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btees
Patrick Ertel, Yellow Springs, OH; Brett Johnson, Indiana olis, IN; Jerry Keyser. Westerville,
OH: Vic ~ f i i a n t s ,Warren, MI and Greg
Young, Santa Barbara, CA.
officers
April 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hal Thomas, staff photographer
7 technical. . . .
...Vic Skimants, editor
8 restoration..
. . . . . . . . . Brett Johnson, editor
President: Vic Skirmants, 27244 Ryan, Warren,
MI 48092
Vice President: Brett Johnson, Indianapolis, IN
Secretary: Brenda Perrin, Columbus, OH
Treasurer: Tom Youk, Waterford, MI
national membership chairman
Roger Whitton. P.O. Box 356, De Pere, WI
54115, 414-339-1199.
1991 holiday chairmen
vest: John jenkins
aast: Richard Oakes and Peter Thompson
editorial staff
editor-in-chief: Jerry Keyser, P.O. Box 1000,
Westerville, OH 43081
tech editor: Vic Skirmants. 27244 Ryan. Warren, MI 48092
restoration editor: Brett Johnson, 7510 Allisonville Road, Indianapolis, IN 46250
case d r i ~ editor:
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Dick Pike, 80 Parker Avenue.
Atherton, CA 94027
bur cam forum: David Seeland. 47 Flower
Street. Denver, CO 80226
classifieds: Brenda Perrin, 2041 Willowick
Drive. Columbus. OH 43229
asleep at the w h i l : ~ a t E i t e l ,115 W. Davis
Street, Yellow Springs, OH 45387
historian: Tim Perrin. P.O. Box 387.
- .Pennsville..
10 calendar of 356 & related events... . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .plan now for the rest of 1991!
11 case drips . . . . . . . .
12 four cam forum. . . . .
. . . . Dick Pike, editor
. . .David Seeland, editor
- Pat's back... . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pat Ertel, editor
15 asleep at the wheel
16 lift?begins at 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mark Turczyn
18 historical perspectives.. . . . .JimPerrin, historian
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d e w s : Dr. Bill Block. 2116 Daugherty. Tupelo. MS 38801
bst onemoore: Bill Moore. P.O. Box 384, Monmouth, OR 97361
letters to the maesiru: Harry Pellow: 20655 Sunrise Drive, Cupertino, CA 95014
staff photographer: Hal Thorns, 13341 Ethelbee
Way, Santa Ana, CA 92705
of special interest: Cole R. Scrogham. 210 Valley View Ave., Mt. Sidney, VA 24467
nuts & bolts: Ron Roland, 28140-26 Mile Road,
New Haven, MI 48048
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~rientedexclusive! to the interests, needs and
unique problems o f k e 356 Porsche automobile
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19 reviews .........
. . . . . . Bill Block, editor
22 just One moor€!.. . . . . . . . . . . .Bill 6619'
Moore, editor
25 letters to the maestro.......Harr~rPellow, editor
28 of special interest... . . . . Cole R. Scrogham, editor
29 nuts & bolts . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . Ron Roland, editor
36 classified advertising . . . . . . Brenda Perrin, editor
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KID Jerry Keyser, Editor
The Spring Carlisle Pennsylvania fleamarketlski Round
Top swapmeet weekend's big story this year centers around
the remarkable find of a noted Porsche enthusiast and collector. I have bemoaned the paucity of 356 finds at the BIG
8,000 vendor Carlisle automotive swap meet for the last few
years. If you don't have other automotive-related interests,
then trudging around the Carlisle fairgrounds probably isn't
for you. But the event still draws well-known, serious 356
collectors from afar . . . this year I talked with several from
California . . there must be a reason for coming so far.
The 356 guys I interact with at Carlisle are there the day
before the event officially opens and they actively search the
isles for that big (or little) score - none of the casual, slouching under a shade tree with a six-pack activity!
Hidden under a pile of '57 Chevy chrome strips, in an obscure part of the fairgrounds, passed and repassed by most
of the beforementioned big-time 356 types, reposed the big
find of the 1991 season. Not one, but three "YO" series (Jan.
1960)Porsche gyrocopter engines! They were complete with
transfer cases, the fiberglas shrouding was painted OD green
and they appeared to be NOS. Of course, they were eventually discovered and after a brief bargaining session both the
buyer and seller emerged VERY happy.
The next day they showed up at the annual Ski Round Top
event. Not surprisingly, it was raining and cold as usual.
.
Another view of the engine. It was heard that the Carlisle seller also
had a gyrocopter to go with the engines and that the buyer was stopping to pick it up on his way home.
TLI;stmerally miserable weather COUYLYU- ~ d 'deter
t many buyers nor sellers. More and more 356 stuff has been showing up at
Ski Round Top, assuring its continued reputation as the biggest and
best in the East.
Jim Perrin, in his rain slicker, poses with one of the Porsche gymcopter engines on the back of his assistant's truck. Two were for
sale and they didn't remain so for long.
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wool socks and a bumbershoot for Saturday; and when calculating and how many $ to take, figure what you believe
to be a generous amount and then triple it!
Don't forget to register for the East and West Coast Holidays as soon as you can - please give our Holiday Chairmen and Committees a break. Registration forms were in our
last issue, or see the "calendar of events" section in this issue for details on how you can obtain needed information.
From our 1991West Coast Holiday Chairman, John Jenkins,
comes this quote to remember: "The worst day at a Holiday
is better than the best day at work." That pretty much says
it all.
From time-to-time, over the years, there have been misunderstandings about some of the content and opinions expressed in the "356 REGISTRY" magazine. The most recent
flap involves some rather innocuous remarks made by one
of our esteemed editors. The details are not important - the
typical mountain-out-of-a-molehillsituation, I assure you.
Please remember that the opinions that you see written in
our magazine are not necessarily the official positions of 356
Registry, Inc. (*) The unofficial, official position of the "356
REGISTRY" editor-in-chief is, however, what you see is what
we get. Unless there are some obvious misinformation,
libelous remarks, unsafe recommendations or lack of space,
editorial submissions remain unexpurgated.
I do not edit potentially controversial remarks, because a
central forum type publication such as ours needs some controversy to activate both our editors and readers. While I occasionally disagree with some of the editorial opinions expressed, they are every bit as valid as any other opinions you
see. In actuality, I cannot remember when one of our editor's
columns was last edited, unless you count "carrying forward" photos from one of Brett's recent offerings.
(*) My observation is that there are very few official 356
Registry positions on much of anything. IF official policy exists, it probably is that there is no official policy!
Perhaps this is part of why well-known 356 types from lne wesr cuust
and the south frequent this event?
Ski Round Top always falls on the Saturday in April of the
Carlisle Spring show. Two caveats for those thinking of making the pilgrimage next year: don't be fooled by Friday's
weather - if it is hot and sunny, guaranteed you will need
Manufacturers and distributors of obsolete
rubber and trim items for the vintage 356, the
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The latest contributors to the 356 Re~istryBooster Fund
are: Michael Ledeman, Rebecca wrighi, E ~ Koentges
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and
Richard Koenig. Thank you for your generosity - watch for
future Booster Fund projects.
RARE 1962 PORSCHE
COUPE, Green with brown
tion. Superb detail. $17,00O/obo. Call Nick at
(916)877-2849. CA
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From our Anonymous clipper brigade comes this month's
paltry offering:
"Can 356 station wagons be far behind? How about an article on the gearing alphabet (BABB, etc.) and what it means
to actual 356 driving?"
Bertrand Picard, Palhousie Station, QUE
1959 Convertible D. Fjord green w/ tan. full
lthr int, nnap-on headlight stone p a r d s , body
color luggage rack. perfect cnr for show winning. winner in 1990 at Chicago Histdc concourse, East & West Coast 356 Holidays &
1990 Parade in Mnnterey, best offer over
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Letters and Other Miscellany
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As promised, more "Write-On" cards
"I really appreciate you guys spending time on all our behalf. I would like continuing info on the various means to
properly restore a car; paint, mechanicals, etc. so that I don't
fall prey to the "professional" turkeys who run shops here
in So. Cal. I think we all need to address how to deal with
the anti-old car lobby that is gathering steam."
Doug Dana, Studio City, CA
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"I would like to see a photo essay on a car, say B cab or
roadster that shows the details of a correct interior, paint in
trunk or engine compartment.
Jay Sparks, St. Louis
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"I would like to see news and reviews regarding 356
models (any scale) be they kits or already made, metal or
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plastic
Anthony Berry, Port Austin, MI
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"I was at the Boone, NC, Holiday and would like to chair
an East Coast Event in '92. What is the procedure?"
Charles Weiler, Haddonfield, NJ
[Editor's note:
1) Request a copy of the Holiday contract and pro-forma
budget which list all Holiday requirements. A copy can be
obtained by writing to Brenda Perrin, 356 Registry Secretary,
2041 Willowick Drive, Columbus, OH 43229.
2) Forward two signed contracts and completed pro-forma
"While in Salzburg, Austria in 1988 I discovered the
al
Porsche car for the masses, maybe a very inexpensive bare- budgets, along with five copies of Your formal ~ r o ~ o sto
bones model with the Super-Schallgedampft engine. Of Vic Skirmants, 356 Registry President, 27244 Ryan Ave.,
course, you don't get very much streamlining or even 4 warren1 MI 48092.
3) Vic will distribute the five copies to the Trustees for a
wheels, but it's a Porsche."
~d
Leonetti, Seattle vote. After an affirmative vote, Vic will sign your contract
and an executed copy will be returned to you. The trustees
are requesting that all bids for 1992 be received by September 1, 1991.)
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"Whatever happened to the Speedster James Dean traded
in on the 550 Spyder? How about a story?
Tim Walls, Highland, MI
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"Develop a book, similar to the "Up-fixen der Porsche"
series, of technical trivia from previous "REGISTRY" issues."
William Bishop, Owings Mills, MD
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"Keep up the "How To" articles - they help the 356 people more than you will ever know."
Albert Salvatore, San Jose. CA
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"More photos of 356s, please."
Jose Alvarado, Pt. Pleasant, TX
(Editor's note: we are always looking for good photos to
use - any format will work [except Polaroids and textured
photo paper) if they are in focus and if the contrast is good.
Black 6. white, color prints or transparencies will work.
Graphic arts halftone film "sees" red as black, so watch your
compositions.)
"My 1951 Cabriolet, #10150, the first right-hand drive
cabriolet imported to England, for the 36th Earls Court Motor Show, London, 1951.-"
David Mills, Tetbury, Gloucestershire, England.
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Last issue you learned how to rebuild
your transmission gearset assembly.
Now let's review the disassembly of the
differential. The one tool that will come
in handy is a standard two-arm gear
puller. After removing the six nuts that
hold the left axle tube to the side-cover,
use the puller to remove the axle tube.
Of course if you have the special wheel
bearing puller, you can remove the bearing and then just pull off the axle tube.
I prefer to leave the right axle tube attached for now. Next, remove the eight
nuts holding the left side-cover to the
trans housing. You can now use the gear
puller on the end of the right axle to
push the axle and differential assembly
out of the housing. You can tap the assembly out by using a brass mallet on the
end of the right axle, but be careful of
damaging the axle threads.
Remove the left side-cover from the
differential carrier by using two large
screwdrivers between the cover and carrier. Equal pressure on opposite sides of
the carrier should remove the side-cover.
Keep track of the differential shims at
this point! There will be one thick shim
on each side of the differential carrier;
there may also be a .ole" thick additional shim on either or both sides. The thick
shims are obvious; the thin ones sometimes stick to the bearing in the side
cover. Be sure you have all your shims,
mark them in some manner (masking
tape and ball point pen work just fine),
and don't mix them up side-to-side!
The next step is to remove the ringgear bolts. Early transmissions used safety wire through holes in the bolt heads.
The next locking style was a metal lock
plate that went under each pair of bolts,
then had the ends bent up to lock the
bolts. Despite the bad reputation of the
six-bolt carriers, if the bolts are tight,
they will not break. When they loosen
up, then things get exciting. The bolts
can break, or simply start backing out
and machining the left side-cover! To
prevent the backing out, Porsche developed their final locking method, the one
where a special metal tab fits into slots
in the periphery of the bolt heads, and
is then bent over to lock the bolts. This
1a4 E I 0 I IW:l
technique is used on the late 6-bolt as
well as 12-bolt carriers. Obviously the
tabs are different lengths for the 6 and
12-bolt set-ups.
With the bolts removed, pull off the
small end of the differential carrier and
remove the left axle shaft, side-gear and
fulcrum plates. Next, drive out the soft
steel lock pin that holds the spider gear
cross-shaft to the carrier. Don't be
alarmed just yet if you already see cracks
in the carrier outside the lock pin. Once
you have removed the cross-shaft, spider
gears, and right side-gear and axle shaft,
you can now examine the carrier for serious cracks. Look inside the carrier at the
curved surface against which the spider
gear nearest the lock pin bears. Any
cracks are visible to the naked eye; you
don't need to spend money magnafluxing. If there are no cracks between the
lock pin hole and the spider gear surface, you're in luck. If there is a crack
on the narrow side of the spider gear
hole, but none on the opposite side, you
could still re-use the carrier, depending
on your planned driving style. If there
is a crack on the opposite side as well,
better get another carrier! You've already
noticed the VW part number on your old
&
Vic Skirmants, Editor
carrier. Yes, it's the same part as the VW
split-housingtransaxle. It is not the same
as the VW tunnel housing trans. Mike
Robbins has information that the
Porsche factory started hardening the
spider gear area around 1958, but we've
had no problems using the stock VW
Part.
If you have to change the carrier, you
can carefully measure your old carrier
and the replacement, and figure out if
you need to change the differential shim
arrangement
When re-assembling, procede in the
reverse order, as the factory manuals always say. The factory also recommends
using new ring gear bolts. That's good
advice, but those bolts are now priced
at over seven dollars apiece! If the old
bolts appear sound, they can be re-used.
Be sure all traces of oil are gone from the
ring gear bolt holes and the bolts. Use
red Loctite and torque the bolts to 48 lbft. Don't over-torque. The bolts are short
and hard, therefore they will not accept
excess torque without snapping.
When re-installing the differential assembly, don't forget to install the shims,
and be sure vou
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against the carrier.
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And now for something completely different, T-6 cabriolet #154961. Those of you with incredible trivia memory
should now be saying, "No, the first T-6 cabriolet was
#155601." Well, this one is a factory documented prototype
living in Australia under the care of Trevor Keetley.
The primary difference between Trevor's car and the standard production T-6 cabriolet is the use of the taller T-6 coupe
windshield rather than the T-5. He also notes that the
preproduction roofline is flatter at the windshield dictated
by the extra height. Additional items of interest are described
by Trevor with my parenthetical comments:
"Other differences are minor but include:
A cold start pull button (hand throttles were deleted with
T-6 cars) on the dash.
