Your 356 pic of the Day......

[Mike DeJonge]

scary when you have come that far, there is no turning back

[Mike DeJonge]

my speedster at the begining of the year

[Mike DeJonge]

the end was in sight

[Adam Wright]

Mike,
Like most celebrities, you car looks better on the red carpet!

[Mike Ruddy]

Mike.

[Steve Proctor]

Seriously cool shots, Mike.

[Doug McDonnell]

West Baden Indiana East Coast Holiday

[Jim Fleming]

Sure wish I had kept this $650.00 1956 1300 normal but I had to have another MG TD.

[Vic Skirmants]

"but I had to have another MG TD."
How'd that work out for you??

[Jim Fleming]

Well Vic, over the years I have had 5 MG TD's and 5 MG TC's (not all at the same time). In 1963 I came to work at Hewlett-Packard Co. in Palo Alto, CA. where Bob Garretson, Dick Osgood and Bruce Anderson were employed. They and the other PCA folks systematically broke me of most of my British car habits. It started with them convincing me that my 1964 VW needed 356 brakes and a 356 motor. The rest is history.

[Mike Ruddy]

A photograph that begs many questions... for me anyway.

Is this a 356 engine, what's that distributor? box section tubes on the muffler ? and what's written on there ?? Is that the regulator on top of the generator ???

Oh, and what does the Schecnk machine do. ?



Regards, Mike.

[David Jones]

That is an early 356 engine on a Schenck dynamometer and the VW mount style regulator mounted on the generator and also an early flat top distributor. I think it would be a 383.
Also an early "sport" muffler or maybe all the mufflers were like that then?

[Vic Skirmants]

Carbs are Supers, so two outlet pipes on the muffler.
I'm not sure when the muffler inlet pipes went to a round style; this could be as early as 1953.
The writing on the muffler; maybe the name of the dyno operator?
Also, if the valve covers are as "short" as they appear, this could be one of the earliest 1500 Supers. 1300 Super is also a possibility.

[William Hartong]

13 year old enjoying the fine art of "Tar" removal. 12/30/2012

13 year old enjoying the fine art of "Tar" removal. 12/30/2012

[Mike Ruddy]

My New Years resolution, to tidy my garage...



Happy New year everybody.

Mike.