I know this car, I belonged to long time registry member Bob Raucher in the 60's. I actually considered buying it about seven years ago. The carrera pedals refers to the longer clutch pedal the carrera had versus the regular production cars. From the top of my head the pedal was about one inch longer.
I was never able to figure out the Bosch ammeter thing. Looking at the holes in the dash they look a bit crude and you would have expected the factory to do a little nicer job.
Hope this helps,
Joris
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Onderwerp: [356Talk] Rare Options
Recently I bought a '59 T-2 A sunroof coupe to restore. It has two options listed on it's Certificate of Authenticity that I'm having trouble researching. They are 1) Bosch power train control system, and 2) Carrera pedal.
Bill Brock of the Registry emailed me that the Bosch.... included an ammeter and a toggle switch. He wasn't familiar with the C. pedal.
I've called both North Hollywood Speedo. and Palo Alto thinking they might have a handle on the Bosch option, since it may include a gauge, but struck out both places.
The dash has two extra small gauge cutouts, and has an ammeter in one of them. The cutouts appear to have been made by the same technique, but obviously many owners add aftermarket gauges. Unfortunately the previous owner, who bought it in the same condition in California, doesn't know what these options were, either.
One local (Kansas City) 356 addict thinks maybe the car was a rally car from back in the day, because of the 80-liter tank and really old seat belt loops on the back floor. I have no idea.
Any help from the Registry membership would be greatly appreciated. Bob Maxwell
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'57 T-1.5 Coupe
'59 T-2 S/R Coupe project
'06 Cayman S
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