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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:11 am    Post subject: Official whine about 356 Porsche cars and parts for sale Reply with quote

I would be honored to be able to start this topic Very Happy I see no reason why the iconic 356 Porsche should be exempt from the scrutiny of TheSamba members.

In the tradition of TheSamba here are the rules from other Whine Topics.

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* This thread is for whining as well as discussing or informing about the good and bad of any 356 Porsche or 356 Porsche part for sale.
* If you are posting a link, you must comment, otherwise it is not a whine.
* This thread is considered by many members to be negative and/or offensive and may not be for everyone.
* This thread will often dip into somewhat unrelated chatting about 356 Porscheor vehicle-related topics, this is allowed.
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 8:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

^^^^^^^
What he said.
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 4:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I realize it's an A, not many for sale etc.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1275679

I've tried to contact the seller and see if he's had any interest. Or some interest in lowering the price. No responses.

Also, my other whine is, why do most 356 projects come with an engine case? It would take another 10K to rebuild a case into a proper engine, yet everyone looks for the 'matching' case. I doubt it adds any real value, it just gets moved onto to the next guy.

Last whine, what's up with 3-5K 356 engines that DON'T RUN? Smile
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 5:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Beware:
This ad is for ONE wheel:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1301507

IMO, posting 4 pics from the same angle is borderline fraudulent, because it almost suggests he's got a set of 4 wheels.
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bruce wrote:
Beware:
This ad is for ONE wheel:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1301507

IMO, posting 4 pics from the same angle is borderline fraudulent, because it almost suggests he's got a set of 4 wheels.


$700 must be a single wheel. Wink

The pics look like 4 views of the same wheel, rotating about 90 degrees each time to me. He's being thorough I think.
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
Bruce wrote:
Beware:
This ad is for ONE wheel:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1301507

IMO, posting 4 pics from the same angle is borderline fraudulent, because it almost suggests he's got a set of 4 wheels.


$700 must be a single wheel. Wink

The pics look like 4 views of the same wheel, rotating about 90 degrees each time to me. He's being thorough I think.



Agree, if you're selling a wheel like that it's good to show all sides. That's a deal, they can go now for $1000. A date matched set for $5000
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 9:59 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

dawerks wrote:
I realize it's an A, not many for sale etc.

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1275679

I've tried to contact the seller and see if he's had any interest. Or some interest in lowering the price. No responses.

Also, my other whine is, why do most 356 projects come with an engine case? It would take another 10K to rebuild a case into a proper engine, yet everyone looks for the 'matching' case. I doubt it adds any real value, it just gets moved onto to the next guy.

Last whine, what's up with 3-5K 356 engines that DON'T RUN? Smile


Welcome to 356 land. Not many cars and deep pocket buyers!
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What's with all the VW jacks being passed as 356?

Here are 356 jacks.
Note the insert always angles down (even the Vigot), they are taller than VW, never had a double ratchet plugs, and have a bumper disk at the top.

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Here are jacks being sold as 356 that I think are VW.
If I'm mistaken please advise!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1088669
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1194487
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http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1181649
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PostPosted: Sat May 05, 2012 10:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

EverettB wrote:
The pics look like 4 views of the same wheel, rotating about 90 degrees each time to me. He's being thorough I think.


I completely agree with you. But I think, at the same time, his ad should state he is selling ONE wheel.
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 4:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

What makes a 356 wheel worth so much more than a vw wide 5? I think it is ridiculous that a used 356 wheel is a lot of dollars when you can buy a new repop wheel for $100 or less.
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 7:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I think this deserves to be the first car posted here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1027617
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 8:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

DanM wrote:
I think this deserves to be the first car posted here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1027617


With all those ripples and dimples the ass end of that thing looks like a carnival fat lady. Insane price.
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PostPosted: Sun May 06, 2012 11:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Braukuche wrote:
DanM wrote:
I think this deserves to be the first car posted here:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1027617


With all those ripples and dimples the ass end of that thing looks like a carnival fat lady. Insane price.


This car started at $27500 (possibly less).
I saw him raise the price a few times based on some eBay auction sales.

Based on some activity behind the scenes between the seller and possible buyers for which various emails were forwarded to me (abuse from both ends, etc.), I am not 100% convinced this car is actually for sale and have no reason to believe the current asking price is real.
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1238701

It 'might' work. For $575 it better work!
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PostPosted: Tue May 08, 2012 8:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dawerks wrote:

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1238701

It 'might' work. For $575 it better work!


I got a chuckle out of this "Was working 6 years ago when I last had it in my daily driving tub." Sounds a lot like the "it ran when I parked it" line.
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PostPosted: Wed May 23, 2012 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

can someone please tell me why 356 guys always call cars "original" and "survivor" when they are in fact repainted, not the original color, "restored"?

what's up with that?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1308978

to me, if i car is "original" and a "survivor" it has not really been touch a whole lot other than some maintenance and maybe a touchup paint job from a scrape back in the day. it might have seat cobers but they are very old seat covers and have the original upholstery underneath.

it seems like porsche guys call anything a survivor.
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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2012 10:25 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I just looked at at that ad. It's neither original or a survivor. It's not even close to either one of those. At best, it should be called an older restoration. But that guy has been into 356's for for a long time so maybe that gives him a little bit of literary freedom? Now my old friend Charlie's two mid seventies 911 turbos, each with about 18,000 miles, those are a different story.
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PostPosted: Fri May 25, 2012 12:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

UZI wrote:
can someone please tell me why 356 guys always call cars "original" and "survivor" when they are in fact repainted, not the original color, "restored"?

what's up with that?
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1308978

to me, if i car is "original" and a "survivor" it has not really been touch a whole lot other than some maintenance and maybe a touchup paint job from a scrape back in the day. it might have seat cobers but they are very old seat covers and have the original upholstery underneath.

it seems like porsche guys call anything a survivor.


I think its because the floor pans are original, everything else has been painted or replaced. That car is about as original as my beater '63 SC Coupe.
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PostPosted: Sun May 27, 2012 6:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i think i should have called the outlaw 356 i just sold a survivor. it was repainted multiple times, most recently had been painted a color that was different from it's original color, it had it's nose replaced and floorpans redone but it survived being owned by someone who left it ouside unattended for 10 years.....true survivor with history!
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PostPosted: Mon May 28, 2012 5:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=1106285
Seriously? For 356? I'm sure everyone's dying to get this so they can drill holes in their dash. What a POS. For sale for over a year. Hurry!
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