I have been a member in the past and have rejoined the 356 fold. My story is somewhat unusual. In ~2000, I moved to Charlotte and found a project 356 Coupe in the dirt basement of a General Store in Warren, NC. I had to cut down a couple of trees to winch out the 1957 Coupe that is the core of the project. The owner also had a "parts car" in a nearby warehouse. The "parts car" was a rusted out '56 Sunroof coupe. I trailered both shells home and started the project. The original plan was to build a GT Clone with a high output engine/drive train.
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I started by grafting the '56 sunroof/roof onto the '57. Over the next several months, I replaced the floors/usual rust areas and longitudinal. I purchased a lot of parts for the project, right up until the time that I had some medial problems. I ended up selling the car to two guys in ~ 2002.
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Fast forward to a year ago. I happened, entirely by chance, to meet a man who had the same name as the silent partner in the transaction 16 yrs ago. He still had my car and it was still in need of completion. A couple of weeks ago, I purchased the car and me and my baby have been reunited.
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I will start uploading old pix first and then catch up to present day.
Reconnected after 16 years.
- Perry DePietro
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- Perry DePietro
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Re: Reconnected after 16 years.
More Pix from ~ 2000-2002.
- C J Murray
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Re: Reconnected after 16 years.
The car looks like a very nice project but mostly I am happy that you got past your medical problems and got you life back. Congratulations.
'57 Speedster
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion
'59 Sunroof
'60 Devin D Porsche Race Car
'63 Cabriolet "Norm"
'67 911 S Original Owner
'03 Ferrari 575M
'09 Smart Passion
- John Lindstrom
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Re: Reconnected after 16 years.
Awesome I know how you feel getting your baby back, congratulations be faithful to her!