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Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:30 am

Found it sitting in one of my neighbors barns. Looks perfect.

Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:55 pm

I drove a 56 and 64 for several decades. The 64 was a pure joy. They drive very very nice.

BUY IT!

They get better gas mileage then our Vanagons! :) :)

Thu Mar 31, 2011 5:57 pm

Williamtaylor33 wrote:
Found it sitting in one of my neighbors barns. Looks perfect.

There's a lot of tail pipes on that car!

Sun Oct 09, 2011 4:14 pm

I am not an expert in 356's but I always wanted one. Me and a couple of friend went to a farm to get some parts to repair a bus and the owner of the farm "teased" us with one of his stored cars.
I took the pics with a crappy phone camera, I will be taking better pics when I get back there to find more parts.
Enjoy

Never seen this tail light before

Also he has a brand new Two piece case.

Sun Oct 09, 2011 7:20 pm

I would like that car. :)

Sun Oct 09, 2011 8:32 pm

EverettB wrote: I would like that car. :)

Yeah, me too! 8)

Sun Oct 09, 2011 11:59 pm

joe h. wrote: EverettB wrote: I would like that car. :)

Yeah, me too! 8)

No Shit!!! :D Me too... I didnt dared to ask the owner if he sells it to me because I know it will be out of reach for my budget right now. The car is complete, the interior is immaculate and all missing body parts are there and even more. The early tranny and at least two other engines... and the best part is Zero rust.

Talking with him, he got the car many years ago for $700 when the 356s were worthless because the porsche people were more intereted in the 911s. The owner was very pleasant to talk and very knowledgeble about his collections. I will be there very soon to get some parts for a bus and also an engine for my ghia. I will re-post better pictures at that time.

Mon Oct 10, 2011 9:41 pm

52 coupe w/ golde sunroof !!! very very rare!

Wed Oct 12, 2011 3:30 pm

I bought it yesterday for $200! :lol: I wish, nice ride to restore!

Mon Oct 17, 2011 3:54 pm

look close at that one appears to be notch,it seems to be a cab w/hardtop,regards to vw that is 1600/w zeniths,did that swap in late 65 to my64 as well as seats,guages,wheels,brakes,etc. R8 gordini's did not stand a chance,i was in FR in case you were wondering what a gordini is!!!

Thu Oct 27, 2011 5:38 pm

Here is a link to some of our finds from over the years:

http://unobtaniuminc.wordpress.com/2010/01/23/pors...-found-us/

Mon Nov 14, 2011 2:44 pm

the overhead picture of that lot made me :shock:

Tue Nov 22, 2011 7:11 am

LUNATIK wrote: I am not an expert in 356's but I always wanted one. Me and a couple of friend went to a farm to get some parts to repair a bus and the owner of the farm "teased" us with one of his stored cars.
I took the pics with a crappy phone camera, I will be taking better pics when I get back there to find more parts.
Enjoy

Never seen this tail light before

Also he has a brand new Two piece case.

Buy the SE5a model airplane and maybe he'll throw in the car for free before that yellow fungus takes over the rest of the ride.

Sat Dec 03, 2011 1:17 pm

I found this one on one of my business trips. Could not get the owner but the Neighbor said he gets asked yearly if he wants to sell it. Sad thing is there is about a 92 Acura under a covered shelter about 6 feet away.

Sun Dec 04, 2011 7:19 am

That motor as is....is worth at least 1K. Do a search on Ebay for Porsche 356 motors.You will be surprised.Just all the bolt on parts are hard to find and people would pay good money for that just for spares.
UZI wrote: does anyone think this engine is anything special? the guy wanted $1000 for it several years ago. i put a big wrenchy on it and it wouldn't turn. naturally he said "it ran when it was parked".

Sun Dec 04, 2011 8:27 am

A few years ago a buried a couple of 914 lug nuts in the back yard. I forgot about them until I went out to mow the field and found these growing...

The following spring we had these!

Next year I'm planting some 550 lug nuts...

Tue Dec 13, 2011 6:51 am

New adventure last week, I am writing up the story now, details to come.

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/download.html?id=10933&mode=view

Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:21 am

type47fan1 wrote: I found this one on one of my business trips. Could not get the owner but the Neighbor said he gets asked yearly if he wants to sell it. Sad thing is there is about a 92 Acura under a covered shelter about 6 feet away.

I have those headlight grills. too bad it's out in the weather :?

Mon Mar 26, 2012 1:19 pm

Hey everyone-
One of my adventures from last year was recently published by 9 Magazine, a very solid and up and coming Porsche magazine. The adventure was fun and makes for a good read.

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/download.html?id=14182&mode=view

Link here:
http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/1/29827.html

Mon Apr 16, 2012 3:56 pm

midman914 wrote: 70 140 wrote:
UZI wrote: it's toast. way worse than it looks.

LOL. It must be pretty bad. That was the story I thought I remembered you saying $25,000. :lol:

There's one around here thats actually much worse than that one that is sitting in this old dudes front yard that I found in 92. Nothing special, 71 Zambezi green 1.7ltr with steel wheels I finally stopped in 98 and talked to the guy and he told me that his nephew and him bought it to restore, but they had never found the time. I asked him if he'd sell it. He said how much, and I offered $300. He about choked. He said that these cars were super valuable and with a battery this one would start right up, like any good Porsche. Yeah right. It had to be sitting there since 78 from the deterioration. This car was so roached that it wasn't worth what I was offering. Broke in half, couldn't open the door and was sinking into the dirt. I should go back there and thank him for not selling it to me. :lol: He saved me a lot of headache. On a funny side note, a year ago I scored three cars in way better shape for $250.

This is a friend of mine....it was road-wothy a few years ago....

Had dual carbs and all