The twin grille rear lid has 11blades (louvers)rather than
14 and is constructed a little differently (early T-6 cars had
no louvers, later ones had 14. (Those of you with a copy of
the good book Rev. 11, compare to the photos on page 42.)
The glovebox has magnetic and mechanical catches.
The access panel to the steering box is the GT type for the
large fuel tank as described in the SeelandIKoenig article in
Volume 15, Number 2 of the REGISTRY."
More exciting trivia comes from none other than Charlie
Smith of Orange. CT, a man who on handed me a bottle
of imported beer. Electric sunroofs are st acknowledged in
the parts manuals for T-6 cars, but are mentioned in the accessories listing of November 1959 (T-5 356B).-Just when you
thought it was safe to assume . comes #I03590 manufactured in May of 1958(!!!) and authenticated by those nice folks
in Stuttgart.
Charlie expounds, "The operating mechanism is mounted on the rear tray in the engine compartment (see photo)
with the cables running up the inner rear pillars to the sunroof panel. The electric motor is made by Bosch and looks
similar to the engine generator. The operating switch is identical to the late-style electric sunroof switch and is mounted
to the dashboard to the left of the ignition switch (seephoto)."
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Salvatore of Fremont, CA. I've done a little research that will
make it more useful.
DULUX and DUCO are paints that were made by DuPont.
DUCO lacquer was discontinued in the late 1960s. It is still
possible to get DULUX which is "straight enamel", as opposed to synthetic enamel. It is not possible to use the paint
numbers supplied to mix these colors in more modern paings. The (93) in the DULUX numbers and the (246) in the
DUCO numbers signify non-metallic. (181) and (202) are
metallic. The important part of the number is the 5 digit one
(83387inRuby Red, note typo in 5702). They should be able
to punch it up on the computer and make your paint, as long
as they reformulated it through the years. The mixing formulas on the chart are no longer relevant as they have been
replaced with more modern mixing colors.
Rinshed and Mason is better known as R-M these days and
like Glasurit, an original Porsche paint supplier, is owned
by BASF. The helpful folks at BASF told me that all colors
from 1956 (356A)through now could be supplied in lacquer
and enamel and that the mixing formulas on the chart could
be used. Glasurit, they tell me, is not quite as comprehensive! If you have questions they have a special line (313)
561-9100.
As far as finding perfectly matched paint, even though
these are supposed to be the same as factory colors, they are
often significantly different. Note the disclaimer for Meissen
Blue supplied by Rinshed and Mason.
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Event chairpersons: Send us information on your 356 related event for a free listing. Please have your copy typed and
set up in the same general format as the listed events below.
We reserve the right to edit as required. Important - don't
be disappointed - we need at least 60 day advance notice
of your event! Send to Calendar of Events, P.O. Box 1000,
Westerville, OH 43081-7000.Members please note: events
that appear in this section are not necessarily endorsed by
356 Registry, Inc.
june 16, 1991
Northern California Speedster Fest. Join us at Cal State Hayward for a low key gathering of ~ o r t h e r nCalifornia and ~a~
Area Speedster owners. Not a judged concours, but an opportunity to enjoy the company of fellow owners as they share
"restoration, concours and vintage racing war stories." Car
placement at 10:OO a.m., Speedster Fest starts at noon. All
Porsches welcome. Special parking for 356s.For information
call Judy at 415-930-0160.
june 30 1991
2nd Annual East Coast Bull-Session, 11:00,7065 Elkire Rd.,
Galloway, OH 43119. For info call Harry Mullins,
614-878-7960or Paul Goldzung, 614-592-4953.Food, beverages, and door prizes: $5 donation accepted.
july 6, 1991
august 9, 19, 11, 1991
356 Registry East Coast Holiday XVII, Portsmouth, NH. For information call chairmen Richard Oakes, 603-3947498,Peter
Thompson, 508-465-2329.
august 10, 1991
Roguekt Three, Medford, Oregon. Hosted by Mike Moran and
Bob King, 1:00 p.m. 'ti1 dark at Bob King's residence. This is
a noncompetitive gathering of 356 enthusiasts. Bring your 356,
best Mend and parts to swap or sell. An evening barbeque with
cold beverages will be available at a minimum charge. If you
plan to attend, need a map or additional information, call or
write: Bob King, 1089 Brookdale Rd., Medford, OR 97504,
503-773-7119evenings or Mike Moran, 503-772-2053days.
r
august 30, 31, se tember 1, 1991
356 Regidry West Coast Ho 'day XV, Steamboat Springs, CO.
Treat yourself to some vintage racing, mountain driving, a pig
roast, and, if you're lucky, a '65C coupe (vin. 130538).Registration information is in the Feb./Mar. issue of 356 Registry. Get
geared! John Jenkins, 303-841-3560.
september 8, 1991
Lake Amwhead Escape IV. Treat yourself to the cool, clean
mountain air and pristine beauty of Lake Armwhead, California, and enjoy the Award Winning Brunch at the Lake Arrowhead Hilton Lodge. Afterwards, we will motorcade to the annual Art & Wine Festival. This event has grown to more than 50
people and over 30 cars, and new this year will be a parts swap.
For full information, please contact the Event Chairman, Bob
Breslo, at 714626-2757.
The 1st Annual Springhill Winery 356 Registry, near Albany, Oregon. A low-key event, at a small winery in the rolling foothills of the Oregon coast range. The day will give you
a chance to visit with fellow 356ers, and enjoy some excellent Oregon wine, including Springhill's 1988 Pinot Noir,
Oregon State Fair 1st place winner. Hosted by vintner Mike september 22, 1991
McClain, Just One Moore and Lady Jane. For a map and fur- The Annual Potomac Region Swap Meet will be held at Electher details, write us at P.O. Box 384,Monmouth, OR 97361. trodyne Corp., 5750 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria,VA. For more
A $5 donation for buffalo burgers and soft drinks.
information contact Dan Rowzie, 4558 Shetland Green Rd., Alexandria, VA, 22312, 703-354-3719.
july 13, 1991
Gathering of the faithful, Northern and southern California 356
clubs will hold their annual Mom Bay event @9:00 a.m., Saturday at Del Mar park in Mom Bay. AU 356 Porsche owners and
enthusiasts welcome. Reservations required if you intend to join
us for dinner. Swap Meet Sunday a.m. For information, call Bob
Cannon, 916-481-9528or Greg Young, 805-682-8138.
Autumnkit 1991 - A multievent weekend featuring southern
hospitality and the beauty of the Blue Ridge in autumn. Contact
Cole or Suanne Sangham, Registrars at 703-248-4217.
jdy 28-august 3, 1991
5th Annual Potter's Porsche Round-up, Grayslake, Illinois. Details to follow.
PCA Parade, Boston, MA.
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september 27, 28, 29, 1991
september 28, 1991
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-1 4 15-Dick Pike, Editor
What AreIWere We, Anyway
- Part I
"Round numbers
are always wrong"
Mark Twain
In the next issue, I'll go into the whys and wherefores of
the accompanying chart and attempt some interpretations
(you've got two months to anticipate me!). For now, though,
let's just mention what it shows. This table breaks down 356
Registry cars, as of 1977, by model (356 to C) and (major)body
style (coupe to Convertible D) and compares these numbers,
via percentages, with all-model and all-body style totals, both
for 356 Registry membership in 1977 and Porsche factory
production (or its reasonable approximation). The last two
rows and columns reveal the 1977 makeup of our club in relative terms.
Clear as mud, eh? OK, take the line starting with "coupe."
In 1977, we had 99 pre-A-model coupes, 231 As, 374 Bs, and
396 Cs. These total to 1,100 coupes, or 57% of the 1,925 cars
that were in the 1977 Registry. The factory built 53,874
coupes, which is 68% of their total 356 output (79,425). Subtracting one percentage from the other tells us that the 356
Registry in 1977 was 11% "deficient" in coupes as compared
to what the factory built. Finally, in 1977 the Registry's 1,100
coupes accounted for 2.0 percent of all of that body style ever
built. And so on, through Convertible D and then combined
figures for all six body styles.
See, it's not so tough. Similarly, then, take the first column
in the table, starting with "356." In 1977, we had 99 coupes
that were 356s, 31 cabriolets, and 75 speedsters. These sum
to 205 pre-As, or 11% of the 1,925 cars that were with us
in 1977. The factory built 10,577 of the model 356, or 13%
of their total output (79,425). The difference in percentages
reveals that in 1977 we were "deficient" in the 356 model
by 2%. Lastly, the 1977 Registry's 205 pre-As account for 1.9
percent of the total factory output of this model. Etc., through
356C and the combined figures for all models.
Number of 356 Porsche Cars
I
I
I
356 Registryowned Cars (1977)l
Mod. Body Style
I
Cabriolet
Speedster
Roadster
Hardtop
Conv. D
All 6'
All 64
4
5
from 356 Registry membership listing as of late 1977
from 356 Model Specification Chart, 1990 Tweeks Ltd. Catalog, p. 28
Percentages, first two columns in ( ), for each of six body styles
Percentages, upper two rows in ( ), for each of four models
Totals (round-off differences ignored)
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Derived
OO
/
Factory 1L g .-Fact Reg. Cam
as YO of
output= Diff. In
%
Fact.
All 43
All 43
All 43
53,874
(681
14,654
(18)
4,921
(6)
2,899
(4)
1,747
(2)
1,330
(2)
Coupe
3
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= U W AFA1d-1=1.1A ' L David Seeland, Editor
Reproduction parts, mostly four-cam,
and Bill Brown's Carrera Speedster list
I have heard rumors of a repro 356A horn button. About
time, with red ones going for $600. I bought a pair from Stoddard a long time ago for under $60, who needs pork belly
futures, I should have bought all they had!
Someone is currently making GT bumper trim, but I think
"Jim Smith" trim is still available. Dick Koenig,
(5081429-4772), is having aluminum GT hubcaps made.
If you are reproducing any four-cam parts please let me
know and I'll pass the information on to "REGISTRY" readers in this column.
Back when Carrera GT Speedsters were worth $2,500 nobody was interested in reproducing parts. Some used parts
were around, but the four-cam fan shrouds and other air ducting just got tossed into the wheelless and doorless VW bus
body behind the shop to compost with a lot of greasylrusty
VW parts. Every time a VW engine put a rod through the case
carrera speedster list
because someone ran it out of oil, the pile grew until it got
Bill
Brown
is
working on a '57 steel panel GT Speedster
big enough or ugly enough to take to the scrap metal shredder in that old bus body. Fuel pressure regulator? Don't need (fig. 5). He's been collecting Speedster serial numbers for
it with that $1,000 &liter four-cam engine (%liters lack pres- more than 10 years (probably since he de-Corvaired an early
sure regulators).Throw it in with the pile of 30mm VW Solex- lowbow Speedster). He has several hundred serial numbers
and suspects that fewer Speedsters were built than we
es. Fill another bus hulk.
Now, that $1,000 pressure regulator belongs in the safe- thought. Based on published serial numbers plus known '59
deposit box. The regulators are worth as much as that 2-liter Speedsters, there should be 4823 Speedsters.
Several years ago, Stu French told Bill that around serial
engine was worth 20 years ago. We all know why. Speculatnumber
81250 Porsche stopped making Speedsters and when
ing in 356s caused prices to skyrocket. Maybe the speculators are moving on to pork belly futures or whatever else looks they started making them again had skipped to about 82000.
That piqued Bill's curiosity and he got out his list of about
hot at the moment.
Although lower, 356 prices are still high. High price has 400 numbers, and sure enough, no Speedster numbers behad one beneficial effect for the enthusiast - parts availa- tween 81226 and 82012. Bill concludes that there may be
bility. Everyone from Porsche to Bill Brown in Lincoln, about 750 fewer Speedstersbuilt than we thought, about 4053
Nebraska has seized the opportunity and is providing a cor- instead of 4823.
A few years ago I had several phone calls from an automonucopia of new restoration parts.
tive
journalist about a "Carrera Speedster" article he was writI wanted the steel adaptor bracket for the center pivot pont
of a camber compensator that allows it to be used on the 644 ing for AUTOMOBILE. The one thing that was directly attransaxle in our '59 sunroof coupe. I called Stoddard, no cam- tributed to me was that I didn't know how many Carrera
ber compensator parts, "haven't had any for years." Called Speedsters were built. If he had made me guess, I have alGary Emory, Parts Obsolete - nope, nothing, but why don't ways said less than 10 percent of Speedster production was
you try a Porsche dealer. So I did, and about a week later four-cam, therefore less than 500.
Bill has a lot more data and he thinks only about 150 or
a brand new part for a 30 year old car arrives at the local dealer, fast and not expensive either. I'm impressed. Brad Ripley so. His list (Table 1) has 110 four-cam Speedsters (and 7
and the vintage parts people of PCNA and Porsche AG are pushrod GTs). Can anybody add any cars to this list? If you
doing a great job of providing 356 parts that have been un- have any more serial numbers to add to Bill's list, please let
him know (Bill Brown, 901 W. Pioneers, Lincoln, NE 68523,
available for years.
What does Bill Brown (402-476-7882) have? Bill is 4021423-8701 or 476-7881). GT cars are listed only if known
reproducing 60mm GT brake drums. Weldon Scrogham to be GSIGT but others may be, so let Bill know if any of the
(7031942-4040)also has GT (fig.1) and Spyder drums (more other cars are GSIGT.
What about "almost" four-cams like the S-90 GT with coil
fins, drilled fins, milled recesses on wheel mounting surace,
fig. 2), spacer blocks for the wheel cylinders, and brake shoes. switches, or the alloy-panel 1600 normal, or the latest oddWeldon also has, or will have soon, non-functional but cos- ball, 1600N Speedster 84920 with rolled edges front and rear
metically accurate fuel pressure regulators. I'm pleased be- (a GSIGT characteristic) delivered with white wall tires (!)
cause "they" threw mine out when they put the S-90 engine that was the third from the last of the "normal production"
Speedsters. Are there any other pushrod cars out there with
in my GT Speedster, before it got the two-liter four-cam.
Weldon also has 356B GT seats (figs. 3 and 4). The buck- some four-cam body features?
ets are aluminum and although they look like Speedster seats
they have a deeper seat cushion and I think they are slightly
wider.
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Table 1: Bill Brown's Carrera Speedster List (includes pushrod GTs)
Chassis No.
Motor No.
Chassis No.
Motor No.
Chassis No.
Motor No.
