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anta Barbara, CA.
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number 2
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Seen at the 2nd Annual North Meets South Gathercover
ing in Morro Bay, California. This event is a combined gathering
of the Southern California Chapter and 356 California Alta Region,
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. Thoms, staff photographer
A. Nonymous helps out with a caution from
6 technical
the field, plus Vic updates 1988 E-Production racing.. .......
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. Skirmants, editor
Brett shares his interesting mail of late, and
8 restoration
Cole Scrogham's "356 Carrera" story. . . . Brett Johnson, editor
13 case drips
"Letter from Urnbria" - Dick's report from
the Continent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dick Pike, editor
15 four Cam forum
Mark Turczyn's "All Things Must
Pass", a story of the passing of the good old days . . . and sadly,
the good old boys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David Seeland, editor
16 asleep at the wheel
"Saturday Morning". Long ago
it was Mary Lou, and now the nubile Karen. Don't believe the
.... if I were only 19 .... part. . . . . . . . . . . ..Pat Ertel, editor
18 history
The highlights of the Aug.lSept. 1978 "356 REGISTRY" are reviewed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Perrin, historian
19 reviews
Dr. Bill features his annual "Too Late For the
Holidays Review" of suitable books for holiday giving. Hah! We
fooled him this year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill Block, editor
21 just One moore
Moore on the '61 sunroof coupe, plus
other assorted (a-sordid) ramblings, at no additional charge . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bill
. "1" Moore, editor
23 der maestro
"If This is Paul Newman's Engine, How
Come He Doesn't Make lousy movies? ... Harry Pellow, editor
25 odds 'n' ends
Gene reports on the 1988 International
356 Meet held in The Netherlands. . . . . . ..Gene Babow, editor
26 mitty '88
The Import Doctor's account of vintage sports
car racing: The Walter Mitty Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . Jim Cowan
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Volume 1,Number 1of the "356 Tub Club" newsletter has
been received from founder A1 Zim, of Zim's Autotechnik
fame. The club has been formed primarily for 356 owners
from the TexaslLouisiana area as an "automotive activity
based club" and has been organized as "a low-key, fun type"
group. Annual dues are $15. You can contact A1 and his group
by writing The Tub Club, c/o A1 Zim, 1804 Reliance Parkway,
Bedford, TX 76021.
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Letters and Other Miscellany
... And still more, the following seen in the "Chicago Tribune" of August 7, 1988 by Wayne Potter:
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(Refer to Mark Turczyn's "Four Cam Forum" story. The
following remarks were submitted by an impeccably reliable
source whose name is being withheld.)
" . . . how about these: In 1980, a friend of mine bought a
rusty but running Carrera 2 coupe for $5,000, from a shop.
In May 1988 he sold it to the owner of a local FerrarilPorsche
store as a "keeper". July 1988: the car is now for sale for
$115,000. Story #2: In 1986, a Carrera 2 Cabriolet changed
hands here for $22,000, the seller was a long-time (20-year)
owner. A NICE car. In 1987, the car underwent a $40,000
unneeded restoration. July 10,1988, the car sold for $140,000.
On July 20, the car was resold for $160,000. On July 21, the
car sold again for $200,000 + , and went directly to Japan."
'66 912 COUPE
Grand Prlx white 5 s ead
amlfm strr.otca&
mfnU#;
In that same vein, the following are from recent "Hemmings
Motor News":
.. .And on the lighter side, from Jay Patrick, Manhattan
Beach, CA comes this ad. Jay suggests that "all you need is
a whip!"
PORSCHE: 1956 Curera coupe, 1 9 0 GS. black. black,
all numbers correct except Carren engine has b n n
replaced with a I6WC Super engine, correct bumpers
with lights, Nerl b u r on rear instead of over-riders,
shown at PCA Spring Concours, correct chassis, I D
platesby gas tank, very nice. not mint, 536,500. Contack
interior looks near'v new.
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........
SUK n o a r t mawr.. a.ra..
PORSCHES: 1949 Gmund coupe. #32, not running,
585.000.1963Camra I1cabriolet, not running. S75.000;
1962 Carrera IIc o u m not running. 550.000: 1957 Carrera speedster. with 54713 en&,
not running,
SI00.000. PH: 904-9265722. FL.
PORSCHE: 356 Karmann coupe. built In approx 1959,
thls vehlcb Is a roller and b 90% completebut no motor,
l i n t 52,000 owns it; vehicle could be repalred wlth
bondo and sold to some 356 deprived mlddle European
or Japanese buyer lor more than 20 thousand dollam
over 100 356s ldl In the USA lut month; Ia h have a
190SL Mercedes roadster i n the name (rusty) condition
with the motor for S3300. Bury Stuart. 9585 Vergennes. Ada. M I 49301, PH: 616-676-2398 evenings
around 8 to 9 pm.
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PORSCHE: 1956 Carrera GS soeedster. redltan. i n
of complek restoration.'docum~nted'fa~ory
test ear. S175.000 finished. John Hoke. 405-524-7880.
ck&ma
City. OK.
1988. check our inventory for selection on excedianal
1965 Porsche SC Cabriolet
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Must see to appreciate. Dark bluelblack with black
leather top! Buy or lease this classic open beach
car. Fully restored.
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. . . And more, the following submitted by Bill Tantau, from
the August 31,1988 "San Francisco Chronicle." Bill reports
that "when I finally got through on the phone, the man said
that he just sold it, for $52,000."
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"I just renewed my insurance for my 356B. Look at the cost
for 6 months! Expensive, but appropriate. . ."
Ann Serow, W. Hartford, CT
n this
PORSCWE '58
ter. No
rs. 73Umt.
rust. Oataged
Estate sale. 7 0 7 - r d m o
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umn f o r
item a r
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. . .And finally, Jack Rabel, Alpine CA unequivocally states
,-------
that "new rust is better than old rust."
PREMIUMS
1964. Alloy wheels, wide tins. 01 iupi
Blau unkt. wooden sleenng wheel,Purc:
headlights. New Clutch, transmission. C
w, new rusc. Set-tous only. m o m
2845562.
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"This is no. 222521, a 1965 C, the 58th from the last 356
ever built. The color is Dolphin Gray. I was looking for
Chevette parts when my eye caught this sorry sight. The car
was hit from behind and pushed into a curb which bent the
upper axle tube. The floor had deteriorated to a fine layer of
rust and the engine compartment was completely gone. The
engine has been salvaged years ago, but the transmission,
doors and many interior and exterior parts were still there.
I bought it for $200 delivered. It was worse than it looked,
too far gone to attempt any restoration and during disassembly, I noticed that three grease nipples on the front axle were
loose and the locknut on the retaining screw for the torsion
bar adjustment was only hand tight. When I checked my SC
I found that the same lock nut needed tightening."
Fred Uhlmann, Bellbrook, OH
TOTAL PREMIUM
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----$35
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"This year at the Concours D'Elegance at Villa Casablanca
we had an opportunity to tour the house and I thought you
might enjoy a reverse view. The house is something else and
one must learn how to "rough it" since it has only 34 telephones and inside garage space for eight machines plus car
ports for a few more. If one wants to properly detail one's
machine, the hydraulic lift in the garage is very handy. I
thought the elevator was also very considerate and saves time
when you need to go up three or four floors. Each floor has
a balcony so everyone can have his own view of the tennis
court and gate house. Unfortunately we had fewer cars this
year and if the Japanese keep shippiing the cream of the crop
back home, next year is going to be slim pickings."
Duncan Welch, Newport Beach, CA
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"My husband is having an affair. I never thought it would
happen to me, especially after 27 years of marriage. What is
even worse is the fact that he's courting her in front of the
entire neighborhood, right under our roof!
I knew that he had felt passionate about this beauty when
I first met him in the late '50s. He would often speak longingly of how he had desired her when he first saw her, but
I wasn't worried since I knew I possessed a higher intellect
and eventually brains would win out over beauty. And so it
was. We were married and have built a long-lasting relationship in spite of the high divorce rate pervading our society.
Last year I became somewhat suspicious when we visited
my brother and I found out that he was having an affair with
a similar object of desire. After my husband saw how content my brother was with his new plaything - after all, an
older man (491 needs something exciting to stir up his passions, I could see the handwriting on the wall.
Gary, my spouse, began talking about his longing for something new and exciting in his life now that he was passed the
half-century mark. I, surprisingly, agreed after seeing how
well my sister-in-lawwas handling her situation. I'll be openminded, too, I thought.
Predictably, he did it. He courted his old flame, spent money
on her, and brought her home. Being even more open-minded,
I pretended not to notice and let him indulge himself, thinking
he would get over it eventually. Now late at night, I hear him
slip out into the garage. I know he's caressing her there, passionately admiring her sleekness which she has maintained even
after all these years. I'm envious of her beauty and understand
his passion. When he courts her openly, other males whistle or
look at her enviously as they pass by or pull up alongside her
at a signal. It makes him proud to be seen with her.
How will I continue to deal with this? How would I advise
other wives who are having a similar fate? I would say: tolerate it, even encourage it. You will find your husband a much
more contented person, less anxious, less worried, less moody. I wouldn't change my situation at all.
(My husband is the owner of a 1955 Porsche Speedster.)"
Gerry Eldred, Los Alamitos, CA
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Id a
Incorrectly positioned heater junction
box (heat exchanger)can short B + terminal on starter solenoid to groundcausing fire.
After some clutch work on my 1958
coupe, the engine was routinely installed
with no apparent problem. After installation, while fitting the ground terminal to
the battery, a s m d spark was drawn, indicating a small current draw. The current
draw was what you would expect from the
interior lights or ignition being left on and
no further thought was given. The engine
started right up and while testing the clutch
action by going forward and backward a
few feet, a small amount of smoke was
seen rising out of the open engine compartment. This small amount of smoke was attributed to oil spilled on the exhaust
manifolds, as valves were adjusted when
the engine was out. After some additional
clutch testing, smoke intensity increased
and the engine was shut down. Running
to the rear of the coupe, flames could be
seen licking out in the vicinity of the starter just forward and under the right hand
solex 40 PII4. During the panic situation
that followed, I elected to flood the flames
with water, as a garden hose was conveniently hooked up and within reach, instead of disconnecting the battery first.The
flames were extinguished in short order,
but then heavy dense smoke was seen issuing from under the closed front hood.
The hocd was quickly opened and the battery cables were smoldering due to an a p
parent short circuit to ground. The battery
ground terminal was disconnected as
quickly as possible with foolishly no regard
to personal safety. After things settled
down a bit, I momentarily touched the disconnected lead to the battery terminal in
order to determine if the ground still existed. A shower of sparks confirmed the
ground did not burn itself free. The rear
of the coupe was raised next and the right
rear wheel removed in order to get a better look so that cause of the short circuit
and the subsequent fire could be determined. What happened was the right heater junction box was out of position and was
making contact with the starter solenoid
B + terminal. So much heat was generated at this terminal that the end of the stud
W 5; 1P I L W A V i c Skirmants, Editor
was melted off and it will probably be very
difficult to remove the nut in order to disconnect the cables if the need should occur in the future.
Please be careful the next time you install an engine to be sure that you have
clearance between the right hand heater junction box and the B + starter solenoid terminal. I taped a piece of
insulation on the solenoid side of the
heater junction box, as the factory does
not provide very much clearance and
just one bottom cap screw is used to secure the box, allowing the box to swivel
out of posiiton if not tight.
I consider myself very lucky not to
have lost the coupe, the only damage being the burnt B + stud and other burnt
and melted cable insulation, which
doesn't seem to have affected operation.
Also, it was fortunate that the battery
did not explode. I have seen batteries explode for far less reason and believe me,
you don't want to be around one when
it blows - I'm still finding bits and
pieces of a battery that exploded in a
thousand pieces in my barn when I hit
the starter on my Ford pick-up truck and
that was two years ago.
I have a healthy respect for the power
in a storage battery and you should also.
Name Withheld
Thank you for the above warning, and
don't feel so bad. It's happened to me
also.
National E-Production racing, 1988.
May 28-29, 1988. Blackhawk Farms.
A phone call to the race registrar before the weekend revealed a very small
E-Production entry. Since Ed Clancy
wasn't planning on running my GProduction coupe that weekend, I left the
E-car home and took the G-car to Blackhawk. I hadn't driven the car in two
years, so this was a good chance to get
reacquainted.
1 qualified the car fourth in GProduction. During the race, one of the
faster G-cars dropped out, and I beat one
of the others, so I finished second.
June 10-11,1988. Road America's June
Sprints.
Ed Clancy and I were the only 356s
present. I had built a new engine, going
back to the old reliable non-valve-springbreaking camshaft. I qualified on the
pole, two seconds faster than the next Ecar. I guess the new engine was working well. Ed qualified fourth in G.
The race was uneventful; I won, and
Ed finished second in G-production.
June 24, 25, 26, 1988. Mid-Ohio Vintage Races, Stoddard Swap Meet, Blackhawk Farms National. Yes, a busy
weekend. My co-worker John Ziler and
I towed the E-car to Mid-Ohio on Friday
so 1 could meet some of the vintage
racers; would you believe sixteen 356s!
Saturday morning we towed up to Stoddard's for their first annual swap meet.
From there we towed five hundred miles
to Blackhawk for the National race and
a back-of-the-grid start. My son Erik was
already there and had qualified fifth in
E with his roadster.
The race went well; I won, and Erik
finished fifth.
July 9-10, 1988. Mid-Ohio National.
Joining Clancy, Erik and me were
Dave Helmick of East Stroudsburg, PA,
and John Thomson of Ann Arbor, MI,
with his coupe. After qualifying we had
a Datsun 2000 roadster on the role, Dave
second, me third, Erik sixth, and John
Thomson eighth.
Clancy had a good
race and finished
fourth.
Dave Helmick jumped into the lead in
our race, but after four laps his engine
blew up. I was chasing the Datsun, when
after twelve laps I looped it into the sand
traps and couldn't get out. Erik finished
third, I was credited with sixth (two
more Porsche Cup points), and John
Thomson did not finish.
A post-race teardown of the engine
revealed that the exhaust valves had been
touching the pistons. No, not from overrevving, but from being too close to begin with. I now know what the limit is
regarding minimum clearance. The
worst-contacting valve also had a broken
lifter! I believe I was fortunate to spin;
six more laps at speed, and I'm sure the
broken end of the lifter would have
broken free of the bore and gone flying
around inside the case; or even outside.
It's a wonder that the engine survived
three races.
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July 16-17,1988.Indianapolis Raceway
Park National.
John Thomson, Clancy, Erik and myself represented the 356 group. My engine lost a little compression when I had
to sink the exhaust valves for clearance,
but it still worked well enough for pole
position. The Datsun was second, Erik
was seventh, and John was eighth. Ed
was fourth in G-Production.
The race was great! The Datsun and
I went back and forth, but I took the
checkered flag first. Erik had a race-long
battle with three other E-cars, and improved his fastest lap time by two and
half seconds over qualifying! He finished
fifth, and John had a problem and
finished ninth. Ed ended up second in
G-production.
July 30-31, 1988. Mid-Ohio National.
Erik, Ed and myself were the only 356s
present. I had the other engine in the car
as one last test of the trick cam. The Datsun had the E-pole, I was second, and
Erik was fifth.
