1957 Porsche 356 Coupe in surgery.. GM factory...

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Wonder if this 1957 coupe is out there somewhere ....

This morning permission is granted to post the pictures ...Thanks to;

Christo
Lead Archivist
GM Heritage Center|GM Media Archive

IK

[Spencer Harris]

Got gauges?

[Mike Wilson]

I read about this car. I, too, wonder where it went.

Mike

[Emil Wojcik]

Anyone have a link to the story they can share?

[Roland Resos]

Would be a good find for the Corvair Club member?

Regards

[Jim Clement]

is that a Flux Capacitor power train..
I want those gauges

[Jim Karaba]

Where's Brett? T-1 coupe with mirror access holes in doors. No paint code on door jamb.

[chris romney]

T-1 with teardrop taillights. Couldn't have been too many of those.

[Al Zim]

If you go to the Studebaker Museum in South Bend Indiana in the basement is a Studebaker Lark with a Porsche super engine in the trunk attached to a VW bus gearbox with gear reduction axles. When the snow lifts someone should go to the museum and post some pictures. al zim On a second look, it is a 12 volt engine in a 6 volt car. The combo gauge will not work because there is no place to put the temp sensor. A resistor could be used on the gas tank part of the gauge but that is not necessary since there is a reserve petcock on the tank. I would lie to have seen how they attached the axles.

[Jules Dielen]

must be one of the first six digit coupes, one of 1,692 T1 with teardrops. This is probably 1000xx, with tear drops but with and a single overrider bar in the back. looks like there are 2 cars, or maybe they painted it after the 'butt lift'? Nice way to get some extra room in the engine bay however!

[George Hussey]

obviously testing the corvair engine before production, certainly WOULD be a great story

[WilliamVaughan]

Ibrahim,
How did you get those nice images into the website. Are they scanned from photographic enlargments, prints?

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Robert,
They were mailed from GM Heritage Center|GM Media Archive
We were searching our 57 coupe with Corvair engine and aircraft gauges on dash...
I had to delete the pictures ,because on the bottom of the email, there is confidential note ....Did not see before...
so wrote back ,if pictures can be post it in our club for knowledge ,historical info...
See what they say.....
IK

[Martin Benade]

You have that same car, or another one?

[Ibrahim Kuzu]

Hi Martin,
No, we do not have this car pictures posted...
IK