80605RS
80820RS
81060
81062
81072
81079
81087
81089
81129
81226
82012
82058
82086
82102
82107
82108
82110
82169
82190
82243
82324
82608
82641
82677
82729
82735
82833
82863
82879
82992
83006GT
83018
83201
83207
83208
83260
83281
83319GT
83328
83413GT
83470
83492
83524
83535
83539
83593
83607GT
90056
90061
90518
90523
90529
83622GT
82623GT
83701
83671
83716GT
83717GT
83721
83727
83735
83748
83768
83780
83794GT
83806
83818
83876GT
83878
83880
83926
83948
83961
84011GT
84012GT
84177GT
84213GT
84218
84453
84460GT
84461GT
84543GT
84593GT
84662GT
84682GT
84684GT
84689GT
84711GT
84728GT
84743
84872
90858
84903GT
84904
84906GT
84910GT
84912GT
84916GT
(Alloy Panel)
(Pushrod)
91014
1959 All
GT cars
92010
83135 (pushrod)
(pushrod)
90910
90911 (steel panels)
90937
90948
(alloy panels)
91003
90951
90942 (steel panels)
83137 (pushrod)
83136 (pushrod)
92013
92007
92014 (last 6 volt)
92011
95006
95031
95028
95047
83617 (pushrod)
(pushrod)
95011
95017
95005
95012
95033
83723 (pushrod)
95013
95052
95044
95042
95007 last one!
Figure 5: 1957 356A "steel panel" GSJGT Speedster. Note proper Figure 1: Carma GSlGT 6Omm brake drum. Reproduction.
GT bumper trim (JimSmith reproduction, I think)
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Spyder brake drum, 60mm wide friction surface (40mm on standard 356 drums) note number of fins,fin drilling, milled recesses
on wheel mounting surface. Reproduction.
J
356B or C Carrera GSlGT seat. Corduroy upholstery. Wider than
Speedster seat and longer seat cushion. Reproduction.
356B or C Carera GSlGT aluminum seat frames. Reproduction.
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"Porsche Bellys 281/,, down 114" bike. Like a fool I let him piss his al- ven't figured out yet. I don't know what
The last issue of the REGISTRY was
a real eye opener for me, what with Dean
Watts (page 3) and Bill Moore (page 21)
both offering exciting insights into the
car investing business. I'm a real nimrod when it comes to car investing. The
market value of my car has never interested me, other than what it does to
my insurance bill. I'm sure my heirs are
after the local paper to publish daily 356
market reports, but since I have no plans
to sell my cars (Heck, I LIKE my cars) I
have no interest in what they're worth
on the market. It's actually a little embarassing. The people who were my
friends back before the 356 market made
me rich treat me suspiciously. It makes
them nervous to be around somebody
who drives a car worth more than their
entire family (including the dog). Sometimes 1wish I could still be friends with
them, but I own a Porsche, you see.
An astute car investing friend pointed out a serious omission in Bill Moore's
list of things to look for in an investment
car: He says never, never invest in a car
you like. The problem, of course, is
when the market is up and it's time to
move some units and take some profits,
it is very hard to sell a car you happen
to have fallen in love with. It's probably
best to number your investment units,
rather than use more emotionally evocative names. It's no doubt a lot easier to
say, "The market's up 15%,I think I'll
unload #309," than "If I sell my beautiful black Speedster now I can make an
$8,000 profit."
To show you how stupid I am about
car investng, back when Dean Watts was
wisely snapping up 356 investment
units, I was blowing my money on the
mortgage and keeping the family fed.
What a moron! No wonder he has no
sympathy for me.
Now that the family kid has finished
college, he'd like to have a 356. I remember telling him 15 years ago that he
should be investing his allowance in
Carrera Speedsters, but he wanted a
lowance away, so now instead of a portfolio of rolling stock, all he's got is a
rusty Schwinn. I don't bIame Dean for
having no sympathy for him, either. To
make things worse, instead of getting a
job and moving into some nice appreciating 356 units, he's insisting on
blowing the next four years pursuing a
Phd. By the time he gets his doctorate,
even a Karmann Hardtop will be double
his salary. I'm with Watts on this one,
it's time this kid got some values.
So it didn't have an immediate impact
on me when the Wall Street Journal
reported that the collector car market
was softening. "So's the floor in my
coupe," I thought, "so what?" They
based their conclusion on the heart
wrenching story of a car investor who
bought a new Ferrari for $400,000 and
couldn't get a $1 million bid on it later
that year at an auction. At first I thought
this was pretty amusing, but after reading Mr. Watt's letter in the last issue, I
really feel sorry for the guy.
News of a softening car market isn't
heartening to "enthusiasts" who buy
and sell 356s like pork bellys, but if you
don't deal in Porsche futures it can be
nothing but joyous. Assuming the trend
continues, it means insurance rates will
(might?) come down,and 356 owners
can once again join the ranks of the great
unwashed, from whence we came.
The sociology of 356 ownership is a
pretty astounding story, probably worth
a 3.6 on some Soc. grad. student's thesis. It may be different in other parts of
the country, but here in the midwest, we
started out as pretty classy folks. Then
the 911 came along and we may as well
have been driving leprous Volkswagens.
For years we were shunned by other
Porsche owners. In 1969, VW owners
thought it was a hoot to drive around in
their new $2,500 Karmann Ghias, blowing the doors off of 10 year old Porsches
that had cost twice that. That's when I
bought into the hobby. It just seemed
like my kind of car: unwanted, unloved,
unappreciated, and cheap. Something
happened in the mid 1970's that I ha-
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triggered it, but 356s became more
desireable and therefore, more expensive. That attracted folks who like things
that cost a lot just because they cost a lot,
regardless of any intrinsic value they
might have; people like pimps, drug
dealers, investors, and movie stars.
Building on that through the '80s, they
became a symbol of social status. No
longer were they the Porsche for people
who couldn't afford a 911, they had a
status of their own. So now we're in the
strange situation of having ordinary people who have owned 356s for twenty or
thirty years like me, and Vic Skirmants,
and probably most of the people who are
reading this, rubbing elbows with
pimps, movie stars, and investors.
Naturally there's going to be some friction when two such disparate groups
come into contact. It's hard to say
whether the 356 phenomenon has
elevated us, the unwashed, to their level of social status, or they've been lowered to ours. Perhaps it's in the eyes
of the beholder. I'm sure being the social equal of a well dressed Deetroit
pimp makes Vic Skirmants walk a little
taller.
But back to investing. Ithink I've discovered a great substitute for the "Tubs
R Us" 356 market. Wine. I've heard
about people who invest in wine, and I
think I've figured it out. Just a few weeks
ago I picked up an intriguing little label
and after a thorough tasting, I discovered
that: a] I was not blind; b) I was not dead;
and c) I still had enough money left to
buy some more. These, to me, are the
hallmarks of a fine wine. On returning
to the store, I discovered to my horror
that overnight the price had skyrocketed to $4.79 a gallon - a 20% increase
overnight! I see a parallel here with the
356 market an I intend to get in on this
one. I figure if I buy a tanker load of this
stuff now, in about ten years 1'11 be dispensing it out of a gas pump to pimps,
drug dealers, movie stars, and wine investors who drive up in their Caddys,
Bimmers and 356s. They can hold an old
bleach bottIe out the window and I'll fill
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'er up, then turn around and hold out
my hand while they slip in a "C" note.
Winos and Vie Skirmants need not come
around, I will have no sympathy for
them. If they wanted wine, they should
have bought it ten years ago when I did.
Don't tell the Wall Street Journal.
Dear Editor,
I am puzzled by Dean Watt's discomfort with having the prices he and other
speculators ask for 356s published in the
REGISTRY. If he invested wisely, as he
says he did, why isn't he proud of it? As
my father told me, "If you are ashamed
of what you are doing, maybe you
shouldn't be doing it."
Dear Pat,
I'm ashamed to tell you that I put my
money back into my business (and I
knew 356s were going to appreciate . . . ) What's even worse is that I still
spend 60-70 hours a week working talk about dumb!!
Editor
life begins at 40... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Turczyn
Sages say that life begins at 40, or is that SO? I am not sure.
I am sure however, in this, my 41st year, that I am beginning to spend entirely too much time sticking out of the back
end of my 1960 cab. This at least was the case all the way
down to, and for the first day of the 1990 East Coast Gathering of the Faithful in Boone, NC. For some unknown reason
my super duper 44 IDF Webers decided to ingest 4 pounds
of road dirt. The dirt snuck past the two fuel filters and the
air cleaners. Look, Webers like to clog their idle jets now and
then just to prove that they are Italian, but every 45 minutes
was just too much. And it was cold. And it was windy. And
we had no heat. And we had the top down just because it
was not actually raining. By the time Kathleen and I limped
into Boone on three cylinders, I did not feel that this was going to be one of the better Registry Holidays.
Then the sun started to shine just a bit brighter. We checked
in and were about to force ourselves back into the white demon to find our assigned hotel, when Tom Sottile and his
wife Debra, the chief cooks and bottle washers from last year's
great Jiminy Peak Holiday, informed me that they had an extra room at the Sheridan where all the action was taking place.
Kathleen bundled up all our two bags and found our new
room. I went back into the engine room of the cab. Everyone
was helpful. Vic Skirmants came up and said he knows nothing about Webers because he refuses to use them. Gary Kempton came by and said that it sounded like sinking floats. Other
friendly people came up and took pictures or shot video tape
just to capture a situation that they hope never to experience.
Kathleen was just having a wonderful time talking to people
in the parking lot and even admitting that she knew the person that was cursing, drooling, moaning, and dropping tools
on the pavement behind the white cab. During a particularly troubling moment when I stepped on my K&N aircleaners
and started to go ballistic, I heard a woman say to my wife
"Why don't I find my husband, he knows alot about these
cars." WELL DON'T WE ALL screamed my petty, egotistically inner voice. Finally out of nowhere came her husband
.David. He turned out to be one of those guys you pretend
to be but aren't. He races and wins in his own prepared cars,
he travels around to all the racetracks in the country as the
,main engine tech guru for every team that uses Buick race
motors, he owns and works on about a half a dozen 356s and
VWs and on top of everything else, he is a great soft spoken
guy. Rather than wandering off after listening to me vent my
frustrations, David hung with me until my problems were
solved. To top it off, after the Holiday, the four of us stayed
at a nearby mountain retreat home owned by David's parents.
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I finally solved most of the problems, but first I had to try
every spare part (coil, distributor, jets) I brought with me.
It was at the concours event that 1 finally solved my main
problem. Borrowing, and using most of a can of carburetor
cleaner graciously supplied by Weldon Scrogham, I spent the
entire afternoon tearing down and rebuilding my carbs.,Icarefully hid down behind my car when the group pictures were
clicked (actually panned]. That was the fun part as Jim Kyrner
and I popped up and down as we installed the carbs and set
the valves for the hour it seemed for the pictures to be taken.
Now for the technical part of this article. You can easily
remove the idle jets from Weber carbs without spilling gas
everywhere. This makes them very convenient to remove for
cleaning using a short (2") thin (1/4 ") flathead screwdriver.
I carry mine in my door pocket for easy access. A source for
dirt in these idle jets is the idle air bleed circuit located under the top of the carb cover plates. The dirt gets sucked down
the hole and either stays there blocking the hole or gets
sucked further down into the idle jet which of course clogs
16
c&b cleaner into the idle jet carrier will force any dirt out
of the air bleed hole. The lesson here is to always bring a can
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of carb cleaner with a nozzle wand with you on every trip.
It can save your fun times. Another lesson is not to run your
carbs very long without a good set of air cleaners.
I never did get to see all of the great 356s scattered around
but judging from the few that I did see, it must have been
hard to choose the winners. Much to my delight, this year
some of the owners were big enough to disclose who did the
restoration work. The southern gentleman Charles Coker got
up at the banquet and praised the work of Joe Harris, Sanford Restoration, Rockford, IL, who restored the beautiful
black '56 cab with the chrome bumpers. It was also a treat
to see a very surprised young Mr. Lewis receive an award
for his tattered unrestored pre-A coupe. He does outstanding restorations for other people at his shop in Fairfax, VA,
Karossoerie - but has not found the time to finish the car
he drives.
From the moment the cab started running like a clock the
meet was great. We actually got to drive around the wonderful Blue Ridge mountains without me constantly clenching
my butt listening for that sour note that announced the arrival of a clogged idle jet. Sights such as Blowing Rock or
the Tweetsie Railroad are just a few of the attractions that
Registry members who did not attend missed. Well, I would
guess 99.99% of those who attended also missed these
attractions.
Now you know that I desperately wanted to experience
these attractions but instead, we followed David and Nancy
around the Blue Ridge mountains visiting the many, many,
many very fascinating gift shops in the area. To tell you the
truth I may have not been as supportive as I could have been.
I spent most of the time sulking or emitting moans or boredome. Tourist gift shop browsing falls somewhere between
pulling the heads off a motor in a parking lot and removing
all of the grease and undercoating in the front steering box
area during radical restoration. I did not recognize what the
useful purpose of any of the strange items that could be found
stuffed in every shelf and basket. Each shopper would stare
intently at the chosen item, turn it over and over in their
hands making soft muttering noises. Every now and then one
of them would turn to another browser crouched nearby and
exclaim "Oh this is for . . . ", or "this could be used
with . . . " or a number of other half finished sentences that
everyone understood and agreed with. Once satisfied with
the resultant reaction, the shopper would either put the item
back or covetously put it into a shopping bag or give it to
a spouse to hold. Other buyers would walk by triumphantly
displaying items that the other hunters had missed. All of
this was quiet weird - I just can't place where I have seen
this type of behavior before. I know that Ed Hyman and Ron
Roland witness this same phenomenon because I saw these
--
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guys and their wives at a number of the same gift shops.
So back to the subject of how attending a Registry Holiday
helped me to see that life begins at 40. Well, if I had not gone
I would not have made any of the great friends I did in those
three days. I would not have cleaned my carbs. I would have
not checked if all my spare road parts actually functioned.
I would not have gone to the Sunday swap meet that everyone showed up at 6:00 a.m. to see what parts the early birds
got before they did. This indeed was a small but intense swap
meet. P.A.P. showed up with a van load of parts from an old
Porsche dealership that they had cleaned out. Many of the
mystery parts were in a large corrugated box, each part packed
into a brown paper bag with its part number marked on the
outside. The line was four deep with the real pros shouting
out memorized part numbers and tearing open those bags like
pistachio nuts. The action did not stop until the last bag lay
wasted in another corrugated box strategically placed next
to the original box. The next group would tear into the bags
again until each bag was transferred back into the original
box. This ritual took place the entire morning. Strangely
enough at the end of the morning it looked like there were
more bags in the box than at 6:00 a.m. The triumph for me
was that I found some desperately needed '51 parts and a factory glass accessory wind wing for Kathleen's A Coupe. Allin-all a very productive 20 minutes.