In the race, chasing the Datsun, I realized this engine didn't quite match up to
the other one. I finished second, Erik
blew up a pressure plate while running
third, but he was credited with fifth
place. Ed took second in G-production.
August 5-6, 1988. Waterford Hills.
As part of the Meadowbrook Historic
Races at Waterford, a special race was
added for air-cooled Porshces currently
being raced in SCCA. The entry consisted of six 356s. a GT-3 911 and GT-3 914.
I beat the 914 for the overall win, Ron
Roland was third in a speedster, Erik
was fourth, Stan Adams was sixth in a
cabriolet, John Thomson was seventh in
his coupe, and Ed Clancy didn't start because the G-car dropped an exhaust
valve seat while sitting still!
August 13-14,1988. Blackhawk Farms
National.
I took the G-coupe and E-roadster to
this race; did I mention our new 30 foot
long enclosed trailer? The Gcar still had
an intermittent burble in some corners.
I only qualified fifth. In the race one carb
died completely so I could rest up for the
E-race.
I won the E-race, but had to push the
whole way. An Elva Courier was right
behind me from the beginning. At one
point my oil temperature was 300
degrees! It was an extremely hot day.
August 27-28,1988.Nelson Ledges National.
Stan Adams, John Thomson, Ed Clancy, Erik and I had our 356s there.
I qualified on the pole, Erik was fourth,
John was fifth, and Stan was sixth. Race
day was wet, so the big question was
what tires to run. Ed ran rains on a wet
track, and finished second.
I also went with rain tires, as did most
of my group. Unfortunately, the track
stayed damp and didn't get any wetter. A
Lotus Super 7 on slicks finally got by me
and took the win. I hished second, Erik
was third, Stan was sixth, and John's distributor broke on the second lap.
Sept. 4, 1988. Mosport National.
I always enjoy Mosport, so I didn't care
that no other Ecars showed up. I had a
good time playing with the GT-3 cars and
testing my engine for the run+ffs.
By the time you read this the National
Championship Run-offs in Atlanta will
have already happened. With my additional horsepower this year I hope to get
back into the top five again. It will be my
tenth Run-offs.
As for the Porsche Cup standings,
right now I'm in fourth place, three
points out of second. Depending on how
a couple of IMSA drivers do in their final two races, and how things to at Atlanta, I could end up anywhere from
second to seventh.
My G-production 1300 coupe will be
available for rent for next year. It can
also be converted to a 1600 E-production
car if one so desires. Contact me at
313-575-9544,8:00a.m. 'til11:OO p.m. for
further details. The car is not suitable for
vintage racing.
Manufacturers and distributors of
obsolete rubber and trim items for
the vintage and 900 series
(619) 438-2205
Tan rubber floor mats now available
for the 356A. Sold as a complete set
only. Floor, tunnel, rear - $300 plus
California tax and $5 shipping.
Color is perfect.
P.O. Box 2818, Del Mar, California 92014-5818
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Well, I was going to do another one of my famous questionaires, but there was so much fun stuff in the mail, like
the article someone sent which appeared in a Philadelphia,
PA magazine supplement that quotes an east coast Porsche
specialist (no, not you Bruce) when referring to the 356
Porsche as an "automotive fogey, generally too decrepit for
restoration." It follows with the memorable quote: "People
have kept them alive, but they should just let them die." This
is not a healthy attitude. Since other comments likely appear
elsewhere, I won't say anything more.
European script, more info. Ted Lyman of Oakland, CA
writes: "My car, #61064,came with the proverbial basket of
parts. Among the worn out and broken items were two European scripts. On close examination, the mounting holes had
been filled by a previous "restorer", but their existence was
obvious. Thus, this cabriolet, seemingly with all standard parts
(visor, rear seat), is, in fact, a European-scripted model."
1956 European Cabriolet
"I've personally seen a beautifully restored European coupe
in Palo Alto, California and talked wtih an owner of a European cab in New York. Near as I can tell, the "Continental"
to "European" story-line, complete with Ford Motor Company lawsuit and Max Hoffman angle, holds up. What is obvious though, is that the "European" script was not for
stripped down models. It also seems clear that very few exist in the country and perhaps only a handful of cabs."
While on the subject of Europeans, Ray Dillon of Hutchinson, KS adds coupe #55308to the list. This car, also not a
stripper, came equipped with Telefunken radio and gas
heater.
Ron Roland took time from his Holiday making to contribute the following wheel information: "The early, non-slotted
VW wheels were 3" wide, not 3%" like the later slotted
Porsche wheels. Colors on these wheels seem to always be
body or an interesting two tone, with centers body color and
rims white. This appears to be true of slotted and non-slotted
wheels alike. somi were pin striped [see photo). Exception:
8
rl I-IA" Brett Johnson, Editor
16x3 wheel, Porsche with stripes or V W f
wheels o n Speedsters were white on
white cars, but apparently silver o n red
or blue cars. Color coding went through
'57 into 15' wheels, also."
"Early hubcaps look flatter a n d "pointier". They are %", shorter and 5/,," smaller
in diameter with a sharper fold next to the
rim. Disc brake hubcaps i n 1963 had no
center medalion and n o holes for same."
"16" louvered trim rings were anodized
aluminum (dull finish] as were the unique
louver shaped bolts which hold them on."
"Lug bolts on very early cars with VW
brakes were light weight with a deeply
recessed center."
"The light alloy rims used o n Carrera
GTs had steel centers and aluminum rims,
not the other way around, as stated."
1952 Porsche wheel, original paint and tire.
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For you trivia fans, here's a question. Who made the paint and a four-cam engine, and so evolved the first 356 producfor early 356s? Glasso you say. . . Take a look at the follow- tion Carrera, the 1500GS. The 1500GS Carrera utilized the
ing chart which was unearthed while researching my 911 54711 engine, which differed from the original Spyer engine
book.
by having lower compression, more exhaust muffling, and
swapping the end of the intake camshaft that drove the twin
distributors. The distributor switch was necessary because
FARBEN PUER AUSSENLACKIERUNG "PORSCHE SERIENWAGEN"
the engine position is reversed from Spyder to 356, which
Baujahr
Farbton Nr. versch.
Reutter
Porsche
would have cramped access to the front of the 356's engine
1950 bis 1953
n. Lieferanten
Nr.
Nr .
bay if no change had been made. 1956 1500GS Carreras were
501 Nitro
Schwarz
Elfenbein
504
"
fitted with an oil tank in the inner fender that is filled from
Pischsilber-metal1
505
*
Adriablau -Retall
509
53/1877
Lectler
the engine compartment. They also received larger wheels
Radimmuen-metal1
510
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32/1678
522
"
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205 POR 5408 Glasso
and tires in conjunction with a revised dash that featured new
Pascharot
523
"
944/4494
Lectler
Erdbeerrot
524
"
gauges and pull switches for the twin ignition system. These
4495
Palngruen
526
"
cars were identified from a normal 356 by virtue of the large
Sandgrau
527
1
Perthun
4/ 724
Modograu
53
94/4 4498
Lechler
dual exhausts and gold "Carrera" script. It is convenient to
mention here that the "Carrera" line was so named to
Baujahr
I1954 bis 1955
celebrate Porsche's racing accomplishments at the Carrera
Schwarz
501 Nifro
06296/8/700 Perthun
Panamerica in Mexico, a name that traditionally has adorned
Tuerkischrot
538
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the more performance-oriented Porsches.
537
232 POR 537
504
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Elfenbein
4852
Perthun
The Hirth crank 54711 engine developed 100hp at 6200rpm,
Jadegruen - Retall
536
"
232 POR 536 G l a y o
metal1
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232 POR 535
535
"
though strangely such excessively high rpm's did not cause
534
"
Perlgrau
205 POR 534
"
Azurblau
205 POR 5408
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as much trouble as did lugging the engine. The early engines,
Terrakotta
205 POR 533
Adriablau - metal1
53/1877
Lechler
prior to Porsche's warnings about underreving, were prone
Speedster-Signalrot
Bonaval
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to short crankshaft lives and chronic plug fouling. The dash
-Blau
6B/5327
pull switches found their only use here as one bank could be
"
-Weiss
6B/1202
"turned off" to facilitate location of the fouled plug(s).
( Baujahr 1956
1957 saw the advent of the T-2 body for the 356, featuring
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the bumper guard exhaust. Since the Carrera exhaust already
"
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had a predetermined outlet below the bumper, front bumper
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605
64/8499
Lectler
606
"
guards were used on the rear with no cutout. This change
608
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64/9069
metall
Silber
accompanied the introduction of a new Carrera in 1957, the
607
"
64/8498
Aquiu~rin-netall
Carrera de Luxe. The de Luxe version was essentially the
same as the 1500GS, but attempts to de-intensify the raciness
I'm feeling a little tempted to include some prices from a of the Carrera and to provide the occupants with some sem1964 price list I just obtained, but due to the following arti- blance of heat were tried, with some success, through a new
cle on those cars with quadruple cams, by Cole Scrogham ventilation system and handsome interior appointments.
of Waynesboro, VA, I'll hold off for a couple of months.
.
The 356 Carrera:
A Lineage of Excellence
In the racing world of the 1950s, no word could better strike
fear in the hearts of English and Italian racers than the simple bi-syllable utterance of "Spyder." Simple, as its nomenclature suggested, was the very fire of the Spyder itself; a
purebred vehicle flimsy yet seemingly unbreakable in the heat
of competition. The simplicity of the Spyder's businesslike
and lightweight body and suspension components, however,
was countered by the utter complexity of the vehicle's powerplant. The Spyder's thrust was generated by a marvel of engineering genius, generously supplied in the form of Dr. Ernst
Fuhrmann, that is quite commonly known as the Porsche
4-cam engine. This novel four camshaft unit completely surprised larger displacement racers of the era, and would eventually prove to be the structure around which the production
356 Carrera line would be built.
The Type 547 four-cam Spyder engine of 1953-1955 was a
giant leap for Porsche in the search for greater horsepower.
The engine utilized its new camshafts (driven by a complex
arrangement of bevel gears), two plugs per cylinder and
higher compression to easily top lOOhp in racing form. This
potent engine found a home in a 356 body at first only for
research purposes; which included a pairing with a special
Gmund coupe for a rally event in 1954. Obviously such testing showed promise for the marriage of the new 356A body
Large fuel tank
The GT (Grand Turismo) version of the GS [Grand Sport)
Carrera was also introduced in 1957 for both the Speedster
and Coupe. Changes included a 21 gallon fuel tank and 60mm
brakes in the front (an increase of 20mm over standard). GT
cars had a sport exhaust and no heat whatsoever, heating
channel access was blocked from the open air by small cups
placed over the traditional inlet holes under the car. The added weight of the brakes and tank was compensated for by
using aluminum Nardi steering wheels, no undercoating and
no sound insulation. The coupe made initial use of plexiglass
everywhere except the windshield, and the Speedster even
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went so far as to incorporate aluminum into the top latches.
The 54711 engines for the GT cars had higher compression
and Solex 40Pll-4 carburetors, developing llOhp at 6400rpm.
The GT Carreras in 1958 received the well-noted aluminum
door and decklid treatment along with light alloy wheels and
hubcaps. The bumper guards and decos were replaced on the
1958GTs by an aluminum strip that ran the length of the bumper and tucked around the edges. These cars also received
five louvers in the new rear decklid for cooling and ventilation purposes, the coupe with a novel ducting system that
completely isolated the carburetors to the open air. These
refinements were carried over the 1959 for the GT version,
when a new four-cam engine was made available.
total Speedster population since 1954to just under 5,000 cars.
Of these 32 cars, ten were paired with the 69211 engine, fourteen with the 69213 engine and the other six with factory
pushrood engines. Only 5 of the pushrod GT's are known to
still exist, four of which have a very interesting background.
These four cars were specially ordered for the Block dealership in California, all of which were silver with black interior and a special silver rollbar.
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GT Speedster with light weight bumper deco.
Rear lid with air channels and viewing hole.
1959 saw the 547 series engine phased out by the newly d e
veloped 692 series engine. Easily identified by another displacement of the distributor drive, this time to the nose of
the crankshaft in the center of the engine, the 692 was
designed to make obsolete the Hi& roller bearing crankshaft.
Supplies of the Hirth shaft had become dangerously low, and
Porsche had become forced to consider a return to plain bearing one-piece crankshafts. The first version of the 692 was
forced into action too early, however, and the 69210 remained
a Hirth engine with repositioned distributor drives and improved valve timing. The 69211 received the plain bearing
crankshaft, but remained at 1500cc as the 547 and 69210 engines were. The 69212 began to bear the fruits that Porsche
engineers had foreseen with a plain bearing shaft and 1600cc
capacity. This engine was fitted to the latest Carrera de Luxe
models, but the final version of the 692 revealed the design's
potential. The 69213 and 3A engines with higher compression
and improved internal balancing produced 115hp with ease
and some 3A engines topped 140hp in racing trim. The 69213
series had Weber 40DMC2 carburetors and required 12 volt
systems, making the 356's to which they were paired the first
12 volt Porsches in production.
Since Carrera GT Speedsters are obviously the most interesting cars involved here, it seems appropriate to attempt
to document them specifically. In 1958, the first year of aluminum panels, there were 16 documented GT Speedsters.
Four of these cars were delivered with the 54711 engine and
twelve with the 69210 engine. These cars were more of an afterthought when compared with the planning and conciseness of the 1959 Speedster production. The 32 GT Speedsters
produced in 1959 even have sequential serial numbers because technically they were the only Speedsters built after
1958 when the convertible D succeeded that line. The 1959
GT identification numbers range from 84923 to 84954, bring
All of the GT's equipped with 692 engines, including the
twelve lucky 1958 cars, had two remote oil coolers installed
behind the horn grilles (the horns were mounted to the bottom of the cooler housing). The 1959 GT models also received
an extra louver in the rear decklid, bringing the total to six.
The introduction of the 69212 engine for the Carrera de Luxe
version was the first 356 to come with the Haussermann
clutch plate in mid-1958, the de Luxe was also fitted with an
Eberspacher gas heater in the already cramped engine bay
below the latch, it did not take long for the unit to be moved
up front under the spare tire. Ninety-four 69212 engines were
produced for the de Luxe, as compared with exactly one
hundred 69213 engines prepared for a few 1959 GT Speedsters, the racing Abarth Carrera and the successor to the 356A
Carreras, the 356B T-5 GT Coupes.
Front mounted remote oil cooler.
By 1960, the mess of Carrera nomenclature b a s simplified
by the 356B GT Coupes. There were forty of these cars made
between 1960 and 1961. The majority of these cars were silver with black interior, powered by the remainder of the 69213
engines. Interestingly, there was a production run of 35 69213
engines in 1960 built specifically for the 356B GT Coupes (the
other 65 were built in 1959 for the Abarth and a few Speed
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The 356B GT Coupes were phased out in 1962 by the final
and most popular Carrera, the Carrera 2. The Carrera 2 was
offered only in GS form (no aluminum panels) and utilized
the new T-6 body. A louvered exhaust panel surrounded the
sport pipes and the aluminum bumper strips gave way to the
return of bumper guards and deco strips. The bumper guards
were installed as before on the 1500GS, with all four front
pieces. There were no horn grilles for the Carrera 2, the passage dominated by recessed oil coolers in the front of the car.
