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Get that carreadyfor spring. No part of356 Registry magazine mayhe reproduced in anyform without the expresswritten permission ofthe publisher, Copyright ezeoehy356 Registry, Inc, do RPMAuto Books, I ~ O , Box 2S7. Stillwater. ~IN 550S2. Produced and printed inU.S.A, very so often you put somethingin the356 Registry! magazine that Ereaches out and grabs meand starts the memory circuits churning. That happened with thearticlein the NovlDec issue thatarrived yesterday. Del Ankers Ankers' reminiscing about his filming at the factory and other parts of Germany gotthings going real good. 1could relate to many ofhis experiences article by virtueofattendingthe 1959 Porsche Treffen. He mentions the fellow who had lostan arm in WW 11 . That was Dr. brings Biesenberger, who workedin Public Relations. He was at theStuttgart airport Treffen when we landed andwatched over the welcoming as we deplaned. We were ledto a terrace outsidethe terminal andwere handeda glass of champagne memories with orange juice... a welcome beverage after spending 13 hours in a Super Constellation. Dr. Biesenberger seemed to be watching that everything was goingaccording to plan.The group was divided in two; those who were get ting new carsand those who weren't. Those who weren't were sent off to buses for transport to their hotel. Those of us who were getting cars were putinaboutsixlinestoprocess our car pur chases with factory personnel. Thatwas my intro duction to [ochen Peiper, famo us, or infamo us, veteran ofWW 11 . (I hadfurtherdealings with him later when he was working as a salesman for Autohaus Max Moritz in Re utlingen .) Dr. Biesenberger undoubtedlymade quite an impres sion on the ladies. He was a handsome guy and his attire looked as if he were about to be pho tographed for a high end men's clothing ad. He was involved with the other factory fu nctions fo r the two days wewere inStuttgart as well as at the Treffen in Locarno, Switzerland, beginning two days later. Deltoldofthe Baden-Baden hill-climb. After the Treffen in Locarno, three other PCAers and I spent a week traveling with the Porsche Club of Wiesbaden. (As I remember, Wiesbadenis where Vic Skirmantswas born.) On ourtourwehitthree or four hill-climb sites, including the one at At Schloss Solitude, Mike Robbins' Roadster isamong the dozens of other Baden-Baden. My favorite, and I think the longest was Schauinsland. I inten Porsches delivered to new owners before the 1959 Treffen. tionallychose to golast in our caravan and gave thecar ahead ofme (Dottie Roessler, Chair ofthe 1960Porsche Parade) a good lead. It turned out to be too shorta lead and we were notsupposed to pass anyonesoI dropped back and gave her some space again. I'msureyo u'veprobably done thatona race track or other similarsituation. In "Riding with the Pros" Del tells ofriding with factorydrivers. On the afternoon of our second dayinStuttgart we gathered at the Solitudetrackon the outskirts of Stuttgart. Some were given rides in an RSK driven by Edgar Barthor "Taffy"von Trips. Othersrodein a '59 GT CarreraCoupe. Still others were given the opportunity to havea factory driver drive our cars as werode shotgun. I had Herbert Linge as mydriverandhe is stilloneof my heroes. Another parallel Del describesis whenhe hadto gothrough citizens of several nations to get to the Peruvian Indian who was servingas his assistant. In my case it wasn't so complex. I spent a night at an inn in Martigny, Switzerland. The owner, manager and jack of alltrades, didn't speakEnglish. He was very concerned that I wassatisfiedwith everythingat dinner andevery couple of minutes he would wave for his waitress-wife and the two of them would come to my table. He would saysomething to her in Frenchand she would ask me in English. Invariablythe question was of minor consequence Warning, another cute kid photo ahead! towhich I'd answer, "It's fine," or some such. He surewantedmeto besatis Klaus Heffels ofGermany sent a photo from 1952 that he recentlyfo und fied with my meal. at his mother's house. He is sitting on the bumper ofhis father's Porsche. We Thanks for another great issue. Judy gave me the devil this morning don't usually publish kid photos but that car is so cute! because I stayed up so late reading. Mike Robbins
4 Volume 30, Number 5 March9-11 Amelia Island, Florida The Amelia Island Concours, on the grounds of the Ritz-Carltonhotel. wwwameliaconcours.org Pleasejoin us for the First Annual 356 Spring Fling May 4,5,6, 2007 at March 10 Los Angeles, California The Porschc/ VW Literature,Toyand MemoribiliaSwap VIR- America's Motor Sport Resort - Virginia International Ra ceway ~ I e et at the LAAirport llilton. See www. lalitand This will be a very Affo rdable & Fun Filled Multi Event Weekend toyshowcomfo r more informatio n. Featuring Fun - Kart Ra cing - Shine & Show - Swap meet - Pa rade Laps ~ Iarc h II Costa ~I esa . California AII- Porsche swap meet. Allproceeds to Iedmology for For information & Registration please visit Kids Ioundation. Car Display: 20. Swap Spaces: 40 (at www.356springfling.com the door). VendorSpaces Arail able: 60 Contact Bob l.ee If you need addit ionaI information please contact S5S-4 14-5525 or [email protected]. General Info: Randall Yow at [email protected] or Jeff Trask, 949-697-4499 or i\'091IN\'@aol.com, Pctc Joe Johnson at [email protected] ~ I c i\'u l ty, 949-487-2492 or pmcnult)[email protected]. Location: 1645 Babcock Street, Costa ~ I esa 92627. lIotel: Ramada l.i mited In n and Suites Newpo rt Beach/Costa ~ Iesa , 1680 Superior Avenue, Costa Mesa, 2007 Collector Events California 92627. For special rate call SOO-54 5-804 5and It will soon be time to make travel arrange say you want the "All Porsche" rate of 85/night. lIotelis ments for the manyeventsof2007. The two great 5 blocks from the event! European events, RetroM ohilie in Paris in OpenhouseatEuropean Collectables (nextdoor)4-7pm February, and Techno-Classicain Essen, Germany, arc quite fi ne and very large. While the quality is Saturday. 1665 Babcock Ave, Costa ~ I e s a 9262 7. outstanding in Paris, Porsche material is hard to Directions: 55 Frccway (i\'e\\]Jort Ill nl) to 17th St., right find ; Essen has more butstillquite thin for 356s. on 17thto Babcock, left onBabcock, This year the I..A. swapsarc in early March; the Li t Meet on the 10th and an All-Porsche out ~ Iay 4-6 Virginia International Raceway door swap on the l lth in Costa Mesa. Fi rst An nual 556Spring Fling, info at right. Monterey's "holyweek," when the car world comes to the Peninsula, begins the weekend of ~ Ia y 17-20 Barcelona, Spain August 11-12, with the "Pre-Histories" where yo u The32 nd International Porsche 356 Meeting inSitges can seeSO% of the following weekend's cars up - Barcelona - Spain. Visit the web site at close with no crowds... and it is free! \n\w.356meeting2007.com Tuesday and Wednesday, August 14-15, is Automobilia Monterey, now in its fifth year as the June 26-Jul)' IHarbor Springs, Michigan premier original collectibles show in the US. It is 556 Registry East Coast 1I0liday, Boyn e Highlands a ve ritable "candy store" featuring the fi nest Resort. See page 10. posters, photos, books/literature, wearables, signs, badges/pins, rally items, etc. This event September 29 Le usden, Netherlands presents the best-of-the-best internationaldealers First Annual Dutch Porsche Collectors' Day. in a relaxed indoor settingfor serious collectors. International Porsche Swap Meet about Porsche Complete info at: www.Automobiliaxlontereycorn Modelcars and Memorabilia in the Koopmanhuis A brand new event, "Carmel-by-the-Sea (eventcenterat the Pon Porsche Import Area). Porsche Concours on the Avenue", will take place on ArtGallery(EventCenter), PorscheClubs, Porschecars Tuesday, August 14. It will be featuring cars not Saturday and Sunday, August 18-19, is the Monterey Histories at LagunaSeca, It is still TIl E parking area, more. Registr. material also available usually shown at Pebble, built between 1946 1971. Theywill have a specifi c class for German vintage racingevent inthe USfor the bestcars and online at wwwkoop-co.nl/porsche-swap . Porsche sports cars, and arc seeking fin e entries for both excellent viewingopportunities. This year theyarc ~ Iode ll Club, lIenkKoop, P.O. Box2, 7S00AA Emmen, street and sports-racing cars. Fu ll info at: honoring IndyCars. Netherlands, (0)599-671442, Fax (0)599-671044 \\ '\\ w.~ l ot o rCluhEven l<; . c om lastly, the fi nest concours in the world, Friday, August 17, is The Quail which fea Pebble Beach, is on Sunday, August 19. last year March 30-April 11 ,2008 NewZealand tures 100 selected cars in a lovely country-club they slightly reduced the number of cars in each Carrera Downunder NZ 200S. This time we explorethe selling, with admission covering eve ryt hing class wi th the result beingless crowdingand quite North Island of Nell' Zealand on a 13 day (1 2 night) including program, poster, fo od & win e. im proved vi ewing. No matter the featured marqu e tourleaving Auckland March 30, 200S, concluding on Throughout the week, fro m Thursday to - it is not to be missed fo r the quali ty of the cars, April 11th. For details and pre-registrati on contact ~ I r Sundaynights, there arc auctions presenting proj the setting, and the energyofthe people present. RodgerAndersonat r.landersonrsclear. net.nz ects to award-winning cars and racers. Everett Ail/Oil Singer January I Februa ry 2007 5 I se Covering Your Assets There may some special circumstances where adding a collector car to your home/auto/general insurance policy could save you money or be more convenient, but keep this in mind: collector car agencies know the market, know thecars, andknow their customers. I spoke with Bob DeKorne ofHagerty Insurance, who noted thehun dreds of auctions, meets, vintage races and other events the company attends each year, keeping their finger on the pulse of the collector car hobby. Bob comes across as a car guy, as do many of the otherfolks at these specialist agencies. Matt Robertson, managing partner of Leland West, is one. He cantalk as easily about thedetails