a much respected doctor from Helena,Jack McMahon, was elk hunting in the Bob Marshall
Wilderness with one of his sons and a few friends. At one point Dr.
McMahon's son required an emergency tracheotomy to save his life! The
group was 30 miles from electricity or a phone. Dr. Mac was a brilliant surgeon and a fast and creative thinker in emergency situations. He quickly disassembled a ballpoint pen, retaining the barrel of the pen which he quickly
stabbed into his son's throat, allowing him to breath again! Astunning act of
faith and skill. And the story ended well, with a faster than expected departure from the Wilderness for the group.
So, my mind starts to move: I have a pen, I'm thinking. It must be good
for something in thissituation. So jacking up the car, I removed the fuel lines
at both ends ofthe electric fuel pump, inserted the barrel ofthe ball pointpen
to connect the 2 lines, clamped them tightlyand I was readyto go!I was concerned about being able to travel very far thinking the plastic would react to
the gasoline and would melt. But then remembering that the fuel filters are
also plastic, I decided to forge on to Helena, Montana and then Vancouver.
No leaks, no failure, no problem.
Now I'm rethinking the wisdom of electric fuel pumps, butat least I can
do it in the leisure of my home rather than sitting on the shoulder of a highway 900 miles from home. Thank you Dr. Mac!
And remember, NEVER leave home without a ballpoint pen. ~
under thc car, removing the line,
when Steve and Diane Bergen drove
up and inquired ;L~ to our activity I
explained the brake line failure and
Steve said he had one, if needed,
"No thanks," I said, "Ken has me
covered."
About the time Steve disappeared in the underground garage,
I heard fromunder the car, "Oh-oh,
this line won't fit. Go find Steve."
Running through thc garagc, I
spoiled Steve and asked ifthe brake
line was still available, "Sure," he
said, "Take it and when you get
home, send me one." lie saved the
Being a Registry member:
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hc Rockv Mountain Wcst
Coast lloliday was a true
delight for all Registry
members in attendance, withfantastic scenery, wonderful people and
great events, At Saturday night's
award banquet, when it was
announced that we had won thc B
closed class, jane and I were the
ones congratulated, But wait, there's
moorc to the talc!
Wc Icft Oregon on Tuesday,
accompanicd hy Bill and Mary Zilk
in their '63 Coupe and Bill and Evi Shaw in their
'64 Coupe, Plenty ofBills - and I would nccd them
all! On the first day our car stopped running less
than an hour from home, The problem was diagnosed as a clogged fucllinc fi lter, Fortunately, Bill
Zilk had a spare that was installed, and off we
went, Afewhours later, we were stopped for road
construction. Aftcr shutting off thc engine for a
twenty minute wait, it wouldn't start! Again thc
Zilks and Shall's helped push thc car off to thc
side. It took everyone pushing because the right
rear brake drum was frozen, With everyone's
assistance, thc car was jacked up and the brake
drum was backed offas faras possible. The brake
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line had collapsed. The starting problem was a
loose battery connection, and after tightening we
were on our way, again .
We limped into Kanaml~ki s without further
ado and I immediately found Bert Leemburg, the
event organizer, I needed help in replacing the
collapsed brake line. With great foresight, Bert
had enlisted help to deal with such issues; Ken
King, mechanic extrnordinaire, hadthe brake line
I needed and he would install it. All we needed
was a floor jack. Right! just then, jack Arct came
by, overheard our plight and announced he hada
floor jackwe could use, WOW!
So there we were on Sunday morning, Ken
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With the correct brake-line installed, we
were good to go, and we made it hack to Oregon
without further ado.
jane and I know thatwithout a grcat deal of
help from many Registry members, we'd have
never gotten to the event to garner an award and
would never have made it back horne to share
with others, I'll never again look at a pretty car at
a concours and marvel only at the workmanship
of the owner, I'm convinced there arc manyhands
that helped get the car there and home, Thank
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Oh, Lord!
Janis Joplin's 356
down to Los Angeles when she
was recording there. Wherever
janis went in the car, her fans
recognized it. When she parked
it and returned, there was
always at least one note under
the wipers, saying such things
as, 'Keep on Rockin,' and
'You 're the greatest, I love
youl"
The iconic Porsche was
stolen at one point, and the
thief tried to cover its distinctive paint with gray primer
before the car was recovered.
Because a clear coat had been
applied to protect the artwork,
the damage was minimal.
Becoming Janis
P
orsche 356s have been known to sport
exotic or unusual paint jobs, especially
in racingcircles, butthere's onlyoneof
these special renderings that has been on display
at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland,
Ohio. And this isn't just an exotic paint job, it's a
psychedelic visual tour-de-force, It's the 356C of
blues/rock singer janisjoplin.
In one of her most famous songs she
lamented, "Oh Lord, won't you buy me a
Mercedes-Benz. My friends all drive Porsches, I
must make amends." In spite of what the lyrics
said, it was janis in fact, who drove a Porsche. In
September, 1968 she bought a used 1965 356
Cabriolet, YIN 160371 for around $3,500 from
Otto Zipper in Beverly Hills.
Wildly painted hippy and surfer vans were
familiar on the California scene of the 1960s, but
janis wanted something different. Her car had to
reflect her lifestyle and her music. Accordingly,
she gave the 356 to Dave Richards for the transformation . Richards was a roadie forjanis' band,
Big Brother and the Holding Company.
The pearl white car with black interior was
transformed into an icon. Rather than just a curious or funny-looking paint job, thejoplinPorsche
reflected her lifestyle. Forexample, the rightrear
is the sun which was janis' Capricorn sign. The
two heads centrally located on the engine cover
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represent "everyman." The rightdoor, thought by
many to be Sausalito, is just a typical valley town
while the left side of the car represents the band.
The dramatic hood display shows the Eye of God
alongwith flowers and butterflies. Even the dashboard is painted \vith a face (that janis always
thought was angry with her). There is another
face atthe gas filler - just place thenozzle into the
mouth for a fill up.
janis' sister and biographer, Laura joplin
described the car as being freshly painted, glowing like glass when it was purchased from
Zipper's. "After janis had the car painted with its
psychedelic designs, she brought it back to the
dealer to show it off. They almost had a heart
attack, theywere so shocked."
In an interview Dave Richards in 1994, he
described the graphics. lIer instructions were
merely to "paint it' and she didn't give anyguidelines nor specifics about what to paint. The car
was first sprayed with candyapple red automotive
lacquer andthe graphics were laterbrushed on in
the few months Dave had the car. He said the
numerous elementswere intuitivelyinfluenced by
the '60s drug scene-LS D and marijuana- the
Vietnam war, and the movie 2001. "The graphics
just happened," he explained.
Laura joplin remembers, "janis drove the
car everywhere, all around San Francisco and
janis joplinwas bornand
raised in Port Arthur, Texas and
by 17 she was singing in coffeehouses around
Texas. In San Francisco in 1963, she strove to
make a name for herselfas a singer, but alcohol
and drugs took their toll and she was soon back
home. During stintsat college she made a continuing effort to find her direction, and in 1965 a
friend offered her a chance to audition as lead
singer for Big Brother, then a somewhat obscure
San Francisco group that played the Avalon
Ballroom, but with a dedicated following among
the BayArea "Beautiful People."
At the Monterey Pop Festival in 1967 the
audience was electrified with janis' performance,
especially theband's version of"Ball and Chain."
Acclaim from that gig broughtthem to the attention of Albert Grossman, who became their manager and secured a Columbia Records contract.
The album that followed, "Cheap Thrills," was a
commercial and artistic success. The band,
unfortunately, onlystayed together through 1968
and the next year janis led a group of seasoned
musicians called the Kozmic Blues Band. By now
shewas appearing on TV and gave major concerts
in Frankfurt and London. The sound was more
mainstreamand itwasn't untilsheformed her last
group, the FullTilt Boogie Band in 1970 thatjanis
really felt she hadfound a sound that fit her style.
During much of her short professional life,
janis was sustained by drugs and alcohol but by
Photo opposite and left
courtesy of Michael
Joplin
love it or hate it,
Janis Joplin's Cabriolet
has become an well-known icon
of the late sixties and the San Francisco
music scene of the time.
1969 she recognized the dangers. She recovered,
at least temporality, from a heroin habit, but was
still dependenton booze. She was found dead on
Oct.4, 1970 in the Landmark, a Hollywood hotel.
The official cause ofdeath was accidental heroin
overdose. She was 27.
Her album "Pearl" was released
posthumously and was No. 1 on the hit
parade for nine weeks in 1971. It included
a cover of Kris Kristofferscn's "Me and
Bobby McGee" and "Mercedes Benz."
Another track by Nick Gravenites was
included as an instrumental;Janis was to add
the vocals on the day she died. It was called,
prophetically, "Buried Alive in the Blues."
This page: The car in its
restored condition. At
left, as it was displayed in
the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, April 1996. The
other photos are from
Bob Brown, whose Storz
Garage in Denver maintained the car and stored
it when it was not on display at the theater.
Continued next page.
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The homeless 356
After janis' untimely death, the car was garaged and cared for in Los
Angeles by her attorney and executor, Robert Gordon. About nine months
later, the Joplin family gave the car to her manager Albert Grossman, who
loaned the car to musicians and some of his clients. It was driven to
Grossman's New York State home byJanis' last roommate. By 1973, the car
needed repairs and was returned to the family, with a frozen engineand damage to the front and rear. In addition, rust had gotten under the painted
designs and theywere startingto slough off.
Most ofthe photos ofthe unrestoredcar were taken in 1975 in Prescott,
Arizona after the car was back with theJoplin family. It was used occasionally and finallyparked in 1991.
The car was completely restored in Denver with new seats and repainted in the original design by jana Mitchell at the Denver Center Theatre
Company.
In 1994 the car was featured in the lobby of that theater fo r the play,
"Love, Janis." The playwas fashioned fromJanis' letters to her family as the
band was on tour. The libretto was the actual words from her correspondeuce, Considering her constant inner turmoil, two performers playedJanis.
One was her on-stage persona while the other portrayed her private life. Her
hometown expresses the same idea as her public statue has two faces. The
play experienced standingovations every nightand then toured other cities.