Soundproofing was once again added to the Carrera, which
only served to further increase the weight of the car to a total of 2,250 lbs. To move this larger mass, Porsche engineers
sought for a means of improving torque response in the fourcam; their answer was a redesigned engine with a longer
stroke and wider configuration, the 2-liter type 58711 engine.
This engine provided a marked increase in torque and
produced an output of 130hp.
The Carrera 2 was the most popular Carrera model ever
produced with approximately 440 examples leaving the facOil tank, left rear fender
sters). This leaves five GT Coupes without an engine, or does tory. 126 of these cars were 1964 models with disc brakes and
it? Those five cars were apparently delivered with super-90 improved running gear. The brakes were initially designed
engines, hence the 356 GT Super-90. All forty GT cars had by Porsche (type 695), but the designs were given to Alfred
GT seats, plexiglass screens, heated windshield options, large Teves in return for a sales break on Porsche's 356C line. ATE
fuel tank and brakes, no undercoating or sound deadening retained the Porsche emergency brake design and made a few
and a new aluminum strip on the bumpers that did not wrap refinements before the discs were used on 356's, which
provided a remarkable asset to the 98 Carrera 2 Coupes and
around as before, but imitated the deco strip it replaced.
26 Cabriolets that received the improvement.
The final development of the four-cam engine in the type
58711 for the Carrera 2 had been developed early on in the
design schedule, as the number suggests it was initiated before the 692 four-cams and even the type 616 pushrod engines.
This engine, however, took Porsche to the height of road and
racing pleasure in the Carrera 2 and in the final form (58713)
of the powerplant for the 904 Carrera GTS.
The history of the Carrera line has proven nearly as unpredictable as the cars themselves, prone to minor quirks and
oddities inherent to anything Porsche. But to those who love
the 356, the Carrera is driving in its purest form, and anything less just would not be acceptable.
1960 GT pushrod
Carrera 2
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letter from Umbria
"A Legend Dies"
Italian headline
August 17, 1988
Do I have to come home? Must I, really? And leave the warmest people, the warmest weather (relentlessly so, alas), the
tastiest chocolate, and the hottest
356driving roads I've ever experienced?
Not to mention enough pasta and vino to
fdl out even my emaciated frame (it hasn't
worked: I've still lost three pounds).
By the end of the first four weeks,
though, I'd had enough of the heat sufficientto buckle the railroad tracks just
south of Perugia, where we were headquartered. Also quite enough of the wine and
pasta,but never enough milk, whole grains,
or fresh veggies. Which may also explain
why so many young Italians are so svelte
and the older ones so fat!
The dearth of hands-on automotive activity (I'm not driving here, and frankly, I
do not miss it at all) is no problem, with
one embarrassing exception. I met the head
of the Italian 356 club at the 1987 Carlsen
swap meet (even got a windshield sticker),
but then lost the guy's address! Way to go,
huh? And here we are, right on his doorstep, scarcely a year later. . .
Just days ago, however, found us barely
65 miles from Modena when I1 Commendatore drove off to that great circuit in the
sky. We were sitting in a little ristorante in
the shadow of Florence's Palazzo Vecchio,
when Linda looked over at a nearby table
and read (in Italian) the words that begin
this story. Sad news, even if expected. A
lucky Ferrari-owning acquaintance is going to get that day's speciality sports newpaper "Corriere dello Sport."
My teaching duties in Perugia, at the r e
quest (and expense) of the Italian government, have left little time for automotive
entanglements of any sort, let done 356 activity, but the following observations from
a few hundred passenger miles on the road
may amuse you.
The Golden Rule seems to be accommodation: give and take; you cut me off today and I'll cut you tomorrow, no big deal,
no hard feelings, just keep things moving.
Italians observe the right of way
scrupulously. They also move over for that
fast car behind them and drive fast, even
in town. They are assertive, to the point of
aggression, but never impatient-nasty l i e
in Manhattan. In the crowded town centers
illegal parking is rampant. Enforcement of
traffic laws is lax. Stop signs are "suggestions". Lane discipline, even for semitrailers on the autostrada, can be a some
time thing. Eternal vigilance and all that!
In short, a bit like being back home in
Boston, just an order of magnitude more
SO.
You could have a terrific time in Italy
with a 356. For instance, consider the following fivestar holiday for SpdstrConv-DRdstr folks: Ship your 356 to Italy (seriously!). Drive it off the dock, avoiding all population centers, and head straight for the
northern Apennines. Spend the next couple of weeks (months?) exploring every
back road there is. Stop often. Eat. Drink.
Enjoy the sun and the quality of light it
sheds, especially in the late afternoon.
Make photographs. Poke through the ruins.
But above all, drive and look, look and
drive. You may never want to leave those
mountains. I didn't.
But the cities are something else. What
did the gentle k&ans do to deserve the
curse that now afflicts them, unless they
are still paying dues for the Borgias, the
Medicis, and Mussolini. The internal combustion engine is ruining the cities. Motordriven contrivances of every sort have
made them all but uninhabitable (for Rome,
strike the "all but"). Constantly and unacceptably intrusive, whether by virtue of
noise, velocity, or sheer press of numbers,
all the little 500cc and 900cc FIATS, wobbly Piaggio %wheeled trucklets, motorcycles, and their shrill and anemic cousins,
the scooters and motorbikes, create a
hostile environment within even the most
charming medieval towns. In worldclass
shrines of the arts, such as Florence, the
machines are a plague, +lacing the peace
and magic that is the legacy of the half-amillennium-old streets and buildings.
Most cars are Italian (with many French,
but no Japanese)and small. The large ones
often are Mercedes diesel sedans. Few exotica. I've seen a Jag V12 and a few BMWs
hurrying by on the autostrada, and a smattering of Alfas. No Ferraris, no Lambos. A
Morgan in Florence a block from the Ponte
Vecchio. Perhaps three Porsches, all 911s.
I am told that 356s are like hen's teeth; nice
examples sell for what they do stateside.
The only ones I've seen were by Brumm,
in a hobby shop. I left them there and instead bought impossibleto-findelsewhere
Italian books on Mussolini's navy.
This finalweek, in Florence, has been the
experience of a lifetime for one moved by
15th century architecture and wall-to-wall
old masters. It is overwhelming, the depth
and breadth of the Italian Renaissance
patrimony. God bless those awful Medicis!
All that great art, easily reached on foot,
reside in the medieval core. The modern
Firenze that surrounds it - for which a car
would have been necessary - isn't worth
a second look, like the outlying urban fringe
everywhere else.
But in the end, I do have to come home.
Home to my children, my friends, my
work, a balanced diet, to cooler temperatures, to restore a hefty sleep deficit, and
yes, to my own rag-tag bevy of motorized
junk. Even the little 356 is far more at ease
on the wide streets and forgiving yards of
suburban California than amid the narrow
alleys and walled-in excuses for parking afforded by medieval Italy. Still, each landscape has its own charm, and as they say,
comparisons are odious. I plan to return.
And perhaps, just perhaps, next time I'll
take along old 84620! A legend of a differ
ent sort, but it lives nonetheless.
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Japanese that come to our shores to purchase real estate and every open 356 they can find, and those owners that sell to them.
I am watching two women hug and cry. Helen's heart is break- Rusty or show quality, it makes no difference. It does make me
ing because she is reluctantly selling the 1958 sunroof super she smile when I consider that somewhere in Europe some poor soul
has owned since '64 and Kathleen is crying from a mixture of is stripping the paint off on one of my older restorations. Sort
the elation of buying her first Porshce and because Helen is cry- of my Trojan Horse to the mother country. Serves them right
ing. The passing on of a dearly loved 356 to the next carefully for stealing back the cars that they made. Hey, both the buyer
selected owner is a ritual that is becoming more and more rare. and the seller are doing what any red-blooded American enYou see, 356s have become commodities to buy and sell for profit. trepreneur would do in their place. This would be OK with me
if there were plenty of 356s to go around, but there aren't. The
This is the new reality.
For five years now, I have watched how the rising costs have law of supply and demand is taking the kid-like joy out of 356ing.
subtly changed the character of the way 356 cars and parts are Gone will be the days when people like myself can dream of ownbought and sold. As Ertel pointed out, it has also changed the ing a 356, then buying an affordable one which you fix up and
way Registry members party and relate to each other. Sort of actually drive as your primary car! Maybe those days died in '75
the difference between an everyoneinvited-blue-collar-kick-out- and my head is so far into the sand I should be able to speak
thejams-anddanceparty, to an invitation only, white collar, very Chinese.
So you have heard all this before and either you're saying,
polite, "thrty something" gathering, with much discussion of dual
income investing and child rearing. Sometimes lots of money buys "yeah, boy he has that nailed" or else, "what is this guy crying
boredom along with the much cherished exclusivity. It also can about?" Well, no matter. If you have owned 356s for years or
you just got your first one the day this magazine got to you, this
buy separation.
Last fall, a friend of mine who has been into 356s as long as new speculative reality will have an effect on you. Yes, this will
forever asked me if I would buy his pristine T-6 twin-grille Road- be obvious when you try to buy parts to restore it and people
ster. The price, $14,000. I just did not have the cash although are either hoarding the parts or demanding big bucks because
my home equity credit would have covered it. I passed for other they know everyone wants to "show" their little goldmine. It will
reasons such as I already own a rust-free Speedster along with be more obvious when you go to buy one for your sweetheart
a tweeked '61 Cab to assure that the autocross season would be and find that the only unrestored 356s left under $20,000 are Karthreatened by at least one 356. I also knew that someone would mann notchbacks and '63 coupes. But it will be most obvious
feel like helshe had died and gone to Heaven to get this car at to those of you who truly love these cars when you must sell
such a fair price. It was a satisfying feeling to be his first choice. or pass on your 356. After all, we are only caretakers of these
His second choice was an old friend in Chicago who had begged fine machines. Like everything else we think we own in this life,
continuously for a chance to own the Roadster. The sale was a house, a car, a musical instrument, even your wedding china,
made. Two weeks after he received his new pride and joy, Mr. in the future someone else will think that they own it. If you
Chicago sold it to a gentleman of means from the fine state of "owned this car correctly, you will be filled with many memories
Texas for the small change of $25,000. He did not even have the that are limited to the pleasure of driving it. For many of us, takclass to call my friend to tell him about this quick profit. There ing care of and driving a 356 is only part of the joy of this limitare two points to this sordid tale, foolish me for not having the ed time of "ownership". The biggest joy is the people that the
new reality mind-sest to buy and turn this car - thus paying off 356 leads you to interact with. Interaction with wonderful peomy mortgage and; the raw profit motive in the stock market is ple throughout the U.S., and in many cases, the world, is what
admirable - the American way, but when it comes between makes having a 356 a true joy. Anything else is mere ownership.
So when you must part with your car you may not want some
friends and includes a much-loved 356, it sure smells.
OK, so I am way up on this here soapbox, and I can point speculator to buy it. The way things are going, you may have
out that some of my best friends make a good living turning 356s, no choice. The new owner will either turn it, ship it out of the
but at least they love and respect these cars. Stratospheric prices country, or restore it at such a great expense he can only justify
have attracted speculators that only see the money to be made, driving it twice a year. I do not believe that many of us were
just plain lucky to have lived at the time of 356s were cheap
not the car.
We all saw it coming. In past issues I have lamented how some enough to drive everyday. We make those choices, not the market.
Helen could easily have sold her beloved 356 to a European
owners of show quality 356s do not even know what is original
on their cars but they had spent the bucks so they better win broker for big bucks and hoped it would eventually end up with
something. I admitted that this snobbishness on my part was someone who would love it half as much as she does. She didn't.
based on the unfair assumption that one could not really love Instead after three months of discussion and soul-searching, Helen
a 356 unless they could personally nurse it back to health. Meet- passed on "Lady A" to another fine and caring lady. I consider
ing owners like Helen cured me of that smugness. Now with the myself very fortunate to have been able to witness this touching
inflation of the '70s and the cheap dollar of the '80s I have a new and all too rare passing on. I hope that all of you will one day
set of targets for my pompous grumblings - the European and experience this moment for yourselves.
all things must pass
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saturday morning
Saturday morning I went looking for
a column.
Actually, I was doing my errands, tooling around town as I usually do on Saturdays, dropping papers and cans at the
recycling center and getting stamps at
the post office. I was pondering on the
fact that I didn't know - didn't have the
faintest wisp of an idea - what this issue's column should be about. On this
Saturday I did my tooling around in my
Speedster. There was absolutely no practical reason for not walking, nothing in
Yellow Springs is more than five blocks
from anything else. I've even handcarried sheets of plywood home from the
lumber yard and it's clear across town.
The speed limit downtown is 25 miles
per hour, but on a Saturday, you're lucky
to accelerate to 20 before someone, some
kid, or some dog wanders into the street
in front of you, so it's best not to even
try to get through town in a hurry. Part
of the problem is that everyone in Y.S.O.
(everybody in town calls this place
Y.S.O., pronounced as one syllable
"yso") knows everyone else. It's one
thing to speed through some strange
town mowing down anonymous pedestrians, but something much more personal when the guy you're about to
squash calls you by name and wishes
you a nice day just before you flatten him
on the pavement. So you tend not to
drive real fast. Smoothing through town
at 15 mph in first gear has its rewards.
The roar of the Bursch exhaust echoing
off the downtown buildings draws appreciative smiles from the town's car
lovers and annoyed scowls from tasteless
dirtbags like my neighbor and that old
bat who lives on Phillips Street who's
name I can never remember.
Errands done, heading north out of
town. The oil temp. is up off the peg now
so I run the engine to 6000 RPM and it
sounds wonderful. You're not insulated
from your environment when you're in
a Speedster, you're part of it. The air
smells fishy as we pass Ellis pond. The
road has a slightly rough texture that I
only notice when I'm on a bicycle or in
the Speedster. I love the beautiful greengold of early autumn, rich with color and
aroma. The musty smell of ripening corn
alternates with the sweetness of the last
cutting of alfalfa as I drive the country
roads. Drive white knuckle fast for a
while, sliding through corners, take a little risk, then slow down and drink in the
life around me. Still looking for a
column.
I stop on a bridge over a small stream.
There's a funny-looking bird standing in
the water. I write down a description,
knowing full well I'm not going to do the
column on spear-faced birds, but I want
to look it up when I get home (turned out
to be a green heron).
I remember some roads with "humps"
in them, places where you can sail the
car right off the ground at 45 mph or so.
The best place is about ten miles away,
so I forget about the column again and
head for Townsley road to play. There
is stretch of about a mile with five of
these things in a row. It's like being on
a free roller coaster. Back and forth, up
and down the road, faster and faster. Bob
Harner's herefords are lined up along the
fence watching me. A quarter of a mile
of white faces swing back and forth as
I pass, like spectators at a tennis match.
Bob is dropping huge rolls of hay in the
field for them, but they're ignoring him;
watching me instead of eating and getting fat. I'm sure he's happy about it. At
some speed one of the humps throws the
car up so violently that I can't get my foot
off the throttle in time and I see the tach
whipping past 6000 rpm as the wheels
come off the ground. Time to end this
game. This is not the proper way to enjoy a Speedster anyway. The prescribed
enjoyment modes are concouring, rallying, and racing; not hump-jumping and
pissing off farmers. I should be home
polishing this thing.
