Looks like a fun project. Nice score!

Will you keep this one or sell it?

I'd keep this one.


KT

Nice car Mike...

C

Here's a pic of a different color choice. TurquoiseGreen. One year only(2000) BMW Z3 color choice. Looks period correct on my 356. Their are tons of great colors that will stand apart from the silver crowd. It is your car though so...

Here's another uncommon color...But this is an OG color





or this uncommon OG color

nice car mike, i was hoping that guy would go to a good owner. i want to see how this one folds out

Pretty colors both....but I'm so far from paint right now that I'm considering everything.....yellow and red are out though....

As to what I'm gonna do with it? Well originally my brother wanted it.....but it looks like he's gonna flake. I've actaully had some offers for it as-is, running as-is and finished......don't know yet.....

in hindsight, i wish i had sold the 914s along with every bit of related trash cluttering up the storage and bought the red car jim chambers had at camp914. 20/20.

k

And I wish I had kept it!

ouch!!! so complete. the interior was supr nice. ask craig. i uncovered it twice. causally mentioned it to jeanne while she was looking at an Excellence with one pictured. she was all about it. your car was sold. i love the *notch* styling.

k

Hijack: The best part of the story of that car was the incredible luck I had in buying it. Got it on Ebay with a winning bid of $10,101. It was consigned to a dealer by the owner. It was in upstate NY and could have been very rusty. Guy assured me on the phone that it was solid. Arrived on the truck and to my amazement, no rust apparent anywhere! Cost $1800 to ship to Oregon. Sold it for $12,500 after deciding I didn't have the energy to do the resto. Should have.
It is now somewhere in So. CA.

This one is a contender.....

Something along these lines would be nice

OK OK....it has a rear lid now.....

What are ya tryin to conform now

great find mike, i like those uncommon blues from the B period....man i know of two good ones right now but the money they take to restore is just too much.

Well....cap, rotor, spark plugs and wires.....She's running....smokes when hot due to oil in the muffler but it's dissipating. No oil dripping.....

Waiting on the new dual circuit master cylinder from Zims and then I'll blow out the lines and add fluid.....hopefully the wheel cylinders will hold.......

Do tell grasshopper...

Rich

you already know, one is in your barn

and the other????????????

I figured one I knew...the other one ...is that up near pop?
Rich

hindsight... lol... if i had a crystal ball I would be able to recreate this picture today...



Look, it does rain in Arizona sometimes!

o well. I do love this truck now too.. sold the topper today mike, 300 bucks to go on an old guys wifes truck, where it truely belongs. LOL.

That lid will actually look pretty good i think.

I love that black coupe but the blue one has all the right stuff too.

fun stuff.

Oh yes you would.....

Now your talking.

Anything but silver, red or white.

Thanks....I forgot how much fun a pushrod flat four motor is....I sit there and rev it while it burns off the accumulated oil in the muffler.....

Pushed in the clutch....grind in each gear....crap, looks like a cable adjustment...I hope. Sprayed some PB blaster on the adjustment nuts....hopefully I can get it gear tomorrow with some minor adjustments....

KTF....

Z

BTW....
I'm probably going to get NLA's 15x5.5 chromies.....what can I fit on them that won't rub on my T2 fender wells? 185-195/60s feasible?

185 would be the best size for that rim.

Cool....looks like 356 guy is interested in the 1958 date stamped wheels...like I care if they are dated......I can sell them, get some wider chromies and have $$ left over for tires.

That is awesome

I've been avoiding this thread for a reason. Specially after seeing all the outlaw cars. Should have never sold my 58 sunroof coupe...

good find Mike, I sure enjoyed my 64...

mikey you like outlaws here one for you.

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The Outlaws are badass but I couldn't help but post this one.

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oh that flare is wicked!



looks cool

Hey,
In response to your CW question on the Registry..

The reflectors are not stock, that is where the overrider bar supports go in and bolt to the frame. Look inside, you will see the mounting bolt hole (s) for the bar.

It was popular to remove them, but putting them back has become the latest fad, only if they were stock to begin with...and yours are stock.

Rich

I don't think that was a compliment.

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little bit of bling.........
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A litttle rust????


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Then ya do the grinder and find this.....

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Interesting.. Spray Bondo!!!

Wet vac leaves lines.....I've been going around with a magnet and hitting the areas where it falls off with a heavy wire brush......

are 356 door gaps done by leading?

Leaded edges....That's the rumor....haven't started grinding on the doors as yet. The bottoms seem to be the worst.....the skin on the passenger side looks to be seperating from the door frame.

I contacted a 356 restoration friend and he says that the bottom five inches is a common replacement piece. So, gonna keep looking for cancer and grinding.....finally got all the brake parts and will start on that phase. Just need to get motivated.

if you take a look (and you will) at how that fender traps dirt/water, you will see why they ALL rust there.

To do it right.
The door stays on the car, do not remove, or re-hang it after you re-skin the bottom.
So, door is first.
Then you get the gap on the BOTTOM of the door correct by adjusting the hinges.
That is all you can do with the hinges.
From there, you weld in the front and rear sections of the fenders
(front fender rear, rear fender front)
and match the door gaps as best you can by cutting/grinding the replacement piece, again...with the door in place.

All the parts are available at RD, or Zims.
grind away on the fender right behind the door.
Same idea, dirt/water get in there.

There is alot of lead around the doors also...so wear a mask.
I will still buy it if you get frustrated.
Rich

I wanna at least get it on the road first....see how it drives. Then see what the paint is gonna cost me. That will be decision time.

oh my, i'm having flashbacks.

Some Italians came by to see the 58.....seems like they are on a buying tour. Says he's gonna make me an offer.....hopefully one I won't have to worry about refusing.....

booo

Mike,
From what I have heard, everything was junked back in the 70's and early 80's so they are shopping (the Italians) for project cars to ship back home.

Its where the market is for projects right now, and its where more than a few I have touched have gone.

Rich