ofconcours judging as he can about actuarial tables. Matt discussed the "Limited Pleasure Use " plan their company offers, with different mileage allowances. With the basic assumption that a collector car will be used forattending events, dis play, touring etc. , a policy allowing between 1,000 and 5,000 miles a year heJanuary issue ofSports Car Market magazine carried a cau can be written, the premium depending on thetotal, with annual odome tionary tale that we canallrelate to. The story ofGrover Berryman ter reports being made. This sortoftailored coverage extends to thecar's and his Bugatti would warm the heartof any auto enthusiast, at valuation as well. In writing a policy, Leland West carefully examines pho least up until itsunhappy ending. tos supplied ofeachcar. Matt laughed as he explained, "Ifwesee racing Ayoung serviceman in Europe during the early 1950s buys a lovely slicks and a roll bar we probably aren't going to cover the car." classic car from the original owner and tours theContinent in it. He ships Competition and trackuseare almost never covered in any ofthese poli it home to the USA and drives it for a few more years. Abusy careerobli cies, although Leland West may develop suchprograms inthefuture. While gates him to put it in storage but three and a half decades later it again the company does its own general valuation for new policies, a car with becomes partofhis, andhisfamily's life. He enjoys driving andshowing the provenance that canbeproven through documents, or oneofexceptional car, butoneday it balks andhe resorts tostarting fluid togetthecar going. quality that has, say concours judge's sheets, can be insured for above Afire results that totals thecar andtakes much ofhisgarage. market values. The moral ofthestory could bethatflammable liquids should beused Agood question to ask your agent is... with caution, but there's an even more important aspect to this tale. Mr. Berryman has a straight-forward Agreed-Value policy with his insurance "If my car was stolen today, what would I get?" company. Unfortunately, that $80,000 figure was only about twenty percent There are multi-car discounts, Matt explains, especially in thearea ofthecar'svalue at thetime. of liability. Bob DeKorne talked about some of Hagerty's customers who The key consideration hereis knowing thevalue ofyour collector car have a fleet ofcars, butnoted that the "one right foot" theory is in effect: andinsuring itforthatamount. These days, insurance is a loteasier to find forthemost part, only onecar gets driven at a time, sothere's nopoint in than, say, a properknock-off spinner foryour Rudge wheels. And it's prob paying forliability oncarsthat remain in thegarage. Regarding driving the ably cheaper, too. There are several companies that specialize in classic car cars, Bob emphasized their policy about mileage: you can drive 5,000 insurance; Leland West is a regular advertiser in this magazine, andif you miles to a Holiday and back, but you may not drive a mile to work and open any otherpublication aimed at oldcar owners you 'll find others. back. Every collector car insurer requires theircustomers to have oneor These companies will not only help you set a value for your car at a more othercars to drive on an everyday basis. Forthe few 356sthatare mutually-agreed dollar figure , they may surprise you by suggesting a num still driven daily, these policies may not work. Interestingly, Leland West berthat'sa bithigher than you thought. Incontrast to "regular" auto insur offers collector coverage for new or late model cars (like a Porsche ance companies, the people writing collector policies want to avoid ran Carrera GT) , as long as they are used in theproperway. corous debates after thefact. You agree thatyour car'sworth Xdollars, you The one thing thatis echoed by both of these gentlemen is to read make payments on a sliding scale according to that value, andifyour car's your policy. As boring andtedious as that may be, readthefine print, they totaled you getXdollars. No muss, no fuss . say. And a good question toaskyour agent is, as Bob DeKorne says, "If my You have every right to be skeptical but in my experience, Agreed carwas stolen today, what would I get?" If your policy hasanAgreed Value , Value policies really dowork thatway. I have also found that less-than-cat there's noworrying, as long asyou've kept your value inlinewith themar astrophic events like fender-benders are resolved ina more straightforward ket. fashion than sometimes found with a "normalcar" policy. Hagerty sentmea nice letter a few years ago saying, in effect, thatmy policy'sagreed value (atthetime, something around $15,000) may notbe Defining Value high enough to cover theactual replacement or repaircosts ofmy 356if It'sa fact oflife that"normal" cars depreciate, andifyours is totaled thecar was damaged. They suggested I up theanteto $18,000. I had not you 'll get whatever themarket value ofthat car isat themoment. That kind been paying attention tothemarket (yes, inspite ofreading JimSchrager's ofinsurance is termed "Actual Cash Value," where your insurance compa columns every issue), andnotpaying attention to my policy. I'm sureglad nywill give you what they think your car was worth. It'sthelastthing you Hagerty was proactive incontacting me- another perkyou probably won 't want for your collector car. Another type of coverage is called "Stated getfrom a "regular" agency. The car'sAgreed-Value amount was adjusted Value ," which on the surface would seem to be a collector-friendly twice more in the years before I soldit,fora price thatwas by then, still approach, buttheinsurance companystill hasnoobligation topay whatyou well above the final policy figure. It seems the market keeps creeping may think thecar's worth. Agreed-Value is theway to goforyour 356. upward, andprotection-wise, you don't want to be left behind. ~,
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Call for ourfree parts catalog for all 356 models eBay Bargains? Not! eBay fo r fourofthe large ringgaskets which go between the fan shroud and the generator mounting plate fo r the 356 pushrod engine for $33 (>$8 ea).I checked their online catalog, and the price from Stoddard, whichis an official Porsche dealer, is $3ea. Orthere isthe OEM-type axle boot strap clampwith keywhich one eBay"vendor" consistently lists for $10 ($3.2 5fromthe dealer). Other examplesinclude the headlight grilles used in place of the lenseson earlySpeedsters sellingfo r $200+ on eBay whenyou can buythem throughthenormal vendorsfor $100. The exam ple listislong butthe bottom line is this: checkwith the established parts vendors who support our hobby foryour new parts and don't get caught up in the eBay"frenzy." It just mightsaveyou a lot of money. Election Results Our trustee election results are in and, I must say, it was another trust everyone had a good holiday season and also fou nda little election where it was difficultto choose from the highly qualified candi time to start some winter maintenance projects on your 356. dates who represented all geographi cal regions of the US . However, Personally, I have too many 356 projectsin the works and not choose we mustandthe final results were that Vic Skirmants,JoeJohnson enough time awayfrom my day jobto complete them. It has seemed that and Bob Garretson were re-elected to two-year terms as 356 Registry way for years and everytime I start toget ahead, I buya newproject.Yes, trustees. I want to personally congratulate Bruce Baker, Roger Flink and it is a sickness butI am not alone. Bob Follmer formaking a great showingin theelection and to thank them fo r their dedication to theclub andvolunteeringtheirservices. Parts is Parts? With several cars in various states of restoration, I am often buying An Outlaw Outing parts and searching eBay for needed items. I have found some hard-to Marsha and I had a great time at the Javelina 100 put on by the find items on eBaythatI was happy to buy. However, it is best to do a lit ArizonaOutlaws356 Club this last October. Thanks to Mike and Karen Sue tle homework before you buy commonly available partsfor your 356 on Wroughton for making this event happen every year even though"no one eBay.One thing I've noticed is the amount of times an item sells on eBay is in charge." See you on the road. Q,'L'I for more than you can buy the exact same item for from one ofour 356 Registryvendors. I could take the attitude ofthe oldsaying: "Afool andhis moneyaresoon parted." However, itreallydoes bother me tosee this hap pen. This is farmore common than most people realize and it's a double negative. First, it costs you more and second, our main356parts vendors -who domostoftheheavy liftingtokeepourcarsand hobbyalive- lose out. Recently someoneon the 356Talk list askedwhy one vendor wassell ingan itemforso much more than what you could get the sameitemfor from another. I responded andasked ifthe itemin question was on eBay from an eBayvendor. As it turnsout, that was exactly thecase. Now, I am notan eBaybasher.Supply anddemandessentially dictates pricingand as I said, I sometimes use eBay to find items fo r my own needs. However, equating a "vendor" on eBay to those vendors who actively reproduce needed 356 parts and support our hobbyis a big stretchto say the least. Checkwith the vendors listed in the 356 Registry before you bid on new parts listed on eBay. You mightbesurprised. Marsha and Chuck in Sedona, where Javelina statues of all kinds are As an example: as I write thi s, there is an auction that just closed on found, including this Hawaiian-themed sculpture called "Have-Aloha ."
Last issue: Ifyou were paying attention lasttime you would have noted, as Vic Skirmants and Whatzits see page 39 Bob Garretson did, that the Whatzit shown is a safety collar for a steering shaft clamp bolt, not a ground strap as stated (although I've seen them used as such several times). The piece is shown installed at right, with the remains of one type of ground strap on the left. What looks like a troll wig is in fact the remains of an early steering cou pler, a new finalist inour Ugly Steering Coupler Contest.
