I just love it when people "outlaw" a 356. Especially when they enter in a 356 Concours. That just makes some of them old 356 CW guys nuts.

No concourse crap here.. I'd probably end up in jail if I went to one!
I am building this one for me.... and well, the guy who will buy it from me when i decide to sell it :-)

Never liked red but your door panel design is wicked. Would love to see that in black Naugahyde.

Frank

If a hot rodded 356 is an outlaw, what do we call a hot rod 914?
Car looks incredible Jake. I hope I get to see it in person someday.

A money pit

You'd be surprised.. It costs the same to restore this car as my Wife's beetle.. Interior and paint cost the same and while some of the rest parts are a bit more money they are OEM.

BTW_ When I took the car to the upholstery shop I had no idea what I wanted.. I did exactly what I require my engine purchasers to do when they choose my services. I deferred the contrast and design completely to the upholsterer and told him that he was the specialist. I didn't ask how long it would take or how much it would cost, because my experience with Billy in the past proved that my expectations would be exceeded and the cost would be fair for the days of his life that would be spent creating the interior. I am a fairly poor design artist with anything except the inside of an engine and I am smart enough to realize that.

What you see here took him 150 hours to create and the price was fair for that much time and top of the line materials. I am blown away with what he did with the interior and now this is pushing me to take the car even further "off the chain".

At the end of the day a 356 is an investment, especially one with documented race history as rich as this one.. It has been an "outlaw" since it was new.

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Jake- I like the fact that you are building the car the way you desire. Mark

NARP

Thats the only way I have ever built any of my cars. I'll be perfectly happy if it never even attends a PCA or other "Porsche event"..

Look at that POP!! Glass is in, won't be long now!

Back from the upholstery shop..Time to make it happen..
Can't wait to get these steelies off it to see what its going to look like with Fuchs.




Once its color sanded and buffed its gonna be a slick bitch!

Looking good! Maybe I will see you driving it around Cleveland when I visit my mother!

Very nice Jake. That's some real eye candy there.

I dunno, I think Fuchs are overdone on 356es. Maybe Mahle gasburners would look good on it?

--DD

How about moonies? Your 356 has that retro look! Kinda gangster!

I kind of agree, but maybe they need to be under stated a bit with a matte finish on the spokes.. I have 4 sets of the bastards so I'd hate to go buy something else. Mahles don't do anything for me at all.

Gasburners or 951 or 964 spare tire rims...I've always liked those, but my wife'd kill me if I bought stuff for one car when the 914 and Benz need work.

The whole space saver rim deal doesn't appeal to me at all.. It will be Fuchs I just don't know what scheme to go with.