Of course the heart attack I had was for free - courtesy
of Charles Smith, Ed Hyman and Ray Willis. I was talking
to Charlie and needed the use of my hands so I put down
my box full of swapmeet goodies. I was trying to make some
meanlingness point while Ray behind my back was "misplacing" my precious box. My reaction must have been worth
video taping. Ray of course "found" it but first the gang
watched me keel over gasping for breath while blurting out
incoherent words as I came to grips with the magnitude of
my loss. During these brief moments I discovered that I was
40 rather than 25. When I was 25 I was aware of everything
that was going on within 4 yards of my body. No fly, dust
particle, or slightest movement escaped my attention. (OK,
there were those brief moments in the late '60s when . . . )
Now of course, someone could steal my jockey shorts and
I wouldn't realize it until I got ready for bed at 9:00 p.m.
When this fleeting moment of out-of-body, tumel/white light
floating, life-long questions answered (what does 35612 really
stand for?)had finally faded, I realized that I was indeed alive
and I was indeed 40. It became crystal clear to me that my
life - as well as my ability to breathe - had just begun. I
now understand why the sages say that life begins at 40. I
also understand why the young as well as the older youngsters should attend all Registry Holidays - Holidays are
renewing experiences.
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Jim Perrin, Historian
the bob garretson 356B porsche
abarth camera GTS
much filler as had originallybeenusedwhen the car was built.
After Garretson moved to England, the car was shipped to
his new home. He spent time in 1990-1991working with Jim
The 1991 International 356 Porsche meet was held in Har- Wellington in Wellington's shop in San Jose, California
rogate, England in May, 1991. The star of the Concours was the rebuilding the engine. Most of the restoration of the car was
1961 Porsche 356B Abarth C m r a GTS shown in the accom- done between January and May, 1991, with Garretson workpanying photographs. The car is owned by Bob Gp-cnn.
ing full time on the car during that period. The paint was
done by Roger Bray, and the interior was done by Gordon
Bond.
I had the opportunity to spend a few days working with
Garretson on the car as it was being finished up, as I spent
several days at Garretson's home while Brenda and I were
on our way to the 1991International 356 Porsche Meet. While
I was at Garretson's, the fitting of the last parts and the firing up of the newly installed engine were done. The car was
then taken to Harrogate for the Concours. As anyone who has
ever done a major restoration knows, there are frequently last
minute surprises. This one was no different, with Garretson's
tow car breaking down the day before it was to be used to
take the Abarth to Harrogate. The quick loan of another tow
car solved the problem.
The Abarth was a big hit at the Concours. It took first in
the Special Interest Class, and in addition it was the highest
The Abarth Carrera is one of the rarest of the 356 Porsches. scoring car of all the 356s in the show. It is a very well done
The chassis and running gear are 356B, with the Italian body restoration, and the car looked beautiful on the concours field.
being all aluminum. Twenty-one were built in the 1960-1961 Although Garretson and I didn't get much time to talk about
time period. The serial numbers run from 1001through 1021. his future Porsche projects, I understand that he wil be doThe specifications on 1011are as follows. The car was origi- ing some work in the near future on a 356A Police Car that
nally sold through VW Mexicana, Mexico. The car still has was originally used in Austria, and which is now owned by
the original Carrera 692 engine. The transmission is set up a member of the Porsche Club of Great Britian.
wtih BAE3C close ratio gearing. The car has steellalloy
wheels, and the front brakes are 60mm drum brakes. All windows are plexiglas, except the front windshield. The Abarth
seats are similar to Speedster seats, except the sides are
higher. The car was originally silver with a black interior,
and that is the way the car has been restored.
Bob Garretson purchased the Abarth in 1970. He had actually
been looking for an RSK or an RS60, but purchased the Abarth
because the Spyders were significantly more expensive at that
time. (Of course, in 1991we don't regard $3,000-4,000 as being
significantly more expensive!) Fortunately the car was very complete, even having the "Abarth", "Turin Italy", and Abarth shield
insignias on both front fenders.
The paint was
stripped off the
~ b a & a number of years ago
when Bob still
lived in the U.S.
After the paint
was removed,
.
the body was
pounded out to smooth it, so that it would not require as
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At one time the von Neumann organization had three Type 550
cars in service, one of which
would do nothing but oversteer
horribly, one of which was endowed with ferocious understeer
and third which was about as
nearly neutral as such a car could
be made. In general the Type 550,
identifiable by the simple laddertype frame of large diameter tubing, oversteered under almost any
circumstances.
Chiefly due to the extremely flexible chassis - the doors would not
shut properly if one wheel was
jacked up, the suspension was
very soft, unsprung weight was
high, and chassis was fitted with a
standard VW steering box and
spindles - the car had a very
"loose" feel about it. The steering
box was offset to one side of the
chassis so that one-half of the split
track rod was much shorter than
the other; this gave rise, on a
bumpy course, to considerable
wheel fight and frantic flapping of
the front wheels, which were apt
to be pointing in every direction
except that in which the car was
going. The "normal" swing axle
rear suspension gave rise to such
pronounced rear wheel steering
that normal driving procedure was
to "dirt track" all the turns, using
coarse movements of the steering
wheel and throttle to keep the
back of the car behind the front.
The sum total of all this was a car
that could never be driven with
real precision because you were
never quite sure where in the turn
the car would finish up.
Ken Miles Tests the Porsche RSK
SPORTSCAR GRAPHIC
November-December 1959
Last month Dick Pike mentioned that
his cousin-in-law drove about in a 356B
with Rudge knock-off wheels. As had
Dick, I thought that the Rudge wheels
were never offered beyond the 356A.
Now cousin Joanna's "By' may have
been retrofitted with "A" Rudge knockoffs, but "B" Rudge knock-offs did exist. The significant difference between
the two is in the brake drum to which
the splined hub was fixed. In Tony
Singer's nifty little book A
PORSCHE FACTORY TOUR - 1960
there is a photograph with several 356B
brake drums, one of which has the Whitworth splined hub. This is the reason
that I am so taken by Tony's book and
firmly believe in consulting contemporary sources to resolve research questions - especially photographs taken
during a period in question. Until seeing that photograph I had firmly believed that only 356A Porsches came
with Rudge knock-offs, now we know
that at least one Porsche 356B did as
well.
Among the reasons I love Porsches are
their superb execution - ironmongery
is never acceptable just because it happens to be functional. Over 25 years ago
my Uncle Ed, a diesel mechanic who
disapproved of foreign cars, generously
offered to help me rebuild my 1600N
(boy did I pay my dues in those days - I
could never afford a good car, so I
bought bad Porsches). As an aside, my
Aunt Dorothy, generously offered her
dining room table. Not only was Aunt
Dorothy generous, but she loved dogs
and had less interest in cleaning than
anyone I had ever met. I was genuinely
sorry - it was below freezing and the
shed was unheated - to turn Aunt
Dorothy's offer down, but I was worried
about getting dog hair in my motor. Uncle Ed used to marvel that anyone would
go to the trouble to make such beautiful
light castings. After working on 900
pound iron engine blocks, Uncle Ed did
appreciate being able to pick up any part
of the engine one-handed but he never
really grasped the concept of lightness.
So it is with the CHRISTOPHORUS
Editions, published by Sudwest VerlagMunchen. The graphics approach daring. The color separations are perfect.
more
~ d o pages,
r
and-they make
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than a third of the book, are bright, crisp
and generally without bleeds. The
newest in the series, PORSCHE SPEEDSTER, MoeschIGratz fits the mold perfectly. The (real) Speedster given short
shrift, is used mainly to establish the
context of the 911 Speedster. Within the
approximately 30 pages are superbly
reprinted advertising brochures (auf
Deutsch); old CHRISTOPHORUS photographs including famous owners:
James Dean and Herbert von Karajan. A
two page spread shows several Porsche
special color charts for the Speedster.
Reprinted are even original, in color,
'preisliste' on one page (Speedster 1500
GS, DM 17300 - divide by 4.2), with
1986 prices on the facing page (911
Speedster, DM 111575 - divide by 1.8).
Though written in German, the pictures
are so extensive that not much is lost in
the 11 page English summary in the
back. A flawed book, from the prospective of real Speedster aficionados, but
lovely enough that you should consider
it even at $89.95 list.
Though it covers none of the 356 era
I can't help but mention the arrival of
another CHRISTOFORUS Edition book:
PORSCHE 959. It is as nicely done as
SPEEDSTER, so is worth owning for that
reason alone. More amusing is the
book's history. In 1988 the factory sponsored a limited edition book to be given
to purchasers of the yet unbuilt Porsche
959. This edition beyond being numbered had a slip cover and was accompanied by that year's Porsche calendar
coin, featuring a 959, and both English
and German copies of the sales brochure.
Suddenly everyone wanted the book.
Prices went from a list of $200.00 to as
much as $850.00. The good news for
those of you at such obscene prices, and
now don't want to wear the words out,
the book has been reissued as a
CHRISTOPHORUS Edition! You lose
the coin, the slip cover and the sales
brochures, but you gain an extra chapter. You also lose the cachet of grossly
overmuch. The book is only $65.95!
Other than the added last chapter the
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words are the same (both English and
German) and the pictures are the same.
While the text and illustrations are
moved about, the reproduction is to the
same high standards.
Following their publication of
POR!jCHE 356 in German only, Motor
Buch Verlag has published a lovely volume
of Carlo Demand's posters, PORSCHE RENNGESCHICHTE IN BEDERN. The
reproduction, presentation and quality are
superb. Again the book is only available
in English. You might have recently read
the hill climbing chapter in
Cl-IItETOPHORUS, but as near as I can
tell, that was translated as part of CRISTO
being translated. The book is not available in English and again there seem to be
no immediate plans to translate it. At
$100.00 the book is to an extremely
specialized taste, especially since it has a
lot of text considering that it is a poster
book. A pity since the early cars are extremely well covered.
Bill Moore, Editor
SPRING:The rites have begun. Wakingup the garage; weeding out the acumulation of winter junk; preparing for driving time. The Bill Mitchell Everett Bullsession, which has been moved to Port
Townsend on the Olympic Penninsula,
with arrangements and improvisations
by Bud Shank, is less than a month
away. 01' Cab will go this year, rain or
shine. The top might not be down, but
she'll be there. Lady Jane, too, but only
if she lets me keep my bag in the car. No
moore my stuff in a paper sack strapped
to the luggage rack.
I envy those of you who are already
into heavy-duty spring driving; like Dick
Champion back in Virginia. Tells me
he's already enjoyed his inaugural
spring-time 50-mile drive in his '63 Cab.
Top has been put down and won't be up
again 'ti1 winter. Sounds good to me but
that couldn't happen in Oregon. Up and
down is a way of life in the Northwest.
Speaking of that, I've been told that I
should never keep the top down for extended periods, like all summer, 'cause
it might not fit the next time I put it up.
Tried to pass this advice along to Dick
but he respectfully informed me that
he'd been an all-summer-long, top-down
fellow for years and wasn't about to
change. Oh well, what does a guy from
the Northwest know about convertible
tops anyway?
If you're interested in what we do know
about rag tops here in Oregon, come join
us on July 6th and we'll intmduce you to
some of the finer things in life. Cabriolet
Sauvigon, buffalo burgers, 356s and a sunny day - guaranteed!
THE ENDLESS PURSUlT: Most of us are
smitten by THE search. Not content to
buy our next 356 from the classifieds,
the REGISTRY or Hemmings, we instead
listen for or look for the long lost one in
the barn, garage, under a tree or anywhere else old forgotten Porsches might
hang out. How about at the bottom of the
English Channel? No, I can't image 23
new 1962 356s laying at the bottom of
the English Channel. After all this time,
they are probably beyond repair. (Please
note "probably"). But how about this for
an idea. We locate the wreck, bring the
cars to the surface, dry them off and then
display them in a museum. The display
could be entitled, WHAT NOT TO DO
WITH A 356. Maybe the Registry would
give M.J. Schnieder and me the Booster
Fund to do a feasibility study. I could go
over there with the money and then
report back on what I'd learned. Explorations for missing 356s should not be
limited by geography, topography or
someone else's money. (Eds. Note: JOM
is referring to an item printed in the last
Registry, vol. 15, #3, p. 5, inwhichM.J.
Schneider reports on the sinking of a
ship in the English Channel. It's "Of Interest" because the cargo included the
cars mentioned by JOM. I can assure the
membership that we will not consider
his proposal to leave the country on such
a mission. For an explanation, please see
my comments later in this article.)
In my searches, I have travelled to
Mexico but to no avail. Lady Jane and
I just returned from two weeks in Europe
(Germany,Austria and France) - didn't
find a thing. Saw only one in use; a silver roadster on a cold snowy afternoon
in Munich. We did see an impressive
display of Porsche cars, one 356, engines
and wall-size factory pictures at a muse356 REGISTRY
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urn in Mulhouse, France. The collection
of cars was magnificent and I would
recommend this as a must see stop if
you're in the area. We left Europe with
a sense that 356s are quite rare, just like
at home. (Eds. Note: I received a card
from JOM while he was over there. By
the looks of it, he may have spent too
much time indoors to ever see an auto.
He apparently tried to bring back an old
Citroen that he mistook for a 356, but he
was stopped at customs and the car was
confiscated along with several cases of
Fussen bier. His ravings and outlandish
demeanor caused a minor set-back in internatioal relations. Fortunately, he was
carrying a copy of the REGISTRY; customs called me and I was able to vouch
for the fact that he is a reputable American automotive journalist. The trustees
are reviewing the incident to determine
if we can allow him to leave the country on these type of assignments in the
future. I hope to present our decision in
the next issue. As you will notice, he
will not mention this episode in his article and for good reason!)
356s in Cuba as a possible source of
income for Fidel? Well, I think so. It was
reported by the Newhouse News Service that Cuba had a supply of prerevolution cars and a desperate need for
hard currency so the government had
entered the business of buying and selling classic cars. According to the story,
on a lot in Havana, 40 antique cars sit
waiting for foreign buyers. The cars include Fords, Cadillacs, MGs, Mercedes
and Porsches. According to the lot
mechanic, Carlos Estevez, "Everything
you see here is more or less original maybe we put in a Soviet piston here or
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there, but it's mostly pure original."
The revolution was sometime in the
early '60s, so what must the Porsches
be? How can we find out? Can't travel
to Cuba so I did the next best thing - I
wrote to Mr. Estevez. That was about
three months ago and I still haven't
heard from him; the letter hasn't been
returned so I guess it's still down there.
There may be a real find here. I've considered writing to Fidel but haven't as
yet. (It caused enough of a stir in the
Monmouth post office when I sent a letter to Cuba; can't imagine what would
happen if I walked in with one to Mr.
Castro himself.) Any suggestions? Wish
I knew someone in the postal service
who might be able to trace mail into
Cuba. If the reader would like a copy of
the article so as to pursue this potential
find, let me know.
As the reader will recall, I did pursue
a 356 and successfully captured it in my
garage. A ruby-red '63 Super 90 coupe.