Janislives on in her music albums, the book byher sister and the play,
"Love, Janis" and the movie, "Janis - The Way She Was." In addition, the
movie "The Rose" with Bette Midler was looselybased onJoplin's life. Thanks
to Laura and MichaelJoplin as well as the late Dave Richards for their help.
Thanks also to Bob Brown of Storz Garage in Denver for photos. ~,
Above: By the time the 356 reached Tucson it was a little worse for the
wear and the original paint was fading. Below: The re-creation of Dave
Richard's artwork was faithful to the original with the exception of the
dash, for which no good photos were found.
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he play "Love, janis" was based on a
book of the same name written bv
la ura joplin, janis' younger sister. It
has been onstage since its premier in 1994 in
Denver, has traveled to severalother regional venues :U1d is currently showing at Actors Theatre of
Louisville, Randal Myler was the play's director,
collaborating with Laura on the project. laura
brought many of janis' original stage clothes to
the Denver Center Theatre's costumedepartment,
where they were re-created for the play. janis'
Porsche was not a propin the production, butthe
idea of using it in the lobby made sense. The only
problem was, it no longer had its unique paintwork.
The 356 had been with janis' brother
Michael inTucson, where the sun baked its fi nish.
By the time it returned to Denver, the family had
the body repaired and repainted to the primer
stage. The question then remained, who would
paint the images back onto the car? Director
Randal Myler was confident that the talentexisted
in-house.
The story from that point is told by jana
Mitchell, the Head Scenic Artist at Denver Center
Theatre Company where "Love,janis" was to premiere.
"We were doing setsfor shows that were just
bricks and wood. It was sometimes kind ofboring
to paint. The director stopped me in the hall one
day and asked if I had ever seen pictures ofjanis
j oplin's Porsche. I said, 'Yes, why?'
"lie asked me if I'd like to restore it and I
said, 'What do mean, restore it?'" Myler explained
the task of re-creating the iconic paint job and
jana eagerly agreed.
jana's confidence in her ability is clear from
her description ofher work: "My job is translating
a picture froma designer into a drop, or scenery.
I'm basically a giant color Xerox machine. I have
to exactly translate a design into reality."
Regarding the 356 project she says, "I was
very excited, it gave me something to look forward to. The car was in primer when we received
it, a fewweeks before I would be able to work on
it. It just sat there ina corner, tempting me. Itwas
a bittersweet thing. Mlen itcamein myshop I had
the keys, but it didn't run. I had the keys to janis
joplin's Porsche! After I finis hed it I wanted to
take it out fora spin but I couldn't. It was barely
running, the ragtop was trashed. After we finished
it, it went out on a flat bed to have the engine
repaired and the topand seats replaced.
"We had photosthat Laura had rounded up,
;U1d there was a video of just the car, with the
Mercedes Benz song playing in the background.
We had no pictures of some areas of the car, so
making stills from that video was the only way to
fi llinsomeblanks. There was even a photo of the
screamingface, painted inside the fli p-upgas cap.
We had almost all the information, except one
Jana on Janis
Re-creation of the
iconic paint job
thing: there was no photo of was the dashboard.
laura described the dashboard, but there was no
way I could get close to recreating it without seeing it. " It was decided to leave the dash blank
rather than try to incorrectly recreate the design.
Once underway, the car's new finish went
quickly. "Myassistant Amber Owen and I worked
on it for about two and a half weeks. We initially
pencilled in all the designs fro m the photos.
Putting the first drop of paint on the car was really difficult. It was intimidating. But once we got going
on itwere were just having a
ball. During the time we
worked on it, there were
always other issues, questions about upcoming plays
and projects that took me
away fro m the car. I felt like,
'leave me alone, I don't want
to do a playright now. I want
to do the car!'
"We had to second
guess some of the colors,
which looked different. I've
painted my own car, but I've
never done something like
this. I went to an automotive
paint store :U1d asked what
to use. They suggested using
'One-Shot,' which is an
enamel used for sign painting, and then put a good
clear coat over it. After we
got into it, I became convinced that the car was originallypaintedwith One-Shot.
We were using colors right out of the can, and
theymatched exactly the colors wewere seeingin
the photos. I never talkedto the originalartist, but
we had the information weneeded to do the project without talking to him. A special clear coat
really brought out the colors. It was brushed on
and leveled perfectly.
"During the play's 0 111 , the car was in the
lobby of the theater, and I used to love to go hang
out in the lobby before the play. I would eavesdrop on people's conversations about the car. It
II':L~ really funny. I.o L~ of people remembered it,
or had seen photos of it, but some would have
their storiesabout the car way wrong."
jana laughs as she relates, "Some people
thought that the car was placed against a wall
because theywere sure there was somethingreal-
Iy lurid on the other side."
"Agift shop here in town had a cookie jar
and a music box ofjanis's Porsche. ~I y husband
asked what I wanted for our anniversary, :U1d I
said, I want the janis cookie jar. It's important to
me because the paint on those ceramic pieces is
the paint I put on the car. They would have taken
photos after it II':L~ painted here :U1d made their
designs from those photos. And I knowthe subtle
little differences. My bird is a little fatter than the
origi nal bird, for instance.
..It was such a labor of love, while I was
working on it, I really got into it. I would listen to
janis' music;U1d I thoughtmaybe I should have a
bottle ofjack Daniels handy Laurajoplinwas very
supportive, She would come to visit from time to
time and offered to bring us somecookies. I said,
'Or maybe some brownies?'
Jana bids farewell as the car issent from
Denver to the Rock & Roll Museum.
"I couldn't believe they were paying me to
do this! Once we got into production, and I was
seeingthe power ofjanis on the stage, I felt really connected. I had a dream that I ran into janis,
backstage. She said, 'Hey, that's really cool!
Thanksfor painting my car.' I II':L~ telling everyone
in mydream that I had met janis. They assumed I
meantI had met the actressplaying lanls, butI felt
I really had connected somehow with the real
j anis,
"It was by far the best project I have ever
worked on. And I know it will be the best project
of my career. Not just because it was fun, hut
because it was such a historical ;U1d signifi cant
project." GiJl
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Literature for the Convertible 0
cessor tothe popular Speedster- allfriends of an
open car will enjoy that happy holiday feeling
when drivingthrough the countryside. It sparkles
with the fire and temperament ofa sportscar, but
its comfort satisfies even the most discriminating
car owner." The deluxe brochure carriesthe factorydesignation W21 , is printed infull color, is A4
sized, and is 20 pages including its heavy paper,
plastic-coated cover.
few months ago a friend in California
bought a Convertible 0 and wanted to
get all the factory literature available
on that 1959 356A model. Helping him spurred
me to go through my cabinets and see what was
available for the "D."
TheConvertible0 is the model that replaced
the Speedster, adding rollup windows, a fullheight windshield and top, and some creature
comforts that the Speedster lacked. Initially the
model was called simply the "Convertible," but
the "0" came alongsoon. It designated the body
sub-contractor, the Karosseriewerke Drauz K.G.
in Heilbronn/Neckar, The Convertible aka
Convertible 0 was a one-year model and name,
with "Roadster" coming into the Porsche lexicon
for the 1960-1 962 models with the unpadded
(and disappearing when down) top. As a result
the 0 has some panache and it also necessarily
has a limited one-year run ofliterature. That said
there's a surprising amount of literature for the
little beastie.
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Both the full-line basic and deluxe sales
brochures for 1959 included the Convertible D.
The basic piece was a simple two-color A4 piece
with a small gatefold, comprising six pages total.
It has a blue cover and carries the factory designation W27. It exists in at least German, English,
French, and Swedish languages.
The deluxe brochure, one ofthe most beautiful fro m the 356 era, is entitled "racy elegance,
styled by an elegant hand...." Collectors all call
it simply "racy elegance." It was used for the
1957 and 1958 modelyears with depictions of the
Speedster along with the standard body styles.
For 1959, the factory reconfigured the sales
brochure to drop the Speedster and substitute the
Convertible 0: "With the Convertible 0 - the sue-
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Happily for Convertible 0 owners, the factoryalsodid a unique sales brochure for the model.
It is an attractive, double-folded piece, 4-7/16" by
9-114" closed that opens up to 17-3/4" long when
stretched out to its full four panels (opposite). It
is printed in four colors, red, green, yellow, and
black - but not the more common four-color
process that gives you all the hues available. The
colorsare used imaginativelyin bands, but the car
depictions are all black and white photographs.
The piece is designated W297. The English-language version hasat least three printings - one
with no print date and additional ones dated
8.58 and 10.58. The 8.58 printing, thought to
be the first edition, callsthe car the Convertible
and talks about it succeeding the Speedster.
The no print date and the 10.58 printings have
different copy and different type styles. These
two printings were clearly intended for the U.S.
market only- witness the lead paragraph: "The
only imported car designed with yo u, the
American driver, in mind, the Convertible 0 is a
subtle blend of elegance, power, and comfort."
The deluxe sales brochure for 1959 was indeed "Racy Elegance" - one of the most beautiful and
desirable of the factory's pieces from the 356 years.
Below: The inside spread on the Convertible Dfrom Racy Elegance shows the full car (right) and the
dash (left), and the copy talks about it as a successor to the Speedster.
Left: Three views of the Convertible Dspecific
folder. It is quite colorful and in a double fold
seen only on this piece in the 356 era.
Additional factory literature for the
Convertible Dthat ownersand collectors look for
arc the extremelyrare Drauz body care booklet,
the top operation booklet, the parts catalog that
breaks out the parts unique to the Convert ible D,
and the correspondingConvertible D parts prices
list.
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The Drauz body care booklet is a prized
piece - very rare in English. Aprominent literature collector has been running a "want ad" for
the English version, with a German version to
trade, for manymonths. The piece carriesa handsome red and black cover, is 4-3/4" x 8-1/4" in
size, 16 pages plus cover, but is straight text with
no illustrations inside. There have been four-figures paid for an English language example in
excellent condition.
The parts book and its companion parts
price list arc laid out in typical form, butwith the
thick softvellumcovers used on some interim factory parts books. These
covers arc tan with dark
red lettering. The books
cover the parts unique to
the Convertible D and
arc in effect suppleCONV ERTIBLE "0 "
ments to the standard
parts hooks for the
356A. The parts book
itself is not difficult to
find; the price book is
quite rare.