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• Five fun-filled days of reliving those first Porsche years • Historic Mackinac Island, where only horses provide the horsepower, and the Leelanau Wine Peninsula where wineries, quaint villages and sand dunes abound. • Wonderful and scenic driving roads • Run in the Hill Climb - re-live of the days when 356's domi nated sports car competition.This event registration is limited! • Grab your navigator for a Gymkhana fun run, but hurry, this event registration is limited! All of the following events are on-site: • Concours • Hill Climb (H ny!) • Gymkhana ( urryl] • Swap Meet All registrants will reside at the exclusive Boyne Highlands resort hotel, with secured parking in a picturesque valleysetting, with benches located around the perimeter. We will have a large, spacious Hospitality Room to meet, socialize and relax: the Goodie Store is conveniently located nearby. Separate transporter parking for those who will be trailering their 356's, and unbeliev able driving roads for all. Boyne Highlands is 15 minutes from fine dining and boutique shopping with a free, dedicated shuttle to/from Harbor Springs & Petoskey. Join the 356 101Tech Session for those wanting to learn the ABC's of 356 A's, B's & Meet your old friends , and make some new ones. You'll find C's, The coneours will be held on an expansive lawn of the Lodge. perfect Porsche 356 weather, warm enough for top down Special 356 Holiday lodging rates for those arriving early or driving, but cool enough to not long for air conditioning. departing later. There are gorgeous sunsets from the sandy We have more Special Things in store you! beaches of Lake Michigan. More information, registration at www.356Registry.org
10 Volume 30, Number 5 Registration Form 2007 East Coast Holiday ALL Forms available atwww.356Registry.org ...... Last Name _ First Name 356 RegistryMember No. _ Co-Registrant _ Jr. Registrant (15 years or younger) Street address _ City State__ Zip Code Country _ Contact Telephone e-mail _ Please note:One car per registrant/co-registrant. Ifbringing twocars, please register separately. Holiday Information Details Is this your firstHoliday?_ Bringing Your356 to the Holiday? Driving _ Trailering_ No_ Detailsof your 356:Year Model Body Style Color _ Concours Class: Pre-A_ A_ B_ C_ Outlaw_ Special Interest_ Need Swap Meet space _ Lit.f Model Meet space _
Registrant $145.00 $- Co-Registrant $130. 00 $-- Jr. Registrant (16or under) $ 50.00 x = $- All Registration fees include: Name badges MackinacIsland Event $ 36.00 x $-- for access toallHoliday events and activities, Hill Climb $ 25.00 $-- Holiday patch, goodiebag, Hospitality Suite, Awards Dinner $ 50.00 x $-- WineTasting and Concourslunch. Late Fee (Registration postmarked May 1, 2007or later) $ 50.00 $--- Total Fees Enclosed .. $ _
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Registrant Signature Co-RegistrantSignature Date _ All entries that are not signed will bereturned and will not beaccepted. Thisis a requ irement ofparticipation in the 2007 Holiday. Treffens (PCA -organized trips to the Factory) are a theme ofsorts this issue. Above is another shot from Mike Robbins of the September 29, 1959 trip, showing new 356Bs on the grounds of Schloss Solitude (see photo, page 24) where the new cars were delivered to their owners. PCA members were bussed from the airport where the paperwork for their purchases was completed, to the castle grounds on a hill outside Stuttgart. There, Ferry Porsche presented the keys to each new car on the steps of the castle, the mayor ofStuttgart offered congratulations and a memento, and a Factory employee then escorted each new owner to the proper car. Two days in Stuttgart included a factory tour, rides at the Solitude race course and dinners before the group left for Locarno, Italy for a weekend with some 600 Porsche owners at the 1959 Treffen . For three days the participants were occupied with hill climbs, gymkhanas and other driving contests. Be low: During the 1958 Treffen in late September, Bob McCarthy took this photo during a lunch stop at a hotel restaurant while touring. His Stone Gray Coupe is in the middle, with June Size 's famous pink Porsche being admired by two local gentlemen . Ucensed Porsche"' Mats are manufactured by ll oyd Design Corp. under license from Porsche AG.AII emblems shown on mats for Porsche vehicles are trademarked. From $109.95 SET
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January I February 2007 13 Racing a Works RSK Spyder 718-009 By Richard Roth
n article in the March / April issue about the RSK's last front-line success Ain Argentina in 1960 impelled me to want to elaborate on my own experiences with this wonderful thoroughbred automobile, which I had the pleasure of owning and racingin maj or vi ntage racing events for the better part of the 1980s. As a Porsche 356 owner since 1964, I was fortunate to be offered the opportunity to pur chasethis Spyder from myfriendSteve Halpern in In Buenos Aires to begin 1977. Little historical information was known the Sports Car racing sea about this car, and I set about to research its his son for 1960. eight RSKs tory, scrutinizing every Spyder photo in were on the grid, in places Christophorus, as well as other periodicals and 15 through 21. Two of these books collected over the years. I also sent off a retired due to accidents letter to Jiirgen Barth at the factory, asking for and one due to engine information. problems. Four of the cars The RSK was a competitive racer for three finished in the 5 through 8 years, an eternityin top line racing, andhadgone spots and #30, driven by Jo through signifi cant alterations in specification Bonnier (at the wheeL during thattime. above and bottom) and I couldn't reconcile the late design of the Graham Hill (left, with von body and chassis with the fact that although 32 Hanstein), took third place were built, this car had welded to the top of the behind a pair of Ferrari 12 rear frame tube instandard fashion, a smallpaint cyl.Testarossas. The RSK ed-over plate with the serial number 718-009 went on to afull life of stamped on it. This was a relativelyearlynumber. testing and more racing; Some time later I came home from work the Argentine race was dis with a lot of business related issues on my mind, continued after that year. andwhilechattingwithmywife shesaid, "Oh,you got an envelope from the Porsche factory." Much to my delight, it was a letter from Barth, telling me that 71 8-009was the lastworks car built; the first 10 serial numbers were retainedbythe works and built over timeand, as far as the records showed, there was no number 10. Also included in the envelope was a 9xl2 blackandwhite photo ofJoachimBonnier driving thecarat Goodwood in theTouristTrophyrace in 1959. Inthe letter, Barthwrote; please return this photo, AS IT IS THE ONlY COPY WE HAVE. This attitude is part of why I have owned at least one Porsche forthe last42years!These guys were the wellspring ofthepassionfor the cars and for rac ing that we all share. It was that philosophy that drove the founders and early employees of that smallcompany in Zuffenhausen, and found tangi ble expression in these rugged and idiosyncratic machines. I don't knowthatit's the sametoday. 14 Volume 30, Number 5 As aWorks car, 009 was put to rather ignoble but necessary work testing tires. Left: Hubert Mimmler tests at Hockenheim in November, 1959.
Right: At Hockenheim, Factory race mechanic Schmitt changes RF while Hans He rmann stands nearby (in black shirt) . 'I f /o a Q 7'] {/ (,, Tu n" rl 'J' 7;; «J ( j /tO lfO "lm L " '6,80 I' a 10 .' P1f,IJ4J nj 1.0 0 ., 6tlqmt J ,~ ,;6 ( /I 3,5 0 .' O b ~ 1 f Ikn'f ? 50 .' fAnl .,." t n,n'j - o,oo 't " There's an overhead shot Of ;U1 RSK inWeitmann 's seminal bookPorscbe StOIJ', -~ ('I lJ rnl 1 andwhile I poredover it forthetwentieth time I realized thatthesmall black shape I q(/f lc..~j1 couldn't identify was infact a hand-painted numher onthebellyp:U1 as anaidto keep ing the right pans with the rightcar. It dawned on me thatit was a number 9, and it tr"" d - t< didn 't take long to exami ne the pans and see thatthe number was stillthere, a black Teutonic rune on a silver surface.. . itwas mycar, anda very unusual RSK at that, Not onlywas it the last chassis reserved for the Works, butitwas a rolling testbed, used indevelopment work, ;U1 d itwas oneofthe veryfewequipped with thewishbone rear suspension thatwas tograce the RS-60and Rs-61 Spyders as well. Left and above: At Goodwood in 1959, "Taffy" von Trips fin ished There was a very good reason why the factory sent this particular Spyder to the last half hour in a monumental dice with Brooks' Testa Rossa. Argentina injanuaryof 1960. 718-009 hadalreadyacquitted itself well. In what was probablythe most important single racefortheWorks upto thatmoment, theTourist Christophorus ran the photo of Trips and Bonnier (left) . Another Trophy race at Goodwood in September of 19;9 represented Porsche's first opportu magazine said:"Brilliantlydriven by Bonnier and von Trips, this nity to seize theWorld Championship forSports cars. Bonnier and Count Trips, com 1587cc Porsche - though unable to hold off Moss' challenge in the peting against far more powerful factory Ferraris and Aston Martins piloted by the Htre Aston Martin - managed to keep ahead of Brooks in the 3 likes ofPhil IIill, Gurney, Ginther, Moss andSalvadori, manageda superbsecond over litre Ferrari for the final hour, finishing second, only 2 sec. ahead all behind Stirling Moss in ;U1 Aston Martin Dim I, and 2 seconds ahead of Tony of Brooks." Middle: Data sheet of transmission gear settings for Brooks in a 3 liter Testa Rossa. Chtistophorus, recounting itas "Trips' Great Drive", the Buenos Aires race was one of many, as the Factory kept noted that he broke the lap record fou r times. continued detailed records during continual testing with the car. January I February 2007 15 Active retirement I raced thisSpyder from Bridgehampton to Sebring, on to Road Atlanta, ElkhartLake, Laguna Seca, Li me Rock and the Glenfor aboutten years, and theywere times that will be with mealways. I can remember sitting in my RSK on the track at Road America alongside Miles Collier in an RS 60, gridded and ready to go while wewaited for the track to be cleared from the previous race. Intense blue sky, bright sun, a perfect hot Wisconsin summer day, the immaculate cars shimmeringin the heat, andasI looked at my sur roundings, the old white house (gone now) near the start fi nish line, I thought to myself,''You've got thebest seatin the house! " And didMiles and I have a race. He beatmebya carlength, not that it mattered. My wife's comments fromthe pitwall will remain unrecorded! The '80s were in a way a golden time in the evolving sport of Vintage Racing. Organizers like Ford Heacock, Joe Pendergast, Joe In the mid -1980s, 718 -009 saw track Marchetti and of course Steven and action with Richard Roth at laguna Debbie Earle were creating events that Seca (above), Sebring (below and attractedthe best people with the best right), Road America and up and carsat the best venuesinAmerica. Cars down the East Coast. of significance and great quality, many of which have since passed into other more cautious hands or collections where they rarely see the light of day, let alone a race track, were routinely competing against each other in aggressive, ifcareful, competition. There are significant gaps in the history of 718-009, but one thing is certain; over the years the unknown custodians of this Spyder treasured it and respected itsimportance. It was in fact never "restored" in the contempo rary sense, just renewed as required and kept to a very original standard. Art Eastman Much creditfor care and successful racingduring my ownership goes to Bill Doyle for his great engines and to Tony Dutton of Northumberland Engineering ofSouthampton, NewYork, aswellas his longtime Master mechanic/fabricator, Bob Li nker. My wife Roberta and I traveled around the countrywith other racing friends, fortunate to be abletoimmerseourselves in the camaraderieand spirit ofthe tim es. Museum life Today718-009 rests quietlyin the garage of a very well known clothing designer, style entre preneur and major car collector, lovingly main tained as the thoroughbred it is, alongside many distinguished competition machines of the era. As Steve McQueenfamouslysaid, "...racing is life, everythingelseisjustwaiting." You can't be near this Porsche and not want to see it on the track, where it belongs. 