She sat in a barn for about five years before the lady who won her in a divorce
case brought her out. I found the car in
a VW shop where it had been towed. The
owner wanted her running and restored.
After she ran, but before she could be restored, I convinced the owner that she
didn't want to face the hassles of restoration work and furthermore I could provide a much better home for the vehicle.
After some deliberation, the owner
agreed and I set out to put a tired little
coupe back on the road.
That was two years ago and Ruby still
patiently sits, waiting to go to the Bullsession, a holiday or maybe the Rougefest. She'd even take me over to the
neighborhood winery for a get-together.
She's been painted, new tan upholstery
has been obtained and a rubber kit
awaits installation. But alas, the engine
is still out and all the glass rests in the
corner of the garage. (Lady Jane threatens to use it to construct a greenhouse;
that best be my cue for action). But even
though the pace is slow and the garage
is often in a shamble, it doesn't deter
from the continuing hunt, stalking THE
ultimate discovery, whatever or wherever it may be! For example . . .
Last 4th of July, Lady Jane and I were
wandering through a small-town country garage sale on a church lawn when
we found a good 01' boy selling dusty
automobile stuff; sales literature, oii
cans, toys, hood ornaments, and the
likes. We chatted a bit and soon learned
that he was a full-time collector of this
kind of paraphernalia. Claimed he
traveled far and wide amassing and selling his treasures. I bought a few things
and told him I was interested in old
Porsche stuff such as parts, toys and
sales material; if he ever found any, he
had a ready buyer. As we were walking
away, his buddy said, "How about a
whole car?"
"Where? What kind? How much?", I
shouted.
"Car's in a barn about a mile from
here. Farmer put it there about three
years ago with the intent of restoring it
some day but now he's trying to sell it.
Last I heard he was asking $2,000. I
think it's about a '58 Porsche coupe,"
he concluded.
"How do I get there?", I pleaded.
He gave us directions and off we tore.
We found the place OK but no one was
home. We proceeded to snoop around
two old barns on the property, but saw
nothing that looked like a 356. (A word
tc! the wise - snooping around barns in
Oregon when no one i s home is defined
as Real Stupid Behavior. Dobermans and
German Shepards just love to nibble on
folks who do this. Fortunately, this farmer didn't have dogs - just lots of cats.)
We raced back to the church lawn and
told the guy what we saw. Not to worry
he assured us for the car was buried under plows and lots of other farmer stuff.
He gave us the farmers phone number
and off we drove, speculeting on the
possibilities of having found a Speedster
or maybe 01' Cab's sister.
After much phoning, I finally got the
farmer. Yes, the car in the barn was a
Porsche; no, it wasn't a Speedster, it was
a '58 coupe; yes, he'd put it there three
years ago with the intent of restoring it
some day; yes, it was rusty when he put
it in there and rustier when he pu!led it
out; and yes, he'd sold it two weeks ago
for $2,000 . . . damn! It may not have
been much, but it would have been fun
to see. Then again, we can always use
just one moore.
Are you an insatiable hunter? If so and
you have a 356 with a fascinating
heritage, I'd like to hear from you. The
quest to capture your treasure should be
shared. Perhaps your experience will
help one of us find a way to get intc
Cuba . . . and back out with a 356!
JUST A FEW MOORE: Received notice
about a Speedster Fest that is to be held
on the campus of Cal State Hayward on
Sunday, June, 16, 1991. The oranizers
contacted over 140 owners in Northern
California who own a total of 175 Speedsters. They expect about 75 cars to be
present. Should be a hoot.
The Northwest is blooming with 356
evants . . . Check the Calendar of Events
and select your spot. Hope to see you at
all of them. Come prepared to share a
barn story.
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TALES OF THREE THIEVES
#1 CHEAP,DUMB and HOT!!!
Over the Experience of years, the
Maestro has noticed that certain things
are True- yea- that certain things are
TRUTHS! The proof of the Truths is left
not to the Student, but to the Maestro,
who presents yet another example from
the many in his Experience that proves
the Truth:
'While it's OK to be Cheap and
SMART,'
'It's NOT OK to be Cheap and
Dumb! ' *
(* Actually the better word is Stupid,
meaning that one is Dumb by one's own
Free Choice, as opposed to just being
Dumb, which can h a p p n genetically,
through no fault of your own. But
'Dumb' has the better ring to it.)
Other proofs of this Truth reside in the
912 population who are cursed by having made the Better (i.e. Cheaper)
Choice, by having bought the 912 over
the 356.
The Rationalizations for this, their
cheaper choice are:
The 912 is More Modern.
The 912 is More Comfortable.
The 912 is 1 2 Volt.
The 912 accepts 12-Volt Accessories
without a 6-12 volt converter.
The 912 was the 'safer' (i.e. Cheaper)
bet.
And 912 owners are RIGHT!
Today, 912's are STILL Cheap!
356's have rewarded their Faithful
Owners handsomely over the past few
years, by admirably increasing said
Owners' Net Worth. This for having
Kept the 356 Faith.
912's however, when new, cost $6000
American. They cost $6000 in Jimmy
Carter's day too, 10 years ago. And now
they STILL cost $6000! And that's in Today's devalued 1990 DollarslRubles1Federation CreditsIGorbaSheckles.
In Real Money, 6 grand Today doesn't
buy nearly as much as 6 grand did 10
years ago. That thar's Depreciation, bo'.
But there are a few Cheap 356 Own-
ers around too-usually those of Little
Faith- or worse- those of NO Faith! Like
Real Estate Salesmen who consider the
356 a nice corner lot. And treat it as
such- mere property to be bought and
sold as mere property! (and the Real Estate Salesmen are all MEN, girls. And
that's a tribute to females everywhere,because you wouldn't want to be like these
guys. Trust me.)
Then there are those cheap 356 Owners who really WANT to do it Right, but
their pocketbook (or wife/girlfriend/mistressldaughterlmistress's daughter)
won't let them.
In which case they use the Company's
Funds ifin they have a Company. If they
don't, the smart ones hide money from
the wifelgirlfriendlmistressand buy the
Right Stuff from the Maestro One Piece
at a time. Takes longer that way-no Marin County Instant Gratification- but is
less painful. Kind of like a Credit Union
deduction.
(Aside: geez, Maybe the Maestro
should start a Porsche Mutual Fund. No,
the Factory's Lawyers might send him
love letters over the name. Ah, but think
of it- The Maestro's 356 Mutual Fundinvesting in those Important Parts 356's
will need most in the Future. Picture
Porsche Parts Prices in the year 2000, in
European GorbaSheckles. If you can.)
But enough of this, the envelope
please,. .
Over the years, and out of Necessity
the Maestro has developed a sense of
what the Customer is like, by his reaction to the assembled multitude of Engines, parts, and pieces of parts in the
Maestro's Shop- especially these
grotesquely deformed, dissected remains
of Engine Disasters lying on the Autopsy TableIAltar.
Ninety Percent of the people who walk
through the sensing beams of the Laser
Disintegrator, tripping the AudioAlert
and bringing the Maestro from his lair,
are Reasonable. 99% of the Time.
Yes, there are a few Time-wastersthose who want to pick your brain, on
your time, of all your experience, and no
cost to them save for several days of
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YOUR Life telling them a brief synopsis
of what you know.
Very soon one learns to say- 'Why
that's a very good question- and the Answer is right here on page 62 the
'ABC's ..., which is only $29.95, and
here's a copy. Read that, come back in
a month, buy 'Secrets' read that, comeback in another month and we can talk
more effectively.
Since their time is worth nothing,
Time Wasters are too cheap to buy the
Book(s).
'Uh, I left my checks home.'
'We take cash too.'
'Uh,I only have $10.'
'Oh, that's OK. Here, let me help you
out. Which way did you come in?'
Which brings us to the Story:
One day the Maestro got a call from
a poor 912 Owner, there being few other
kinds of 912 Owners.
'Maestro here,' answered the Maestro.
'Yeah. Hey- like are you the guy who
builds them there Porsche engines?'
'Depends on what kind of Porsche engine you mean. My World stops at 1969,
Except for the 1970-1973MaestroworldMaster Industrial Engines with the 48
Million Engine Numbers. I don't do
911's or 914's. And I definitely DON'T
do 'Nine-Two-Fours!'
'Yeah- but you DO do 912's don't
you?'
The Maestro had to admit- yes, it
True, it all TRUE! I'll Admit it! I do
912's! Not a lot of them for reasons that
are now obvious, but a few for the certain few. (A much smaller club is the
number of 912 owners who went for the
Gold Plate Option. There are a lot fewer
Gold Plated 912's then there are Gold
Plate 356's! (About 27:2, according to
the Data Base), but the Gold Plated 912
LOOKS BETTER! The 912's big Rear
Plate acts as more of a Frame to the Powder Painted, Gold Plated Masterpiece on
center stage. But few 912 owners know
this.)
Anyway, the poor 912 owner had a
Major Problem with his engine- it had
spun a Rod bearing! And, necessarily
needed an immediate overhaul.
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The Maestro quoted the poor 912
Owner a Most Reasonable cost for a 912
Long Block, Rebuilt out to the Valve
Covers. This, provided the guy's Case,
Crank and Heads were usable.
The guy agreed to bring the remains
on down.
And bring it on down he did- oozing
oil-blood out of every orifice. Looked
like the Engine had been giving the Environment an Oil Enema for some time.
Maybe that's why it failed- it RAN OUT
OF OIL!!! If so, this is NOT a good Sign!
Ifin you don't stop when the Oil light
comes on, you in aheap o' trouble, bo'!
The Maestro eyeballed the crank- and
saw a severely spun rod bearing. Ouch!
With a badly scored crank. Double
Ouch!! The Maestro got out his Micrometer and took a measure of the Crank's
badness. Humrnh, down 28 thousandths
already-and probably all on one side. So
the crank probably won't clean at Third
Undersize. And welding it sucks,
producing voidsldefects in the journal
Radius right where you DON'T want
them and leading to premature Failure.
And There You Are- S.O.L.
Three rods looked OK, but the fourth
showed the Telltale Blackened Big End,
the result of turning several Horsepowerminutes of Work into equivalent and
copious quantities of Heat.
The Maestro eyeballed the Case- and
saw a CRACK in the Case in a place he'd
never seen a crack before- in the Middle
of the Middle Main Bearing WEB! The
crack went all the way out to the holes
for the cylinders! It was like someone
had tried to pound the BeJesus out of the
Middle Main! And succeeded!
Someone HAD! For there on one of the
Pistons was another Sign- of the piston
hitting the HEAD- which happens when
the rod bearing disintegrated. The increased gap (about 118') caused by the
disappearance of the rod bearing allows
the piston to protrude that much further
into the head. Since the normal piston
to head *,learance is only 1 mm (.040'),
the piston will hit the head! Q.E.D.
Likewise, the rod bearing was ground
into myriads of non-magnetic killer particles which spread out into every nook
and cranny and oil cooler, throughout
the engine. Contamination, said the
Maestro!
So groaned the Maestro, the Case and
Crank are History. Let's look at the
Heads. The Maestro expected at least
ONE of the Heads to be cracked, and as
usual, he was right- one Head had a nice
big crack from spark plug hole to Intake
Valve seat. Meaning, fixable but with
lots of cutting, welding, and grinding required. Virgin Heads, like Humans, are
hard to come by.
Even sadder- the engine was an Original! (Well, it's Lower End was Originaland that's where it Counts!) With maybe
150,000 miles on it, and Overdue for an
Overhaul. But did the poor 912 Owner
Overhaul it like he should?
Of course not!
Instead, he drove it to Destruction-until a rod spun-and kept ON driving until it Destructed! Much CHEAPER it
would have been to have STOPPED the
car, had it TOWED and MaestroMassaged. Porsche Engines are worth a lot
less in a bodybag.
So, the Maestro tells the guy the Cost
of Doing it Right (Exchange), and the
guy goes back to tell his customer.
Next day, the guy brings the Engine
Parts back, and says- 'Well, he thinks he
wants the Exchange, so here's the old
parts. '
The Maestro unloaded the pieces of
Porsche parts and piled them into a
pyramid both to minimize precious
Shop Floor Area and to off gas their bad
psychic karma.
He also left them there rather then
reprocessing them, for he had A Feeling
about the Customer.
And sho' 'nough, the next day, the
guy returns- enters a little sheepishly
and says- 'Uh, Hi. Remember me?'
'Most definitely,' said the Maestro.
'What's the matter? Oh, let me guessyour Customer can't come up with the
bucks, and you want your parts back.'
'Well, that too, sorta. But I needs to
ask you a question. Are Roller Bearing
cranks a good thing to have?'
'Sure,' said the Maestro taking another
bite of his lunchtime sandwich 'Roller
Bearing cranks are a real good thing to
have because:'
'They make GREAT Door Stops!'
'Door Stops???' said the guy, his jaw
dropping more than a bit.
'Yeah,' said the Maestro. 'Just like that
one over there by the door.'
The guy walked over to the Maestro's
door. The Laser Disintegrator let him
bend over and pick up the SPG roller
bearing Crank that was indeed serving
as a doorstop. The guy brought the crank
over.
'You don't like these?'
'In a car, no. As a Doorstop though,
they're pretty good,' said the Maestro between bites.
'Why? What's wrong with them?'
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And the Maestro pointed out in four
part harmony the Collection of defects
SPG roller bearing cranks hzve- like the
tendency to make flat roller bearings out
of round ones, and the special machining one must do to the Piston, the Special Machining one must do to the Main
Bearings so they may squirt a small
stream of oil through a small hole in the
rapidly rotating crankshaft counterweight to play ephemerally and transitorially in the general direction of a
rapidly transiting rod, so as to provided
a little critical Lubrication. Too little,
usually.
Things like that.
The guy got a funny expression on his
face. And asked-'What kinda machining
on the piston's required?'
'Well here,' said the Maestro grabbing
a willing big bore Piston from the sheIf.
'Put this piston on one of the rods here.'
The guy grabbed the piston and headed for the door.
'No,' said the Maestro. 'Put the Piston
on THIS SPG crank here!'
Then the Maestro realized what the
guy was doing-he was a-tryin' the piston
out on HIS Engine- the engine he had
bought over the weekend- had a Roller
Crank!!!
Geez thought the Maestro- bet the
seller told him it wes a Race Engine!
The Maestro ambled on out the door
to check out his Ass-Sumption.
Assumption, Hell- it was a
CONCLUSION!
There, lying in the back of the offorange '72 Cadillac, lay the body of a
Porsche Engine. A case with the rods
sticking out.
And the rods were the same as the one
on the Maestro's Doorstop- an SPG roller
bearing crank.
'Yeah,' said the guy. 'The guy I
bought it from said it was a Racing
Engine.'
'Yep,' said the Maestro. 'I know.'