This Drauz body and top care and operation
booklet is quite rare in English (top) and very
collectible. Here the English version is shown
with its German brother's back cover.
The covers of the factory's parts book and parts
price list that cover the parts unique to the
Convertible Dbody style.
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1\vo Canadian market
sales brochures show the
Convertible D. These pieces
arc among the half-dozen-plus
356 sales brochures printed by
the Canadian distributor,
Volkswagen Canada, Ltd. In
both of these (red/white with
black type) brochures the car
is called a "Convertible."
These brochures arc fairly
rare, especially south of the
friendly provinces.
Right: These two 1959
Canadian sales folders both
showthe "Convertible" in the
upper left-hand corner of the
inside spreads.
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common, here shown in German (this author
has lost his English version!) and has photographs, unlike the Drauz booklet.
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booklets were issued in June 1959. If you
needed parts earlier in the model year, you did
not have the benefit of a parts list.
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The top operation booklet is more modest, sized 5-112" x
81/4" in size, eight pages plus vellum cover. It uses 10 photographs to illustrate the proper opening, closing, and stowage of
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George Dunn attended this year's c:unpout at Gary and Rod Emory's
Oregon IIQ andsent these photos. It was, as usual, a successful and enjoyable
weekendwith lotsof cars, campers and opportunities to enjoy other Porsche
enthusiasts. Several Emory
Outlaw creations (like the one
helow) were present, as was
LarryMarkham (far right) and
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famous oil filter beer mugs.
Some campers took time
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pieces fresh and new and others tired and old. The carpet was newin front
and old in back. The paint was well rubbed in parts, full of scratches and
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he headline is the story. Whilemost open 356s have surprised owners and commentators alike in the last 18 months, coupe values
have held fairly steady. Although most coupes are showing good
strong valueswithout much of the irrational exuberance wehave seen in the
open cars, there have been three types of coupes that have done quite well:
almost anyAcoupe, lowmileage coupes of anytype, and sunroofs , whether
original or after-added.
I wishwehad more ACoupesto present, buttheyare significant bytheir
absence in most auctions over the last 18 months or so. It has been so easy
to sell ;1I1 ACoupe that few have bothered to make it to the auctio n scene.
Beyond As, however, wehave a good selection of T-5 and T-6 B Coupes with
which to view this part of the market. We'll do C/SC Coupes in an upcoming
issue.
First up is our onlyACoupe, this one a 1959 Silver Metallic car presented at Hershey in October 2004. This was a very pretty car with a dark red
interior and excellent paint except for a few dings. USA overriders, baby
moon hubcaps, and very nice panel gaps. It was not a show car, but a very
nice driver andwith a bitofwork even a bitbetter than that. It sold at $25,300
which may have seemed high at the time to some observers, but in fact W;L~
riding a market wave that stillcontinues. Someone got a deal on this one.
We have a trio of T-5 Bs to report on before moving into the far more
numerous T-6 cars. First up is our lowest priced car, at the same auction as
the ACoupe above, Hershey. This is a Blacklblack 1961, in semi-restored
condition. This is the best way to scare people away at an auction, replace
some parts of the car but leave others original. People can understand and
appreciatean original car needing restoration, butit is confusingto seesome
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orange peel in other areas. Chrome and gaskets were old and lousy, wheels
were VW repros. I was unable to see the underside butcan onlywonder what
kind of condition it was in. Sold at $12,100, loads of money for a toad but a
cheap way to get driving down the road in a 356.
Let's jump across several ponds and move down under to view our next
subject, a 1960 BCoupe in thewrong color of metallic red with a black interior. It was presented at Shannon's in March of 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
Inaddition to being a strange color, the paint was old andtired, with the chips
and scratches that accompanyuse. The interior and chrome were fresh, and
the gaps were nice. It was bid to a respectable $19,750 and declared a nosale.
Seemed plenty to me, but we have some currency effects inflating the
price we see in US dollars, so perhaps not enough in the local currency to
motivate the seller. Remember also that at everyauction, the price we report
is not the net to the seller, who must pay a sales commission of roughly 8 to
20%, depending on the auction fee schedule.
Staying "Over There" but heading North, Bonhams in Beaulieu, United
Kingdom, presented a rat of a 1961 B Coupe in Septem ber 2004. Light Ivory
with a beige interior, this car was an el cheapo restoration with all the classic
flaws so manyofus in the Midwest find achinglyfam iliar. These include ample
and obvious filler, doors complete with generous air vents between the body
and the door frames, and a fro nt hood that stood so proud of the body you
wondered if there was an engine lurking under there for which the extra
clearance was required. Amodern small Nardi graced the interior, which also
had interior trim panels falling offdue, presumably to rusty screw holes in
the interior bodypanels. Thesale price of$21,114 is either a testamenttothe
distortion caused by the weakdollar, or proof that the British have gone utterly mad for 356s.
August 2004. Over-all a very nice car, good paint, gaps, chrome. Repro VW
chrome wheels, Super hubcaps but the engine serial number says it's a
Normal. Tidyengine compartment, scats need rcstuffing.
The crowd liked it, as it was sold at $27,500.
Let's get back to the USAfor a while, as we review a group of T-6 B
Coupes. Cheapest of the lot was a tatty 1963 shown at the Kruse fall event in
Auburn, Memorial Dayweekend, August 2004. Yeech, pure yeech, a car that
W~L~ slapped together out of bubble gum, bondo and bailing wire. Sadly, we
are used to seeing too many of this type of car at Auburn. Ivory with black,
someone hought a pack of trouble here. Assumingthe mechanical condition
W:L~ equal to the cosmetic condition, a car best avoided. Someone wasn't so
lucky, :L~ it sold for $15,000.
Leake/Kruse presented a very nice 1962 B Coupe, in Slate Gray with a
green/blue interior, In Tulsa, OK, June 2004. The subject of an extensive
restoration, it showed well with great gaps, paint and interior details. Sold at
$28,350, if it drove ~L~ wellas it looked, this W~L~ a good deal.
Kruse at Seaside, CA, in August 2004 presented a slightly better 1962
Coupe, refrigerator white with a black interior. Been whacked in the front
hard and poorly repaired, hutthe doors fit ok, Claimed two owners, claimed
low miles, claimed big-bore cnginc rebuild, claimed original painted steel
wheels. Rusty original pans, rust poking out around the bottom of the door
jambs, rustyseat hinges, just a lousy old car. No cable provided to open the
engine lid, and probably just :L~ well, who knows what mightlurk in there, I
wasn't impressedand neither was the crowd, a no-sale at $20,000 - andifthat
was real money the seller should have taken it and run for the hills.
Remember that at an auction with a reserve price, thc auctioneer is allowed
to bidup thc car to the reserve level without having a potential buyer place a
genuine bid. Onlya genuine bidder can bring "real money" to a car forsale,
Next up we move to Canada and the RM auction in Toronto, April 2005.
This is a Champagne yellow 1963 with a black interior. Very pretty with a
Speedster side spear, butthe paint has somesandingmarks and specks. Front
bumper not aligned right, needs a Iew tugs here and there, It is amazingwhat
can he done via a manual adjustment to the front bumpers on the B/Ccars.
Good gaps, repro VW wheels, and a decent engine compartment. Sold at a
right-on-the money price of $20,762.
Let's move up to some nicer cars, and sec what a good B Coupe can
bring. First is a 1962, Black/black, at Gooding & Company Pebble Beach,
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August 2004. AHeronGreylhluc 1962 Super, it W:L~ an awfullynice car. It had
a lovely interior, with lightly worn blue/grey square weaveand excellent dark
blue vinyl scats. No radio but correct speaker grilles and antenna, newer
retractable scat belts, somepitting on the inside scat hingcs and a nicc stock
steering wheel. Original pans with some horsehair sound deadening intact,
lovelygapsandpanel fit allaround. Nicc enginecompartment with new sound
deadening, painted sheet metal, and incorrect Weber carbs, I'm not a fan of
Webers but ifsomeone has taken the time to sct them up correctly, they can
work just finc. Due to the light pastel nature of this color, it is hard to get the
color rightand our expert observer (BartzSchneider) felt this one W~L~ a bit
off. VW repro wheels and super hubcaps, with most chrome excellent. The
crowd knewthis was an excellent Coupe and it W~L~ declared sold at $30,800,
a strongvalue even against an enthusiastic pre-sale estimate of $30-40,000.
These arc the most recent sale prices we have in our files for the Aand
BCoupes. Realize that ina fast-moving market, someof these prices could be
low for today's market. Although this too, may p~L~S.
Thanks to those 356crs who visited with me at thc Hershey Porschc
Parade, where I gave a Tech Session on the valuesofvintage Porsches (including 356and 911 models).
Thanks also to Bartz Schneider for his report on thc Monterey cars
noted in this report; Kcith Martin and mycolleaguesatSports Car Market, and
Kirsten Onoday in particular for photos. Correspondence always welcome,
Findme on-line for fastest response at: [email protected] or
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certain adolescent phenomenon occurs in every community
across the country. We have all experienced it. It is the moment
when you pull up to school in whatever piece of junkyou happen
to be keeping running by sheer luck (in my caseit was a 1982 WI Scirocco)
and seethe biggest jerk inschool with the car you have always wanted. (Ifyou
were that jerk, I apologize inadvance.) Thisphenomenon is known as "when
good cars happen to bad people." Thishappeningis not limited to teenagers;
it hasalso been known to extend into the world ofcinema. These occurrences
we will dub, "when good carshappen to badmovies". Such isthe
case with the movies reviewed in this issue. The first, Anything
Else, was directed byWoodyAllen andis byfar one ofthe biggest
wastes ofone hourand forty-nine minutesof mylife (this is saying a lot since I am known for wasting time). The second is
Possession, staringGwyneth Paltrow. Also a badmovie, butwithout the Woody Allen wit,
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Anything Else
2003, directed byWoodyAllen.
I have never been a fan of Woody Allen but it is hard to
argue with the millions who swear Hollywood should never have
made another movie after Annie //;111, since themasterpiece was
already done. Incidentally, that movie featured a 356, too. Well,
Hollywood kept churning them out and unfortunately so did
Allen. I can respect early Allen works for their quality and originality, which only makes later works like this one that much
worse. It is like running into an old girlfriend that you remembered as being so beautiful, only to see her long after her peak.