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Air Channel Adapter Levers • Phone (415) 252-1428 www.precisionmatters.biz January I February 2007 17 6000 Miles in a 356A from Paris (France) to North Cape hiS idea started some time ago while Beginning in Paris, reading stories of traveling through the Tenus took a Europe or Africa in a 356, publishedin route through T late 1950s and early 1960s Cbristopborus maga Holland, Germany, zines. We asked ourselves, whynot do the same? Denmark and into North Cape (Nordkapp) in Norway was always a Sweden where famousdestination known for its nature preserve 1950s technology and also the highest European northern point; met even older "the end of the road." technology - wind The preparation began in earlyJune, having mills on Oland in mind the idea that we'll go anywhere the car Island. They also \\111 bring us. 1prepared thecar carefully; a leak met another 356, ageon the tankwas solvedfour weeks before leav like theirs, a red ingthanksto myfriendLaurent Lemoine, who did 1959 coupe. accept to sell his spare one. Olivier Auvray, the boss of AMS took care of all the necessary mechanical adjustment. We started on July 26th fo r a fi rst stage of 600 km with very hot weather 35°C (95°F) to Holland to visit our friends Evert-Jan and Maryke who own a nice '59 MG cab. Next we moved to the north of Germanyto stop near the Baltic sea at a record temperature of 26°c (79°F).Wctook our first ferry to enter the Scandinavian Countries in Redby and quicklycrossed Denmark to end our dayin Kalmar, a nice seaside resort inthesouth of Sweden. Leaving Kalmar we made a detour through the islandof Oland, considered thc Cote d'Azurof Sweden with its mild weather and more than 400 old windmills. Before arrivi ng in Stockholm we met our only356 in Sweden, a verynice red 1959 356 A, same as ours (Sweden was in the top 5 export countries fo r Porsche in the early days). We stopped one fu ll day in Stockholm to have some rest andvisit on foot and by boat this beau tiful city divided into 14 islands. Then the adventure started, as from 18 Volume 30, Number 5 (Norway - 71° north latitude) and return in 3.5 weeks! By Corinne &Jean-Louis Tenu The vintage auto museum in Adelens, left. and leading the pack on a ferry trip in Naerofjord. Stockholm we had no reservations whatsoever. Going north the weather was getting better and better, ullowi ng us to do some camping where I meta veryenthusiasticSwedish guy regretting the sale of his '54 356 two years before. We took a break at the vintage car museum of Adalens, located in the very beautiful and preserved High Coast Region (a UnescoWorldllide Heritage site) north of llarnosand. 50 cars were shown there, with some nice old Swedish Saab ;U1d Volvo and other brands such as Renault, Mercedes - and a Porsche 914. Vintage cars are very popular in Sweden if 1 judge by the number of vintage car magazin es; at least five fora population of9 mil lion. Th e next daywe crossedthePolar Circle for the first time; above this point there is no light from November 20th until January 22nd. And believe it or not this is where we hadprobablythe best strawberries ever as they benefit from a strongbrightness during the day. It was the beginning of a long periodof hav ing reindeer crossing the roads ;U1 d really not afraid of the cars. After a short passage through Finland we spent the night in a cabin in Kautokeino, Norway, Lapland's traditional heart. Reaching the "top." On the afternoon ofAugust 3rd, afte r 4193 km we reached the No rth Cape (Nordkapp), a :100 meter-highcliffabove the sea - unfortunately, in the fog . But in the tourist centre there, a 1800 the atre runs a panoramic movie aboutthe No rdkapp region during all seasons ;U1 d beautiful weather. Around the landscape is quite deserted, looking like mountain landscape when trees have disap peared butsurrounded bywater. Ja nuary I February 2007 19 Sunshine andgreenerygreeted the Te nus upon rea ching the Arctic Ci rcle in Sweden, a con trast to the weather and flora at Nordkapp in Norway. We passed again the tundra road between Night-such as it is in August-in Honnigvag, 30 km south of Nordkapp. Honningvag andAlta, the state capital and during Below: Reindeer don't just cross - they cruise. And look out for moose, too. a break I remarked a gasoline leakage under the car. I had tofix it, sowe stopped at a Statoil Petrol station where I got a complete garage for almost 2 hours, more thanenough to fi x the leakage due to a worn grommet where the fu el line exits the body, allowingthegasolinetube tomove andleak. I replaced everything, and changed oil and greased all points at the sametime. Ready for another 5000 kill, we moved south againlate in the afternoon followinga suc cession of beautiful fjords with the real "fj ord green" water colour. Whenapproaching theLofoten islands going from fjord tofjord , theroadswere harder than in Sweden and sometimesin really bad shape with out warning, so finally I had to concentrate care fullyto avoid holes and bumps. On Saturdaynight we stopped in Sortland, a very quiet city for a Saturday night. Only some young guys were cruising back and forth on the main street with their tuned cars; I decided to do somecruising as well, justfor fun . The next daywereached Lofoten Island but thiswas thetoughestdayso farwith a very strong rainall day long. Furthermore, I lost the driver side wiper arm, foun d it again and managed to fix itwith a plastic piece cutfro manelec tric plastic collar (still holding 4000 kill later). Despite the bad weather this island had somethingreallymajesticwith colourful fish ingcabins on piles in shelteredbays, surrounded byrocky peaks risingtothe sky. At the end ofthis daywewere lucky to find a Rorbu (small fish ing house), with very nice decoration and a terrific viewin the fi shing village of Reine. The next morning after packing everything, the owner told us that we had to stay, there was no way to escape from Reine 20 Volume 30, Number 5 because ofa ground slipping. The road was only By the Numbers: cleared up at 6 pmso we stayed thereone more 1959356A#105239,ex night with pleasure. Califo rniacar (any historyon The next day was memorable: we started this car iswelcome). with a 3:30 am boat transfer from Moskenes 1963SCEngine mocc (100 (extreme south of Lofoten Island) to Bodo, the hp), full flow filtration , Motul sea was reallyveryrough andthe trip was a night 300W15W50synthetlc oil . mare for all passengers, 741Gearbox. We wanted to stop in Trondheim hut every Front discBrake (CSPkit) . thing was full because of a Fishing Industryexhi Firestone F560 165/15 tires. bitionsowefinally stopped in Skaun, in an ex-late 19mm Weltmeistersway bar. GTScats. 19tb century sanatorium after driving 10 krn of unpaved road. This lovely wooden building, Total Trip, 96 3 km (6010 miles) perched on a hill andsurrounded bydeep forest, Gasoline, 902 liters (2311 gal.) was another great experience. 9.57 1/100 krn, 25.3 mpg, After a night in Alesund, we arrived in the Countries crossed: France, fjo rds region where the roads are following the Belgium , Netherlands, Germany, fjo rds and goingupto fi nda pass to another fj ord. Denmark, Sweden . Finland, I remember particularly route 13, considered by Norway. some people as one of the most beautiful of No rway, butverydiffi cult for driver andpassenger We went back home through the German with a vel)' bum py surface and steep hills. and French motorwaywith heaw wind, hut noth This route led us to Balestrand, meeting ing could nowkeep us fro m fin ishingthis trip. point of several fjo rds with a very quiet, peaceful In the end we did 96 3 km (6010 miles) atmosphere appreciated by many Americans. At and it reallyfe lt as if we did not go such a long this pointwe decided that nothing was better than way. It was sometimes tough because ofthe roads a boat cruise to enjoy Sognefjo rden and and bad weather, hut never boring as there was Naerofl orden; a very relaxing day. such a variety oflandscapes. The next daycould have endedthe tripwhen This smallcar reallyimpressed us everyday a reindeer jumped in front of the car just after with its verygood handlingand unbelievable com Geilo. After braking vel)' hard, passengers and fort ;wenever had back pain!Now, we're thinking, reindeer were safe but we were very lucky what next? After this event we drove through the You can contact us at [email protected]. Hardangervidda plateau where old snow lingers Many thanks to: My wife Corinne who was sure in a desolate tundra landscape wi th incredible since day one we would make it. Olivier Auvray colour in thegrey-green tones. As it was a Sunday, forthe engine rebuild and mechanical prep; Yves Jan & Maryke Lennart for their encouragement vintage drivers were out and we met a nice Saab junne for his oil advice and support; Odd and support; and Rita, Kl aus, Vanessa and Marco 93 from 1968, a 2-stroke engine with 39 hp. Semstrom for his warm welcome; Laurent, Evert- for the emotion of a nice wedding. The odometer was nowshowing7000 km and I thoughtitwas time to have a valvecheck, a Top: Repairing agasoline pit stop at Autotuning (the Huf agentfor Nomay) leakage in Alta. in Hade, south of Oslo. We had to wai t for the standard 3 hours to cooldown beforeadjustment, Above: Corinne and andduring thistime we had a real great welcome Jean -Louis. from Odd Semstrom, owner of a nice 356 BCab and really dedicated to those cars. Lefl: The final stop on a 6000 After adjustmentwe passed theSwedish bor mile trip, Vanessa & Marco's der again and visited the charming islands of wedding. Tjorn and Orust, enjoyi ng the village of KIadesholmen wi th its white wood houses and also Mollosund. We fini shed our stay in ~ liill e (Sweden) another fi shing village of Danish/ Swedish style mixing painted wood and brick. Going dO\\11 through Germany we experi enced a typical German motorway traffic jam between Kastle and Frankfurt where we were stopped foran hour with hot weather. ~1; lI1 Y cars broke dOl\11 but not the 356. We fin ally reached our second target: Offstein, Germany. We could not mi ss the wedding ofour niece Va nessa with Marco on August 19th. January I Februa ry 2007 21 He was a quiet man , someone who did not 1wish 1could tell yo u the car 1boughtwas Dad's Car, Our Car open up with his emotions - so to see the smile perfect in every way, like that white sunroof and the joy that Porsche gave him made me feel coupe. Well.. . ;L~ we all know, not all of our he Porsche life started for me when 1 specialaswell. lIe had opened up the door to me dreams come true wi th silver linings. The car 1 W;L~ four years old, 1975. My first real and invited me into this hobby that made him so boughtsmoked and leaked oil. Since the engine Tmemory of my fath er was when he happy. He shared his passion and in doing so was not matching 1replaced it with one that fits would come home fromwork, pullingup into the showed me he loved me. Now because someone better with the year ofthe car. 1 have put money driveway. My sister and 1 had a routine down of wanted to make a buck, the Porsche was gone into it, yet with each penny, with each engine waiting in front of the large bay window to see and so were the drives that meant so much to a crank, all 1think aboutis mydad. who could spot the red car first. 