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PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 9:59 am    Post subject: 1953 Porsche 356 Cab Resto Reply with quote

New project in the shop.Same guy has owned this car fro 50 years! Even has the original floor mats in excellent shape.

The car came to us partially stripped as shown in the first few pics.
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not many bad spots apparently. The '55 Knickscheibe I saw on a trailer last monday look liked a hopeless case with not a single panel in reasonable shape. According to the driver of the van it wasn't too bad, the speedster he had in the van arrived with them as a pile of parts on two pallets. Now it was fresh from the painter and looked very nice.

What kind of material do you use for blasting ? Steel or glass particles ?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 18, 2013 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 20, 2013 9:14 pm    Post subject: 1953 Porsche 356 Resto Reply with quote

fixing /rebuilding the outer and inner nose sheet metal


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 21, 2013 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

more progress made.....metal finishing front left fender and hood.Small amount of lead work where the fender bracket sits behind the fender sheet metal.


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PostPosted: Fri Aug 23, 2013 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hood ,right hand fender and door resto including lead work to define surface and door gap finish.


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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 12:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 3:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Sat Aug 24, 2013 4:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

So nice it's a shame to paint it. Just clear it to show it off. Very excellent.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

progress.....

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PostPosted: Wed Sep 25, 2013 9:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

continuing rear,rear quarter metal finishing and deck lid lead work

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 1:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 3:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just beautiful. Thank you for showing the messy in-between state instead of just the before and after!
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 26, 2013 3:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Super thread. Just looked through all the photo's yet again. Its the dream of most 356 owners to have a body finished like that. Super gaps, very nice leading. It is a form of art to get that perfect.

I have a question? for its age the car was obviously well looked after by its owner and after seeing some shots of the floor I presume that most of the structural area of the chassis were in good condition apart from the area behind the bak of the passenger side door. Was that and the thin rear floor attended to first?

Just like Justin Rio's restoration techniques this restoration makes it look sort of easy to do. How far no doubt that is from the truth. I remember many years ago trying leading for the first time and seeing most of my effort on the garage floor. That front nose repair you did looks a lovely job not so easy at all.

Well done, look forward to seeing how it ends up.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:14 pm    Post subject: cost Reply with quote

Wow! Now that's a restoration! I'm gonna say that paint and body will be roughly $50k and about 1 year?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 4:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

How do you stop flash rusting on bare metal exposed like this as you work on it?
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 1:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I do not often post here, but had to come out to say WELL DONE!

Beautiful work, nice to see all the bondo gone and good clean surfaces that will shine like a mirror when painted. Thanks for sharing.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Great work & well worth doing ! I think it would look great left bare metal & clear lacquer Wink keep us updated
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 03, 2013 8:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice work!
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:57 pm    Post subject: Wow! Reply with quote

Very impressive! How long does something like that take?
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