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Porsche 356 Pre A project cars

#1 Post by lisa deppe »

Hello,

does anybody know where to find project cars or Pre A parts? Maybe someone know a Part market in California or any other websites where I can find things like that.

I know its really hard to find Pre A projects but maybe someone has one or know somebody who has one and wants to sell it.

The car would go to germany where I am from.

I would appreciate every help.


Thanks,

Lisa

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#3 Post by lisa deppe »

thanks phil. This car is sold. I talked to him a couple days ago.

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Hi Lisa,

This 1953 coupe 51551 popped up on ebay a few weeks ago. It didn't sell, as I think the seller was gauging the market and was asking a very high Buy It Now price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181488745478

One thing to note about that car is that it was a 1300 or 1300S originally, as indicated by the 356/8 model designation on the chassis ID tag. The case of the engine included with the car is a type 546 1500 with internal number 3391 (early '53) but restamped with number P-40431, which is a number from a type 528 1500 Super motor. You can easily see where the old number was ground off. So not matching numbers. Nonetheless, a very nice-looking car.

My guess is that the car was a 1300 Super originally delivered to Europe. This is based on the tach redline and the fact that virtually no 1300s were delivered to the US in 1953. I can't read the dash gauges in the photos; readings in km/h would be a sign it was Euro delivery, or if the gauge was exchanged for a mph one, a comparison of the date stamps on the two instruments vs the date the car was made. Of course both gauges could have been replaced. The car likely finished production in Dec 1953.

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#5 Post by DaveCooper »

lisa deppe wrote:thanks phil. This car is sold. I talked to him a couple days ago.
Well it's not sold until the money wire hits my bank account :-)
Why are these early cars needed in Europe? I posed this question to others here, and was told there is a perfect storm of very low volume of cars there, good demand for the early cars, cheap labor (east of Germany), and the favorable exchange rate.
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There still out there, we are working on an early 53 right now.
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James Davies wrote:Hi Lisa,

This 1953 coupe 51551 popped up on ebay a few weeks ago. It didn't sell, as I think the seller was gauging the market and was asking a very high Buy It Now price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181488745478

One thing to note about that car is that it was a 1300 or 1300S originally, as indicated by the 356/8 model designation on the chassis ID tag. The case of the engine included with the car is a type 546 1500 with internal number 3391 (early '53) but restamped with number P-40431, which is a number from a type 528 1500 Super motor. You can easily see where the old number was ground off. So not matching numbers. Nonetheless, a very nice-looking car.

My guess is that the car was a 1300 Super originally delivered to Europe. This is based on the tach redline and the fact that virtually no 1300s were delivered to the US in 1953. I can't read the dash gauges in the photos; readings in km/h would be a sign it was Euro delivery, or if the gauge was exchanged for a mph one, a comparison of the date stamps on the two instruments vs the date the car was made. Of course both gauges could have been replaced. The car likely finished production in Dec 1953.
Very interesting there.. I have a 1300 S and mine is a US car from 54
 

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#8 Post by James Davies »

Very cool Mark! Hoffman was the importer listed on the Kardex? Interesting that he would bring in a 1300S. Maybe for racing purposes?

I suspect on your chassis data tag next to the gas tank, it has 356/1300S in the "Typ" box? I believe the switch from the archaic number designations such as 356/8 to something that made sense happened sometime in early '54.

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#9 Post by Mark Collins »

sounds like you have some info for me on my car then.. :-)

I will look to see if any other numbers but it came back as an S when I paid the factory for their list ( mostly missing info :-( )

if you have any further info please do let me know..

I have a signed letter from Max and a Christmas card!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will dig that out.. :D
 

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#10 Post by Mark Collins »

slightly off topic only the Hoffman part here.. now I am starting to look back at my project to get kick started.

I found this again tonight it's a sales pack sent to a guy who I was in Comms with at the time, who asked about a new 356 B back in 61

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I hope you can see the image.. it's even got a Christmas card from Porsche and the envelop is stamped NEW YORK 1961 from Homman Porsche
 

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#11 Post by JavierTorres »

Hi!

I'm new to the 356 Registry and joined because I've found Reutter coupe #10547 in southern Chile.

The car apparently was brought over in the 50's for the road races but was involved in an accident and dissapeared until the early 80's. It was seen in a german car shop where the engine was switched out to a 1600cc VW then appeared again in a junkyard in the late 90's where the last owner found it and did his best to restore it. Up until then, the oldest 356 was a 1954 cabriolet so from these pictures, #10547 was fited with a bent window and steel pans as an outlaw.
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When it was offered to me, I asked for the chassis # and realized it was a 1951 1300cc split window from the pictures.

The interior is all missing and I have not been able to find the dashboard anywhere. The closes was an ad in thesamba which was gone in less than 30 minutes...

From the other posts, I know it is very difficult to source these parts so I would appreciate any information on restoration, parts and words of wisdom to a newbie.

Thanks!!!

Javier
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The car is here in Reno. I think the car is still for sale as of 2-3 weeks ago.

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James Davies wrote:Hi Lisa,

This 1953 coupe 51551 popped up on ebay a few weeks ago. It didn't sell, as I think the seller was gauging the market and was asking a very high Buy It Now price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181488745478

One thing to note about that car is that it was a 1300 or 1300S originally, as indicated by the 356/8 model designation on the chassis ID tag.
My guess is that the car was a 1300 Super originally delivered to Europe. 1300s were delivered to the US in 1953. This is based on the tach redline and the fact that virtually noI can't read the dash gauges in the photos; readings in km/h would be a sign it was Euro delivery, or if the gauge was exchanged for a mph one, a comparison of the date stamps on the two instruments vs the date the car was made. Of course both gauges could have been replaced. The car likely finished production in Dec 1953.


going to check my car.. more info I didn't know about before.. mines 1300S I need to check this stamp now and report back !
 

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