I'm still in a playful mood and so is the
Speedster, (I can tell because she's not
on fire or making loud, funny noises) so
1 light out for Devil's Backbone. Devil's
Backbone is a 2% mile circuit on public
roads that we used to race our VWs on
years ago. It basically snakes its way
down the wall of a river gorge, crosses
the river on a neat old covered bridge,
climbs the other wall of the gorge, goes
north a few hundred yards, plunges
down the gorge, across another bridge,
and goes back up the other side. It is 2%
miles of steep grades and slashing turns
that will test your engine, your tires, your
brakes, and especially your nerve. The
road has just been resurfaced though,
and it's covered with sand, so it's more
scary than challenging.
I make a couple of circuits anyway and
then decide to make a tour of the area
covered bridges and call it a morning.
After all, I've got a column to write. Driving through the town I went to the high
school in, I see some familiar faces. Woody and Linda - people I went to high
school with - and some other woman.
We talk. The other "woman" turns out
to be Karen, Woody's and Linda's daughter. People my age with adult children!
Ack! Everyone wants a ride.
Woody goes first. Accelerating hard
out of town there is just enough time for
the speedometer to hit 100 before braking hard to turn onto the "Devil's Backbone" course. Up the gorge, down the
gorge, back to town. Woody is breathless. Linda hops in. Accelerate hard,
brake hard, up the gorge, down the
gorge, back to town. Linda is flushed and
laughing. The Speedster is panting and
I can smell the brakes. Karen folds her
long body into the Speedster's seat. She
is 19, pretty, shorts, tee shirt, legs, etc.
She puts her hand on my arm and says
"Let's go FAST!" Accelerate HARD 6500 rpm in every gear - (pretty women are hard on Porsches and should
never be allowed near them). Past 110
mph. I wonder if she's ever done this before? On the brakes hard for the turn,
harder, HARDER! The brakes have overheated and faded. The car decelerates at
the same rate no matter how hard 1 mash
the pedal. We're going WAY too fast for
the turn. Karen is oblivious, laughing
and whooping. I am terrified and sweating. By some miracle of Porsche magic
the Speedster hooks itself to the pave-
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ment and pulls us through the turn. We
continue the tour of the "Backbone" at a
sedate pace. Karen's mind is in the present,
she is bubbling, two hands on my arm telling me what fun that was, what a cool car
my Speedster is, pointing out what a beautiful day it is - full of life. If I were 19 I
would have my hand on her hand (or
something) with my mind on the present
too, thinking what a beautiful day it is (or
something) and still driving the Speedster
as fast as the smoldering brakes would al-
I
low. But now my mind is full of the burning rag stench of the overheated brakes,
screaming Pirellis, and visions of the three
of us decorating some tree back there.
When 1was 19 I knew other people died,
but not me, not for awhile. Now I know
better. Everybody dies, even me, even pretty Karen - anytime. Now I'm smart
enough to be scared and I'm shaking so
hard I can hardly keep my feet on the
pedals.
We drive back into town and Karen
unfolds herself from my Speedster. She
laughs, smiles, thanks, goodbye and
walks off to talk to some boys. I head out
of town to continue my bridge tour, feeling kind of old and deflated. It's a twenty
mile trip to visit all four bridges and it
takes me nearly an hour. I feel silly and
foolish for having been such a showoff
and as I drive I search for some rationalization. "I may be foolish," I think,
"but I'm normal." Yea, that's it. Feel
much better now.
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highlights from the 356 registry
of ten years ago
by Jim Perrin, 356 Registry Historian
The "Memo from the Keyser" column reported that after
the 2nd West Coast Holiday, only four people were left in the
group that had attended all Holidays. These were Bill Durland,
Bud West, Tom Oerther, and Brett Johnson. Jerry also reported that he had just received a copy of the newly-issued titled
"PORSCHE: Brochures and Sales Literature 1948-1965"
authored by Dick Merritt and Susan Miller. Jerry labeled it
the "definitive work" in this area, and of course, his prediction was absolutely correct.
Vic Skirmant's "Technical" column described recent EProduction racing action involving 356 Porsches. This included the Southeast Division National at Road Atlanta which had
ten (!) 356s entered. Bob Lawrence's "Raveview" included a
a review of the magazine article reprint book titled "Brooklands Books Porsche Cars 1960-1964." These articles make
fascinating reading to this day and this particular volume includes articles on the Porsche Cistalia 360, the Formula I
models, and the 904 model.
Brett Johnson's "Restoration" column contains an excellent article on chemical paint and rust removal. Dave Seeland's "Fourcam Forum" column described a number of 356
Carreras owned by various individuals and included some
beautiful photographs of the cars. One of the cars described
is a Carrera Speedster which I once owned. This was a serious autoX car. When I owned it, the car had fiberglas doors,
front hood, and rear hood, as well as many other weight saving components. It had been set up for an 1800 flat-fan Elva
Porsche four-cam Carrera engine, and it was fast.
This issue of the Registry also contained an entertaining article by Pat Ertel on his trip in his 356A coupe to the Medford,
Oregon Holiday.
Event chairpersons: Send us information on your 356 related event for a free listing. We reserve the right to edit as required. Please have your copy typed. Members please note:
events that appear in this section are not necessarily endorsed
by 356 Registry, Inc.
october 22, 1988
356 Porsche Picnic, 11:oO a.m.-?, Virginia Pavilion (rain or
shine) at Stone Mountain Park (just east of Atlanta, GA). Small
admission charge to the park, pack your own lunch, (alcoholic beverages prohibited) and join us for an enjoyable day
with fellow 356 nuts. Promises to be the largest gathering of
356s ever assembled in the Southeast. Any questions, call Pat
& Terry Tanner, 404-977-4195 or Dianne & Dick Howie,
404-992-5193. See you thete!
november 5 & 6, 1988
11th Annual Phoenix Flight Concours at Scottsdale, Arizona. A PCA zone 8 concours and slalom weekender, sponsored
by the Arizona Region, PCA. 356 classes in concours and
street divisions. Headquartered at the new Phoenician Resort
in Scottsdale. Contact Mike Wroughton, 19640 N. 47th Ave.,
Glendale, AZ 85308, 602-582-4318.
february 11, 1989
The 6th Annual Porsche and Vintage VW Literature, Model
and Memorabilia Meet, Los Angeles, CA (near LA International Airport]. For information, contact Jim Perrin, P.O. Box
387, Pennsville, NJ 08070, 609-935-7123, Prescott Kelly,
203-227-7770 or Wayne Callaway, 818-579-4414.
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And talking of that, high speed cornering on the Carrera is beyond reproach,
provided you use the tire pressures recommended for racing. With 26 lb. in the front
and 27 in the rear, you can break (sic) the
tail loose in the secure knowledge that the
machine will respond to correction in the
normal manner. There is no danger the
slide will become an uncontrollable spin,
as in former years.
Porsche Carrera
Gran Turismo Speedster
Foreign Cars Illustrated, Oct. 1958
In a relatively recent issue of the Pano
there was an article on converting 6 volt
windshield wipers to 1 2 volt. As near as
I can tell, without pulling the motor off
my early 911, you can use the rear wiper
motor, BUT this will only work on an
early (T5 or earlier) 356 with single speed
wipers. Further, 911 rear windshield
wiper motors are not real easy to find.
The latest flyer from Stoddard lists a 12
volt 356 wiper motor 644.628.016.00 at
$100.
Potentially more useful was the by-theway mention of converting the electric
tach. Apparently the innards of a 924
tach, or I suppose any 12 volt 4 cylinder
tach with the appropriate needle sweep,
may be plugged in. I wrote Hollywood
Speedometer,but they proclaimed ignorance of the conversion. I ended up acquiring mine from VDO in Germany, via
a friend who lives over there. Interestingly enough, the tach shell used was
originally mechanical.
VDO Brazil is making replica 356 instruments. They differ more than subtly
from the original - most importantly,
they are larger in diameter and will not
plug into a 356 metal dash. However I
suppose the electrical bits could be
moved over to give 1 2 volts, in a VDO
6 volt electric tach. They are apparently
part of the Beck 356 Spyder kit and Ken
Daugherty used them in the spectacular
replica Spyder he recently built.
ENCICLOPEDIA PORSCHE (yes, it's
really spelled that way) is an Italian, in
Italian, 92-page magazine which says
5000 lire on the spine (about $5.00) but
costs $12.00 here. Fair volume of color,
some old factory black and white, all
poorly reproduced - almost nothing
new. Except a picture of von Frankenburg in a 550 Spyder with Liege Rome
Liege Rally plates. The car is obviously
one of the first 4 preproduction Spyders
built in 1953. Most likely not 550-01 or
550-02 because the rear corners of the
front hood are square and most likely not
550-04 since the turn signals are not off
set. Therefore it should be 550-03. But I
was totally unaware that this, or any of
the prototype Spyders ran that Rally. The
caption claims this was the 1953 Rally
and that the car had a 4 cam. 550-03
WAS the first 550 to have a 4 cam but
it was supposedly built with a 1500s
pushrod engine and sent immediately to
the US to run at an obscure race in Georgia and on to the Carrera Pan America. Prescott Kelly recently owned the
car, perhaps he can add some enlightenment.
In a moment of avaricious enthusiasm,
I seem to have sold my library copies of
PORSCHE 356 by Jenkinson and
PORSCHE DOUBLEWORLDS CHAMCotton. Any help in replacing
my personal copies would be aPpreciated.
Being late summer, I have decided to
write my a m ~ ~TOO
a l LATE FOR THE
HOLIDAYS REVIEW review of books
suitable for giving bylto one's significant
other.
$100 +
Factory 356 B/C Workshop Manual
($109). A drop of $20 from last year!
Almost everything you need to know to
work on your B ~ CPorsc.,e. Mediocre
reproduction of photographs, and assumptions made about your level of
training and access to tools, as well as
being sometimes inappropriate for use
with As and pre-As are my only reservations. The price sheet from Stoddard's
catalog, but not the catalog itself, lists a
"356 A Workshop" WKD.480.120 at
$410.90. Seems a little steep for a workshop manual, but it seems to be a manual part number.
difficult stuff to dolunderstand also
seems difficult to video tape - checking
head volumes and calculating clearances
and compression ratios are nowhere to
be found. This problem is not ameliorated by Harry's refusal to edit or do more
than one take. Harry shows how to install Webers, but most of us still have the
stock Zeniths or Solexes. Perhaps Harry should offer optional tapes depending
upon what engine is being built. Buy the
books - see below - first. I am in the
middle of an engine rebuild, for which
SECRETS is indispensable, but I find it
very comforting to run the tapes just before each assembly section.
$50 - $100
EXCELLENCE WAS EXPECTED,
Ludvigsen ($65). The single best automo-'
tive marque book written. With a publication date of 1978, this weighty (2.5kg)
tome is not too cluttered with later Gucci stuff. If you love 356s, don't fritter
awayyOur
On
and shoes for
You
have
a
COPY.
the kid
PARTS MANUALS 356A ($94.35),356B
($94.35),late B (T-6)supplement ($58.25),
C supplement ($47.75). More than making up for the drop in price on the workshop manual, these have increased in
price by about 50%. The obvious use for
these books should be ordering the correct parts, but you will find most of the
parts are no longer available, so the numbers don't do you much good. I find parts
are
more useful than
they are
the
laid out as exploded drawings in related sections. Please note that the A Manual is good for As and pre-As and the
Manual is what you want for Bs, but the
the
and
late Bs require
the Late B supplement, while Cs require
the Late
the
AND the
mRSCHE
handowski
(SBO1
Beautiful factory sponsored
book of all
the
racing
Very large format, with
generally a definitive poster in color and
its derivatives in black and white. A worThe Maestro's Engine Rebuild Tapes (5 thy book which covers the 356 period well.
@ $30 or $100 the set). Unfortunately,the Out of print, get one if you can!
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$25
- $50
356 SALES LITERATURE, Merrit and
Miller ($50). Enlarged hardbound version
of the original. Indispensable for those collecting sales brochures ("literature" in our
curious Porschespeaw but also for deciding on what really was available on a given
car - just look at the ad.
356 SPEEDSTER OWNER'S MANUAL
and THE CARRERA 1500GS SUPPLEMENT are reprints and there isn't much
to review. Both are printed on the correct paper and both seem to have the correct heavy colored paper covers. Each is
45 pages and each costs $35. AND
neither has a disclaimer anywhere on it
about originality. If you have a Speedster
or a Carrera 1500 these reprints are a super, relatively inexpensive way to fill in
your manuals - or not risk your good
original manuals in a leaky car. I don't
suppose it's much different than using
American replacement rubber or
sheetmetal, but I don't think the collectors out there are going to be really happy. The (45 page) SPEEDSTER
OWNER'S MANUAL is reproduced by
Bob Raucher and the CARRERA SUPPLEMENT by Bill Brown.
A, B, Cs (and 912s) of PORSCHE FOUR
CYLINDER ENGINES, Pellow ($30).
ABCs is basically a compendium of all
the parts in all 616 engines. Harry tells
you how they came originally and-where
to replace with later parts for a better engine, even if originality is important. He
also lets you know what won't fit with
what. Absolutely necessary for rebuilding your Porsche engine - whether you
do your own wrenching or not. Included are many stories, some of which have
nothing to do with Porsches. Usually
however, there are pearls in each story
illustrating some point which is applicable - though occasionally only in a cosmic sense.
SECRETS OF THE INNER CIRCLE,
Pellow ($30). When I rebuilt by SC engine, I found SECRETS much more useful than the factory manual. Harry
describes each step and doesn't assume
ownership of factory tools -he lists
tools needed and tools desirable, even to
the point of listing odds of a failure if you
try and do without. Follow his directions
and YOU CAN rebuild a 356 engine. After a massive outcry when the last edition of SECRETS went out of publication
Harry has reissued a slightly larger edition. DO BUY.
PORSCHE STORY, Weitman ($30). Old
book by Porsche's favorite photographer
brought current.
Porsche Type Numbers and Porsche developments. Both Porsche AG design
studies, including non automotive, such
as the prewar x-32 Type 70 aero engine
and the war time tanks, almost none of
which worked, to 655 moped engine,
and modifications of Porsches by outsiders are included. In the back is a superb index of Porsche type numbers.
BROOKLANDS REPRINTS:
356
PORSCHES, ROAD & TRACK ON
PORSCHE 1952 - 1965, CAR and
DRIVER ON PORSCHE 1955-1962,
1963-1970, 1970-1976 ($13). All to the
Brooklands series are similar, reprints from
contemporary journals. All are recommended as a way of learning how your
Porsche fits in context. All have somewhat
murkv- revroduction
but are readable.
THE MAESTRO'S LITTLE SPEC BOOK
AND EMERGENCY BREAKDOWN
PROCEDURES, who else with title this
long? ($10). A super little book, with no
stories, but a corrected factory spec book
including tables on non original and
original Porsche varts in nonorieinal
places and a guide to trouble sho&ng.
I have until this year recommendd Elfrink's PORSCHE TECHNICAL MANUAL, but at $25. think it too dear and
$10
$25
suggest you carry the Maestro's book in
PORSCHE SPECIALS, Boschen and your glovebox instead.
