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Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2014 11:59 am
by C J Murray
P8131 painted on trans
very tall oil fill/breather can
insulated/wrapped header pipes
fuel line suggests use of mechanical pump
appears to be no attempt to keep cooling air and induction separate from hot air, no splash pans
tall breather on trans
note how beautifully simple the pushrod engine looks with all that space to work around the lightweight power unit
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 12:10 am
by James Davies
The Porsche stand at the Paris Auto Show, October 1954.
Notice the colors on the 550 Spyder.
And it looks like the cabriolet seems to be Adria Blue Metallic, and the dash is the same color. Very odd. Also, you can see that the sun visors on it have the lip turned downward when the sun visors are up. Hopefully this will put that tidbit of restoration trivia to rest. =]
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 3:22 pm
by Spencer Harris
James Davies wrote:The Porsche stand at the Paris Auto Show, October 1954.
...you can see that the sun visors on it have the lip turned downward when the sun visors are up. Hopefully this will put that tidbit of restoration trivia to rest. =]
Also note the windshield washer nozzles on the front cowl. I believe first installed on cabriolets in 1954 with chassis no. 60550 using glass reservoir and then plastic water bag with no. 60707.
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2014 5:49 pm
by James Davies
Good eye Spencer. Yes, washer systems became standard on the '54 model year Porsches in May 1954, but they were included by the factory as a special order in '53 or standard on the USA de Luxe model coupes or cabs. The nozzles on that cab look the same as those on my '53 coupe - a half dome with a "straw" sticking out to direct the stream.
Wish I could see the Reutter fender emblem a bit better. It's definitely aluminum, but that's about all I can tell.
It seems to have a radio but no antenna. Show car indeed. =]
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2014 2:30 am
by Alain Buchert
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Thu Dec 25, 2014 4:48 pm
by Greg Bryan
Picture posted today on Bring a Trailer site
I went back in this thread a few years and didn't see it ...
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2015 8:39 am
by Alain Buchert
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Tue May 05, 2015 7:14 am
by John Garrett
A few old photos! Keep em coming!
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 5:21 am
by John Garrett
a few more!
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Thu May 07, 2015 8:44 am
by Joris Koning
The black A steering wheel and dash knobs on the cab driven by Hushke will raise some doscussion
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Wed May 27, 2015 6:43 am
by John Garrett
a few more..
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Sat May 30, 2015 3:07 am
by John Garrett
a few more
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:34 pm
by Alain Buchert
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2015 6:58 am
by Mervyn Hyde
Re: Vintage 356 Pictures
Posted: Wed Jan 27, 2016 6:41 pm
by Andrew Ward
Saw this beauty in Munich!