1W;L~ at a disad youngkidand his dad. Earlier this year mywife and1were toldthat vantage because my head W;L~ just clearing the Weekspassedand 1remember whiledriving our son, now four, mayhave autism. lIe does not windowsill,yet spottingthecar W ;L~ a game1W;L~ down the freeway in Mom's station wagon, 1 talk, and communication in general can be a happyto lose; if my sister called out she spotted would spot a red Porsche and demand that she challenge. With this news, and with the cold hard my dad's red car it still meant 1would soon be help me write down the license number; maybe fact that mywifewillneed to quit her job to sup hugging him as he walked throughthe door. that was our car. Maybeif1could help fi nd it our portSeamus,1concluded1would sellthe Porsche One day on arrival,he called us out to his driveswould comeback. One dayDad toldmethe to help with the fin ances of the famil y. car. "Let's go for a ride," he said. That had never police mentionedto him theywere sure that who The email 1sent to the Registrychat list was happened before, as we were always reminded ever stole the car had chopped it up to sell the one ofthe hardest things 1have ever done. 1felt that his car was for grownups and the famili es parts. The thoughtofthathappening to "Our" car like 1was selling one ofmy children to a hungry wood-sided station wagon was for the kids. 1 crushed me. mobandwhen 1hit"send" 1choked up. Comeon remember my eyes lighting up as the Ruby red When 1 turned ten, Dad had me for the Craig, it's onlya car. Oris it? SC's door W;L~ pushed open, allowing, inviting me weekend and said we were going to go look at Ofa few interested people, one drove down to comein. Dad sat there with a grin, holding the cars. We went to Oaklandand drovea white sun from LA totakea lookat the car. Whenhe walked wood steering wheel, something that seemed so roofPorsche. On the drive itjustdidnotfeel tight. around "Our" car 1 felt like 1 W;L~ betraying the exotic to me in those days. The owner told Dad the the car was "perfect in very reason why1bought the car inthe firstplace. My sister allowed me to sit in front (more everyway" butto us it was not perfect because it When he took "Our" car out for the test drive 1 from the whining clinic 1 put on than from her was not the Ruby red Porsche that WE used to knewat that mom entthat this car was notforsale. generosity). Wow, I was in mydad's car- 1feltso have. We thanked the olderman andpassed. Not now, notever. much older than my fou r years. We drove around Dad never did buy another Porsche. He got Now, when 1 take the Porsche out 1 smile the neighborhood with grins of pure childhood into golf fora period, campingand theninto sail knowing 1 will always have this car. My son, delight. 1would giveeverything 1own to be able ing. We always would have fun doing whatever it though he may not be able to use the words, has to go backto that moment in time. W;L~ we were doing but we both knew in our a smilefrom ear to ear when we drive around the 1was sixwhen myparents divorced andthe heartsit was not the sameas our days in the sc. block. He shakeswith excitement when1tell him onlything1remember fro mthe daywhen mydad Mydad died on Fathers Day, 2002 . 1got the we are goingto go in red car. This is now "Our" left-burnedinto mymemory-was the image of call from my brother telling me he was killed car and someday it will be his car with his chil him driving away in the red Porsche. instantlyin an auto accident. 1was on a business dren. Two years later 1 got the call from Dad trip driving at the time and suddenlyall 1 could 1knewfromthedaymysister allowed meto tellingme the Porsche hadbeenstolen.Towed out think about were our drives together and how sit up front that 1would someday own a Porsche of his garage in broaddaylight. 1was speechless. those dayswere really, permanently over. 356. It maynotbe the car mydadowned but1still Whywould anyonedosomethingso horrible as to My dad left me a little mon eyin his will but have the original keys that he used, a fading pic take the one thing that meant so much to me and 1had no idea what to do with it. Buy a nicer car, ture ofme nextto the carandallthe memoriesin mydad?Did the peoplewho didit understand that invest it, buy a bigger house? None of those the world to liveon. this car broughta connection betweenDadand I? options seemed right to me. On e day as 1sat on Now when my son and 1 take a turn too Did they understand that when the two of us my computer rummagingthrough eBay1thought quickly1look down with a smile and remindhim, would zoom through the Oakland hills we were of the red 356. Nah, eBay wouldn't have one of "OKSeamus,whenyou arcgoing this fast remem closer thenthanever before?"OKCraig,when yo u those, 1thought. Well, 1was dead wrong. When ber to accelerate through theturns." ,~ are going this fast remember to accelerate the page came up showing a Ruby red 1963 B1 Craig Lombardi throughthe turns." 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The rear of the car to huild the Coupe, Cabriolet and the removable to simplify identification of the model. Porsche also displays the sensuous curves of the Cab, but hardtopmodel ofthe Cabriolet. Afte r the Hardtop had used the Hardtop label for years to describe the bulk of the folding top has been removed. W:L~ discontinued, Karmann began huilding the the removable hardtop for the Cabriolet model. Instead, a light, thin-pillared canopy has been Coupe for Porsche. At the time, Karmann was also When it joined the Porsche lineup in 1961, the fixed on the body.The pop-out side windows are producing the VW Convertible and KarmannGhia Hardtop was sometimes called the "Hardtop curved toaccent thegraceful stylingofthe canopy. models for Volkswagen. Coupe," to distinguish it from the hardtop Cabriolet. Although technically correct (afterall, the Hardtop is a coupe), this name confuses the Hardtop with the standard Co upe. In order to use the Hardtop name and avoid the confusion with the hardtop Cahrioletandthe standard Coupe, the Hardtop is ofte n called the "Karmann Hardtop," as the body was built by Karmann. The formal name "Hardtop" will be used in this article. Ugly Duckling Or Swan? Somepeople consider the Hardtop to be the "ugly ducking" of the 356 line. Perhaps they just haven't noticed the styling lines of this beauty. Top: Porsche's standard beauty shot of its new model at Schloss Solitude outside of Stuttgart. Above: The author's Hardtop shows the distinc tive frameless opening rear windows and the interior roofline allowing more headroom for rear seat occupants. Left: At the 1961 IAA Frankfurt/Main Auto Show, the Porsche stand included a 3566 Coupe, 3566 Cabriolet, 3566 Karmann-Hardtop and a 718 RS -61 Coupe. 24 Volume 30, Number 5 The T-5 And The T-6 Versions Above: APorsche photo comparing the 600 of the T-6 models were produced in 1048 of the T-; models were produced in Cabriolet with remo vable hardtop (foreground) 1961 as 1962 models and a final 99 units were 1961as 1961 models. The roofpanel was simply and the newHardtop Coupe. producedin 1962as 1962 models. Asidefrom the welded tothe standard Cabriolet bodyandleaded obvious differences between the T-; and 1~ 6 across the rear deck undertherear window. The Below: Alan Bambina owned and restored the Cabriolet bodystyles, the T-6 Hardtop was differ T-; model had a ridge above the windshield Polyantha Red T-6 Hardtop, license plate ent from the T·; Hardtop in two respects: First, where the roof panel was welded onto the RHUBRB, which made the concours circuit in the windshield of the T-6 was one inch taller, as Cabrioletwindow frame. It isa common miscon the 1990s. Alan also supplied the photo from the windshield of the T-6 Coupe was used. ception that the roofpanel on the Hardtop is the the Karmann factory at left. Seco nd, the roof panel was fi lled as an integral sameas thatofthe removable hardtop. The side and rear windows were unique to the Hardtop model and were not the same as those on the removable hardtop. Like the Cabriolet, there was no fram e around the door glass. The interior fin ish around the doors andwindows was unique to the model, as was the carpeting. January I February 2007 25 part ofthe bodydesign. The junction ofthe wind Bill thought that Porsche built the Hardtop the slow sales, stocking parts just wasn't cost shield and roof line was similar to that of the model for two reasons: first, many buyers, espe effective. Bill confirmed a story he had related to Coupe; the ridge above the windshield was gone. ciallyin Europe, bought the Cabriolet with just the Alan Bambina: Dealers would ask for a dozen The back of the roof panel was continued to the removable hardtop and not the soft top. Porsche Cabriolets, The factorywould send two Cabriolets rear deck and there was no longer a leadedweld fi gured that there was a market fo r a fi xed hard and 10Hardtops and told the dealers theywould line across the rear deck. top model.Second, the slightlyhigher roof line of get the rest of the Cabriolets when they sold the the Hardtop model offered a bit more headroom Hardtops. Dealers had to sell the Hardtops at a AShort Run for the back seats. discountalthough the listing price was about the The Hardtopmodelwas nota sales success. In the USA, Bill told me that dealers just same as the Coupe. It was discontinued in 1962, along with another couldn't sell the Hardtop and Roadster models. slowsellingmodel, the Roadster. I discussed the Buyers didn't fi nd them appealing compared to The Hardtop In Print Hardtop story with the legendary Bill Jones who the Coupe and Cabriolet. Billalso stated that the The first Porsche salesbrochure toshowthe lives inSanAntonio, Texasandhas owned a serv build quality of the Hardtop and Roadster just Hardtop was published in April 1961 and is icefacilityforPorsches therefor decades. He was weren't up to the quality ofthe Reutterstandards. shown onM&M, page 203. (M&M number stands the Southwest distributor for Porsche from 1959 Panel gapsweren't as good andthe Roadster tops fo r the page number in the book PORSCHE: to 1967. were a constant cause of problems. Because of Brochures andSalesLiterature, a Source Book The Hardtop, me latest tavonte in the Porsche line, nes a fi.ed top as does ltle Coupe This sensa lional pe l1OOTll1r wiltt its large rear and adjustable side windows combines lhe fines t ieate res .....andlheCabriolel""""" and is available in solid colors The rear of the car has probably provided the gtealesl obvious change with its larger engine compartment cover on the Coupe . Two ventilation grills lor the engine are standard on all models . The larger rear window of the Coupe brings II decided improvement in rear vision . Above: Afacing page of the T-6 brochure (M&M 221, shown above) shows an open front trunk and copy touting new features including this: "The large and airy interior of this model will find great favor with those who ...Porsdlu ln a, Ih is s An early color brochure for the new 3568 line (above, courtesy of Tim Havermans) showed the nimf'nsionll _ Exterior Izr It2T Hardtop, the"latest favorite in the Porsche line." This was the Cabrio body with a (shown here in a ~ l ....".,. 1571" 15'r ('. 0-111 _ ss r- 63.T -~~ black) removable hardtop in place. When, in 1961, "Hardtop" came to mean the fixed -roof ,•. 0-.-.".;..... 51""- t:. __~ - ,. IT 7.1' Ka rmann -bodied model (top), not only was the nomenclature taken from the earlier piece, but n... Sl.4· the same illustration was used with slight changes to the coloring of the roof and the chrome strip deleted. Hardtop coupes were only available in solid colors (roof and body the same) . Dimen,.ion>l-lnlt'J'iur Right: Porsche 's "quick-facts sheet" showed the Coupe, Cab and Hardtop in profile. No particular mention was made of the Hardtop, and the dimension data showed there was no appreciable difference in interior room , in spite of the Hardtop 's "airiness" touted in other brochures. 