Or seeing a car into which you invested hours ofwork :U1d love,
onlyto seesomeone paint it pink glitter after you sell it. Sad, sad
indeed.
Anything Else tells the StOlY of young comedywriter jerry
Falk (played by American Pie 'sjason Biggs) and his pitiful relationship with his flake ofa girlfriend Amanda, played bythe ever
cute Christina Ricci. Mentoring j erry throughout the movie is
David Dobel, played by the man himself, Woody Allen. He
explains tojerryall the vast experience he has with women and
his knowledge of movie and TV writing. The first thing that is
suspect in his advice is he does not seem to have a woman and
his job is not as a movie writer, but a public school teacher.
Hmmmm, always watch who you take advice fro m. The one
thingthat Dobel seems to get right is his choiceofcars, a red 356
B cab, which I have to admit, does look really cool driving
around New York City. (This car was recentlyoneBay and did not
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reach its reserve after several altempts. My guess is everyone who bid on the
car had seen the movie and was soured by it.) The film portrays the young
comedy writer as being a man who cannot make a decision, always looking
to others to make it for him. He has a therapist who he asks for advice and
is always answered with a question. He has a girlfriend who sleepswith every
mml shesees, except for him . Finally, he has Dobelwho fillshim fullofadvice,
most of which does not make a whole lot of sense. At the end ofthe dayhe is
often left with a feeling of worthlessness, and who could wonder why? But he
fails to change anythingand lets events push him through thewalkways oflife.
What does not help either the character or this movie is the fact that
Biggs is not a very good actorand has a really hard time with the subtleties
involved in a Woody Allen picture. What we are left with is having most of the
scenes falling flat. In contrast, Christina Ricci plays the girlfriend very well.
Her performance as a self-centered, impulsive and verycute ditz is pulled off
magnificently. In the movie, Dobel describes her to a Twhen he says that she
is a "hormonal jilterbug who'llhave you holding up filling statio nsto keep her
on mood elevators." Her character is done well enough that you can start to
see where the trademark deadpan Allen humor is hiding in the story Afew
other characters bring this out.
Stockard Channing plays Amanda's drunk and impulsive mother who
moves in with the couple. This is another great performance worthy of a
Woody Allen picture. Unfortunately, the few high spots of the film are far, far
overshadowed by the lackluster and boringly formulaic performances, even
by Woodyhimself. If it were not for
the 356 this movie would not have
been anywhere near watchable. But
anytime I see my favorite car on
screen, I feel the need to watch it
look good.
Possession
2002 , directed byNeil LaBute.
While we are on the subject of
slow moving, romantic movies, let's
take a look at Possession. It is a
story about two literary scholars
(played by Gwyneth Paltrow and
Aaron Eckart) who stumble onto a
Victorian love affair that has been a
secret for over a century. The affair
concerns Poet Laureate to Queen
Victoria, Randolph Henry Ash and
Christabel LaMolte, who just happens to be a known lesbian. The
sleuth crew of Paltrow and Eckart
try to trace the foo tsteps of the
bygone lovebirds and all the sordid
details of a Victorian love affair
between a married man and a
woman in a committed relationship.
Every dramatic element ofa modern
love affair gone awry is present;
from the lesbian lover who commits
suicide, to the bastard love child,
and let's not forget the sneaking
around in hotels. All of these things
combined with the StOlY that was
based on the novel by A.S Byatt
should have been enough to make this an enjoyable movie. But sometimes just the act of throwing all the rightIngredients in the pot does not a
great dinner make, or in this case a great movie.
Roland Mitchell, the you ng scholar, finds
some love notes in an old book that belonged to
Ash. Not sure what to do with them, he steals them
from the library and goes to see his upstairs
neighbor who just happens to be an attorney
After a brief discussion of his rates, Roland
decides to buy seven minutes of attorney/client
privilege. Thelawyer tells himto go after the truth
and even lends him his red 356 B coupe for the
search. During their quest for the truth ofthe love
affair, the modern couple ends up staying in the
same hotel room as their poetic counterparts, as
wellas walkingalongsomeofthe sameroads and
towns. The movie does eventually tell the storyof
the long lost love affair and the ending is happy,
but like waitingin line at the amusement parkfor
three hours for a two minute ride, knowing the
end of the storyis not quite worth the price of the
wait. I wish I had read the book before seeingthe
movie. I think a full knowledge of how the story
was supposed to flow may have fill ed in a lot of
gaps left by the incomplete screenplay.
Director Neil LaBute attempts to shift from
modern times to Victorian splendor and in this he
does a good job. But the storyfalls flat in its overthe-top dialogue between characters. It is hard to
believe people really talk like they do in this
movie, even in the time of Victoria.
The 356is cool because it looks good on the
streets of London and it is a fitting right hand
drive. It represents all that a 356 should be; an
amazingvehiclefor an amazingjourney. However,
while the Porsche is a high point in Possession
and makes it ever so briefly entertaining, it can't
save the viewer from dozing off. Boring does not
adequately describe this movie, whose plot
advances with the speed ofa glacier.
This now concludes our travel down the
path of bad romantic movies. Make sure you
check the reviews in the nextissue that guarantee
to be much more enjoyable when we deconstruct
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Grade starringJudd Nelson.
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Dick Pike wroteabout
the time he didn't buya 356
Carrera engine for $400 in
the summer of 1969 in
Cambridge, MA. Dick had
visions of replacing the 36
hp engine in his 1953
coupe, but eventually
turned down the Carrera
engine. Dick, I'd like you
to know that was a stupid
mistake you made. I have a much better reason
for turning down the running one that had been
removed from the quickest Karmann Ghia in
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25 Years Ago
BrettJohnson's Restoration column included a discussion of Porsche name plates or
"scripts" used on the outside of the bodies. Brett
pointed out that 356 Porsches, since the first one
was built, have had the name of Porsche proudly
emblazoned on the outside of the bodies. The
PORSCliE name plate was at first individual letters, such as recently seen on Stuart Zeh 's 1950
(ex-Bob Heller) Porsche at the recent Porsche
Parade. There was only one engine in the early
production cars, so no engine size was
announced on the bodies. Cars next had a cast,
single piece aluminum name plate that said
PORSCHE. Porsche started addingthe engine size
such as 1300, 1300 Super, etc. in aluminum,
located below the rear PORSCliE name plate.
Later name plates were gold plated.
Dave Seeland tooka breather this issue, and
discussed Porsche replicars instead of four-cam
engines. lie wrote that the first Porsche replicar
was a 917 produced by Elite Enterprises in
Cokato, MN. (Editor's note: I remember them:
Ewwwwl) The next one was the Automobili
Intenneccanica Speedster clone made in Fountain
Valley, CA. This all means that Porsche replicars
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Barbara Skirmantswroteabout the BBQ that
she heldat theJune 1995vintage races. Over 150
356enthusiastswere fed byBarbara and her crew
of helpers. One of the outstanding cars at the
event was Heath Hurlbert's striking pale green
America Roadster. (Maybe Ishould have bought it
when I saw it in an old garage in Ashland, KY in
the early 1970s, missing one of its aluminum
doors')
BrettJohnson's column mentioned the first
issue of the 356 Porsche Split-Windshield
Register. Thislisted approximately 150 mid-1952
and earlier cars. Brett also mentioned his interest
in vintage Triumphs, and that he writes a column
in the British magazine called Triumph World.
Mark Turczyn continued writing about very
early 356s in this issue. He discussed the early
lever-type shock absorbers. Mark also wrote
about the front air intake in the middle ofthe nose
of someofthe earlycars (see page 14). He speculated that this was a factoryoption.
Ron Roland's column, Nutsand Bolts, had a
discussion on several technical subjects, including Speedster windshields. Ron points out that
there is a discussion of installing roadster windshields in the 356B shop manual, which contains
some helpful information which applies to
installing Speedster windshields. Those of you
who have installed these windshields know that
one of the challenges can be loosening the
Speedster windshield posts, whichare often rusted in place.
Harry Pellow had an entertaining report
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back of the fan shroud. As a result, the filter had
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fyou have been around long enough, you
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English language contemporary road tests.
Brooklands published several volumes of ever
increasing price (the first in the late '70s listed at
$5.95), page number, qualityof reprint (the first
were hideous), obscurity of magazine and, of
course, price. I would have sworn that, after 35
years, every 356 Porsche roadtest in English had
been reprinted - but Unique Motor Books, also
outof England, has found more tests, andsurprisingly, from well known magazines. However, continuing with tradition, the reproduction is truly
miserable - the importer describes it ;L~ "Xerox
quality" and that is being generous. Even the
name, PORSCHE SUPER 75 AND SUPER 90, is
a misnomer.
The books starts with a road test of a '57
Carrera Speedster, followed bya roadtest ofa .53
coupe by IIII{OC:lf - in its day one of the two
major weeklies. I had seen neither of the tests in
other reprints. Then, following no logic but its
own, facto ryservice data from 1959 forthe 1300,
1300S, 1600, 1600s is reprinted. Ifyou are looking for a 356 road test, and it is not in the
Brooklands series, it maywell be here - especially popularare 356B-T5 and 356B-T6tests, hence
the name I suppose. Unfortunatelyexpensive at a
list of $28.95, in the US (don't let anybodytellyou
we don't have very significant inflation, at least
against just about anyone else's currency) it's a
marginal book.
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Bob Tomlinson's Original WEBER TECH
MANUAL (Super Tune-Up Guide for VW and
Porsche Engines), promises more than it can
deliver. The first 20 pages are devoted to a fascinating historyof the development of performance
carburetion, primarily driven byWest CO:L~ t dune
buggies. Unfortunately, the factual basis ofthehistoryis in some doubt: "The year W;L~ 1955, dual
Zenith NDIX carburetors were being replaced by
the larger Solex 40mm I'll models." Turns out
thatBob's father is Claude of Claude's Buggies.