Barth ($25). A direct English translation
of PORSCHE SONDE~TYPEN. This
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PORSCHE REDUX WITH ROGER: As
noted in the last issue, the unauctioned,
red, 1961 sunroof coupe had returned.
Waiting impatiently 'ti1 Monday, I
roused Roger first thing and learned my
bargain of the century, my $500 356 ,
was indeed still available. "Make an
offer," he advised, but if I'd go $2,100,
he'd close the books and it was mine.
"The first $2,100 or the highest bid
received by next Monday."
Armed with this knowledge, I gave
Bob King a call to share the latest poop.
"Yes," he'd still be interested. He'd go
$900 for the engine and sunroof clip the rest was mine. He'd also drive to
Portland, load the find in his trailer, and
bring it to my house where we could
have at it.
"Great!" I shouted. "I'll call Roger and
offer him $1,800. Sounds like a bargain
to me."
Roger listened politely to my offer and
indicated I should put it in writing. He'd
let me know next Monday. "Are you
sure you don't want to offer $2,100 and
close the deal now?" he asked. "No,
$1,800 is my top."
Spent the remainder of the week drafting the letter to Roger and parting out
the find in my mind. The pretty stuff
would be in the garagelshop area while
the dirty things would go in the shed out
back with the mower and dogs. By
week's end I had Lady Jane convinced
that for a mere $900 investment we'd
have many needed parts for our car,
while reaping thousands on the sale of
unwanted items.
"Why, Editor Jerry would probably
give us a few hundred for the license
plates while Bill Mitchel would give us
the same for the stripped body, which he
could use for an outhouse at the next
Bullsession. Nancy Smith would take the
carpets. She could sell them as Indian
blankets in Colorado."
Upon hearing all of this, Lady Jane
whimsically whined, "If it's such a good
deal, why don't you go to full amount?
That's only $300 moore and if you and
Bob split it, that's a mere $150 each. I
could loan you that 'ti1 the first at only
18.25OI0 compounded daily." (She's big
into usury.)
"Naugh," I said. "We can get it for
$1,800 and our profit margin will be
greater!" (I'm big into greed - moore for
the greedy, less for the needy.) "Just you
wait and see."
Well, friends and neighbors, you
guessed it; Roger called Monday to inform me that he got the $2,100 and I got
nothing. That evening I called Bob and
broke the news - You know what he
said? "Guess we should have gone to
$2,100 - after all, it would have only
been $150 apiece moore." (Now where
have I heard that before?) What can I
say? At Roger's price it would have been
a bargain.
Lady Jane continues to be very
philosophical about the whole affair and
provides unsolicited advice like, "The
next time you should give them what
they want." (There will be no next time!)
and "Don't listen to that silly 01' Bob
King ever again." (But he helped me
rebuild my engine and it runs great.)
These conversations have subsided
and moore rational finger pointing has
taken over. So, in the final analysis, always remember: "Only those who dare
to fall greatly can ever achieve greatly."
NORTH TO EVERETT: Before
launching off to the NW Bullsession, I
must tell you that I descend from a long
line of weather guessers; this heritage is
crucial, for I never intend to drive my
356 in the rain. (I own very low mileage
Oregon Porsches.)
Thus you know why I called Bill
Mitchell the morning we were to head
north - I needed a weather guess. It was
marginal in Oregon with rain in the forecast but some blue was visible. Bill
reported that it had rained most of the
night but it looked pretty good now. This
was Saturday and by Sunday, the day of
the Session, it should be better.
Throwing caution to the wind, we
decided to take the Cab. It won't rain on
us! Heading north was great - first time
the Cab had been out for a run in over
three years. (We skipped Redding earlier this year because - you guessed
it - rain.)
We crossed into Washington and the
weather began to look a bit moore
ominous. Before going any further with
this, I must warn you that most people
in Oregon don't like the folks in
Washington. Oh, I know we share the
same Pacific Northwest mystic, but there
is one flaw in our relationship - you see,
the University of Washington is in
Washington. Odd!
Once a year they beat up our football
Ducks (last year was a splendid exception) and then gloat for twelve months.
They even send Huskie spies to Oregon
to steal our best high school pre-Ducks.
So you see, no love lost. If they'd only
move the school to Idaho or Wyoming,
everything would be fine.
Well, as we neared Huskie Headquarters in Seattle, as I expected, it started to
sprinkle and because we wouldn't turn
around and head south, it really began
to rain. We'd come too far to be denied
so we drove right into it. Fortunately, it
stoppd before Everett and by the time we
reached Bill's house, blue sky time!
Demonstrating true 356 hospitality, he
let us wash our muddy car and gave us
some clean towels to dry it with. His
wife, Connie, wasn't home; I knew this
for she had left him a long list of things
to do before the next day. While my
Main Jane and I washed and dried the
Cab, Bill was cleaning the bathroom to
concours condition (I don't know if he
does windows).
It was obvious that Bill would be busy
well past midnight so Lady Jane, clean
Cab, and I headed for the lodging Bill
recommended. He did real good in this
department for we had a great room at
the Marina Village Inn overlooking
Puget Sound. It was outstanding!! (I
know Bill can clean bathrooms and
select Inns!)
The next morning we were awakened
at 7:30 by - yup, rain. Oh hell, the Cab's
getting wet and the Bullsession on Bill's
back lawn will be a quagmire. But before
I could dress and rescue the Cab, it
stopped and started clearing. Very soon
it looked like the Oregon tropics. So as
not to miss any of the fun, we bolted
down breakfast, raced over and, not being disappointed, were about the third
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car on the premises. By the end of the
day there were close to twenty cars arranged in the back yard and about six
moore out front.
The cars were great and the yard, thanks
to Connie, was exquisite, but the food was
even better. We're talking bar-bequed
salmon and halibut that was out of sight!!
Salads, cheese cake, rum balls, it was all
there. A prelude to August, you eager eaters! Hey, Jerry, mucho cerveza tambien.
I've touched on the cars, yard, food,
and drink but saved the best for last the folks. The gathering again proved
that 356 people are the best. I didn't meet
them all and most that I did I forgot their
names. I was pleased to see some Oregonians this year. Jack Arndt brought this
pretty blue coupe from Portland and
then to get back home, he and Bob Hansen had to push it to get it started. (Just
another example of Washington trying
to get us.)
Dan Sweatt was there from Coos Bay,
OR; he brought his Oddie but kept telling us he has driven a 356, and claims
even to own one. Reliable sources cannot substantiate this, so Dan, the burden's on you. Bob Lawson came all the
way from Carmel. He was the only one
there with a cowboy hat; I understand
he comes from West Carmel, out where
Clint lives.
The new, svelt Jim Shuh brought his
beautiful red coupe. (The following day
I visited Jim's garage, which is the
closest thing to a Porsche museum you'll
see on the West Coast.) If my Cab is ever
really good, I'm going to paint it brown
and put a tan top on it so that it will look
like Jack Keyes' Cab. I think his is one
of the most attractive ones around.
Met Gary Johnson, which was really
a rare treat for he's a fellow Aztec from
SDSU. Gary will be the official accountant for the Port Ludlow Holiday. No, I
don't want to knock fellow Californians,
but Bill, you might want to check his
credentials, for when I was leaving that
evening, Gary was telling me things like
"I'm gonna be accounting the cars in the
parking lot," or when he heard that Pat
and Jerry were coming from Ohio, he announced, "I'm gonna be accounting the
silverware for the resort." Maybe that's
what accountants do in Washington?
Ray Smith came down from Canada;
he left his boat building and fish behind
for the day. Ray plans to sail his new boat
to the Holiday; it will be 356 powered
and full of salmon - I can't wait!
And Bud Shank was there - yes, that
Bud Shank! If you know West Coast jazz,
you know of whom I refer. If you were
in Southern Cal. in the mid-fifties and
listened to jazz, and knew musicians
such as Claude Williamson, Chuck
Flores, and Don Prell, then you know
who I mean; how about Shorty Rogers,
Shelly Manne, or Jimmy Giuffre? Well,
if these mean nothing to you, this is not
the place to explain it all. In the next issue I'll divulge the meaning of life, why
the sun rises, and the origins of West
Coast Jazz. I look forward to the next issue and seeing everyone in Port Ludlow.
My Main Jane, Cab, and I will be there
and it won't rain - I guarantee it!
JUST ONE MOORE: Steve and Nancy Smith, ex-Oregon Registry members
now in Colorado, dropped by. Steve
brought a case of something called
Bolder Sport. It's a lot like beer and is
good real cold. We had a good visit; I
learned a great deal about the 356 happenings in the Rockies. They have a very
active group back there, and many of
them are coming to Washington. Can't
wait to meet a guy named Dave Sott.
Nancy says he's their leader. Seems Dave
hangs around the Bolder Brewery a lot,
sampling Bolder Sport and coming up
with crazy ideas for the group to do in
their cars.
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Once upon a time in the West, the
phone rang. Shortly thereafter, the Maestro was talking with a member of the
Connecticut Valley Group associated
with 356s.
The subject under discussion was the
Maestro's possible purchase of a
Super-90 engine, the Maestro's favorite,
from the Right coast. At, hopefully, the
right price.
"Yep," said the voice on the phone
(VOP), "this here engine is just as it was
removed from a wrecked Karman Ghia.
It's a bona-fide Super-90 and it was
previously owned by Paul Newman!"
Now, the Maestro had heard those
tales of Steve McQueen andlor Paul
Newman, Hollywood rebels that they
were, who showed up at Academy
Award dinners in Volkswagens instead
of Rollers. The fact that the VW's were
Porsche powered made the story even
more intriguing.
"So what's a Porsche engine supposedly owned by Paul Newman doing in
Connecticut instead of Hollywood?"
asked the Maestro suspiciously.
"Well," said the voice on the phone,
"Paul Newman lives in Connecticut!"
"Oh," said the Maestro.
"And what's even better," said the
VOP, "This engine has a full flow oil
filter!"
Just then the Maestro's center of
higher reasoning issued a priority interrupt and said, "Watch out, Maestro,
most every 'full flow oil filter' conversion
we've ever seen turns out to be nt. wth.
sht.! Especially if it's been done by a
turkey!"
The center of higher reasoning continued, "Remember the last full flow engine you saw? The one where every
bearing journal had been worn to sixteenth undersize! We both know that every full flow filter has a bypass valve that
opens when the differential pressure
across the filter gets too high (i.e., when
the filter starts to clog). That way, at
least, the engine gets some (dirty) oil
rather than no oil, dirty or not! In this
case, the engine got a lot of really dirty
oil - the inside of the engine looked like
someone had run carburendum through
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it. Come to think of it, with all the crud
from the exponentiallly wearing crank,
cam gear, pistons, etc. it might have been
carburendum!"
But the Maestro wasn't listening to
center of higher reasoning (a most dangerous andlor expensive thing to do). Instead, he was being seduced by the siren
song of a Super-90 engine!
And though the initial asking price
was a bit high, appropriate trades of a
set of engine assembly video tapes and,
from the secret stash - a few Bosch
225T-7 spark plugs (the special ones with
the side electrode available only on
Super-90s and unobtainium for the last
15 years], made the final price palatable.
And the deal was a done one.
A mere three months later, after the
Connecticut Valley spring thaw, the engine arrived in sunnv California. at the
iewly opened ~ a e s k o~ a c h i n Shop.
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And the Maestro rushed out to eyeball
this Hollywood masterpiece.
Cursory initial inspection revealed that
the engine was 1)a Super-90 or at least
the case was a Super-go!, and 2) it most
definitely had been installed in a VW, the
smaller VW fuel line being soldered to
the larger Porsche fuel line is definitive
proof of having previously resided in
said VW.
Other external characteristics
screamed VW mechanic loud and clear
and to high heaven. Yes, the engine had
full flow oil filter, taken off the oil pump
cover and fed back into the left hand side
of the third piece, the right way to do it.
But the guy had cobbled everything up
by putting the filter about where the
original filter was. This meant that large,
ugly oil lines had to come up from the
bottom of the engine, and then go back
down agains through the rear shroud! A
serious attack on engine aesthetics.
Not only that, but the first attempt at
mounting the full flow filter on the fan
shroud had cracked the fan housing. So,
the turkey tried again, this time bolting
a quarter-inch thick aluminum plate
over, under, around and through the fan
shroud!
Thereby raping repeatedly the fan
shroud in places nature and Dr. Porsche
had never intended.
To complete the vicious attack, the
Porsche bell crank had been chiseled off,
and the pivot of the top linkage crossbar
likewise removed and replaced 4 inches
to the right. In a final tribute to turkey
engineering, the thermostat mounting
bracket had been cut off with the aid of
a Mexican hot wrench.
Closer inspecton of the rest of the engine showed a bonafide 200mm S-90
flywheel (say hallelujah!), but with the
ring gear teeth shot! Damn! Wonder why
that happened?
The answer to that question came seconds later. The engine had a 12 volt
generator and coil, meaning that the car
was 12 volt and the flywheel 6. Maybe
they used a 1 2 volt starter instead of a
6 volt! The mismatch of flywheel teeth
and starter gear would have made a sight
for sore ears! Judging from the condition
of the ring gear teeth, that's highly
probable.
Other signs of a turkey overhaul were
obvious. Most all the wrong size nuts
and bolts used in the wrong places, a
heavy covering of crud covering everying, but that's par for the VW rebuild
course.
But when the Maestro progressed
through the disassembly, really interesting things began to appear.
Like when he was about the remove
the rockers, he happened to notice that
one head had a valve gap of %" while the
other side had negative valve gap! That's
significantlyworse than your typical VW
tune-up.
Was that a sign that the rockers had
been removed and replaced haphazardly? Or with other rockers? Maybe not,
the heads were torqued close to what is
right, and most everything was in place.
The only thing that was a bit strange
was the large amount of dirt on the rockers, push rods and even inside the push
rod tubes! Normally, on a used engine,
there's a lot of oil-produced crud and
sludge but not dirt. This engine was
dirty!
In more ways than one!
Upon removing the cylinder head, the
Maestro noted that the head was not a
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balanced Super-90 crank!"
"No, can't be," said the center of
higher reasoning, bringing the Maestro
back down to earth. "When you took off
the flywheel, I noticed that the end play
shim and flywheel main bearing were of
the AIBICl912 persuasion, not the special, thicker and larger Super-90 type."
"Oh, that's right," thought the Maestro!
"Well, what the hay, at least it's a counterbalanced 912 crank! And that's not bad!"
"Right," said the center of higher
reasoning. "As long as it's not cracked,
and that remains to be seen!"
To check out how things were in the
lower end, the Maestro grabbed a connecting rod and wiggled, expecting to
get a little wiggle. Instead, he got a very
large wiggle, like thunk-thunk city! And
not a good sign!
"I told you not to buy it," said the
center of higher reasoning.
Splitting the case revealed a late style
912 crank with one rod more than a little loose. Removal of the connecting rods
and measuring the crank showed that
one rod throw
WAS 60 THOUSANDTHS BELOW
LOW LIMIT!!
which means it was:
THIRTY THOUSANDTHS BELOW
THIRD UNDERSIZE!!
Which means that the crank was nt.
Super-go. It was a "C". Not bad, but not
what the Maestro ordered. He had ordered a SuperGO!
Then the Maestro popped off the #4
cylinder - and gasped - there was no
oil control ring!!