26 Volume 30, Number 5 1948-1965 by Richard E Merritt and Susann C. Left: Many Miller, Revised Edition.) Ti m also sent me a page Notchbacks were from another brochure which is shown at left. converted to Tim writes, "The other brochure looksalmost the Cabriolets, like same on the front cover, except there's no men Dean Watts'. left, tioning of a date nor a type designation like although this Coupe, Hardtop, Roadster or Cabriolet. It dates "Outlaw" has a2.2 from December 1960." The interesting things liter 911 drivetrain about this brochure arc thatthe removable hard and many other top Cabriolet modelis shownandthe accompany mods. ingcopyis an abbreviated version of the copyin the brochure published later. This brochure is Harvey Rosenthal's not included in the M&M book. garage holds two T In 1961 , a "quick-facts" sheet was pub 5 models, a red and lished in the U.S .A. (M&M 212). Notice that the a white one. artistdidn 't drawthe correctshape ofthe canopy of the Hardtop. AT-6 brochure was published in October of 1961 and the Hardtop is shown and describedon M&M pages 220 and 221. tim e, and Jim wanted to perform the conversion, into race cars for SCCA , many were parted out. The Conversions alongwith a solution for the always presentcom The attitude back then was 'there is nothing too Because the T-5 Hardtop was basically a plaint, that the 4 hangers didn't have enough bad yo u can do to a notchback - the ugli est car Cabriolet with the hard top welded on, it was a power." ever made.' 1 always liked them." George cur relativelyeasy matter to convert the Hardtop to a A Cabriolet listed on Ebay a few years ago rentlv has a T-5 driver and one that he is restor Cabriolet. The Cabriolet hardware fittings/moun was identifi ed by 356Talk listers as a Hardtop ing, seen below in an "exploded view" of his T-6 ing points were even included in the bodywhen it conversion. Apparently, quite a fewHardtops were in primer. It is my opinion that there aren't that left the Karmann factory. T-6 Hardtops were slight lost in this mann er, manyintact driveable Hardtops stillout there. ly more difficultto convert but the theorywas the same, Ric Marcus, the self-described "Notchback The Survivors The Owners King," told me that he knew of at least 20 The Registry database listed 87 T-5s and 86 I was fortunate to hear from many current Hardtops thatwere converted into Cabriolets. Ri c T-6s at the start of my research in October of Hardtop owners who responded to my requests told me that Hardtop conversions were big in 2006.These numbers include identified cars that for information about their cars. All the owners Europe although they have tapered offdue to the have been scrapped. Asearch of Regist/J maga enjoy owninga 356that is relativelyrareand a bit lack of Cabriolet top mechanisms. Ri c has sal zines and correspondence with Hardtop owners different. Harvey Rosenthal has two T-5s. Wesley vaged many a Hardtop and is a source for hard in the course of my research has raised the totals Minear has a beautiful T-6. Judyllanna has a con to-find Hardtop parts. to 95 and 97, respectively. The additions to the cours car in California. Phil Harris wrote from Roy Smalley at Eurowerks.com in Texas is database also include cars that have been New Zealandstatingthat he had a T-6 and thought another person who has done Hardtop conver scrapped. As pointed out by Eric Cherneff in the that there were three more in New Zealand. John sions and currently has one in progress. Alan March/Ap ril 2006 issue of 356 Regist/J maga Walsh has 3 Hardtops inNew Hampshire. Inaddi Bambina personallyconverted a T-6 into a topless zine, it is impossi ble to draw statistically valid tion to those individuals previously mentioned, outlaw roadster. Dean Wa tl~ is the owner of a T-6 conclusionsfromthe Registrydatabase. However, thanks also to Doug Brown, Fred Coward, Ken converted into an outlaw. Deanwrote, "As you arc one Gill always speculate. It seems to me that llaselwander, Bill Bradle, Jerry Bartlett, Paul probably aware, all of the Karmann Hardtops because the Hardtop model was out of popular Domitrovic, Sid Wilde, Tom Abbot and Ri chard were installed on a Cabriolet chassis. This is the favor and has historically sold for less than the Bowker. ~ first car that Jim Rinker conve rted from a Coupe models, it is likelythat a higher proportion Karmann Hardtop back to a Cabriolet. Thisdue to of Hardtops than Coupes met their end as unre the fact that at the time, Karmann Hardtops were stored rust buckets. Eric Cherneff's article shows not in favor for most of the Porsche folks. that the Hardtop models have the highest percent (Personally, 1 always thought they were quite ageof"no longer exist" in the database. Thevalue nice.) As such, they were relatively cheap at the just wasn't there to salvage. Add inthe conversion factor and the number of survivors drops. I have also been told that because Hardtop models were cheaper than Coupes and had the structural reinforcements of Cabriolets, the Hardtops were popular for conversion to race cars. Ned Bacon sent me a photo of his race car (left) that is frequently seen on the West Coast. George Bryan wrote, "I had an SCCA race car in 1990 that was a Notchback with the top cut off. Many Notchbacks were parted, more were made January / February 2007 27 Porsche's Karmann Connection floorpans. Karmann was a naturalchoice sincethey had establisheda stel lar reputation for buildingopencarsprior to the War. When lIebmiiller suf fered a catastrophic fi re in 1949, Karmann became the sole supplierofthe VW cabriolets until theyceased production inJanuaryof 1980. In 1951 Karmann approached Volkswagen with the idea of a sporty looking VW variant, the car which would be known as the Karmann Ghia. The coupe was finally put into production in late 1955 and convertible in 1958. Both were built exclusively at Karmann until production ended in 1974 anddidmuch to make Karmann's name known to the motoringpub lic. Karmann's son, also named Wilhelm, tookover the company follow Brett Johnson ing hisfather's death in 1952. Inadditionto Volkswagen, Karmann provid ed coachbuilding services for Ford and DKWduring the 1950s. By 1960 Porsche's projected sales eclipsed Reutter's production capacityand Karmann was approched to producePorsche 356 bodies that oday's Wilhelm Karmann GmbH employs over 8000 people andhas would be assembled at Porsche. While Karmann's website impliesthat the Ta multinational presence in fi ve countries located in both hemi fi rst cars made were in fact cabriolets with hardtops, it is unlikely that any spheres. It is a far cryfrom the carriage factoryin Osnabriickwith staff of production model 356 leftOsnabriick as an open car. Chassis and bodies 15 purchased byHerr Karmann in 190I. were assembled from steel pressings made at Karmann and cars were assembled except for drivetrain and suspension. They were then trucked back to Stuttgart for fi nal assemblyand testing. Stampings forchassisand bodycomponents were similar but not identical to those from Reutter, which was later incorporated into Porsche in 1964. Overall,the shape of bodycom ponents was as identical as possible on a coach built car body. While the differences between the Karmann Hardtop and Reutter Cabriolets is described elsewhere, the Coupe versions of T6 356B and 356C also showed some subtle differ ences, aside from the chassis number - Karmanns start with a "2", Reutters with a "I", Much is made ofthe differentfront and rear glass seals between the two coachbuilders. The Karmann version has a longer lip allowing it to extend a little further toward the exterior. It was often speculated that the flange that holds the seal on the bodywas furth er towardthe interior ofthe car, but 356 restorer Bruce Baker reports that this difference is negligible. They do seal better Much ofthe initial production consisted of horse-drawn vehicles and and make imperfections ofglassinstallation less obvious, though. bicycles, but within a year, in 1902 the first bodies for automobiles were While on the topic, Bruce did a walk around hisshop and described produced. By the 1920s coachbuilt bodies were being furni shed to many someother noteworthydifferences. Stamped holes are present in the lower well known automakers including Adler, Buick, Citroen, Mercedes and corners ofthe windshieldand rear glass framesto theexterior oftheafore Opel. mentioned flange. These originally had black rubber and later, white plas Traditional coachbuilding, which depended primarilyon wood, even ticplugs with knurled edges. Theyare perfectlypositi oned to be drains and tuallygave way to all-steelconstruction and bythe mid-1930s presses were apparently manyglassand restoration shops thoughtso too. Unfortunately, purchased for shaping steel. These helped up the output from 16 bodies removal of the plugs leads to the front onesdrippingon the front fl oor and per dayin 1932 to 65 in 1939 from Karmann's 800 employees. the rear onesdri pping intothe rear interior padding and carpet. Had drain During the War years, production was primarily confin ed to the tubing been providedas with the sunroof, theypotentiallycould have been diesel-engined llanomag road tractor capable of a not-so-speedy 20 kph. quite beneficial, but Bruce reports that many Karrnann-built coupes have By the end of World War II the Karmann factory had been destroyed by substantial rust in the rear seatarea caused bythese holes and this is not Allied bombing raids, butwhenhostilities were over, Wilhem Karmann built seen on Reutter cars. Thereare alsosimilar holesunder the two rear quar a new facility and re-entered the automotive coachhuilding field. ter windows, though water drips harmlesslyintothe rear wheel well. In 1948, Karrnann was summoned to the revitalized Vo lkswagen fac There arc fi ve downward-faci ng dimples with holes punched in the tory in Wolfsburg. Along with counterparts from coachbuilder Hebmuller bottom of the longitudinal members, not seen on Reutter cars. They allow contracts were offe red for putti ng convertible top bodies on standard VW both drainage and breathingin the otherwise scaled compartment. Bruce 28 Volume 30, Number 5 reports that structural rust in these Irequent trou ble areas is substantially reduced based on the car's overall condition in comparison to Reutter counterparts. Th ere are fo ur round depressions on the 0001' pan and oneeach where the rear seat cush ions are placed. I believe that this has been dis cussed in the past and insiders reported that they were drain holes to allow paint to drain after the bodywas dipped in primer. Those Made8.)' Hand fan s out there will recall at Reutter (at least in 1960) body schutz was applied directly to untreated bare metal. Textured paintunder the frontlid is another Karmann feature often missing on restored cars. If yo u've been reading some of my original car reports, yo u'llremember that in 1956 Reutter did These photos from somethingsimilar, hutsoon abandoned the prac the Karmann tice. archives show T-5 The fi nal 356C left Osnabrilck January 21, Coupes receiving 1965, as Karmann retooled to build and trim out metal finishing on 912s. The 911T coupe was added in 1968 and the body line (left) Karmann continued to make 912 Coupes (not and T-6 Coupes Targas) through 1969, and 911T Coupesthrough (above and oppo 1971. site) coming 011 the Ironically, the fi rst open Porsche produced final assembly line. by Karmann was not intended to be a Porsche at As at Reutter, the all, the 914 . Th e entire production of this model painted bodies were was carried out hy Karmann, though the 914-6 trimmed and wi red models were trucked to Stuttgart to have power but the runn ing gear trains installed much like 356s before. was not installed This followed the pattern Porsche hadestab until the cars were lished during the 356 era with Karmann, Drauz returned to and D'leteren -- keeping production ofthe more Zullenhausen . desirable models closer to home, where