The next chapter moves right to "Bolt 'Em
On." The second paragraph warns that it would
not be practical to have the carbs correctly jetted,
but they should be close enough to run. Photos
are decent, though ofan air-cooled VW(inexpensive book, inexpensive paper and reproduction)
and the step-by-step installation instructions seem
to make sense. Particular emphasis is placed on
proper linkage (I seem to remember Saint Harry
using this ;15 a selling point). Weber no longer
provides right and left carburetors, but instructions on the conversion are given. The end of the
chapter covers troubleshooting, listing available
jet sizes along with a jelling chart. Clearly useful,
but it seems to me that life would be simplifi ed if
the information W;1S more specific (the chartcovers 500cc to 2000cc).
Possibly of great usefulness is a closelyspaced 5 pages of original Weber applications
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is a totally different design from the 40 IOF, similar only in being a downdraft twin barrel. The 48
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unfortunately they are much too large for our
pushrod motors, but just right on a 2000cc 904.
No one is goingto put DCOE (side draft) or
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France) on a 356, but they arc there, along with
dozens of others. Clearly the book lacks focus,
probably due to a misguided desire to increase
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Recent items of interest
sold through the
internet marketplaces
Sebastian Gaeta
t is hard to argue the fact that eBay and
other online marketplaces have foreve r
changed the complexion of part swapping in the automotive hobby. There is also no
denyingwhat it brings to the buyers: convenience
and the chance to purchase items thatmightotherwise take endless phonecalls or attendingmultiple swap meets to find. It's true thatthe winning
bidder sometimes pays a premium over swap
meet value, but the immediacy of the transaction
can sometimes make it a bargain - especially if
you factor in the cost of food, gas, andlodging for
out-of-town swaps. While the final price is definitely part of the equation and will be discussed,
our mission here is notto sensationalize or swoon
over the highest bid ever seen on hard-to-find
parts. Rather, our focus will be on tracking trends
and presenting unique items sold online that are
ofinterest to us Porschephiles. The followingauctions all occurred in the june/luly 2005 timeframe.
I
Wear it with pride at the next Rennsport reunion,
but by then who knows how many more copies
will be out there.
early '60s, the year of registration and the words
"US Forces in Germany" were stamped right onto
the plate along with the registrationnumbers. The
earlier dated plates tend to bring more than the
later ones (I've seen single dated plates sell for
around $50) so the fact that this is a matching set
makes this a nice find.
Badge of
Honor
Bids: 10
sold for:
$60.21
Do u b i e
your pleasure
with this St.
Christopher I I.e
Mans car badge.
St. Christopher,
the patron saint
of travelers, has
also been the namesake for the Porsche factory
publication since 1952. Paired with a logo of the
24 Hours of Le Mans, where Porsche has had
moreoverall victories (16) than any other manufacturer, this badge would be ideal on a 356. $60
is about twice as much as the going rate for a St
Chris badge, but the Le Mans logo easily makes it
worth the premium. The only negative is that it
mounts on a badge bar versus a grill, but we 356
owners tend to be enterprising enough to modify
this for a "proper" mounting.
1959 US Forces in Germany license plate
Bids: 2, soldfor: $58.96
Some us servicemen stationed in Germany
in the '50s and '60s drove 356s and registered
their cars with these special plates. Up until the
Saint Christopher Steering Knob
Bids: 13, sold for: $99.00
This may not excite the B/C owners, but
AlPre-A owners who want to accessorize their
cars might find this attractive. Another St.
Christopher item, this one can best be described
as "kitschy" . Steering knobs are very 50's and by
the number of bids placed, we can see that there
are still quite a few people out there enamored
with that era. $99 is a little tall for a steering
knob, but the St. Christopher aspect really appeals
to the V\VlPre-A crowd.
Gulf Porsche Jacket- Steve McQueen in
'Le Mans." Bids: 39, soldfor: $285.00
This is virtually an exact copy of the jacket
McQueen wore in the movie "Le Mans". With 39
bids placed, that says that there is a real market
for these, especially when 5 of those bids were
above $200. If you are a fan of the movie then
you'll probablylike the idea ofowningthe jacket.
T-5 Steering Wheel w/Deluxe Horn Ring
H/C steering wheels have generally lagged
behind NPre-A wheels, but thatmay be changing.
Whilegood B/C wheels traded forever for around
$100, they now generally go for around $150
depending on condition of the spokes, which are
difficult to restore. DeLuxe Horn Rings don't
come up for sale often on eBay, or privately for
that matter, and generally sell for about $300 to
$500 in good condition. Whilea combination T-5
wheel with horn ringshould then logicallysell for
$400 to $700 depending on condition, thisset up
sold for an astounding $1,500. But let's take a
closer look. Both wheel and horn ling were
described as in perfect condition, and the closeup photos support this, as well as the seller's
100% eBay rating with 429 rated transactions.
This could actuallyhave been a great deal forboth
parties. If money was no object and I was restoring a T-5 Roadster for an upcoming concours,
then this represents immediate bolt-on satisfaction at its best. A private sale at this year's
Stoddard meet for the exact same combination
netted $425. Both wheel and horn ring were in
very good hut not concours condition, and was
probahly closer to the typical price for this item.
356 AManuals
Speed Age Volume 5 issue 1
This magazine from May of 1951 trumpets
the "new" Porsche sports car on its cover and
inside with a I 1/2 page article. It is one of the
earliest known magazine articlescoveringthe 356
and showed six different illustrations of both
Gmiind and Stuttgart built cars. The magazine was
advertised as inexcellent conditionwith "normal"
wear, and brought a final bid of $34.56. Not bad
ifyou need one for your collection, but I got my
copy from Vic Skirmants at the '98 East Coast
Holiday for $10. Thanks Vic!
Vintage Porsche
Watch
Bids: 22, sold
for: $291.07
A
classic
watch dealer in
Stuttgart auctioned
a most interesting
vintage watch with
a Porsche logo at
the 12:00 position.
While newer quartz
movement watches
sporting the company's crest are fairly common
and sell in the $20 to $50 range (save for the
Motochron), this 356 era example sold for
$291.07 with 22 bids placed. This is really not
surprising when you consider how unique this
hand-wind watch is compared to the run of the
mill newer timepieces. Its condition appeared to
be very good and I'm sure the new owner will
wear it with pride. Averynice find.
356 Training Chassis
Bids: 10, Reserve Not Met
The well known Bill Jones 356 training
chassis went up for auction in mid-July. There
were only two made, one going to Max Hoffman
and the other to John von Neumann.This one is
the M:LXHoffman chassis and has been restored
to near concours standards. The von Neumann
chassis was dismantled and sold for parts in
1963, leaving this one :L~ the sole survivor. For
more information, see the last Registry: The starting bid was $25,000 with a "Buy it Now" price of
$50,000. Bidding was a bit slow at fi rst which
prompted the seller to lower the reserve in mid
auction. Anewcomer placed three bids within the
last five minutes of the auction, which raised the
pri ce to $32,000, but the reserve was never met.
It's a bit surprising that one of the big time collectors did not step up and buy this as it is a documented, one of a kind piece of Porsche history It
wouldn't surprise me to see it up for auction
again soon, perhaps with a different outcome. Or
possibly now that the chassis is known to be for
sale and a baseline of sorts has been set for its
value, wemaysee a private sale.
Here we have an auction for
four different 356A manuals that
got the attention of only one bidder. Described as in good condition, the lot included a driver's
manual, parts manual, shop manual and shop manual supplement.
According to literature collector
Harry Burnstine, the price was
light for all fo ur manuals, so why
only one bidder? Ifyou think about
it, most people may already have one or two of
these and may not be interested in buying the
whole lot. This may have been a case of two people being in the right place at the right time.
Perhaps the seller wanted the convenience of
moving all fo ur of his manuals at once and the
buyer was looking for one stop shopping. A
match made in eBay heaven?Verypossible.
Vasek Polak lives On.
Vasek Polak License Plate Frames have
become virtually de rigueur with the accessories
crowd, and this one quickly caught the attention
of 10different bidders who pressed the button 19
times. This was not surprising as the photos supported the claim of it being "mint and unmounted" (the frame shown here is not the actual item
that was auctioned, butone that is identical). For
those of you not familiar, Vasek Polak was a longtime Porsche dealer in Manhattan Beach,
California with strong ties to the factory racing
department. Polak has passed on and the dealership is now in Hermosa Beach, but this frame is
an original from the Manhattan Beach era. Lately
I have heard ofthese changing hands privatelyfor
$500, so $430 was a good buy. These frames are
just like real estate - theyaren't makingany more- so ifyou are a man who has everythingand are
just itchin' to spend some money, then one of
these should be in your future.
Speedsters
Down Under
Bids: 4,
sold for:
AU $14.10
(US $10.54)
Here we
have a nice
copy of IVIJeels
Magazine Vol. 4
No. 3, January
1956.
The
description in the ad simply read "Road test on
the Porsche Speedster," leading one to believe
that the article may have been a one or two page
affair. I like to collect items like this; that is, rarely
seen Porsche itemsthat have little valuein the collector's marketplace and can be bought with $5s
and $1Os, not cashier's checks. Just because you
don't see itoften doesn't make itvaluable, butitis
a cheap wayto impress your non-Porsche friends!
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t took approximately 2-112 years to put
the first 100,000 kilometers (62,137
miles) on my 1958 Speedster. The calendar showed closer to three years; for five months
ofthat time, theSpeedsterwas ina friend 's garage
while I was driving my 1960 Roadster.
We reached the 200,000 km (124,274
mile) mark in September, 1963; four years and
three months to get to the second 100,000. By
that time I had decided if I wanted the Speedster
tolast, I'd better get another car fordailyuse. The
factory's response to my letter of notification
included "...thank you for intelligent and sensible
driving." Perhaps some of my driving didn't live
up to that. Nor did I tell them that the original
Normal engine had been replaced bya '60 Super.
In August, 1970 we reached 300,000 km
(186,411 miles) . The factory response to this
notification included "...This indicates you are a
good driver and your car has been carefully
looked after." I didn't mention to them that I had
converted to a late 741 transmission, 356C disc
brakes and after-marketwheels.
I don't know the date but we reached the
200,000 mile (321,869 km) mark as Will Zobbe
and I were returning to Indy from viewing the
Sauter Roadster in Bill Crabtree's salvage yard in
New Castle, Indiana. Ray Knightended up buying
thatcar and restoring it.