"Ah ain't one to say Ah told you so,"
said the center of higher reasoning, "but
ifn Ah were, now'd be the time! Why
don't you listen to me when I warn you
about these deals?"
Now the Maestro in his many days of
playing with Porsches has seen all manner of turkeyized Porsche engines, but
never, never ever, has he seen an engine
assembled with no oil control ring! As
they say in Chernoble these days, this
was a most unusual event!
About the time he removed the
flywheel the Maestro made another discovery. There were no nuts on the two
studs for the cam plug! The cam plug
area had been Eunuchified! Castrated by
the previous overhauler!
But he brushed that off to typical
teenage VW mechanic who knows not
about Porsche cam plug nuts since VW's
don't have them. (If it's not in his
knowledge base, he ignores it.)
However, the greater shock was yet to
come. The Maestro eyeballed the crank.
It was a Counternaaned crank! "Eureka," he cried. "I've found it, a counter-
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But the most interesting thing about all
this was that the rod bearings on the bad
rod were standard and still in good
shape. "How can the rod bearings be in
good shape if one rod was 60 thou undersize?" I hear you cry.
Because the engine was a fraud!!
Someone had gone to significant effort
to reassemble the engine to give the appearance that it had not been disassembled, even torquing the case and heads
to approximate factory tolerances, and
replacing the divots in the accumulated
crud covering the engine!
The fact that the crank had been changed
is evidenced by the use of standard rod
bearings throughout that showed nothing
abnormal. includina on the severelv overheated and damagid rod. Rattle, iattle.
Though it is doubtful that the guy who
did this is a Registry member, ifn he is
and you're reading this story, we're
tracking you down. We agonna get your
ass! Thought nobody would notice?
Thought maybe it would be years later
that your fraud would be uncovered?
Then by that time you'd be back in Arabia or Mexico or the US Senate? Huh?
We're coming to get you! Hear that
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All because you didn't:
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Set the date, the second weekend in
May, 1989 - the International 356 Meet
in Switzerland. Let me tell you about the
1988 affair, and you decide if you want
to go.
Pre-registration is a must, as they are
more that want to go, than there is room.
This year's event was held in Veldhoven,
The Netherlands.
Cost was $256 U.S., inclusive with
room, meals, and everything taken care
of, except the bar bill. Also included was
a souvenir pewter model (l/,,rd scale) of
the 1951 LeMans Class Winning 356.
Registration was Thursday, May 12.
Sponsor of the event was the Porsche
356 Club Nederland, one of 11 European 356 clubs. The line was short and the
goodies were included, the model and a
shoulder bag.
Outside to look at the 225 Type 356s
assembled and socialize. Language is
only a problem if you let it be; as Porsche
is a universal language.
The earliest car was a 1951 coupe
(#5462) and the latest was one of the
cabriolets made for the Netherlands
Police Department (162171).In addition,
there were two Porsche tractors, a Type
597 Jagdwagen and an early 550 Spyder,
still wearing the numbers from the Mille
Miglia, run just the week before.
The cars were parked by year, for the
most part. There were lots of Carreras,
including a 1956 blue one from Argentina. Many cars were modified (one had
a 911 engine),but there were many nicely restored cars. Some of these cars were
from the United States, thanks to the
favorable (for the Europeans) dollar exchange.
The English contingent had to battle
a channel strike to get their cars to the
continent. Right hand drive Porsches
were plentiful at the meet. Unusual, was
Serial #126935, a 356c coupe; with the
steering wheel on the right side, the
fender gas filler pipe wouldn't fit. This
car had a 356B gas tank, with the filler
inside the front trunk.
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There was no formal concours, just the
standing one. Judging was simple ballottype with your favorite noted.
Thoughts of a good night's rest, after
the evening buffet dinner were dispelled.
Although the elevator was only some 200
feet from the dining room clusters of
small talk formed for the entire distance.
Oh well, one can always sleep at another
time. Finally made my room at 2:30 a.m.
Friday was travel day, and not by
Porsche. A special train took the 450 assembled to Amsterdam. With as many
canals as Venice, it was apparent that the
Porsches would never have found parking places.
First, there was an orientation boat
ride; then on your own. The weather was
unusually warm. You can always tell the
tourists, they had a camera around their
neck and a map in their hand.
With our camera and map, we found
our way to the Van Gogh Museum, true
no Porsches, but fascinating just the
same. The day ended quickly, as the train
left on time - with or without you.
On the way back, many participants
were given modeling clay and told to
shape their favorite 356. No prizes or
anything, just something to do.
Saturday was rally day. Starting time
was by year of car, with elders first. With
all of the languages, the instructions
were by drawings of signs or buildings,
plus distances from the start (in kilometers). It was not difficult.
The rally was not time and distance,
rather, the usual European format of arriving within a time limit. At the end of
each leg, there was a special stage. The
first stage was a slalom at the local airport. Parked at the entrance to the slalom was a Cessna, not just any Cessna,
but the factory Cessna with the PF3200
(not a 356, but a 911) engine. In the slalom, the navigator went along in the
shotgun position.
Next stage was a go-kart track (we
drove the go-karts). A rest stop was
provided, just in time and we also saw
how the famous Dutch wooden shoes
were made, then on to a castle for a
quick quiz.
The lunch stop was at the Autotron, a
new auto museum in Rosmalen. Our
lunch area had four display cars from the
factory, a 908,935 and 917, plus the 356B
2000 GSIGT. For those few that had
enough Porsches, the museum had a special display of Ferraris from a 1949 Type
125 to the prototype F40.
Back to the rally after lunch; and then
back to the hotel. The banquet dinner
ended with the awards. Overall winner
was Giorgio and Cristina Martelli, from
Italy, with their 1959 Convertible D.
Long Distance Award, with car, went to
H. Santana from Argentina, with his
1956 Carerra. Long Distance, without
car, went to Ken Ito, from Los Angeles,
CA.
It was announced that presidents from
all 11European 356 Clubs were in attendance. They take these events seriously
and it shows. It was a pleasant, enjoyable event - low on pressure, high on
fun.
Other Americans attending the meet
included Bob & Ginni Gummow, John
Campanile, Dennis Frick and Bob Garretson (now living in England).
On the survey of 1964-1965 "C"
coupes, there are many who do not know
what the plate under the coachbuilders
plate (on the driver's hinge) is for.
The plate reads "Kunstharzlock,
" I think this transFabron No R .
lates to Synthetic Enamel. ,At any rate,
the numbers after the "R" relate to the
color of the car:
6401 - Slate Gray; 6402 - Ruby Red;
6403 - Sky Blue; 6404 - Light Ivory;
6405 - Champagne Yellow; 6406 Irish Green; 6407 - Signal Red.
Special colors:
6410 - Dolphin Grey; 6411 - Togo
Brown; 6412 - Bali blue; 6413 - Black.
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Jim Cowan
"WE'RE going through!" The Commander's voice was like
thin ice breaking. He wore his full-dress uniform, with the
heavily braided white cap pulled down rakishly over one cold
grey eye. "We can't make it, sir. It's spoiling for a hurricane,
if you ask me." "I'm not asking you, Lieutenant Berg," said
the Commander. "Throw on the power lights! Rev her up to
8,500! We're going through!" The pounding of the cylinders
increased; ta-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocketa-pocket . .
"Not so fast! You're driving too fast!" said Mrs. Mitty. "What
are your driving so fast for?"
There is absolutely no evidence that James Thurber ever
drove a Porsche 356, for at least two very good reasons: first,
they hadn't been invented yet, and second, his visual acuity
was worse than that of a bat.
Never mind. His The Secret
Life of Walter Mitty, which
first appeared in the New
Yorker magazine in 1939, defined for all time the spirit
that makes grown (?) men
spend astonishing amounts
of time and money (which
might have been spent on better things like lawn and
garden care, aluminum siding, or a retirement portfolio]
to go out and make public
fools of themselves in geriatric automobiles and love
every second of it.
The phenomenon of vintage sports car racing is of special interest to 356ers, as our
thirty-year-old cars are still very much in the thick of modern
SCCA championship competition, while qualifying nicely for
vintage competition.
Of course, one could argue that the SCCA racers are becoming less and less 356-ish and more and more and more
962-ish and they are right. Nevertheless, they are still swingaxled, rear engined, air cooled vehicles that, if you squint just
so, look like the car under the tarp in the carport or in twenty
boxes scattered about the garage.
However, there is a big diff in purpose. Most SCCA racers
would sell their firstborn for a tenth of a second per lap; most
vintage racers would not. They would rather be out going as
fast as they can, scaring themselves, and in general having
the time of their life.
Further, the rule for vintage racing are quite strict as to modifications allowable. One must race on street tires and things like
.
fender flares and rolling billboard motifs are verboten.
All of this is good news for the average (an oxymoron if
ever there were one) 356er who wishes to exercise his or her
thoroughbred in the manner for which it was designed. If you
wish to find out more about vintage racing, write to one of
the organizers whose ads appear in Autoweek. The bestknown group is SVRA, 2725 W. 5th North Street, Summerville, SC 29483, tel. 803-871-3430. Among the 356ers who are
quite active in this endeavor are Murray McAfee 404-634-1351
and Jack Lewis 404-457-2922, both of the Atlanta area. Also,
both ye tech ed. V. Skirmants (address inside the front cover)
and Joe Cogbill at P.A.P. have expressed strong interest in
helping neophyte Mittys to get started in this exciting sport.
Vic has a useful handout
which he will be glad to send
you. Enclose a buck for
postage.
The exquisitely-named
Walter Mitty Challenge is
held at Road Atlanta each
May, which means yet
another excuse to visit
Charles and Maria and to attempt to find the quintessential barbeque restaurant and
loud rock joint. This time,
however, Charles' Mum was
in from Merrie Olde, so we
spent the weekend behaving in a civilized manner - quite
a trick for yrs. truly, but I think I pulled it off. At least Charles
invited us back for the Runoffs.
When you go to a vintage race, take your camera and plenty
of film. Security is not so tight ass at an SCCA race and everyone - well, most everyone - behaves in a gentlemanly (gentlepersonly?) manner. Most of the ownerldrivers are friendly
and eager to talk about their gems, from the low-buck 356 to
the million dollar Ferrari.
It is a thrill beyond measure to see these wonderful old
beasts, not behind a velvet rope under fluorescent lights, but
right there, hot from a vigorous run, the exhaust pinging as
it cools and, by God didn't I see (insert one) Richie Ginther
or George Follmer or Mario Andretti drive THIS VERY CAR
when I went to my first race back in (fill in the date)?
"We only live once, sergeant," said Mitty, with his faint,
fleeting smile. "Or do we?"
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'56 coupe, U56397, straight, rust-free,
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leather seats, lowered, disc brakes, H &
H sways, 741 trans, fast. Will deliver.
$12,500. Joe Stonskas, 2685 Belcastro St.,
Las Vegas, NV 89117, 702-873-9124.
'57 coupe, 1600 normal engine, California carlno rust, complete car with correct engine, total restoration rebuilt
engine, painted orignal color: graphite
metallic, gray German carpet and black
leather seats. Model #58818, engine #
P64523. $18,500. Roger Follis, 973 E.
Howard St., Pasadena, CA 91104,
818-791-3178.
'57 coupe, very restorable, set up
presently with VW motor. $5,000.
Porsche motor included for $6,000. BIC
complete rear clip. $200. BIC left front
fender. $100. 1600 super motor. $1,800.
Eric Erickson, 842 21st Ave. SE, Minneapolis, N 55414, 612-339-4006 days,
612-331-6273 evenings.
'58 1600n coupe U103226, eng. #67883,
Arizona car, no rust ever, perfect floor
pan with new undercoating. New red
paint, rubber, tires, fresh engine. Bumpers with all overriders. Needs only interior. $11,700. If you want, I will finish.
Cliff Berryman, 7514 Via de la Escuela,
Scottsdale,AZ 85258,602-948-9367evenings, 602-443-1707 days.
'58 1600N sunroof coupe #103800, eng.
UP69956, complete car. All metal original. Never damaged. Absolutely no rust
or rot. Fresh silver paint, new red interior, strong engine. Registered and driven
by original owner for 26 years. $12,900.
Also, '59 coupe. $7,900. Rudy Campagnola, 23 Candlewood Path, Dix Hills, NY
11746, 516-499-7704.
'58 1600s speedster, chassis #84856,total concours restoration of rust free undamaged original Arizona car. Extra
rebuildable S-90 engine and restorable
Glaspar hardtop included. Best speedster
you'll find. $44,000 firm. Photos $8.00.
Ed Bancker, 3125 Dan's Drive, Stevens
Point, WI 54481, 715-344-8780 evenings.
'58 356A 1600N coupe, #102498, silverlredloatmeal, rebuilt motor, gearbox
& front end, new chrome wheels, hubcaps & tires, original radio, complete,
original & rust free, all numbers match.
$12,500. Gary R. Engel, 3514 East
Spruce,
Seattle,
WA
98122,
206-322-5955.
'59 convertible Ds (2). Both California
cars, redlblack 3,000 miles on complete
restoration. Fiord Greenltan, never any
rust, 12,000 on restoration. Parts from
'60-'65 cars: f&r clips, hoods, doors,
transaxles, 3 T4a's, disc brakes, camber
compensator, European heater complete, SC engine, 1-912, replacement case
no numbers, Cab soft top very good con-
dition, Spar glass hardtop for Roadster,
'A' sunroof clip, Solexes, and more.
Doug Michalowski, 1240 E. Cooper,
Aspen, CO 81611, 303-920-2191.
'59 convertible D for restoration or
parts. Parts: S90 heads with new valves
and guides; S90 racing heads (big valves,
titanium keepers, heavy duty springs;
early 'A' doors; T-6 doors; blue printed
and powder coated 'C' engine with less
than 250 miles; T-6 f&r clip; misc. Ben
Sherman, 2360 Clarkie Way, Arroyo
Grande, CA 93420, 805-929-5440
evenings.
'60 cabriolet U154483, 1600.5 engine,
new white lacquer with black interior,
solidlstraightbody, excellent mechanical
condition. German top andcarpet, chrome wheels. $18,500 OBO. Chuck Johnson, 9817 Rosewood, Overland Park, KS
66207, 913-648-6299.
'60 356B normal coupe U111380. Completely disassembled, very rusty, no
major components missing. Engine
#601824 has new OEM pistons,
cylinders and bearings. Some new restoration parts included. Photos available,
asking $2,000. For details contact: Rich
Wooding, R.D. #2, Box 346, Mudge Rd.,
Delanson, NY 12053, 518-864-5202
evenings.
'61 U89744, '61 U89643, T-6 D'Ieteren
roadsters believed to be complete but
rusty and require complete restoration.
$26,000 for both. Rich Oakes,So. Hampton, NH 603-394-7498.
'62 knotchback coupe for excellent
restoration project. Has everything except longitudinals. Good running engine.
$3,500 OBO. Set of rims for disc brakes,
15~4l/z,2 have 165, 2 have 175 rubber.
All 4, $100. Chrome steel wheels,
matched set of 4 U1535, 4lhJx15, 516A.
$100. Photos available. '64 coupe
#218404,interior excellent, all the pieces.