Eyeballing the Engine ID number on
the Third Piece of the Case which was
603,xxx, the Maestro ran it through the
twisted synapses of his brain and the
Data Base popped up with- 'Oh Oh,
That's a late 1960 356B Normal he's trying to put into a 912! That's almost a
record- the record being a1958 356A in
a 1968 912, the earliest possible 912 engine swap. Pre-1957.5 Engines have the
Main Oil Holes relocated and don't mate
well with 912 Third Pieces.
The Maestro told the guy- 'Look- your
engine is a 1960 356B Normal and you
have a 912. You've gotta change the
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Third Piece of the Case! Otherwise, how
you gonna mount the 912 Rear Mount ?
'Why, that's RIGHT. Ahm a-gonna
hafta change that.'
'And look,' said the Maestro- 'this
case has been converted to a Full Flow
Oil Filter - which means you'll have
either convert the 912's Third Piece of
the Case over to a full-flow filter, or unconvert the Main Case Halves and unblock the oil passageways they blocked
off to make ita full flow filter!'
'Why that's amazin' my man. How
you know all that?'
'The Big 'E', 'said the Maestro turning the engine around, 'Experience. And
lookee here- the Flywheel is a 356!'
'That bad?' asked the guy.
'Depends,' said the Maestro, eyeballing the lightened, VERY rusty Flywheel
wondering how many years it sat like
this, rusting. 'This flywheel is worth
more to me than a 912 flywheel is, but
to you it's worthless! You gotta use a 912
Flywheel in your 912! Not a 356. It jilst
won't work.'
'Y'mean you tells me that Ah gotta
change the flywheel too?'
'Yep, ifin you want the starter to engage right and not wear out both REAL
fast.'
As the icing on the cake, the Maestro
pointed out the lack of Reinforcing Ribs
at the Flywheel end and under the Oil
Cooler Stand the '60 Normal Case didn't
have, .. and that the 912 DID have.
'You CAN take it back can't you?'
The guy hesitated again. (God, he'd be
great in a Poker Game.)
'Oh, I see,' said the Maestro. 'You
CAN'T take it back can't you?'
'Heh, heh. no, Ah's a don't think so.'
'I don't suppose you paid by check,
or credit card?'
'Don't Ah wish.'
Said the Maestro gently- 'Well, my
boy, you now have Experience. And it's
a Hard School.'
With those words of Encouragement,
the guy exited, Stage Left out the Ten
Ton Titanium Doors and into the Cadillac and down the road.
The Maestro wandered back inside, to
relay the Episode to Jay, the Maestro's
Machinist. As the Maestro told the Story of the Roller Crank in the Cadillac, Jay
asked.
'It had a Roller Crank?'
'Yeah,' said the Maestro- 'an SPG
Roller. '
'And it had a full-flow oil filter system?' asked Jay.
'Yeah,' said the Maestro. 'And it was
a Normal.'
'Did it have a lightened 'C' flywheel?'
asked Jay.
'Matter of fact it DID- said the Maestrowith YOUR 'Q' Stamp on it, from a
Quality Machine Shop.
Said Jay- 'I'll bet that's what's-hisnames engine- the one that was STOLEN
from his uncle's barn on the East Side
last November!'
'REALLY!' said the Maestro. 'Boy,
wouldn't THAT be an Amazing
Coincidence!'
The Maestro could picture it all nowDum Da Dum Dum. Porsch Scam! Dum
Da Dum Dum. A Bevy of FBI/CIA/KGB
types in a Classic Porsche Sting operation! Durn, Da, Dum Dum,
BOY, what a Story!
Sho' 'nough, when Jay contacted
what's-his-name, additional details
about the engine became available- all
of which MATCHED the description of
the engine in the trunk of the Cadillac!
(And what a TERRIBLE place for a
Porsche Engine to be- held hostage in the
trunk of a Cadillac! Such horror!)
But how to rescue it??? The guy drove
away, probably never to return, having
wasted money on a HOT, hot-rod 356
engine that won't work in his 912.
So near, yet so far.
The Porsche gods act in mysterious
ways sometimes- for it was but two days
later that the guy calls again - he's finally
convinced his customer that a MaestroMassaged Long Block is the way to
go- and wants to come in to discuss the
Deal.
NOW'S the chance to set the traphave 100 G-men suddenly spring from
every nook and cranny of the Shop and
NAB that guy with the hot engine in his
hands! In front of the TV Cameras, Channel 7 news, CNN, maybe even ESPN.
The Maestro might even get on the
'Tonight Show' or David Letterman,
maybe. Will the President change his
Motto to be 'Just say NO to Stolen
Porsche Engines?'
Alas, Jay's friend, what's-his-name,
couldn't come up with the Paperworkthe proof of Ownership-the Bill of Saleto
prove it was HIS engine.
Sigh, thought the Maestro- there go
the TV cameras.
Time for plan 'B'.
And plan 'B' it was- when the guy
returned, the Maestro talked him into
trading in BOTH the defunct 912 and the
Hot, hot-rod 356 engine, gave him a
Reduction in Price and sold him a Maestromassaged Long Block out to the valve
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covers.
That way all the Campers were happy. The guy finally got a good 912 Engine for his 912 (albeit it with a little
more work- he had to put on his old
sheet metal, which wouldn't be Powder
Painted, and his old carburetors, which
won't be New, use his old nuts and bolts
which won't be Plated, etc., etc. But half
a Maestro Massaged Engine is better
than none. ..)
The Original Owner of the hot-rod engine got his Stolen Engine back Home
again!
And the Maestro got reembursed for
having the foresight to have a 912 Long
Block sitting on the shelf, all set to go.
Everyone was Whole again. 'Cept the
Thief. But he'll get his someday. What
goes around comes around!
Plan B worked like a charm. The
Porsche gods wanted it that way.
These things happen ifin you:
KEEP THE 356 FAITH!!!
Next time: Part 11: You Be The Judge
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When thoughts turn to spring and visions of open air driving, the advent of the true Porsche season is upon us. The
battery comes off the shelf, the fuel handle gets turned to "A"
or "R" instead of "Z," and swap meet fever hits. For the East
Coast, spring arrives and reminds us that the Ski Roundtop
swapmeet is about to convene. Smart Porsche folks realize
that every year while spring abounds across the country, old
man winter has been backed into a corner, and that corner
almost always ends up being in or around Lewisberry, PA.
Never has this meet been held without wet or cold (or both)
conditions, and this year one of the faithful chickened out
to stay home. I did, however, send instructions with coworkers to buy anything rare and cheap and to catch up with
the KEY MAN. As usual, the parts were rarely cheap and the
four cam stuff was laughable, but my dedicated force returned
undaunted with information from the KEY MAN. Who is this
person, you say?
For years, 356 owners have been hampered by the lack of
original keys. Unlike Mercedes or even common American
cars, Porsche keys mysteriously disappear and it takes an act
of Congress to replace them. But, once or twice a year, the
Key Man can be found at a few selected swap meets. It was
always a mystery who he was and how he came upon these
keys, but now he has been identified and all 356 people can
share in what he has to offer. The Key Man is Tony Euganeo
(just call him Tony), at 1470 Elmwood Avenue in Sharon Hill,
PA, 19079. You can call him at 215-461-0519. Not only did
I purchase a sample of each of his keys, he gives out one of
the more interesting sample sheets I have seen in a while.
The sheet must originate from a Porsche bulletin or some
such publication, for it contains very valuable information
indeed. It is very difficult to read, but the key shapes are
recognizable and we can get through the small print. The first
key is blank #644-613-901-00and fits the ignition switch and
door locks of early 356As. What appears to be a Hella logo
is imprinted on the face. The second and third keys are also
combined starterldoor lock keys. The first version has a slightly larger channel and fits As and Bs up to coupe #117600,
Cabriolet #I55600 and Roadster #89600. The second version
fits Bs and Cs after the numbers listed above. The next key
is blank #644-613-901-11, which fits 356A and B gloveboxes, probably up to the ID#s consistent with the ignition keys.
The later 356B glovebox lock is next, blank #644-613-901-12
has a unique "GHE" logo on the face. The next, and most
common according to my key drawer, is the 356C glovebox
lock. This blank, #644-552-901-10, fits Reutter coupes from
#126001, Karmann coupes from #215001 and Cabs from
#159001. The next key unlocks the front trunk on 356B and
C Cabriolets, apparently the As have a mystery key although
a smaller version of the key shown has been found in an original 356A Cabriolet. The last two keys are NLA, they fit the
transmission lock and have a unique shape. There are a few
still around, but they will probably wait for the right Contours car. The smaller key fits the earlier cars up to the
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mid-356B range, the larger key blank fits the later cars.
If anyone has any unique blanks or other versions, drop
me a line so that we can include a complete list for REGISTRY readers. And do not forget the Porsche weekend coming up ir! September (see upcoming events) nearby, hopefully
a full contingent of 356s will be on hand in the Blue Ridge
once again!
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The light shines through
. ..
Usually, the deeper one probes into the murk of history
the darker things get, but my recent delving into the forbidden mysteries of Porsche serial numbers has finally produced
some interesting results (at least to me).
Achtung: Ersatzkarosse mit gleicher Fargestell-Nr. - This
cryptic message typed across the top of Kardex (sorry, the
sample Kardexes were not printed last issue) 12312 thru
12336 (maybe 12337, but not 12306)is literally translated Attention: Spare body with same Chassis Number. I had heard
this interpreted long ago as a "substitute body" in relation
to the aluminum America Roadster. But, like the misinterpreted distress signal in Alien, this was really a warning:
there are other bodies out there with the same number! I
thought I was real clever to figure this out, after receiving
a letter from Rolly Resos depicting his 1957 Speedster, number 12306, and referring to my growing Kardex file. Then I
came across an old factory chassis number compilation dated 3 oct 1960, that Ray Knight had sent me. Clearly listed
over in one corner are: Spare bodies 12201 - 12337 and
13001 - etc. (which opens a new can of worms, like '65 SC
#13380!). Also included is a note about duplication of numbers 12301 - 12337. And just yesterday I received a letter
from Mike Smith (with one of those long English addresses)
describing his research on spare bodies, several years ago.
Rolly Resos' 1957 Speedster #I2306 evidently started out life as a
Camera and has since been factory modified and updated many
times including B front sheet metal, twin grills, annular ring disc
brakes, SC engine and trans; and isn't that the most beautiful aluminum top you've seen?
How about some real trivia? The Dec. 1953 Auto Age lists
the top 18 Imported Best Sellers to May 30, 1953. Porsche:
1948, 1948, 1950 - not imported. 1951-30, 1952-141,
1953-246 (for a grand total of 417).
Speaking of trivia (on a grand scale), the census is still on
track. I continue to get numbers from one or two, to 10, 20,
or more; like from Jim Small, Rolly Resos, Jim Kellogg and
Peter Himmelstrand from Stockholm. But I also still get questions about a standard form, etc.; so I repeat: JUST SERIAL
NUMBER AND LOCATION (city, state, or country) ON A
POST CARD is fine. This protects those who wish to remain
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anonymous, and makes it easier for those who wish to become a local "CENSUS TAKER". If you want to send more,
that's fine, but the purpose and magnitude of this project
preclude the inclusion of a detailed history on each car.
I also continue to get questions about publicizing the information, which I will do when everything is sorted out.
I have finally found something that I couldn't do myself, by
hand, so I have been forced to admit my embarassing social
stigma: I . . er . ah . . . I don't have a computer.
There, it's out. So even though Heath Hurlbert wrote a program, I don't have any way to use it. Now, I do plan to make
the quantam leap into the 20th century, but the more computers I look at the more confused I become. There are thousands, from the big buck, big name machines, to the equally
high-powered discount store specals, mail order packages,
and the latest gimmick - the friend who suggests I build my
own. I guess they think that because I build cars, I can build
a computer. But I am finally getting smart, and since I don't
know a DRAM from a door knob, I think I'll just buy something with a plug, as soon as I can sort out all the information; and I need a computer to do that - Catch 22!
In the meantime let's talk about restoring a Porsche. First
from the Department of Disinformation: I don't know where
the 3" dimension for heater tubes came from, the outside diameter is 2% inches. A piece of 2% inch tubing will fit
through the bulkheads nicely. Next, the cart on the wall at
my local steel supplier says .030 inch is 22 gauge not 20 gauge
as I previously stated. Also make sure you get a nice, soft
1010 or 1020 cold rolled - on my last order they were getting ready to sell me some high carbon stuff more suitable
for scissor blades.
Don't try to cut any of it with the cheap - 3 for $8 shears from Harbor Freight. Save your money and buy one
good red handle, and one good green handle pair; $11 to $14
each from Wiss, MAC, Snap-On, etc. Although I did find
some from Fuller for $8 that were good. A couple of other
products that might be of interest are: New-Skin. Unfortunately this is not a simple liquid to resurface your Porsche, but
it helps your fingers a lot after you cut them on some sharp
sheet metal because you didn't use globes. New-Skin is available at any drug store in a small bottle - it sort of smells and
feels like model airplane glue. Speaking of gloves, I had been
using cheap cotton ones to prevent needing New-Skin. But
a better glove solution are the leather ones I found at Builders
Square (owned by K-Mart). These gloves, apparently made
from leather scraps, are only $2.00 a pair and last many times
longer than the cheap cotton variety. Zinc-Rich-Primer: you
say there are a few parts you need to paint and you don't want
to go through the wait for epoxy primer, Imron, etc. process,
much less run them down for powder coating? But you don't
like that white wash that passes for spray can primer? Well
here is a spray can primer that really works. I have coated
metal with zinc-rich-primerand left it sitting outside for years
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with no sign of rusting. After an equally quick coating of Krylon you can save hours (maybe days) with probably 75% of
the results of Corlar epoxy primer and Imron. I have been ordering this from J.C. Whitney (occasionally they have something of value), although Tempo also makes it so it may be
at your local auto parts store.
For those who can't stand my slow pace and have forged
ahead to the point of finishing body work, there is "new"
spot putty available. My suppliers swear this stuff has been
around for years, but we have been using "bondo" for spot
putty for that long and have only recently run across this
"new", very fine polyester spot putty. It comes in a small
can or tube, is a two part mixture like "bondo", but is very
smooth and fine. It hardens fast, like "bondo" doesn't shrink
like lacquer spot putty, and sands easily. And, or course, it
is made by Dynatron-Bondo, plus Evercoat, 3M, and a couple of other companies.
How about a little more trivia? How many colors in a '52
wiring harness (Porsche, of course)? Yes, the plastic wires.