I have no record of when we reached 400,
500, or 600,000 km, but I do remember thatwe
turned 350,000 miles (563,272 km) while on a
Central Indiana RegionlPCA tour.
I made a tripto San Antonio inApril '93 and
turned 400,000 miles (643,739 km) on the way
home. I have no record of when the 700,000 km
(434,959 mi) was reached.
En-route home from the 356 Registry Gulf
Coast Holiday this pastApril we sawtheodometer
roll overto 497,096 miles (800,00km). I bought
a small "8" sticker to putover thefirst numeral on
the original 100,000 km badge received from the
factory over 43 years earlier.
Last Sunday, we were en-route home from
the50th Porsche Parade in Hershey, Pennsylvania
when we saw a sign reading "REST AREA 13
MILES." I hadit figured that we would reach the
500,000 mile markin 12miles. We probably had
about 0.85 miles to play with before thelast zero
started turning to one but I was on pins and needles as we drove along the shoulder with the
odometer reading 00000. We didn't make it tothe
reststop by about 100 yards.Judy tooksome pictures of the odometer and then we went on into
the rest stop for more photos. It's hardfor meto
accept thefact thatittooktwelve years forthis latest lOOK mile increment. I must getoutand drive
thatcar more often. After all, it reallyis an enjoyable experience ...unless it's raining.
Hoping the car and I both see the "00000"
~
again. Mike Robbins
I
The odometer
in Mike
Robbins'
Speedster
shows zero
for the sixth
time as it
turns half a
million miles.
In late 1957, a person unknown to me
ordered a Speedster to be built to hisspecifications. The specifications included thefollowing:
Black with red interior
1600 Normal engine
Coupe seats
Rudge wheels
Delete hood handle
Delete speedster script on front fenders
Delete aluminum stripon sides of body
The car was built in January, 1958 and
shipped through Hoffman Motors to Sagan's
VW-Porsche in Uniondale, Long Island, NY. The
car satforsome time, waiting for theordererto
pay thebalance andtake delivery. After a period
ofseveral weeks, Paul Sagan, owner ofthedealership, told the orderer that he, Sagan, could
nothold thecarany longer anditwas to beconsidered as saleable to any interested buyer. I
don't know when that happened, but it might
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have been June 1, 1958. In any case, I hadgone
from Indianapolis toNew York, armed with a list
of dealers in the NYC area and lower New
England in search ofa new Speedster. All ofthe
Midwest dealers I had contacted either had no
more Speedsters coming or if they did, the cars
were already sold. On June 2nd I walked into
Sagan's showroom where two new Speedsters
sat. I hadmy choice ofthespecial ordered black
normal or a bone stock red Super. You know
which one I picked and the next day we closed
the sale.
The car has been driven in the48 contiguousStates, Canada and Mexico. I no longer own
the original engine or transmission , having
upgraded to later, improved mechanicals
including conversion todiscbrakes. The car has
been raced in SCCA, competed in SCCA National
rallies and has been driven to 44 Porsche
parades, all but one 356 Registry East Coast
Holiday, all butone Gulf Coast Holiday and severalWest Coast Holidays. MIl
veryyear theVintage Sports Car Club ofAmerica puts ona hillclimb
event at Mt. Equinox located in southwest Vermont, not far from
tourist-friendlyManchester. This event is significant forseveral reasons. VSCCA, one oftheoldest sportscar clubs inthe country, has been doing
Equinox for over 50 years. This challenging 5.3 mile run up the mountain
draws competitors from all over the country
The entries are limited to pre-1960 sports cars and race cars, bringing
out a great mix of Indy racers, Bugattie, Allards, MGs, Jaguars, E1vas, and
Porsches ofthe 356 type among others.
Porsche was wellrepresented bya number ofcars. Bill Haupt, theevent
chairman, competed with his 1952 Denzel and Wach special, a car comprised
ofa 356 engine and parts. The Wach is quite unique although similar to the
Denzel, also driven byco-owner IIoward Gilmore. Another car with ties to the
356 was Bill Rutan 's '52 VW bathtub; there's not much left from the old VW
other than a shortened pan, running gear and hood. The 4 cam Carrera
engine iswhat makes the little beasty go really fast- it's often a contenderfor
fastest time ofday.
Robert Laepple competedwith his nicelyturnedoutandveryfast red '57
coupe. Ed Hyman, owner ofseveral 356 cars, ran his well prepped '56 white
coupe. David Baker drove his white convertible D. Another car ofinterest was
a 1949Allard owned anddriven byGerald Lettieri.Although quite different in
construction from a Porsche, it still connects to the 356 in a somewhat distant way. This Allard was previouslyowned byZora Arkus Duntovandused as
a development vehicle for his many engineering ideas, including the Ardun
engine that currently powers the car.
The event went well, allcompetitors had as manychances to runup the
mountain as they wanted, and no one fell of the edge. The weather was hot
but it did not rain, so all in all the Porsche gods were smiling.
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Photos by John Meigs, Jr. and Ed Hyman
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Skyline Drive twists andturns 5.2 miles to its summit. This course has someof the trickiest miles
in any form of racing, with 41 turns, 20 of which are hairpins (switchbacks) and an elevation increase
of 3,140 ft. Except for one short downhill stretch, you climb all the way, running close to, sometimes a
bit over, redline to avoid the risk of bogging down in a higher gear.
left from top: Bob laepple, Bill Haupt, Dave
Baker's Speedster, Ed Hyman Above: The Wach
Special driven by Howarth Gilmore,Below: Bill
Rutan's VW four-cam special.
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By Rick Danielson
come togetHer or t e ove 0 autoracing and Children's Hospital. These two
groups, the Society of Vintage Racing Enthusiasts
(SOVREN) and the SOVREN Guild of Children's
Hospital, makethe Pacific Northwest Historics the
the Northwest.
SOVREN Guild volunteers never lose sight oftheir
true mission: to help ensure qualitymedical care
for patients ofChildren's Hospital and their families.
Sunday was bright and sunny for the 17th
Annual Pacific Northwest Histories. 1
arrived early to wander through the
pits and look over the racers and
their hardware. 356s were well represented in race groups 2 and 3.
BruceRoss, ('62 coupe), DeanWatts,
('60 Roadster), Leonard Turnbeaugh
(Convertible D), and Paul
Christensen ('56 Speedster) were up
from Nevada and California. Ned
Bacon in his nice '61 Notchback was
there as well. Walt Cox competed in
his '55 Speedster. Of course, Denny
Aker was in the '53 Pooper and his
son Mark racing his 56 Speedster.
Emory Motorsports had a few "new"
from top: Mark Aker holds the line
in his 56 Speedster.
Ron Federspiel has hot pursuit as
he heads into turn 3B.
Ned Bacon's Notchback undergoes
"surgery" prior to the next race.
#124 in the background is Denny
Aker's 1953 Pooper.
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356s in their stable:Dick Dickers' '60 Notchback
was driven by Rod Emory. It's a beauty. In the program the car's unique color was described as
"rust." The nice blue '60 coupe of Doug Shapiro
was also a newly prepared Emory car. The exDick Barbour '60 Roadster was in the stable as
well.
I had an opportunity to spend some time
talking with Rod Emory about their 356 racers
and howtheyare prepared. All of their customers'
356s have basically the same running gear: an
engine built by Arthur Conner that rates at about
135 hp. The engine cases are 912 cases and the
gearboxes are set up with no first gear, and run a
2A, 3E, 3B, and 4A ratios, all utilizing a limited
slip. Suspensions are all of the same type. Rod
says this tends to "equalize" the equipment,
allowingdrivers to excel based on their individual
skill. It also simplifies maintenance ,1I1d "set up"
issues.
The 356 Group Northwest corral was a little
light, with four cars on Sunday. I don't know the
numbers for Saturday's race, but I suspect the
West Coast Holiday being held at the same time in
Banffhad something to do with it.
The afternoon Group 2 racehad Dean Watts
dicing with Ned Bacon's '61 Notch . Paul
Christensen and BruceRoss did somecompetitive
dueling as well.
The Group 3 race had a huge field of forty
cars,with eleven 356s. Skip Winfree finished secondoverallin his '60 Roadster. Ten out of the first
fourteen spots went to 356s and they dominated
the E Production class. Fun stuff!
were both exciting and enjoyable. It is a real
treat to have such a fi rst class vintage racing event
in the Seattlearea. It's a great chanceto seesome
very exotic vintage cars competing "at speed".
The turnout fo 356s makes it especially fun. And,
it is gratifying to know that the proceeds benefit
Children's Hospital. If you missedit this year, take
it in next year. You won't be disappointed. ~
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even 356 racers made the trip to Barber
Motorsports Park for the Birmingham
Histories on April Fools' weekend. All, with
exception ofJohn Schrecker, raced this tightchallenging track for the first time. Busy is the key
word, as you are not goingstraight very long and
changingelevation often on the 2.4 mile course.
George Balbach, Dale Erwin andJohn Biggs
must have learned the trackfromJohn Schrecker,
becausethey were fast in all sessions right off the
haulers. Jeffery Pitt, Perry Tennell and Jim
Matthews tooka little more time to convincetheir
beauties to rhythm. George was fastest in all sessions but lost the enduro to Dale andJohn S. This
course seems perfect for our 356s with its medium-length straights and fast corners includingthe
mini corkscrew and kink. This facilitymay be the
best in the nation, so put it on your schedule.
S
At the other end of April, fifteen 356 racers
met at Road Atlanta for the Mitty. If you're a
sports car racer, you have either raced here or
you want to. This is the hardest track to learn
quickly. Whenthereare big fieldsit's important to
gooutfastto ensure a fast laptosetyour place for
the event.
Vic Skirmants was fastest in all sessions less
the enduro where Mark Eskuche was less than
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three tenths faster in George's roadster. So, Vic led
the way in practice followed by George, David
Burton, Dale, Paul Swanson,Jim Voss, Perry, Tim
Baker and John S. Atick back on the clock was
Phil "the KID" Kubik, Bob Maholick,John Mayer,
Ernie Cabrera,Jim M. andJeffery.