Exterior red paint with mild chips. Chrome is very good condition. Will need a
floor. Present one is fine. 912 engine, 800
miles on rebuild with Stoddard big bore
kit. Last ran 1 2 months ago. Just won't
start? $3,500. Original low back Recaro
seats, black with metal flip up frames,
$600. Tan '64 seats, need seam stitching,
$150. Pair rear bumper guards with funnels, exellent condition, $200. 6 4%x15
chrome steel wheels for disc brakes,
$125. 116" steel rim, $35. Pair of sunvisors T6 body, $50. Complete set of seat
belts with shoulder straps, metal on metal, after market, $100. Wm. Batte, 29
Flint Meadow Dr., Brookline, NH 03033,
603-673-3851.
'63 Super 90 coupe U212628, T-6 body,
blueblack interior. In excellent condition both cosmetically and mechanically. Original factory installed Blaupunkt
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AMlFM radio. Very strong, garaged car.
$14,000 OBO. Photos available. Robert
F. Wherley, 1325 Lafayette Dr. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, 505-255-2654.
'63 coupe #213309T-6, excellent condition, whitelred, Webbers, AMlFMlCB
radio, new clutch, muffler, shocks, rubber, etc. $13,000. Hardtop for '59, '60,'
61 T-5 restored to like new. Also extra
set of hardware for either soft or hard
top, single grill engine lid, factory original plaid luggage bag. '65 Euro eng.
#220138, looks and drives like new. All
new parts, interior, clutch, tires, etc. Engine rebuilt 300 miles. Webbers. ruby
redblack. $13,000. Gne Schaeffer, 4904
Raffe Cove, Austin, TX 78731,
512-346-8855.
'63 1600 S coupe #124434, eng. #
P706665, dark grey metallic, excellent interior, runs good, needs minor restoration, all original, 6v system, driven daily.
$8,500 or offer.Chuck Bayless, 6653
Fielding Terrace, Colorado Springs, CO
80911, 719-392-4406.
'63 cabriolet #157710. '64 electric sunroof coupe #129016, both daily drivers.
$8,900 each. Also '64 cabriolet project
car. $5,000. Vic Zeller, 617-636-5379.
'64 late 356 SC Coupe. Perfect body,
never major damage, Signal Red paint.
Complete restoration paint, chrome and
interior rubber, all tires Michelin, jerry
5%' chrome wheels, complete rebuilt
front end, steering box, gas tank, brakes,
hoses, master, 50 miles on rebuild.Driginal engine and detailed original parts.
Only $17,500. Need any more info, call
Dick, 818-848-4554, 1819 W. Burbank
Blvd., Burbank, CA, 91324.
'64 coupe, solid car, usual rust spots,
rebuilt 912 engine, NOS carpet, many
new parts, 2nd owner, needs TLC.
$4,500. Ed Saks, c/o Tony Camilli, 17
Smith Rd., Newfield, NY 14867,
607-564-7497 or 213-318-2501.
'64 SC sunroof coupe. All numbers correct, Floor done, solid original condition
thru-out. Many new parts, spare motor
with fresh rebuild. $6,500. R. Fay, 242
Gallagher St. Buchannan, NY 10511,
914-737-2540.
'64 C coupe #216466, eng. #P716052.
%year ground-up restoration completed.
White with black interior, rebuilt engine,
trans, interior front end, paint job,
brakes, wiring, exhaust, tires. SC conversion. Write for complete detailed letter
and photo. $18,000. M.C. Bried, 461
Durand Dr. NE., Altanta, GA 30307.
'65 coupe #222294,ruby redlbrown leaherette. Excellent condition. Concours
candidate. 27K on rebuilt original engine. New clutch, Webbers, fuel pump,
interior and more. Calif. black plate car.
Bra, cover, manuals, receipts, parts and
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more. $14,800. Syd Watt, Santa Clara,
CA, 408-985-2711 after 6 p.m..
'65 European SC cabriolet, #161035,
togo brownlfawnltan top, complete
restoration WINOS parts, mint, show
winner. $30,000. Ken Trayer, 314 Little
Creek Rd., Lancaster, PA 17601,
717-397-3898.
Tool kit for T6 from Stoddard, used
since 2187. Includes bag, 2 screw drivers,
hubcap puller, pulley wrench, pliers, vbelt, value of $76 for $50 including shipping. Have acquired complete original.
Mike Geiter, 889 Ellynwood Dr., Glen
Ellyn, IL 60137, 312-469-1431weekends.
Transaxle parts 74112A and right front
rechromed bumper guard for B model.
$80. Ken Allen, 8513 N. Fisher, Fresno,
CA 93710, 209-439-5104.
Color coded wiring diagram for 356
Porsches. This factory based color diagram is for 356 B's but is applicable to
all 356 Porsches. $10.95 postage and handling included, while they last. Charlie
White, 5801 E. Calle Del Media, Phoenix,
AZ 85018, 602-949-8096 anytime.
Direct from the Porsche Museum in
Gmund, set of 8 Porsche vehicle postcards. $8.00 postpaid. Also have Porsche
Museum sticker. $4 postpaid and grill
badge showing 356 and Porsche Museum Gmund logo for $32 postpaid
(mounting hardware not included). Jonathan Hinze, Strassergasse 8-12, Block 3,
Top 6, 1190 Vienna Austria.
Speedster side window sockets. $15
each. Round style, chrome plated steel.
Rudy Mueller, 5575 N. County Rd. 18,
Minneapolis, MN 55442, 612-559-4046.
Workshop manuals 356 pre-A,
AIBIBCl912/904-Camera. Send SASE.
Porsche service bulletin from '53-'66. Elmer Langren, 9548 Oliver No., Brooklyn
Park, MN 55444.
One pickup load of parts, including
1962 S-75 enging #P700926, many engine, body, mechanical and accesory
goodies. Leftover collection from many
years of up-fixin' and ownership which
I stopped doing 10 years ago and still haven't been able to get back to. Need space
in barn. Condition very good to NOS. To
be sold as one lot. SASE for list. John Darack, r 6 Lakeshore Ddr., Wayland, MA
01778.
'64 356 coupe for parts. '59 coupe for
parts good motor. 2 rebuilt 356, '58, '59
motors. B & C front and rear bumpers.
356 transmissions. S-90 case, 'A' gas
tanks. 'A' hoods, fenders, doors, clips
misc. 'A' and 'C' cranks. New Kolbenscmidts for 'C', many gauges, radios wlsw,
solex carbs, air cleaners and misc. Tom
Conway, 7183 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO
8030, 303-443-1343.
1600s heads, excellent condition, bare,
bead blasted, volume 60.0 stamped on
each. $100 each or pair for $175. Mike
Hagen, 4980 Peachtree St., Millbrook,
AL 36054, 205-285-5711.
'55 coupe, pre-A doors. Good condition. $400 for both. Ellen DiGiacomo,
239 Eureka St., San Francisco, CA
94114, 415-864-3291.
Two engines, #752213 apart and in
boxes, complete, $1,000 ('66 912).
#820234 SC cover on 912 lower end
616139, MC pistons, 105 cam, lightened
fly wheel, fully balanced full external oil
coolerlfilter areo-quip lines no miles,
built and put in my C coupe. The restoration has taken so so long I'm going to
put the original engine back. $2,000.
Delivery possible if you pay my gas. Bill
O'Brien, 5 Circuit Rd. A33, New Rochell,
NY 10805, 914-235-4178.
Porsche models: send large SASE for
list of 150 Porsche models and toys for
sale. 150 page listing of 4300 Porsche
modesl, $12. Calendar coins 72, 73, 74,
77, 79, 81, 83, 84, 85, 88. $15 each.
Christophorus 26-210, $7 to $25 each.
Kent Schack, 92 Oswenatchie Hills Rd.,
Niantic, CT 06357, 203-739-2303.
Factory Trained
Expert Repair &
Restoration of:
Speedometers
Tachometers
(mechanical & electronic)
Clocks
Fuel Gauges & Floats
Temp. Gauges & Senders
VDO & Others
Palo-Alto
Speedometer Inc.
718 Emerson St
Palo-Alto, California 94301
Phone: 4151323-0243
8:OO-5:00 Mon.-Fri.
Exploded view part diagram sets: 356
pre-A 51 pgs, $14; 356A 74 pgs., $17;
356B 72 pgs., $17; B T6 (sup. to B) 46
pgs., $14; 3566 (sup to B) 42 pgs., $14;
Index
complete set, $65. Repo '53 parts book
160 pgs., $40. Repo '55 parts book 350
pgs., $45. Set show all partslmodels,
spiral bound with covers, postage paid.
Charlie White, 5801 E. Calle Del Media,
Phoenix, AZ 85018, 602-949-8096.
912 parts transmission, $350. Left front
door, $75. Danny DeSimone, 123 Buy 35
St., Brooklyn, NY 11214, 718-372-3916.
Repro metal door caps for Speedster,
uncovered, $100. James E. Rogers, 3215
Ala Ilima UB104, Honolulu, Hawaii
96818.
Wooden rim steering wheels, Carrera
2, Les Lesten flat for A model, Les Lesten
dish for B and C, Continental scripts,
new baby moon hubcaps, complete disc
brake set up with 1 4 ~ 4 %
alloys, rust free
doors for all years, hood bonnets for all
years, low striker Speedster doors, SC
electric tach. Complete set of B and C
bumpers. Joe Gochez, 689 Ladera St.
Pasadena, CA 91104, 818-791-3851.
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356 Bumpers 1951 and earlier under
body. Fabricating limited number of
bumpers. $1,300 per set or $700 front or
rear. All prices plus shipping. For details
and ordering info, contact Jack Ogden,
days 213-297-8544 or evenings before
9:30 p.m. LA 213-542-4236.
* Carrera 1500GSperforated screen (for ed pieces from Speedster project I gave
oil tank), excellent fitting reproduction,
$150.1600GS. 2000GS screens available
soon. 1500GS owner's manual, high
quality reproduction, $35. David Hansen, 6756 Riverside Dr., Berwyn, IL
60402, 312-484-8571.
3 rear body clips AlBlC one 'A' front
clip. 'A' hood, BIC hood. BIC f&r bumpers, some guards, 'C' motor rebuilt, 'C'
parts motor, 'A' transmission, '56 normal
wlrebuilt top end, '57 motor rebuilt, 'A'
steering wheel wiring and button, S90
case, heads, 912 parts motor. Tom Conway, 7183 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO 80303,
303-443-1343.
Rubber gaskets (base to body) for Factory wind-wings accessory: I am having
them reproduced for my 1959 coupe.
Anyone else need any? Jerry Keyser, P.O.
Box 1000, Westerville, OH 43081.
1600s engine, apart for your inspection, $500. All new repro floor and relat-
up. SASE for list and prices. Multi-wave
Frankfurt radio, $500. Herbert Busch, 8
Springtown Rd., Whitehouse Station, NJ
08889, 201-236-6563.
Speedo, tach, exc., $60 each. BIC hood
handle, $45. Left rear rubber mat, $15.
Misc. Speedster side moldings, $20. BIC
exhaust funnels, $10. Engine lid grill,
$15. Speedster dash script, $25. 'A' signal switch, $25. Abarth exhaust, $50.
Bursch extractor, $50. Speedster roll bar,
$75. Luggage rack, $25. Mike Marciano,
91 Belden Rd., Burlington, CT 06013,
203-675-8717.
Lots of 356 sales lit, pre 'A' to 'C',
trades preferred. Early 911112 sales lit for
sale or trade. Most Panos from 7/58 to
8/77. Most Gmund issues & Christos
from #21for sale individually. SASE appreciated. Stu Stout, 3488, Iris Ct., Boulder. CO 80302. 303-924-0560 work.
356 Registry Car Badges, $14 complete,
includes shipping. International mercantile, P.O. Box 2818, DelMar, CA 92014,
619-438-2205 (9:OO - 3:00 P.S.T., Monday through Friday). -
EARLY 911: RESTORER'S GUIDE TO
AUTHENICITY, $18.
911 PERFORMANCE HANDBOOK,
$15.
SPEEDSTER OWNER'S MANUAL
(reprint), $35.
PORSCHE CATALOG RAISONNE,
$200.
MERCEDES CATALOG RAISONNE,
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356 Speedster Owners Manual faithfully reproduced to the highest quality via
photo and offset printing from original
factory issue. 44 pages on high-gloss
paper with bond stock cover that duplicates this rare piece of history. Limited
edition. $34.50 each. First 100 orders
receive 3 mid-1950's pictures of James
Dean racing his Speedster. Bob
Raucher, 12030 Creekside Court, Chico, CA 95928, 916-343-8671 evenings.
EXCELLENCE WAS EXPECTED
later, enlarged German edition), $50.
PORSCHE 959 (Automobilia), $30.
PORSCHE 356: RESTORER'S GUIDE
TO AUTHENICITY, $20.
PORSCHE 356
years of 356 .Euroclub
meets, few serialized copies left), $75
THE BEST OF CHRISToPHoRUS
(56-62)factory serialized limited edition
of 5,000 (will be as rare as 959 book), $30
SECRETS OF THE INNER CIRCLE new edition, $25.
ABCs (and 912s) of Porsche 4 Cylinder
Engines - new edition, $25.
MAESTRO'S SPEC BOOK, $10.
BROOKLANDS 356 REPRINTS (356,
R&T, CD inquire), $10.
PORSCHE PROGRESS, $22.
Inside rearview mirror cor C. Also, 12
volt gas heater. Camber compensator for
S9OSC. Stephen Youlden, 42 Nairana
Rest, Noosa, 4567 Australia.
For '61 D'Ieteren roadster. NOS or ex-
cellent condition doors; metal trim strip
for body upholstery under rear rubber
body door seal; nut for mirror tension
rod; original tool set; original and correct factory owners manual; D'Ieteren
key fob, literature, etc. Bart Longo,
Chester, NJ 201-879-7683.
Speedster, dead or alive, cash buyer.
Also SC tach, camber compensator,
roadster sunvisor, preA sunvisors for
coupe, pre-A nterior light near mirror,
pre-A steering wheel and gauges. Limit-
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ROSEMEYER!, $60.
RACING THE SILVER ARROWS, $60.
BEETLE: CHRONICLES OF THE PEOPLE'S CAR, $20.
V W BEETLE: ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, $20.
AUTOMOBILE YEAR #35 87-88 or ~ 3 4 ,
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Block's Books The Fanatic's Choice
2116 Daugherty, Tupelo, MS, 38801 USA
601-844-6062 eveningslweekends. 356
and 911 a specialty, also Mercedes, Ferraris, interesting sportscars and watercooled Porsches.
ed slip 741, GT tank even damaged,
water bottle plastic for BIC, 8000 rpm
tach, lock for B shifter with key. Lederman, Via Remo Polizzi-1, 43100 Parma
Italy.
'58 Speedster. Not looking for a show
car, just a clean one to drive around.
Prefer an original car with a super engine. Will consider a '57 Speedster. Barry Johnson, 9053 Newcastle Ave.,
Northridge, CA 91325, 818-886-7971.
'57 or '58 Speedster, fair to excellent
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running condition. Have cash. Please
phone collect. Rich or Jean Glendinning,
415-635-0712 after 7 p.m. Pacific time.
Speedster wanted. I will give your
unrestoredlbasket caselincomplete
Speedster a good home in the U.S. Leads
towards this goal will be greatly appreciated. Bill Hoff, 509 Calvin Park
Blvd., Rockford, IL 61107,815-399-6260
evenings, 815-229-3800 days.