Three? Close, actually four - don't forget the large grey wire
h m the fuse block to the headlight switch, and from the starter button to the starter. Can you imagine a wiring harness
with only three colors; black, green, and yellow? Now you
know why those early Porsche wiring diagrams aren't color
coded. By 1955 they had a few more colors, but it wasn't until the 356A in 1956 that Porsche adopted the familiar DIN
color coding for their wires. The 356A diagram now offered
by YnZ's is very nice, although a bit expensive, but it is the
only one they have made, so far. Reprints of the old 356B
T-5 diagram are still available from the usual sources, for various prices. Generally a T-5 B diagram can be used to sort
out a T-6 B, or a C, but everything is not exactly the same,
so beware.
Enough trivia, time to do some welding. Since I carelessly
gave you some bad information last time, I will try to make
up for it in Fig. 10a, and lob, with exact measurements taken
from Dennis Ross' 1963 356C Cabriolet and the ex-Grady Ellis E-Production '56 356A Speedster.
Finally it's time for the outer longitudinal. Remember when
the guy said "all it needs are longitudinals and a floor pan"?
Refer back to fig. 7, note how the outer longitudinal is located at the door sill between the inner longitudinal and the
rocker panel. The inner longitudinal and the outer longitudinal are spot welded together; the rocker panel is torch welded to the longitudinal assembly every few inches. Take a thin
chisel and cut throughlaround these welds to separate the
rocker panel, then split the spot welds and pull the remains
of the old, rusty outer longitudinal out. Of couse, if you have
the kind of Porsche I usually get, none of this stuff is there
anyway, saving you countless hours.
Unfortunately, the new outer longitudinal is not going to
fit perfectly. The first problem will be the upper flange, between the inner longitudinal and the rocker panel. Bend the
flange from 90 O to about 45 so you can force the new outer
longitudinal into place. Now for a (possible) deviation from
standard which will both make the job easier and, I think,
the final product stronger. I have been cutting the outer longitudinal under the jack spur at the bulkhead, and then installing the front section, welding it solidly to the bulkhead.
(Remember when I said it was important to make the bulkheads the exact size and shape and then weld them solidly
to the inner longitudinal and heater tube?) After the front sec-
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tion of the new longitudinal is installed, the back section is
fitted and also welded solidly to the bulkhead, next to the
front section. When the welds are dressed down and the jack
spurs welded in place, this little deviation is undectable and
makes the long, longitudinal box into two shorter, stiffer
boxes.
Usually, two or three fittings are necessary to get the outer
longitudinal trimmed and fitted (whether you do it in one
piece or two). If you have a resistance spot welder, be sure
all surfaces are sanded clean and worked smooth. If you don't
have a spot welder and are simulating spot welds with your
MIG or torch, punch or drill holes through the panel where
the welds will be least obvious, and of course able to be done;
usually this is the top and bottom flange of the inner longitudinal, and the end flanges of the outer longitudinal. '/, holes
are fine for MIG welding but larger, X, or 1/4 inch holes, are
best for gas welding.
As explained earlier, the attachment for the ends of the outer longitudinal vary somewhat from model to model. The 356
does not have a spot weld flange on the ends, so you will
have to cut it off. The end closure has a flange that is bent
over 90" and the outer longitudinal just lays over this, flush
with the end, and a weld bead done with a torch fig. 16. The
early 356A, '56 and '57 have very rear short flanges, about
1/4 inch, which are also welded with a torch fig. 16a. I haven't done a '58 or '59 (T-2)A for some time but, as I recall,
a late A is the same as a B or C with the aforementioned spotwelded flanges Fig. 16c.
A spot welder or a MIG welder does not concentrate much
heat, but it is still a good idea to follow the same weld pattern as torch welding. Clamp the upper flanges together with
vice-grip welding clamps at least one of which is the forked
type, where you weld a spot between the two forks. Pull the
bottom flanges together so the outer longitudinal and the end
closures fit correctly; tap with a rubber mallet if necessary.
Any type of clamps, here, work fine for now. I prefer to weld
the upper flange first; from center out; alternately; end to end.
Then, assuring the ends are tight, weld a couple of spots on
the lower center. Now, alternately weld the ends, starting
from the top down, while working from the center out on the
lower flange, finishing in the lower corners, fig. 17. Welding the outer longitudinal, especially with a torch, is an excellent opportunity for you to warp the body by putting too
much heat in, too fast. So be sure you check body alignment
with the door; hammer and dolly each torch weld to shrink
the metal, and take your time. If you took the optional deviation, you will essentially do this operation twice, on a
smaller scale.
Let's go ahead and put the jack spur on now, especially
if you have to cover the "deviation". However, you must have
a rocker panel in place. If the rocker panel is off, you will
have to do this operation later, unless you can temporarily
clamp the rocker in place. Also, you can only do this operation now if you have a 356A, B, or C. That is because there
are no jack spurs available for a 356 and I am going to wait
until next issue to show you how to make jack spurs. WHAT?
You thought the 356 jack spur was the same as a 356A piece;
because the aftermarket suppliers advertise them that way?
Wrong! (Fig. 18)Not only are they not the same, but it is easier
to make a new one than alter an A piece. Anyway, within
the constraints of above, punch holes in the attaching flanges
of the jack spur about */a inch apart, as you did when install-
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ing the longitudinal. Line the jackspur up over the "deviation'' weld or about 11inches from the back edge of the door
on 356 and 356A models through '57, and 9 inches on the
'60 (T-5) B through 356C and '/4 to X, inch from the rocker
panel, as in fig. 19. You will probably have to fit it a couple
of times, reworking the flange a couple of times to fit flat on
the longitudinal. When fit is correct, make one or two spot
welds in the center of each flange; alternately work your way
out to the ends. A MIG welder is best here, if you use a torch
watch the heat and warpage carefully. When you get to the
top of the spur, it is easier to weld if you pull the rocker panel
threshold out of the way and go in from the top. NOTE:there
are pretty crummy jack spurs on the market now, with the
jack tube so crooked it's a joke (then why am I not laughing?).
These must be cut apart and straightened, so you may want
to wait until next issue. And if the rocker panel needs work
around this area, it is better to do it before installing the jack
spur. Anyway, since you now have one longitudinal done,
you probably can't wait to get started on the other side which
is a mirror image of what you have already done. So go to it.
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FIGURE /9
J A C K SPUR
TYPES
FIGME /6
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Ads submitted with cars and parts are doesn't rust. $10,000. Earle Dashiell,
considered one ad - there is no 301-647-3311 evenings.
'58 coupe 1600N #102854, Signal Red,
separate "parts for sale" section.
new tan interior, 20,000 miles on rebuilt
Your cooperation is requested.
engine, new brakes. Very solid Colorado car. $16,500. Thomas Powers, 1119
Glendale Rd., York, PA 17403,
717-845-5734 after 6.
'58 Coupe #I03232 in primer. Solid
'52 Coupe #12019, was Fish Metallic
Silver, now Red, bent windshield, original floor, original battery box needs
separate bumpers, complete, rusty, minor repair, body straight wlminor
needs battery box, floor and longitudi- dents, straight front hood, door numbers
nals, new wiring, brakes and lines, match, wrong engine & trans., many
wheel bearings, with '52 100N engine parts missing. Needs complete restoraP-32881, rebuilt (in '75) with new tion. $6K. Marshall Reddin, POB 176,
pistons/cylinders and valves. Best offer Fowlkes, TN 38033, 901-285-8607.
'59 1600 Coupe (bdy. #108499, eng.
over $10,000. David Meyer, 664 N.
Hawkins Ave., Akron, OH 44313, #75105). A complete and original
California car, black plates, no rust or
216-864-8611.
1954 Speedster #80007 rusty, but very damage, all matching numbers, with
complete with correct running 1500N rare rudge knock-off wheels, very rare
eng., 16" wheels, very good seats, etc., factory bench seat, excellent mechani$22,000. Also 1954 Cabriolet, $13,800. c a l ~and a fairly fresh engine. $12,500
David, Denver, CO, 303-388-6050 or or best near offer. Hal Mallett, 1479Hudson Way, Livermore, CA 94550,
303-292-1479.
'56 Speedster #82372. Calif. car, 415-443-5581.
'59 Convertible D. No rust, original
ground-up restoration for 1985 Costa
Mesa Parade, beautiful car, 7,000 mi. on pan car; black Calif. plates; fresh eng.;
balanced 912 eng., red with beige int. interior done by Int'l Mercantile; num& top, German carpet, Nardi wheel, bers match; everything in excellent concover car in Road & Track Special Issue, dition. $43,500 but will listen to any
Jan. 1990. $85,000. Bill Strickler, P.O. reasonable offer. Also: extremely rare '57
Box 2457, Big Bear City, CA 92314, 1300s engine complete with hirth roller
crank - $2,300. Ben Sherman, 300 S.
714-585-4079.
CA,
'56 Coupe with 912 engine. Original Stratford, Santa Maria,
interior. Solid body and floor. Stored in 805-922-2426.
'59 Convertible D #86110, excellent
my garage since 1983. $5,000 or best
offer. Jeff 415-949-1110 (evenings) or restoration candidate, complete new
415-960-3600 (days). 27030 Elena Road, brake system, runs and drives, needs
floor repairs, some bondo, not a rust
Los Altos Hills, CA 94022.
'57 Speedster #82856, black with black bucket - $19,750 obo. Frank Torchia,
interior and tan rugs. Rebuilt motor and 921 Lee Court, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089,
transmission. Everything new or rebuilt. 708-634-2595.
'60 356B Roadster, 1600S, SIN87146,
$95,000. Ed Lackie, Costa Mesa, CA
all numbers match, Kardex. Ruby red,
714-631-4048.
'58 coupe, Signal Red, good condi- new paint, no sign of accident damage
tion, good body, good floor, runs good, ever, zero rust. 104,000 miles, exnew brakes, Florida car, VW motor. California owned. New tires, wheels,
$4,999.
Joe,
508-695-6334, chrome, glass, dash-top, boot, etc.
Panels fit perfectly, original pan.
401-647-2385.
'58 Speedster replicar, Intermeccani- $37,500. Steve Serio, 39 Colpey Road,
ca. Professionally built. 1750cc high lift Newton, MA 02158,617-547-1988 days,
cam engine with low miles. Michelins. 617-964-6038 nights.
'60 Cabriolet, restoration project. DisRuns and handles like the original but
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assembled to bare tub. Rust in all the
right places. Approximately 300 metal
hours to paint prep stage. Car is straight
and no accident damage. Ser. #15306.
1600N engine, 90% complete. Missing
bits only. $10,000 Candian. Ken Whale,
460 E. 6th St., North Vancourver, BC
VL7 1P9, 604-980-0225.
'60 Roadster VI 87561, 169 of 1,528
roadsters built in 1960. New paint, no
rust. A very clean example. $50,000.
Harold Nesbit, 415-323-1710.
'62 Porsche coupe. Vintage race car;
race-ready with new performance engine
(zero miles) and many racing extras.
Original interior, no rust; purchase includes trailer, spare parts, and delivery
to anywhere in San Francisco Bay area,
$22,500. Call Robert Murillo at
415-658-2982 evenings.
62 Super 75 coupe #210017 engine
#701460. Original engine, trans, and
body parts, all glass. Needs full restoration, $2,800. For the price of an engine
rebuild, you can have the entire car. Bill
O'Brien, 5 Circuit Rd., New Rochelle,
NY 10805,914-235-4178. $5 for picture.
'62 Normal Karmann Coupe 210096,
P608040 Ruby redhlack. Owned since
1964, Calif. car, engine, tank and front
backing plates powder painted, but most
else original, no significant rust, 30K on
engine rebuilt, new spare set of KS normal pistonslcylinders included. $9,500.
Paul Ross, 4380 Nagle Way, Fremont,
CA 94536, 415-792-7908.
'63 S coupe #122276,2 year complete
bare metal restoration. Beautiful Champagne Yellow, black leather interior,
German weave carpet, headliner, rubber
trim, Blaupunkt radio, rebuilt detailed
engine. $19,500 or trade. Ric Harnmond,
8707 Hidden Oaks, Salt Lake City, T
84121, 801-943-9185, 801-486-2430.
'63 coupe, #123046, late B, T6 body,
Super 90 engine #800596, runs well;
new brakes including all new wheel
cylinders and new master cylinder. New
Ruby Red paint over bare metal prep.
Asking $12,500. Ed Clausen, Dedham,
MA, 617-784-9102 or 617-784-7625
(recorder)
'64 SC coupe #128410; champagne
yellowltan, 117K miles, excellent condition, rust-ree body, new interior, original Blaupunkt radio, toolkit, jack, owner's manual and history of owners. Car
cover, $16,500 (mid Gold Book value).
Rye Livingston, 10750 Ridgeview Ave.,
San Jose, CA 95127,415-493-8461evenings, 408-974-5460 days.
'64 coupe #129331, red whlack int.,
charcoal carpet, bare metal prof. resto-
ration, no rust, new floors, paint motor,
brakes, int. headliner carpet, clutch plus
more (plus all). Flawless insidelout, excellent mechanicals. Must sell now!
$14,500. Mary, 5015 Pleasant Hill Rd.,
Athens, OH, 614-592-4953.
'64 C cabriolet #159869. Redhlack
leatherhlack top and tonneau, total bare
metal restoration including engine
rebuilt with solexes. Becker Mexico.
Leitz rack. $39,500. New nardi blk.
leather steering wheel whoss and button $215. Shep Adkins, 805-528-7043.
'64 SC coupe, $15,000. Body work
completed, car in primer, zero miles on
pro rebuilt engine and transmission,
many new parts and chrome. Benjamin
Murdza, 408 Valley View Rd., Medcia,
PA 19063, 215-328-9183 work days
only.
'64 Coupe T-6 #218425 SilverIBlack.
Excellent condition, no rust, very solid
car, new brakes, tires, new SC motor,
completely rebuilt, new case, piston,
crank, etc., Blaupunkt radio, $13,500.
Fred Brubaker, 334 N. 14th St., Allentown, PA 18102, 215-434-8778 work,
215-797-9298 home.
'64 Coupe #216423, rebuilt eng.
#711526 with new big bore kit, 912 cam,
blaupunkt, even clock works, new tires,
includes floor pans and kit, many spare
parts and tools too numerous to list,
$5,500. 912 eng., webers, stored 16
years, $1,850. 6 carbs - 4 solex Pii-4,
2 PHH, offers. George Duvall, 2331 Sandlewood Dr., Venice, FL 34293,
813-497-5480.
'64 Sunroof #I27631 slate greylgreen,
headrests, horn ring, compensating
spring, second hand clock, chrome
wheels, luggage rack, excellent original
condition, $25,000. Pre-A seats and
rails, $300; rear engine sheet metal,
$125; BIC heater boxes, $125; A gas
tanks, $125; 356 AC, $1,500; trans lock
&key, $125. Gene Schaeffer, 4904 Raffee
Cove, Austin, TX 78731, 512-346-8855
evenings.