In the first race of theevent, The Klub Sport
Challenge, Vic was fast and first followed by fast
91Is, George, Paul, Dave and Dale. The next day's
qualifying race finished in the same order with
Jim V. close behind. The day ended with an
enduro where Vic and George had an epic battle
with Vic winning, followed by George, Dale, Dave
and Jeffery Pitt. The event ended the next day in
another battle with Paul giving Vic his first loss of
the event in a last lap pass. John Schrecker came
to the front with an engine change before the feature, so power does help!
Next on the
HSR Schedule was
Watkins Glen in
June with a lot of
rain for our three
356s to slide in.
Paul was fastest in
wet practice followed by Edward
Diamond, Perry
and a ton ofAustin
Healys. Paul and
Perry both had to
learn this trackin thewet withonlya few drysessions. Edward passed Paul for the win as he slid
off course in the wet Klub Sport Challenge. The
next day Paul out- qualified Edward in the wet as
Perry waited out the weather. In the first dry session Paul won the qualifying race followed by Ed
and Perry who were very close on the time sheet.
The day ended with a dry enduro, with Edward
carrying the 356 flag to victory. Paul Swanson
dominated the feature in the dry followed by
Edward andwoundedPerry turninghisfastest lap
to exit early.
1\\'0 356 racers traveled to Virgi nia
International Raceway the weekend after
"Independence Day." This very fast but safe
course is also one of the most competitor-friendly. Paullearned the track very quicklyand topped
Perry on all time sheets. This was Paul's second
new trackin a rowand he is very fast again.
There seem to be 356s racing almost every
weekend somewhere in the US. I can onlytell you
aboutthetracks andthe groupsI know. I amsure
itwould be exciting at any trackwith any group as
longas thereare 356s to racewith.
Until next time, brake dance!
Far left: William Swarz in the rain at the HSR
Watkins Glen event.
Top: John Biggs, Sommet des Legendes, Mt.
Tremblant, Quebec.
Above: Jim Matthews feels the pressure from
Tim Baker (331) and Dale Erwin (02) at the HSR
Mitty, Road Atlanta in late April.
Below: Lane Mally leads Hans Peter Handal at
Mid-Ohio. Robert Harrington photos
W
hile visiting friends and family back in
Wisconsin earlier this month, I made
time to visit some of our ilk at the Beer, Brats &
Bathtubs inaugural event in Elkhart Lake for the
just formedWisconsin356Club. The name ofthe
event told me that these folks have their priorities
in order! I'd say there were about 25 356s in
attendance from a 5-state area, plus a nice '72
911, and even a few old V\V buses were there
showing proper German support. I recognized
several names from 356Talk. I met several nice
folks there, including Rolf Schermer, a retired
356 mechanic living in Arizona who was a lot of
fun to talk with. While a beautifully restored red
'57 SHC won the concours, there were someother
outstandingcars there includingJimStephenson's
beautiful Speedster. The larger car showlater that
day in Elkhart Lake had someamazing eye candy.
Ncar the end of the event (we were still
there, theystill had beer), somedoor prizes were
given out via raffle tickets you got upon entry. 1
won a bottle ofwine, whilemyfriendGeorge (not
a 356er, just a friend interested in attending the
event with me - he was hoping to win a dozen
Titlest ProVgolf balls) won the nice 356watercolor print donated by a local gallery. lie handed it
to me and said, "I'd told myselfthat if 1won the
print, I'd give it to you." I said, "No way, but I'll
Brats and Bathtubs, Suds and Sunshine at Elkhart lake
trade you the wine for the print," andthe deal was
done. Maybe two seconds later, a nice gal tapped
George on the shoulder andasked ifshecan trade
a dozen ProVgolf balls she'd won for the print,
and George said, "Sorry, the print is spoken for
but I'll trade you this bottle of wine for the golf
balls." Another done deal, everybody's happy. I
take a look at the golf balls George traded the
wine for, and started laughing. The guy who
donated the golf balls, and attached his business
card with a note "Keep The Faith" scrawled
across it, was a guy 1 knew in college in the late
1970s who is now president of Surnmerfest in
Milwaukee. Small
world, eh?
My hat's offto
the Wisconsin 356
Club for a great
starting event. As a
fo rmer
cheesehead, youse guys
(and gals) done
good!
Stene Buggy
Scottsdale, AZ
The Brian Redman International Challenge
A July Friday
night in downtown
Elkhart Lake: race
cars drive into town,
doing burnouts on
Main to the delightof
the crowd. Exotic
machines fill the
streets, the band
plays, the bar is
open. On Saturday
A906 is not an easy car to drive at 10 mph, but the crowds
lining the streets loved the traditional parade of race cars.
Tom Trabue's Abarth Carrera was one of dozens of Porsches
admired by young and old on Friday evening.
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*'57 Spdstr, Redlbeige, beautiful older restoration.
New engine w/ high perf. parts by Sid Collins @
TroySport. Absolutely no rust, very solid. $85,000.
Carlos Bertizlian.407-947-0209 [email protected]
'59 ACoupe1600 N#105884, engine 72167, transmission 52052. Engine and chassis have matching
#'s. Brakes, door hinge, bumpers, paint, interior
needwork. CleanKY title. $15,000IBO. Sold as is,
buyer picks up. Grant Bryant 3567 Mitten Dr.,
Elsmere, KY 41018. 859-342-7990, ET. Pies at
www.bryantporsche.com
*59/60 356-A Coupe, #108714, engine #84387.
Garaged since 1975. Pan, longs, batt box replaced.
Engine and trans overhauled. Needs exterior body
and upholst. work. Car runs. Price $11 ,500 obo.
Must sell. Any serious offer considered. Bill
Vickland, Arlington, VA. 703-527-5302
*'60 BCoupe Racer. Fully prepared andmaintained
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Fresh engine. Virtually all racing extras. Fast, qualified 1/2 second behind Skirmants on his home
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OBO. (847) 945-2514, [email protected] .
Car available fo r inspection at Mequon, WI
*'60 Drauz Roadster #87566 with SC engine PDK
810079. Well restored example, ivory over tan. Call
or write for portfolio of pictures & details. $58,500
US. Chris Swantko, 63 Burbank Circle, Everett,
Ontario, Canada !.OM IJO. 705-435-0938.
*'62 S/90 Cab #157663; Engine #806483;
Champagne Yellow; Black. Owned for 20 years; very
strong rebuilt engine. 1750 NPR's. Top, Seats Autos
International. New tires; orig. floor, batt box. Rare
Factory fresh air blower; locking trans; Not concours; but a lovely car; $45,000.00. Peter Aziz,
Toronto (Canada). 416-921-3809 or 416-961-6573
*'63 B Super 90 Cab, #157780. Signal red/black.
Photo documented strip/respray. Perfect gaps.
Engine rebuilt to SC specs 15,000 miles ago.
Wooden steering wheel, headlight grills, Leitz luggage rack. $49,000 obo. Carl O'Merle, RR #5, E.
Stroudsburg, PA 18301. 570-424-1559 nights.
*'64 356sc sunroof cpe #216801 engine #811027,
redlblack 7k on total resto of a numbers matching
SC. This is an outstanding driver. Call, e-mail for
details. $32,500 [email protected] or 937746-2828 days. Shane Mears, Middletown, OH.
*'65 356C, VIN #127989, Eng. #P-83094, silver/red
interior. New paint & interior, engine rebuilt 6/05.
Roll-bar. No rust, no Bondo, runs/drives. Very nice
car. $14,900 obo. Car is in Rhode Island. "Welcome
Home", askforJon.Jon Ernest, 401-568-5640.
arts
FerryPorsche signed photo portraits: B&W (1980's), color
(1990's); 1972-73 Factory showroom poster collection:
917, 911S, Carrera RSR [pgs 99-109] as a 101 or individually; 356&Spyder posters: the finest selection in the world.
Panorama 10-11/1957; 2 & 1211958; 7,9,11,1211959;
large memorabilia & literaturecollection. 38 page list by
email: [email protected] 831 659 155 1
'64-65 Ccoupe interior. New, all leather tan byAutos In!'1.
Complete w/door panels, side andrear panels, seat covers,
carpet etc.Verycorrect interiorofthefinestworkmanship.
neverinstalled $2,000. Money backif notdelighted. Also 2
oil coolers. 1-'65used $150. 1-NOS $250 .One onlysplit
shaft NO carb $200 Ex. cond, Original Factory service
manuals. Contact Terry Moore in Cambria, CA at (805)
924-1485 or Terrynkwissyeschartcr.net
*65 356C complete turnsignal.Assembly(left) amber lens,
$75. Beads (2), '58 356A11600S, $150. Radio face plate&
chrome piece, $20. Door handles (Insidcl/windowcranks,
wiper arms. Phone 401-568-5640 and ask for Jon. Jon
Ernest, Rhode Island.
*Repaired 'C' engine w/$3 ,500 in parts, labor shop
receipts, 2001.Not usedsince. Crankcase marked 616/33I, #011167.No front, side and rear cover plates, no flapper boxes. 12V generator and coil, ANSA muffler. Motor
camewith engine-less Carrera, don't needit. $2,900 crated, FOB. Bertram Pawlak, Irvine, CA. 949-650-8100.
*Fr. Torsion bar assembly from "C" w/arms. Not from
wreck, $200. Cowl/dash forC, $50. Shippingarranged. 6 v.
Permatune ign, unused, $80 obo. Reed Tindall, 1972
Cambridge Ln S.W., Olympia, WA98512. 360-943-8460 or
[email protected].
*B roll bar, $200. Porsche flag, 3' x 5', $65, free ship.
Factory 10 dealer banner, 1960s, 4' x 5', $650. Tom
Powers, 1119 Glendale Road, York, PA 17403. 717-9685080.
*Orig. Hella headlights for B/C. 3 lenses/4 rimsl 3 buckets, #180E-25-5-SB-Z & SBI9-20-21. $165 plus shipping.
Tune-up items: Dwell-tech-points meter, synco-test motor
meter, compression gauge, Penskee timing light, Micronte
multi-tester. $75 plus shipping. R&T mags 104issues, '55'61, 66 issues and '66-72, 38 issues. All good cond, $74 +
ship. Tom Odenkirk, McLean, Virginia. 703-356-7731.