Front nose panel for '51 cab or any p r e
A car. Any misc. parts for '51 cab. Albert Salvatore, 2937 Leasa Ct., Marietta,
GA 30066, 404-565-7559.
For '53 coupe: correct fuse box, headlight switch, complete rear lights (left
two and right two), front lights complete
and photocopy of wire diagram. Bernie
Champon, RD #1,Box 698A, Monroe,
NY 10950, 914-783-1905 anytime.
For '56 coupe: need a set of green plasatic sunvisors, all or part, tool kit all or
part. Skip Kratzer, 13801 174th Place
NE, Redmond, WA 98052,206-882-3600.
For Speedster #82303previous owner
information, F&R A bumpers, original
Speedster seats single or pair, tool kit,
horns, knobs, 912 engine. John Mueller,
13093 Herald Cir., Apple Valley, MN
55124-9735, 612-432-1043.
T5B ('60-'61) or late A ('57-'59) coupe
project car. Prefer T5B. Reasonably
rusty, reasonably priced. Partial car (no
engine, etc.) ok if solid body. All help
genuinely appreciated, all replies answered. Pictures and price first letter,
please. Thanks. Doug Lyons, P.O. Box
221, Bealeton, VA 22712.
'64-'65 cabriolet semi-original, no or
minimal rust and in need of future restoration. Not restoring and reselling. This
is a keeper. Win Lyons, 201 Pennsylvania Ave., Woodland Park, CO 80863,
719-687-1227.
N1500 engine, complete or parts.
Rebuildable. 2 pc. case, heads, rockers,
etc. Also two Speedster seats in restorable condition. Walter Kolouch, 14995 Orchard View Rd., McMinnville,OR 97128,
503-472-6698.
A workshop manual and supplement.
A front brake drums. Zenith 32 NIDX
carbs. W. Lee Schrunk, 3288 Cheyenne
Ct. NW, Salem, OR 97304, 503-363-9303.
For '52 coupe: NOS clear and red turn
signal lenses, turn signal sockets (21,
glove box, rear glass (A or pre-A), one or
two wheel trim rings, tool kit, etc. for
museum quality restoration, purchase or
trade. Tom Scott, 3397 S. Emporia Ct.,
Denver, CO 80231, 303-671-9060
evenings.
Convertible D or '58 or '59 A Cabriolet. Willing to pay the right price for the
right car. Phil Saari, 3374 Owasso St., St.
Paul, MN 55126,612-484-0303evenings.
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Speedster, any year, any condition, but
prefer rustlbondo free. The more complete and original the car is, the more I
will like it. Please send description and
photos to Bob Hanson, Rt. 3, Box 1020
Grabhorn Rd., Beaverton, OR 97007 or
call 503-696-7526 days, 503-649-0922
evenings.
356 Recaro seat, older and small than
today's models, with only two adjustments: sliding foward and rear, and angle of back to seat. Mike Mooney, 1926
Batten Hollow Rd., Vienna, VA 22180,
703-761-6366 or 703-938-6121.
For '65 Carrera 2 cabriolet: OEM rear
valence needed for concours restoration;
2 Semperit 165 HR 15 STT tires; copies
or original literature on Carrera 2, useful tips or information on C-2 restoration
problems. Robert Stonerock, 405 Wickersham, Ft. Benning, GA 31905,
404-687-4118.
6V Blaupunkt Stuttgart radio
AMlLWlSW push button model. Also
need under dash mounting bracket for
same. Originally in '57 Speedster or cab.
Must be excellent for concours working
or not. G. Manina, 532 Churchill Rd.,
Teaneck, NJ 07666, 201-837-7860.
Registry issues: Vol. 2 #5, #6;Vol. 3 #5;
Vol. #4; Vol. 5 #2; Vol. 6 All; Vol. 7 #1,
#6; Vol. 8 #6; Vol. 10 #4. Pre T2: plexiglass sunvisors, the chrome hardware
only would be fine. Chrome coat hooks.
Inside rearview mirror, single bolt
mount. Round VDO oil pressure guage
for 356 with the green numbers. A1 Maxwell, 1196 Goodwin Rd., Atlanta, GA
30324, 404-261-8818.
4 5lhx15 chrome wheels, Hella 128 fog
lights, pair of speaker grills, set of
Porsche seat belts, (will settle for thick
air force type with quick release). Wm.
Batte, 29 Flint Meadow Dr., Brookline,
NH 03033, 603-673-3851.
'62 T6 convertible top and bows for '62
T6 cabriolet driver. Dennis Kacmar, Box
431, River Rd., Pipersville, PA 18947,
215-294-9670.
BIC horn button with chrome ring,
Blaupunkt AM-FM-SW radio working or
not, Christophorus magazines #I40 to
present, any factory press kits on
Porsche racing cars or new models any
year, 959 Porsche book, Porsche models
(Solido, Marklin, Distler, Joustra, JNF,
Dinky, Schuco). Have many to trade, last
three issues of Gmund magazine. Charlie
White, 5801 E. Calle Del Media, Phoenix,
AZ 85018, 602-949-8096.
Cabriolet any condition dead or alive.
Ken Allen, 8513 N. Fisher, Fresno, CA
93710, 209-439-5104.
To contact Robert (or Bob) or Susan (or
Susie) CLARK. Mrs. Clark worked at
Hertz Truck Rental, Tulsa in 1970. Mr.
Clark was PCA member who found a
1957 Speedster for Gilbert W. Palmer 111.
Speedster placed 2nd in Warbonnet
Region Porsche Slalom 5 April and 18
October 1970. Please write: Orr Potebnya, 3516 George's Lane, Falls Church,
VA 22044.
'52 coupe parts car or excellent rear
clip, glass Hella blinker light units (same
as used on American Roadsters). Also
would like to hear from Glaser cabriolet
owner's from chassis #I0351 to #10469.
Thomas Birch, 4736 W. Melric Dr., Santa Ana, CA 92704-1148, 714-839-0168.
Need Christos - 1-29, also any other
356 related material. Have plenty of literature and Christos to trade. Send SASE
to Robert Fillmore, 3324 Brush Creek
Rd., Oklahoma City, OK 73120.
HELP! Registry member need help to
complete his literature collection. I need
REGISTRIES from the beginning - Vol.
1 #1through Vol. 5 #2. Also, I need English Christophorous's #1through #20.
I am also interested in purchasing a copy
of "Lieb zu Ihm". If you have any of
these or can give me any leads on finding them, I'd certainly appreciate it.
Thanks, Bob Rohrback, 6992 Willowood
Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45241, 513-777-9466.
Seriously seeking C, SC or B cabriolet,
or roadster in condition between rusted
out and Manhattan candidate. Would
like a decent car that needs improving
and doesn't require second mortgage to
buy. Please help to unite Porsche lover
with the car of his dreams. Cy Ling, Rt.
1, Box 900, Lake Geneva, WI 53147,
414-248-3446 evenings.
BIC workshop manual. Greasy dogeared variety. For trade: Panos 69 to
present, original Vol. I and Vol. I1 UpFixin-Der-Porsche circa mid-5Os, also
first edition Vo. I-V for ClSC related
partslliteraturelwhatever. Mick Michelsen, 3928 NE Knott, Portland, OR 97212.
"1500" or preferably a "1500 Super"
script in gold. Will consider silver. Must
be in perfect condition. Michael Grishman, Pine Hill Rd., Berwick, MA 03901,
207-698-5590.
"C" combnation gauge (oilltempltank)
with '65 date stamp, either NOS or excellent used condition; 6 volt Super
901SC electric tachometer in working
condition; any information on previous
owner(s), and history of Karmann
coupes, numbers 212112 and 222036. I
am also interested in pictures, documents, and talking with other members
knowledgeable about Super 90 GSlGT
cars. Bill Garvy, 6742 N. Campbell Ave.,
Chicago, IL 60645-4616, 312-973-3938.
For 1955 speedster: ribbed gear shift
tunnel cover (356.53.805B1, windshield
side posts, aluminum interior trim pieces
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1952
1854
1956
- 1965 CWpeS
- 1985 Camlets
- 1858 Spweatea
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BN-4 Heater Harness
Behr Fresh-Air Blower H a m
214247-8089 evenings.
Ceramic 356 model. Will pay $250 for
1/11ceramic 356 model about 15 inches
long made in Germany. Interested in any
356 toys or Autounion race cars. Looking
for Porsche book "Lieb Zu Ihm", German
Christophorus 1-8. Kent Schach, 92 Oswegatchie Hills Rd., Niantic, CT 06357,
203-7342303.
Any 356 sales lit. German Christos & English Christos 1-20. Early, early Registry issues, Panos: 8/58 & prior to 1/57. Distler
toys in any
Early pre 'A' Cab"olet or Speedster. Prefer split window over
bent window. Engine is not important. Stu
Stout, 3488 Iris Ct., Boulder, CO 80302,
303-924-0560, work, 3034444656 home.
For 1960 356: speedo, tach, combo gauge,
frontlrear bumpers, seat any condition,
door panels and hardware, hoodhandle,
jack, ignition switch and steering wheel.
Bob Cagle, 7944 Hillandale Dr., San Die
go, CA 92120, 6145834931.
'63 Camera I1 parts: 12 volt coil for a
BN4 heater (will a VW Thing heater coil
fit?), annular brake dust covers, fog lights,
l u w g e compartment liner (for big tank),
water bottle for windshield washer, with
electric
pump,
tool
kit.
George McRoberts, 112 Calle Balboa, San
Clemente, CA 92672, 714492-3682.
2 wheels, 4% x 15 stampdated 11/62
KPZ. Also West Coast Holiday patches.
Need second patch. Bruce Bartells, P.O.
Box 1756, Huntington Beach, CA 92647.
REGISTRY back issues Vol. 1 to 5, top
price paid. Also early 356 Clymer handbooks, workshop manuals, complete tool kit
for '59. Phillip Schudrnak, J.B. Were & Son,
Inc. #3400, 101 E. 52 St., New York, NY
10022. Melbourn, Australia phones
03-267-2663 or 03-618-1432 collect.
For '60 Roadster: left door glass, rearview
mirror, pair of sunvisors/brackets, pair of
non-reclining seats, 4 dean chrome wheels,
S90 engine #800101802000.Tom Belt, 1520
Hillview Place, St. Helena, CA 94573,
707-963-5662 evenings.
'57-'59 Cabrio top frame, 'A' instrument
SC tach, luggage rack, 'A' coupe luggage,
limited slip 741 trans complete, sunvisors
SC 'A' coupe clock in working order.
Speedster dead or alive. Cash buyer. 'A'
combi instrument, 'A' tool kit, luggage rack,
wind wings. Speedster top bow frame, 'By
water bottle (plastic]. Trans lock with key.
BIC steering wheel any condition. 'A' gas
tank and steering wheel any condition. M.
Lederman, 100-15 Asch Loop, Bronx, NY
10475.
For '53 coupe: complete left and right taillight assemblies, front directional assemblies, aftermarket shop manual, front hood
needing some work OK, NOS master
cylinder wlscrewa top. Bernie Champon,
RD #1, Box 698A, Monroe, NY 10950,
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1615 WEST FERN AM.
at body door opeings (644.531.181.40), 16"
x 3.25 wheels dated 9-55 or earlier, 145 x
400 Michelin " X tires, original baby
moons dated 9-55. Chuck Willis: 1121 Forrest Dr., Arlington, TX 76012,817-261-1863
days, 817461-9280 evenings & weekends.
Fog lamps. A pair of 128 style Hella fog
lights for my 356. Top price paid. Doug
Griffith, 110 Running Cedar Ln., Richmond, VA 23229, 804-288-1103 evenings.
6465 356SC cabriolet and 1957159 Speedster. Possibly rust-free and in original condition or professional restored with sound
mechanics. Complete unrestored cars will
be also considered. Cash buyer will pay
good prices for quality cars. B. Gritti, 1508
Shady Oaks Ln., Fort Worth, TX 76107,
817-335-2048.
356SC coupe, prefer sunroof, looking for
the best available car; will pay the right
price for the right car; original, restored or
in need of restoration. Will consider all.
David Kozak, 2820 North 61st Street,
Scottsdale, AZ 85257, 602-990-8614.
* Information on cars #12200-12299. Factory doesn't have it and they don't appear
in published indexes, but I have 12272, a
1956 Camera coupe. Fred Mitchell, 2870
Meadow Port Dr., Dallas, TX 75234,
914783-1905 anytime.
For '58 coupe: rear quarter window
catches, left and right, very good to excellent, prepared to rechrome, knob condition
doesn't matter, dashboard steel top piece,
vinyl condition doesn't matter, steel does.
For America Roadster: sump extension as
fitted to these engines, or any information
you have on this, such as part number,
years available, other models it may have
been fitted to. Your help will be greatly a p
preciated. I will pay you top price for any
of the above. Jim Saunders, 12 McHatton
St., Waverton, Sydney 2060, Australia.
Turn signal assembly for '55 preA Speedster. Part #356.62.027. Has light on the end
of the handle. Starter button, original or
reasonable facsimile. REGISTRY
magazinesa through Vol. 5 issue 2. Name
your price. Neil Bettenhausen, 1537 W.
Pinedale Ave., Fresno, CA 93711,
204432-1258 after 5 p.m.
Fresh-air fan for 'C'. Working or not. John
Ketterer, 5343 W. 127 St., Hawthorne, CA
90250, 805-649-1043, 213-643-6186.
Speedster or Roadster for vintage racing,
does not have to be in good condition,
some rust OK, or would consider disc
brake convertible BIC. Also need 'C' or 912
motor, "3" wide racing seat belts, 912 alloy wheels 41/2" and 6". Right heater box
for C European motor. Tom Conway, 7183
Arapahoe, Boulder, CO 80303,
303-443-1343.
Parts for '50 coupe: front bumper; Veigle tach; Hella's taillights glass for windscreen turn signal lenses. Have many pmA
parts to trade. Doug Michalowski, 1240 E.
Cooper, Aspen, CO 81611, 303-920-2191.
5%" 'C' or 912 wheels. Ben Sherman,
2360 Clarkie Way, Arroyo Grande, CA
03420, 805-9245440 evenings.
SC coupe, prefer sunroof. Looking for
best available car. Will pay right price for
right car. Original, restored or in need of
restoration. Will consider all. David Kozak,
2820 N. 61st St., Scottsdale, AZ 85257,
602-990-8614.
For 356C: pair of red brown leather seats,
shoulder belts (644.803.011.02) for factory
lap belts. Early 911: '66 912 VDO special
oil presurelamp meter (110.02132 spec),
workshop and parts manuals: preA,
911SC, Spyder, 904. Technical bulletins.
R&T June and Aug '48. Panoramas prior
to 1958. German Christophorus (1-17);Annual Automotive ReviewlAutomobile Year;
VW Greats prior to Feb. '75.9W6, '73RS.
William A. Block, MD, 2116 Daugherty,
Tupelo, MS 38801. USA 601-844-6062
eveningslweekends.
Thanks for your support by submitting
photographs for the "New 1989, Old 356
Calendar" project. 1st call for 1990! Jerry
Keyser, P.O. Box 1000, Westerville, OH
43081.
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