1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

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1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#1 Post by Urban Eriksson »

This is a 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe, that we started working on recently. The car is quite solid compared to some other projects we have done and doing at the moment.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#2 Post by Urban Eriksson »

After some disassembly work.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#3 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Some metal work before media blasting the body and details.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#4 Post by Urban Eriksson »

And still some more metal prep. work.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#5 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Preparation work continues.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#6 Post by Urban Eriksson »

After media blasting.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#7 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Now after priming it is ready for metal work.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#8 Post by Jim Clement »

well.. I know this story.. I am just a few years in front of you, with almost the same car. an early A so the same, except bee hives at the back.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#9 Post by Jim Clement »

let me know if I can help out in any way..
did you measure the seat brackets prior to cutting out ?
when I installed mine, I did not measure with enough care, and had to move them, unfortunately after the undercoating was all done.
make sure you sand blast or something to remove the rust on the inside of the rockers, and then use POR or similar. also - it looks like you have etching primer on the inside of the car ??
if it is , there are lots of products that do not stick to etching primer..
 

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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#10 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Thanks Jim, will keep that in mind. I will try to update the process here in the forum for others to see.

Thankfully we measured the seat brackets, we have done the mistake of not taking the measurements, fortunately life will teach you.

We have blasted the complete car to remove the rust, exept the roof panel, since we are afraid of warping. Will clean it by hand. And yes there is etching primer on the inside of the car, this is what we have used after media blasting to protect the car from rust during the metal work. But after metal work, we clean the car once more and use the appropriate materials to prepare the body for paint.

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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#11 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Have made some progress over the last couple of weeks.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

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Some more pictures of the work done in previous weeks.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#13 Post by Urban Eriksson »

The work continues, new pictures from the work from previous week.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#14 Post by Urban Eriksson »

More from the metal work.
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Re: 1959 Porsche 356A Coupe Restoration

#15 Post by Urban Eriksson »

Working on the chassis, the more you dig in, the more you find.
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