*Tool forinstalling springsin seat recliners. $75 + $4 s&l1.
Tom Kincaid, N-1545 Linn Pier Road, Lake Geneva, WI
531 47.262-249-0577.
*356 N.O.S. Afew hundred parts from indoPorsche shop.
Mufflers, heat exh., shocks, gaskets, clutches, lights, etc.
Also many used parts for 356s from '53 to '65, early
911/91 2 &Carrera, including gages, glass, gas tanks, seats,
steering wheels, etc. Call for list. Bill lIallandal, 7200
power Drive, Bellaire, MD 46915.2 31-377-9310.
*P-O-R-S-C-II-Eletters and shield. Each red letter is 12"11
x 30"W. Theshield is 48' x 64". Exc. condoThese porcelain-clad steel items were displayed on dealerships up until
1974. Send SASE for picture. $7500 plus s&h. Robert
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815-624-7396
"Sets of Dellorto carbs, compl wi intake manifolds for
356s. Weber type performance. $200/set. 3-point racing
harness from outhern SafetyEquipment. Perfect fordriver
ed events, may be outdated for racing regs. Reasonable,
make offer. Bill Curson, 317 S. Clay Ave., St. Louis, MO
63122. 314-821-6782 or [email protected].
*Aengine #65032 disassembled. General cond.unknown.
Incl. 2 sets of heads, pist/cyls, all parts except
flywheel/clutch, $500. Set oforiginal '59 356A16-in rims,
$500 obo. Bill Vickland, Arlington, VA. 703·527·5302
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*Touch up paint#5702 (Ruby Red, 356A) . Conv. D "body"
book by Drauz in English (German version to trade);
important and unusual vintage posters featuring the 356
and/or Spyder. E A Singer 831 659 1551 Or email:
[email protected]
*Usable front section of left front fender & nose for T-6,
prefer within reasonable distance from Seattle. Reed
Tindall, 1972CambridgeLn S.w., Olympia, WA98512. 360943-8460, fan35 6@aol. com.
*Any information on my Limited Edition Porsche Speedster
540 book, #188, autographed bySteve lIeinrichs and others, sent to Chuck Stoddard for his autograph and lost
(stolen) from the Chicago Bulk Mail Center. Tom Kincaid,
262-249-0577.
*356 T-6 Body Factory Trailer Hitch as it appears in 356
B/Cshop manual. Anycondoconsidered, rustyor not. Will
pay modest finders fee for locating one to buy for me, or I
"ill buy yours. Have early 911 factory hitch for possible
II..
trade.
Scott
Bartmess,
Crystal
l.ake,
haenal @comcast.net. 81; n 88.001; .
have photos of for reference. Xeed the RFI or l.R one to
complete the set. They are not the earlyAEuropean ones.
Any help or leads appreciated. ~lichael Aceves, [email protected]
· l.uggage rack for T6. Richard Cross,490i Cross Creek
Court, Arlington, Texas i 60Ii-2i4 I. 81i-4i2 -4260.
· CO;\,VERTIBI.E Ds. Looking for info about all Convertible
Ds built 19; 8-; 9. Although I have over 4; 0 Ds "tracked
down" out of 1,330 built, I need your help to locate others
& to update old info, including parted and scrapped Os.
Please see the Convertible DRegistrywebsite: wwwconvertiblcdregistrycom to see my list so far and to register your
D. I am carrying on a tradition that started with Iloh
la wrence in 19i2 & later through the 3; 6 Registl')' (see the
D website for more info.) 1\on-personal Convertible D
information will be shared with the 3% Registl'): Please
help. John Chatley email: [email protected]
' Pre-A3;6. Prefer complete restorable but will consider
any. l.ocation within U.S. Long time member seeking to
replace free time and money for hours of work. Jim
Grogan, Omaha,N.E. 402-.'19.)-i 3i ; or 402-; I ; -13i;
' One stamped steel (not Alum.) bumper guard. Short fat
variety for Pre-Acar. Very thin stamped steel, guard is 10;116" tall, 3-2116" wide, 2-10/ 16" wide at bottom.
Mounting stud is welded into guard. Chrome oversteel. 1
ommercra
356A1B DRUM BRAKE SHOES. Set of four professionally relined drum brake shoes using nonasbestos friction materials - $79. exchange, plus
UPS shipping (your cores required prior to shipment). With 34 sets in rotation , 12 sets are always
available. Questions? Or want info pertaining to
oversize / emergency brake shoe services? Just
call or click. And of course". your satisfaction is
guaranteed. G.F. "Jeff" Bown, 575 Dooley Drive,
PO Box 839, Basye, VA 22810703/409-1244
[email protected]
NEW: Speedster Typ 540, $115. Speedster Icon,
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hard, 48. Porsche356 75 & S-90 (Unique), 25
Weber Tech Manual, 15. Porsche 356 Authenticity,
28. STOCKED: EX WAS EX Ed. 2 (incl shipping),
$200. Porsche & Mille Miglia, 27.356 Tech Manual,
Elfrink, 20. 356 Guide to DIY Restoration, Kellogg,
20. Porsche 356A or 356B-T6 or 356B/C T5
Electrics (ring bound), 80. Starter relay (6 or 12v),
40. Headlamp relay (6 or 12 v - B-T5 or B-T6/C),
90. 356 Porsche: Driving in its Purest Form, 45.
Porsche 356 Carrera, 30. 356 Registry Tech/Rest
Guide, Vol. I , 18.356 Registry Tech/REst Guide,
Vol.2, 20. 356 Porsche Authenticity, rev 3, 24.
Porsche Speedster, Thiriar, 50. Buying, Driving,
Enjoying the Porsche 356, 20. Porsche Legends
(soft), 20. Keith Martin on Collecting Porsche,
Schrager, 16. Birth of the Beetle 32. Porsche 356,
Long(hard), 28. Porsche 356, Long (soft), 20. 911 :
Forever Young, 55. Please add $3. postage / shipment. 248/535-1449 blocklab @aol.com
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RADIO REPAIRS European vintage auto radio
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356s and early 911 s. My 50th year repairing these
radios. alos, really need AM-FM Euro radio cores.
Wilford Wilkes, 101 Swoope St. or PO Box 103,
Brisbin, PA 16620.814-378-8526.
2004 ECH WILLIAMSBURG VIDEO DVD- $15.
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$135-12vt1$124-6vt, includes UPS. Add $5 west of
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Mastercutoffswitch $10.
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WOODEN STEERING WHEEL Restoration and
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AUTOMOTIVE SCULPTURE by Bruce Crawford.
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PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE PARTS: Acrylic
green replacement sunvisors for '51-'57 356. We
havedoubled the thickness of the acrylic and routed the sidesand top to fit into the frames , producing a much more rigid product. Rivets,directions
included. $78/$5 S&H.
Tom Kincaid, 262-249-0577.
N-1545 Linn Pier Rd., Lake Geneva, WI 531 47.
SAM SIPKINS, MECHANIC. Air cooled Porsche
specialist. Mechanical, electrical, structural repairs.
Custom engine rebuilding. Extensive knowledge of
356. Oddments: Drumbrake mastercylinder, $150.
B/C exhaust system for US heater, mellow muffler,
close out: $129. Upper suspension arm, NOS,
644.341 .021 .01 , $125. WR7BP platinum spark
plugs - $3.25 ea. Viton oil seals: flywheel - $20.65,
pulley - $9.75. New dark brown Bremi distr. Caps
for cast iron - $10.50 ea. Sorry, no credit cards.
Sales tax in CA. Shop address: 950 77th Ave. #1,
Oakland, CA 94621. 510-632-8232.
PERTRONIX IGNITOR - Never change points
again! Hall effect, transistorized ignition system
fully contained in distributor. Sturdy, stable, no
maintenance. All cast iron distributors: 6 volt- $114,
12 voll - $105. 050, 009, late 031: 6 volt - $81, 12
volt - $72. Early 031 - inquire. Postpaid in US.New
billet distributor wl lgnitor II microprocessor dwell
control and adjustable advance curve. 12V only
$210.00. Sorry, no credit cards. CA add sales tax.
Checks to: Sam Sipkins, 624 37th Street,
Richmond, CA 94805. 510-632-8232
HONEST ENGINE Experience since 1965 in all
areas of the 356. Specializing in streeVhigh performance, concourse, vintage race engine assembly and parts. From full concourse to vintage
race/high performance street car restoration and
preparation. Ask for Steve Schmidt 949-548-1063,
FAX
949-548-1227
www.honesteng.com,
[email protected]
TECH INFO: Exploded-View Part Diagrams setsshow all parts: Pre-A 51 pgs-$14, 356-A 74 pgs$17, 356-BT-5/T-6 118 pgs-$23, 356-B/C 114 pgs$23. Factory Workshop manuals: Pre-A 250 pgs$45, 356-A 500 pgs-$65, 356 B/C 900 pgs-$85.
Factory Parts Books: 53 Pre-A 160+ pgs-$35, 55
Pre-A 350 pgs-$45, 356-A COMING , 356-B 1,016
pgs-$75, 356-B T-6 Supplements-400+ pages-$45,
356-C Supplements 300+ pages-$40 (356-B + 356
BT-6 or 356-B+ 356-C together-$99) All arecopies
in 3-ring binders. Charlie White Ph: 480-367-8097.
[email protected]://members.aol.com/_ht_a!
derwhite/Derwhites356LiteraturePage.htm.
8639 E.Via de los Libros, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
53
'm especially pleased to include in this
issue a painting by Bruce McCall, one of
those publishing-business Renaissance men who
isa consummate writer, artist andhumorist. From
early National Lsnipoons» the New Yorker his
work has been featured regularly in several magazines, includingAutomobile, where this painting
appeared. His book ZanyAfternoons is a favorite
of mine, and a new book All Meat Looks Like
South America has justbeen published.
Bruce wrote in reply to my request, "1
owned a 19563561600 Normal coupe in my flaming youth and it was the best car 1ever had; nostalgianow andthen drives meto eBay insearch of
another one. I could have had a '55 Speedster at
the time, for very little money - relatively - but
chickened out, to my lifelong regret. "
Thanks to Bruce and Automobile magazine for allowing us to reprint his interesting view of what
life might be like ifsome things had been different. GM
I
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