more control could be exercised. Today's Porsche phi. Below: Bruce Ba ker's losophy is similar. Where is that handsome photos of Ka rmann Cayenne built again? cou pe drain holes. The 914 ended Porsche's utilization of From left: Plastic Ka rmann fo r vehicle production. The company plug in the lower has remained involvedin this area doing projects left windshield fo r Audi, Ford,Jaguar, Mercedes andVo lkswagen. frame; one of the The latter's New Beetl e converti blewas developed rear quarter window in Osnabruck and top components are made by holes; front left pan their subsidiaryin Mexico. indentation is rusted Ka rmanncontinuesto offer productionand out; drains in the design services, including many fo lding hardtop rear window channel systems. Pitythat during the early 1960s thi s tech and one of the rear nology W;L~ not able to bc applied to thc car that floor stamped even Ludvigsen refers to ;L~ " thc'ugly duckling' of depressions. the 356 range." ~ January / Feb rua ry 2007 29 Arizona Outlaws Ride in the Rain all in Arizona is something the locals cherish. The extremeheat ofsummer is Fat our back andit marks the startof the 356 driving season - beginning with the annual Javelina 100 tour of Northern Arizona. This October we returned to the red rocks ofSedona, the siteofpast[avelinas, two West Coast Holidays and quite possiblya third. Fifty cars were entered the beautiful home of David Gill and Betty Loos, surrounded by the majestic views of Sedona, for the wind-down party. Cold ones and brats for all as we discussed the beauty mother nature had offered us this day. We talked of water leaks we didn't know we had and enjoyed the hospitality and laid back atmosphereofthe Arizona Outlaws and theJavelina 100. Sunday morning brought blue skies and more sunshine as luggage was loaded and good byes were said. Think about joining the Arizona Outlaws for the 12th running of the Javelina 100 where we plan to run the longest remaining stretch ofRoute 66 in earlyOctober, 2007. ,a:,-, Mike lVrouglJtoll withJohn Harveymaking the trekalltheway from Photos are from Jim Fleming, who writes: At left isa photo of our fearless leader Mike Wroughton Maryland. Othersjoined in fro mTexas, Colorado, and his wife Karen Sue giving their great license plate awards. Member Brian Lum happens to be New Mexico, Californiaand ofcourse, Arizona. gelling the "whiner" award given to the last person who gets caught complaining before the wind Most arrived on Friday afternoon at Sky down party. The pig gets passed around all during the event; I had it just before Brian grumbled Ranch overlookingSedona and made their way to about not haVing put on his windscreen wipers for the event. the WelcomingParty at the Gold Fish Pond. Old friends exchanged smiles and greeting as they The Outlaw pumpkin with the grabbed a cool one. club logo was carved by the Saturday morning dawned with rain drops party hosts David Gill and beadingon perfectand not-so-perfect paint work. Belly loos, who have some As most made a quick runto fi llthe tank, a torna gang buster Sedona views do warning was announced on the local news. (above). Wow, we're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy. But this is Arizona where dust and no humidity is the name of the game. As entrants assembled and received final instructions moth er nature was get ting ready to throw a hissy fit. But the hardy entrants of the Javelina came to drive, and drive we did - ascending Oak Creek Canyon and on to Mormon Lake Lodge for lun ch in a driving rain storm. Warmed up, dried offand bellies full, we dodged the rain as wescurried past the puddles to our cars. Rain, dense fog and even some BB size hail was encounteredwhile making our way to lower elevations. Just as we saw the Verde Valley ahead the sun beamed through the broken clouds. This was a welcomesightas we arrivedat 30 Volume 30, Number 5 PproximatelYfifteen years ago a very dear frien d and avid Porsche enthusi Aast, Ralph Riley, was called to SI. Peter's pearlygate, Ralph left behind a wife, great memories and three 356 Porsches: a 1964 red C Coupe, a 1963 black B (completelydisassembled and scattered allover the garage and home), and a 1959 Melssen blue Convertible 0, As the years went by, his widow, Lucile, had to cope with the monumental task ofgetti ngthe fl eet up and run ning and in good wo rking order, These cars she enjoyed, butshe never had anyintention of driv ingthem, Shealways feltmore comfo rtablein her 944 wi th AlC and PS, What W:L~ she goingto do? The 356Bblack Coupe was reassembled by Life sure can take many turns, somegood well. When we contacted the gentleman who now Roland, her neighbor, with the determination and and some bad. The black car was sold due to the owned the black Coupe, he said, "If an 86 year helpof Lucile.She wouldsearch highand lowfor death of the owner, the convertible 0 was passed old ladycan make this trip, so will I." thatspecific part needed that Ralph had wrapped on to the you nger generation, anxious to bring After the concours was fi nished-where,by in tissue paper and hiddenawayalmost anywhere home trophies in future events,and the red Coupe the way, the red Coupe receivedsecond place in the house. This process tookalmost a year as is still giving joy to Rosie every time she drives it another event was in the works. Ralph 's cars her helper had to travel the Seven Seas on busi to 356 events. rolledtowards a designated areaand parkedside ness allthe time. That car finallywas given to her When the 2006 West Coast Holiday in by-side. It was a wonderful sight to see all three brother in Chicago and wo n many trophies in Coloradobecamea reality, and thered Coupe was parked together once more just like they had Central USA events. The red Coupe, a veteran of to be entered in the Concours d'Elegance, my been for years in Ralph and Lucile's garage. My trophies in national events, received a place of frie nd Lucile decided to join me in the drive up dear friend was a bitshaken bythis gatheringand honor in Rosie's garage inColorado, and the con those Colorado passes just one more time. Her onlycould say, "Ralph is sure enjoyi ngtodayand vertible 0 ended up at Ralph 's sister's farm in sister-in-law needed a change in sceneryand had so am I." 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The Technical Data folderexists in at least eight editions in English, starting in September 1955 and running through May 1957, and many more in German and French. Allofthe English editionsare in varioushues of gray, with one important print variation- the cutawaydrawing on the front cover that is typicallya whitecutaway withblack lines, but occasion ally a black cutaway with white lines. Gray covers did not dominate over seaswhere one finds German editions primarily in red, but alsoin violet while French editionswere sometimes gray, but often pea-green. This lit tle piece is readilyavailabl e on eBay andat swap meets for $50 or less. Below left: Shown are four Tf( KKIQQE~ variations of the English-lan (AUCUIISTlQUH guage 356A Technical Data folder with differing tints of gray ink for the background n 2002-03 this column covered sales literature for 356Cs; then and two styles of cutaway camepre-As ; in 2004 we highlighted 356Bs; then cameCarrera drawings. This small folder is 2s, Convertible Ds, and fi nally 550 Spyders in 2005-06. very common. Obviously, it is timefor 356As - a happy circumstancein that these pieces are numerous and interesting. Right: The front covers of the One ofthe earlypieces is the 356A Technical Data folder thatappeared two French-language versions in the early fallof 1955 asthe 356Awas being introduced at the September of "Caracteristiques 1955 FrankfurtAutoShow. Thepiece is smallat 4-1/8" x 5-7/8" closed, but Techniques" in gray and in contains a lot ofinformation on its center spread. Intended for worldwide green . The imprint at top left use, the folder covers five 356A engine valiants- 1300, 1300 Super, 1600, is for the French distributor 1600 Super, and 1500GS Carrera - plus the Type 550Spyder. Ofcourse, and Parisian dealer, Sonauto. U CHNt CA l DATA nCHNICAl DATA Tro: nspM f' otor Co. 31:1 ~.;..t ... Z&1J nCH N1CAL DATA JECHNICA\ OAlA JlCH N1CA \ DA TA nCHNICA\ DA.r... 32 Volume 30, Number 5 ._-_._------ ._-------- . Anothercommon piece from thefall of 1955 11 -112") when closed, is headlined, and known to collectors ; L~ , "Years but with a small gate DU "toJill (UTI UIiD liU"OIGU Ahead in Engineering - Miles Ahead on the fold on the back. Road." (The German edition look a different Because itshows allthe approach: "Das Auto fur lleute and 356:\ models including Ubermorgen.") This folder is A4 sized (8-1/4" x the Speedster and adds the 550 Spyder, it is Below: Front covers of the three German -lan popular. It is also quite guage versi ons of "Technische Oaten" in two common, with at least shades of red and one of vi olet.The Fre nch 14 editionsinthree lan- green and the German violet are more rare. guages between and sell for about twice as much . October 1955 and March 1957, andthere fore very affordable always under $100, much less fora nicked or fo lded example. The USAedition is printed in three colors: turquoise, maroon and Above: The black, while the fronts of the English-language ver German-lan sion used in the UKand guage ver the German-language sion (left) editions all omit the and UK-mar maroon. This oddity is ket English difficult to understand language since all the editions ve rsion were printed in (right) both Germany and then dis dropped the tributed throughout the maroon color world. It does require versus the completion-motivated USA-market collectors to do more printing. work to obtain all the variants. Continued The inside spreads of the German and UK market versions. both use green liberally where the maroon was in the US ver sion. The unfolded format is shown . January / February 2007 33 "Snabb, saker -lingeren" is the covercopyline on the Swedish 356A piece. This is a delightful folder exe cutedin just two colors, yellowandblack on white paper. It starts outat 6-1/2"x 8-1/8" andthen unfolds first to a 6-1/2" x 16-1/4" spread. With a fold-down gatefold, it eventually yields a fulsome 11 -5/8" x 16-1/4" with rela tively large photographs of all the models: "limousine" (coupe to us), cabriolet, Speedster, Spyder- plus a sec ------.__._.- tion to feature the Carrera engine. The back panel of --~ - - ; ; E - / inj r r t·n technical data dosely follows the layoutand copy of the ~_ .\'~ U ,H L LAP.S O'·",...... - AB SCANI A~ ABIS M.\RlfSlAl) ~:so lL ~~:: :..::: grayTechnical Data folder discussed above. American pieces kriisnc In the USA, distributors and dealers developed sev til_i- Magl' LIMOUSiNE eral pieces ofsalesliterature to publicize thenew356A. One was a very simple black and white folder, sized 5 112" x 8-112 " using the same headline as the turquoise/maroon pieces discussed above,"YearsAhead in Engineering... Miles Ahead on the Road." It also shows all models, to indude the Speedster and the 550 Spyder. It is very common and seldom tradesabove $60. 1\vo other fo lders were printed and used on the West Coast (opposite). One was printed in all red inkby Competition Motors in Hollywood. The second was print ed inall black, with noattribution, andlookstobe a copy of the Competition Motors piece. The copy is almost CABRIOLET !#_i p iRe, ' ==s's-._ = identical - with a headline of "Presenting the brilliant Series 1600and Carrera." Someone rewrote the copy in one block on the black version and blew it. The Competition Motors version refers to the "steering damper," on which the type has a tiny break where the round bottom of the character hits the vertical stem. When that copy was rewritten, the author (probably a yo ungcopywritingcub who knewnothing aboutautomo biles) wrote "steeringd amper" converting the fin elydis connected"d" into "d." Fun stuff, eh? Next time we will have more 356Aliterature, start ing with post-introductory pieces that fi rst went into use in 1956. In the meantime, ifyo u have anyquestions or com- ments or suggestions, please email to me at [email protected]. Thanks. ~ ...o•••• C," lI Y'C lo.. . . 