William Block wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:43 am
From my registry
'53/'53 356 Reutter coupe #51009
546 P-31085*
519 1875
black/upholstery/carpet/headliner
Sonderausführung:
Built del
?, location?; ex Umberto Compiano, ITALY
Nov 16, project-546 P-31737*, sold (RM/SOTHBY Auction Milan, ITALY/356 REGISTRY 40/6)
Bill
Thanks for the info. It seems highly unlikely that this is the engine that was in the car in Italy, though. This engine was sitting for years in a shop in Berkeley until it was closed in 1986. Since then, it has been sitting in a shed in Albany (right next to Berkeley) untll now. It keeps getting stranger by the minute.
Jim
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Jim Breazeale
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Jim, I think you ought to clean it all up and make a museum piece out of it to honor the forward thinking and workmanship that those guys had back in the day.
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the restraints.....
Lukes and Shorman In Berkeley Ca. were the Sh*t! They routinely beat the crap out of the factory and were asked by Porsche how come? The answer is in Excellence was Expected. I am privileged to have both of my 356s with Lukes & Shoreman motors. Hint: You don't want to race me for any length of time.
I am trying to figure out what to do with this motor for the widow of the son of one of the partners in Don & Reinhardt's. It's not an easy task.
Regards
FYI: Lukes and Shorman developed the extended push rod tubes that were adopted by the factory and we all use to this day
Jim Breazeale
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