'64 coupe, ivoryhurgundy, completely restored, recent engine overhaul &
detailing, chrome wheels, Michelins,
some extras; looks and runs great, radio,
clock works, $30,000. A1 Mazzie, 1725
Monterey Blvd., San Francisco, CA
94127, 415-665-1792.
* '64 SC 215992 (replacement case no
engine number) strong SC engine and
solid original floor, great restoration
project. $7,000. Geoffrey H. Richon,
508-283-4736 home, 508-356-7438 or
508-281-5962 work.
'64 356C coupe #218292, engine #
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P-713567, whitelred excellent original
condition, no rust, no restoration, still
with the show room smell, 32K miles,
$27,000. Bill Rahn, St. Joseph, MI
49085, 616-429-4092.
'65 SC coupe #219944, complete
documentation of bare metal restoration.
Slate gray with red leather interior.
Fabulous and fast car. Zero miles on
complete rebuild of engine and transmission, $28,000. Selling under cost of
restoration. Victor Buck, P.O. Box 824,
Banff, Alta, TOL OCO, CANADA
403-762-3057.
'65 SC Euro Cabriolet #161035, engine
#821834, Togo brown, fawn leather, tan
top. Extensive restoration with many
rare NOS parts. Cardex, factory wood
wheel with horn ring, chrome wbeels,
Euro heating system, etc. $39,356 or
near offer. Leigh Lovering, 20 Elizabeth
St., So. Windsor, CT 06074,
203-528-8312 p.m. EST.
'65 SC coupe #222188, eng. #813764,
matching numbers. Slate grayhlack,
3-year old bare metal repaint, 102,522
miles, 18,000 miles on 1720cc rebuild
with new crank, new king pins, link
pins, Konis, brakes. 12 volt, short gears,
external oil cooler, $15,000. Doug
McDonnell, 2233 Aberdeen, Kalamazoo,
MI 49008, 616-343-5987.
'65 SC cabriolet #161991, eng.
#813771, togo browdfawn, mechanically excellent, original engine very strong,
new Koni's, Pas, older restoration needing paint. Chrome, rubber and interior
very good, $34,500.356 Carrera 16Omph
speedometer. Best offer. Bob Ricks, 2150
Tanbark Lane, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33312,
305-584-2974, Florida.
'65 356SC Cabriolet. Newly restored
burgundyltan European model (heater
that heats!), fresh SC engine, all metal
needingit replaced, Autos Intl. intltop;
camber compensator; outside thermo
dash, correct Blaupunkt, chrome 5%
wheels. $43M. Mark Tuttle, 10646 Art
St., Shadow Hills, Sunland, CA 91040,
USA, 818-352-6081.
'65 C Coupe #222538 Irish greedfawn,
80,000 original miles, all documentation
since new including window sticker and
dealer correspondence (Brumos
Porsche).Original options include Fresh
Air Blower (9226) fog lights (9121) outside thermometer (9166) wooden steering wheel (0214) luggage rack (9501)
and more. Thomas W. Blessent, 57 La
Costa Court, Laguna Beach, CA 92651,
714-497-7286.
356 Parts: '59 industrial motor complete, $1,000, street set up available;
Index
"B" workshop manual mint, $350; "A"
sunvisor set, $150; "A" gas tanks, $150;
"A" rod sets, $100; Carrera rod bearing
set std., $150; original style J pipe to
muffler clamps, $10 set. Bill Mitchell,
4916 Seahurst Ave., Everett, WA 98203,
fax 206-258-9153 or evenings
206-745-1599.
Pre-A parts: 2 piece engines;
1300/1500 pistons & cylinders, rocker
assemblies, e t ~ .Veigel instruments,
stork temp. gauge & dipstick, complete
A & B brake assemblies. Steve Burk, 930
W. Taylor St., San Jose, CA,
408-294-7619.
356 parts: C-tool kit: cabrioletroadster-CPE rearview window mirrownew glass and reconditioned; NOS gen
wrenches; SWF washer bottle with brkt;
NOS rr B-C bumper guard; NOS 7/57
com gauge; NOS eyebrows for Pre-A; Atravel kit; Hazet lug wrench; A-BC jack.
Alex Bivens, 16082 Davis Lane, Huntington Beach, CA 92649, 714-892-5050
days, 714-840-2069 evenings.
1600ccPorsche race motor, EP or vintage legal, fresh Skirmants rebuilt, 40
over Venolia pistons, Elgin 7805 cam,
Litz heads, new 200mm flywheel, pressure plate and Berg 3 puck clutch disc,
912 case with extended sump-.
155 + h.p.. $5,500. Steve Scannell, 714
Lexington Blvd., Royal Oak, MI
48073-2491, 313-288-4858.
* Parts from '61 DYIeterenRoadster: very
good engine lid wlgrill, $125; wiring
harness wlswitches and relays, $150;
hand throttle assy., $50; steering wheel
assy., complete, $70. Cables: tach, $25;
emerg. brake, $20; clutch, $4; speedo,
$4; heater slide, $15; repro side molding set, $75. Mike Hagen, 1645B Sycamore Dr., Eaker AFB AR 72315,
501-532-8462 evenings.
* Parting out 1964 356C Mod parts including good front and rear clip available. Set of seat belts with crests. Bob Cagle, 7944 Hillandale Dr., San Diego, CA
92120, 619-583-4931.
Most Christos from English #1(1157)
for sale individually. Lots of Panos from
516 1956, various posters from 1950s to
1990 for trade, lots of 911 etc. lit from
1965. Stu Stout, 3488 Iris Ct., Boulder,
CO 80304. 303-924-4070 work,
303-444-4656 home.
NOS B/C Hella 128 foglights, $650;
NOS horn button "Golden Lady" fits Pre
A and A, $700; Blaupunkt AM/FM/SW
Frankfurt, $225; accessory underdash cigar lighter, $75; Hella accessory trouble
light NOS, $150; Bosch "Star" coil
NOS, $200. Trade SpeedsterRoadster
parts. C. Morley, Box 1705, Redondo
Beach, CA 90278, 213-371-3919, fax
213-371-4827.
After market 356 trailer hitch, $100; after market chrome 356 luggage rack,
$50; Up-Fixin-Der-Porsche pre Vol. I,
circa '551'56, $50; Vol. I '57, $50; Vol
I-V first edition 1961, $30. Misc. Speedster parts: shifter, turn signal mech.,
brake shoes, etc. Mick Michelsen, 3928
NE Knott, Portland, OR 97212,
503-288-3921.
'63 super motor, $1,800; very strong
good running complete motor. Eric
Erickson, 842 2lst Ave., SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, #612-339-4005 ofc.,
612-331-6273 home.
Four 5% x 15 chrome wheels (disc
brake) c/w crested hubcaps, $350; Solex
P-40 I1 carbs (work fine), $125 pr.; Solex manifolds, $90 pr.; chrome radio
trim plate for Blaupunkt AMIFM, $20.
D.R. Martin, 29 Quinn's Cove, Winnigpeg, Manitoba, R3R 3N5, 204-832-4499.
356 pedal car to restore: 16" wheels,
dated 1954, throttle linkage for 40 PIB
carbs, early glass rear reflectors, '54 Super engine case, cloth spare tire strap,
hand tools, "Porsche" l0xl4mm Hazet,
8x9, 11x12, red plastic screwdrivers, tire
gauge with case, sunroof tool for kit.
Gerald Miller, 3679-B Arlington Ave.,
Riverside, CA 92506-3984.
'63 1600s rebuilt and detailed, SC
rebuilt and detailed, '58. '59 1600N, '58
and '59 1600-S, 'B' trans and brakes,
also 'A' and pre-A parts, clips and doors
available. David, 4040 E. Bay Ave., Denver, CO 80222, 303-292-1479,
303-388-6050.
'A' parts: gas tank, doors, f&r lids,
hinges, steering column, 644 & 519
trans., misc. trans parts, f. hood handle,
door handles, switches, steering wheel,
gauges (tach, oil, gas), door frame, locks
& mech., window winders, brake drums,
backing plates, spindles, sway bars, seat
rails, many other misc. 'A' parts, T-516
seats. James E. Rogers, 3906 E. Garryana
Dr., Beale AFB, CA 95903,
916-788-0225.
356C piston and cylinder set: Mahle
piston and cylinder set with aluminum
(biral)cylinder liners, brand new, duplicate mistakenly purchased for rebuild,
$750; used C cam, 40K miles, very good
condition, $50; mechanical tach oil
pump gears, best offer; junk C crank,
best offer. Buyer pays shipping. David
Kozak, 6512 E. Monterosa St., Scottsdale, AZ 85251, 602-990-8614.
356 Registry Volume 1,No. 1through
Volume 15, No. 1(Oct./Nov. '90); Panos
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February 1962 throught August 1988,
many 1959 to 1962 plus 70 + duplicates;
Christos Nos. 127, 130 through 135,139
(1979) through 210 (1988);fifty Porsche
Books, Manuals, some rare. Mint.
Offers. Ship or pickup Parade week. George L. Adams, P.O. Box 1393, Centre
Harbor, NH 03226, 603-253-83 77
evenings.
1600CC Normal engine #P05600, completewithsheetmetalflywheel, Zenith
carbs, heater boxes. Best offer over
$1,500. Mickey Cohen, 657 Gibson Ave.,
Kingston, PA 18704, 717-288-5600.
Accu sump, new, $175. Roll bar
coupe, copies of B/C manuals. Elmer or
Jeff Langren, 9548 Oliver No., Minneapolis, MN 55444, 612-424-0642.
Trailer: custom built for concours 356.
Single axle tilt bed, brakes, electric
wench, custom tie down system, mounted spare, tows and backs like a tandem.
As new. $2,250. Kent Barbor, 12974
Robin Rd., Nevada City, CA 95957,
916-272-9138.
FREE: Correct fuse cover inside label
for pre-A cars up to coupe 53276, Cab
60788. SASE. Ray Knight, 204 E. High,
Jeffersonville, IN 47130, 812-282-4647.
WAV:~0 b a 4
Need front 'lip from 'peedrear 'lip
sterROadster to mate to
for vintage race car.
dered. Rusty*
pieces acceptsble. Doors and
posts. Do you
of any
in junk yards?
Morley, Box 1705, Redondo Beach, CA
90278s 213-371-3919* fax 213-371-4827.
VDM wood wheel for 'A'. Speedster
door tops. Seat
for 'peedster buckets.
w/'57 date
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box in good condition or rebuild kit.
Trev0rKeet1ey9215 Grattan St.p
3053
3/34-7141
fax
3/34-70810.
Pre-A coupe or Cabriolet. David, 4040
C0 802229
E. Bay Ave.9
303-388-6050.
356
project. Have '71 Karmann
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and
Po* engine. Have a coup1e of picture
to share. Needs top9 interior work
and
last On road in '86. Doug
Lyons, Rt. 2, Box 207, Warrenton, VA
22186, 703-347-4459 after 6 p.m. EST.
Or
Must be
fairly complete or running. 'A' luggage
Index
set; windshield wiper motor and arm assembly; Rudge wheel and spinner; combi gauge; 'A' steering wheel; gas tank.
Michael Lederman, 100-15 Asch Loop,
Bronx, NY 10475.
'57 Super engine wlserial number in
range: 80757 to 81199. Specifically looking for engine #81017 but any of above
will do. Also, 4%" Lemmerz wheels
dated 3/58. Don Schoeny, 2 Fair Oaks
Lane,
Atherton,
CA
94027,
415-324-8979 evenings, 415-857-3250
days.
Righthand drive 356. Any and every
model considered, however prefer pre
'62 to escape the 35% government duty
on German cars. Write with details and
photos to Bob Magowan, 24 Cloverelly
Rd., Buckland Beach, Auckland, New
Zealand.
356 shift lever and shift linkage need complete unit. 644 transaxle; air
cleaners (2); 1600N 32PBIC solexes; consider complete set of carbs; wheels
mafked 5/57 or ealier; crankshaft pulley
A style 4 holes. Mike Moffett, 462 Watts
Way, Cocoa Beach, FL 32931,
407-783-1820.
356 Registry issues Vol. 1, #1 thru Vol.
6, #2. Panoramas 12/55 thru 12/65. English Christophorus #1 thru 126. Binders
for any of the above. Gary R. Engel, 5644
S.W. Seymour Court, Portland, OR
97221,
503-297-4736
home,
503-220-5980 work.
Members for the RoadstedConvertible
D Registry. I am trying to count the number of these that have actually survived
rust, rubble, and exportation. I am only
interested in the Serial Number of a viable car so if you want to be discreetlparanoid, name and address not necessary.
Ben Sherman, 300 S. Stratford, Santa
Maria, CA 93454.
German Christos #1-17; any 356 sales
lit; factory posters; press kits; Pano 12/55
& 7/56; 356 Registry Vol. 1, #2-6; Distler Porsche toys; Speedster plate and
salt & pepper shakers from the early
1960s. Stu Stout, 3488 Iris Ct., Boulder,
CO 80304, 303-924-4070 work,
303-444-4656 home.
356 Pre-A Coupe parts: interior dome
light, wheel beauty rings, 1500 super
script, tool roll. We're near completion,
all and any info appreciated. Steve Serio,
617-547-1988 days, 617-964-6038
nights.
Looking for fresh air blower, 356 C.
Frank J. Malik, G-4376 Beecher Rd.,
Flint, MI 48532, 313-230-1066 7
a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Nardi 'A' original. Have BIC Nardi in
excellent condition to trade. Bench seat
for AIB. Jim Hughes, 21007 Dumetz Rd.,
Woodland
Hills,
CA
91364,
818-340-5058.
356-912 engine or part for one, sheet
metal, heads ABC pairs, rocker assemblies, case, flywheels, 180 or zoo T-6
right front fender, Spyder books and
manuals, sunroof for T-6, Carillo rods
used or new, Registry Vol. 1-1to Vol.
12-1. Elmer or Jeff Langren, 9548 Oliver
No., Minneapolis, MN 55444,
612-424-0642.
Registry Vol. 1thru 4 all issues. Vol.
5: 1, 2, 4, 5. Vol. 6: 1, 2, 3, 6. Vol. 7:
3, 6. Vol. 8: 3, 4, 5, 6. Vol. 9: 2, 3, 4,
5,6. Vol. 11: 3, 5. Allen Naille, 2490 N.
Southern Hills Dr., Flagstaff, AZ 86004,
602-527-2122 days, 602-526-5947
evenings.
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Porsche 356 Restorer's Guide
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Porsche - Fine Art of The
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Porsche Factory Tour 1960
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The Best of Christophorus
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Ferry Porsche - Cars Are
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Porsche - Man and His
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Illustrated Porsche Buyer's
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teed. Porschelectric, 169 South
Irv Simon Speedometer Hospital
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ter1Tachometer mecahnical-electronic
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