1I••" .", C."" " .cl• •• ...... __ t.. ..__ __• ••• ...... -..-...... _, ._ .... -..-_ ,... .. 4 ... •.. .. • _ .... ~ P - _..-...... -__ .._--..,.. ,...... ,.. - sa,a ,-..-O 34 Volume 30, Number 5 r=-' ~ .-. 551 c=t--4&iii p:::a c::1 r==-1 !!!5 C:=t-(~ No w: You r choic o of 3 Now: Your eberee of 3 groot now onsinos gr eot now enginos -_... _-----... ,--- -_._. t_~-_~f~--:;-~::- ~ lIOooiIt_rttW ...- -. -_ .. -_'lll----... 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Stuart Ave., Unit A Red land s, CA 92374 I (909) 798 - 1498 PI.,.d.'" call or writ e rnr latest pa rts c-d l" lng: I~O. Box 211111 OcI l\I"r,Ca liforn ia 92014-511111 I ~ ynzyesterdaysparts.com 181KI) 356-0012 (760) 43ll-1105 F" x (760) 4311-14211 enmil: inlenmlinnalmen-:Intile @holnmil.cnm wehsit e: im.156-91J.l"OlI1 I ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~- January / February 2007 35 Beau Coupe BCoupes Jim Schrager __ ",-,,",,,-,1 t t It 960-1963 B Coupes seem to be one ofthe most plentiful cars we gaps, especially onthetrailing edges ofthedoors which is always oneofthe seein themarket. Here wehave a large sampling to deliver, start hardest places to get right.There was wear onthecarpet andtheseatswere ing with the cheapest and moving to the most expensive, two T-5s recovered over pads thathad gone flat. Time to restuff them , which for a andtherestT-6s. Please be careful with these prices, as someofthem are modest amount of work makes such a bigdifference in both the way the the highestwe have ever seen forBCoupes andmight beas much theresult seats look and sit. Nice chrome and rubber, fake VW chrome wheels and oftheauction venue or a frothy market as thevalue ofthecar. Super hubcaps, all trim in place and looking decent, funky large "Lucas" driving lights with plastic covers under thefront bumper. Sold for $30,550, it seemed a high pricefora driver. First up is a 1960 T-5 B presented by Kruse in their August, 2006 Monterey sale. Signal Red with black leather, it was fitted with the excep tionally rare factory sunroof. As is so typical of a Kruse event, the car appeared to have been prepared quickly for auction, with fresh paint of questionable quality, decent but not great trim, and an underbody that This next B Coupe is a wild one. Presented at Bonham's and appeared destined to holdunhappy secrets. Missing front windshield trim Butterfield's Carmel salein November 2005, this different 1963 drew quite is never a good sign, as this is readily available; a front hood that seemed a bitofattention , although alltheactivity didnot translateinto anexception tolevitate above itsbody; andrearwheels with aninordinate amount oftoe al price. It was billed as a Super 90, and fi tted with extra wide whitewalls, in kept people away from this desirable sunroof Coupe. We'll see another oversized tires, andextrawide fake VW wheels (6" or wider as estimated by T-5B sunroof at auction in this column at the otherend ofthepricespec this observer) . This strange combo really filled up the wheel wells. The trum. Correct painted steel wheels and moon hubcaps were a much need colorwas a very light shade of Signal Red, essentially a lipstick red shade ed original touch on a car needing much more. verging on dark pink. The interior was a few different shades oftan vinyl, Officially bidto $20,000 and not sold - butat Kruse, on a car with a the seats and doors not quite matching. Loaded with aftermarket acces reserve, thereis no way to know ifthiswas "real money" or simply theauc sories such as wire mesh headlamp covers, fog lights, aerodynamic side tioneer pushing theopening bidclose to the reserve to seeifanyone would marker lightson the front fen ders (which for some strange reason I really jump in and join the fun . I'd like to seewhatthis car would have done on liked) , anda modern fat Nardi steering wheel, this onewas a jumble ofcor a no-reserve basis. It is far worse to buy a car that someone else hacked rectandthoroughlystrange components. Even thecolor combo was inyour ratherthan starting with an oldandtired car that hasn 't been botched. This face, andseemed like thecar, or itsowner, was standing there screaming at is the only BCoupe I have to report thatdidn't sell. you:"LOOKHOW HIP I AM! " Fit issues on the trailing edges of the doors plussome sandscratches showing through the shrunken top coat made me Another recent sale was a 1963 T-6 Bin Light Ivory with a red interi question thequality ofthe paint job. It sold for $35 ,650, all themoney for or, offered at Christie's salein Greenwich, CT inJune 2006. Said to be a this "semi-custom" rendition of 356 cruise night back in the day. The matching-numbers 1600 Super, this was a nice olderrestoration that now strange part is that I sure don't ever remember anyone driving around in hadissues from both useandthe passage oftime. I wasn 't thrilled with the onethat looked like this backthen. But then, my memory canbe foggy. 36 Volume 30, Numb er 5 AmeliaIsland, Florida hosts one of the three great concours in the USA (alongwith Monterey, CA and Meadowb rook, MI) and as such is home to an active auction scene. RM placed at auction a 1963 B Coupe, Bali Blue with black vinyl (notshown) in itsMarch 2006sale. This W:L~ an excellent exam ple, withflush panelsand excellentgaps, nice paint, good chromeand a num bers-matching 1600 Super engine. Options included a multi-band Blaupunkt in the dashand a luggage rack.The original painted wheelscontrasted nicely with thiscolor. This was a very well done car and sold for 38,500. After all expenses, the owner netted about 30,000 on this car, which seems about right for such a nice example. ,.~- ' , -- . ~ . I " . ' ~"" .' - " --~""'. ~~ ~ ...;;. - ~~ _. ~ _ - . ~' ~" ~, ~~~ . ' - .l --'-=:= ::'.':~.. ///\.. •~ .~ ~ l . · - ~ " - ferent resultthat the T-5 Sunroof noted at the head of this column. This one : . e, ~ ..;~: . ~ ,~ '''- _ d ....J/.,..· , was Li ghtIvorywith a red cloth and vinyl interior, and had not only the sun 1 1Ji~· ~. :r-- -e';» roof to make it unusual, but the first production Super-90 engine as well. ..~ , _,/ "" ::,..t - . J ' Owned and enjoyed for many years by a well-known 356er in the Pacifi c Northwest, this car had somefac tory provenance :L~ it was used :L~ a demon , . ' ( . "/ I . ' - / strator and factory car early in its life. By nowit had an older repaint, with _ "'". ' - . ' (j,. .' ,.; ' .. ' wear showi ngand rather wide door bottoms, the interior similarly showing 'l' '-~~ .- , use. Sold at no reserveand reported in this column several years ago in the low$20's, this time itwentfor $51,700, off the chart money fo r a T-5 Coupe. :? . ' _.- ~(j,. . . ../": ,--.. ~ ~ ~ It sold way too cheap I:L~t time, and I am going to call this car well-bought ~ because ofthe factoryhistory Wh ere elsecanyou buysomethinglike this, that you can drive everydayand enjoy, with provenStuttgart provenance? Backto Monterey,and we fi nd another Bali Blue Coupe inAugust2005 at theGooding& Company Pebble Beachsale, this time wi th a black vi nyl inte rior. Somepaint flaws and older trim, but I liked the panel fi t. Good interior with an excellent headliner and correct carpets, plus an unusual A,WShortwave radio. Correct painted steel wheels and Super hubcaps to match the 1600 Super engine. This was a very prettycar and would make someonea great driver. It sold at $42 ,900, which is big moneybutnot :L~ silly as someofour BCoupesyet to come. Moving now to one of the other great events, auction week in Phoenix, AZ,January2006, Barrett-Jacksonconsigneda Silver 1963 BCoupewith a red leather interior at no reserve. B-J is a leader in no reserve auctions, and this year, they11;11 have Virtually all cars sold at no reserve. A1600 Super, it has nice paint, gaps, interio r and W:L~ in general a car that inspired confidence. I also like the Les Leston period wood steering wheel (but was it a replica?) , correct Blaupunkt radio (butdid it work?) , aswellascocoa mats, stone guard Staying in ~ Ionterey, August 2005 at lUI's auction wherea Heron Gray headlamp covers, and luggage rack, although the fake VW wheels let the car 1963 with a red leather interior W:L~ consigned. This was a 1600 Super, with down. It sold fo r very big, "Barrett-Jackson Money" of$51, 3 0 0- - :L~ calculated very nice panel fi t and a host of options, key among them a Speedster side underthe B-JM formula ofone real dollarequals two B-JMdollars. The only stripe. This is the kind ofcar that goes very wellat a major international :IIIC problem wi th the form ula is thatwhen it comes time to sell, the V:L~t majority tion such asMonterey, because 356experts inattendance canattest to it being of the world ignores B-JMdollars, and prefers real money instead, a "good one." Certificate ofAuthenticity included, this car had a very honest taste about it, includinga set of correct chrome wheels. It wasn 't cheap, at Staying wi th Barrett-Jackson, hut moving to their March 2006 Amelia $46,200, but someof thisprice is due to the excitement of one of the most Islandsale, a 1963 Bali Blue B Coupe rolledonto the auction stage, in this intensive vi ntage car weeks anywhere in the world. C:L~e with a handsome tan leather interior. Fresh, pretty paintwith some fish eye fl aws here and there. Fish-eye is caused whenthe surface to be paintedis One more in Monterey, this time at Gooding & Company, August 2006 contaminated with Silicone, causing the paint to form into small circles where the other 1960T-5SunroofCoupeW:L~ presented- and with a rather dif- Continued Oil page 39 January I February 2007 37 Bubble Gum Machine Twilight Zone You also knowmyinstinctive reaction. It had beendecades since I'd beenpulled over byone ofthese, butthe view in my rearviewmirror gave mea dose ofadrenaline that went through my systemwithallthe subtlety of a car wreck. Apparently your first experience of getting stopped for speedingasanadolescentstays with you fo rever, notthat I hadn 't hada few refreshermoments over the years. But, hold it! My brain-now frantically working overtime-said something'snotright. Police cars have a row ofblue lights, nota red dome. And the car is definitely police style black and white, butisn't that a Ford Galaxie - a 1960sFord Galaxie? I mumbled this confusion to mywife and climbed out ofthe car, fu el starvation no longer my biggest problem. The officer was alreadycoming towards me - dressedin jeans and t-shirt?With a big grin, he stuckouthis hand, and it fi nally hit me. Against all odds, my '64 Porsche had been hadn't fi lled upsince we arrived on Wednesday at the 2004 East Coast "pulled over" bya restored '63 Ford Galaxie police car! Holiday in Williamsburg, Virginia. The Thursdaydrive to Smithfieldfor Fora minute, I thoughtI couldhear Rod Serlingtalkingabout thevin somehambiscuitsdidn't reallytake that much gas. (In fact, there may tage car nutwho hadentered the twilightzone. Was I goingto have to live havebeen a net increase.) Th e ferryride acrosstheJames River, probably my life over in an alternativeuniverse from the ageof 17?If so, this time 1 only the car's second water passage, was even free mileage. The Friday was goingto do a few things differently. I'd eat better, exercise more, and drive didn't seem all thatlong either. In a reprise of the 1984 ECH , 356s stockpilea fewcarefully chosen Porsches alongthe way. were again parkedin front ofthebeautiful BerkeleyPlantation. This private conversation took all of a few seconds. The Galaxie Saturday morning there were more important distractions than top owner seemed verymuch fromthe present, however, and proudlyshowed ping off. It lookedlike rain, butsince when has thatinterferedwith point us the details of his restoration, complete with a mannequin in the back less detailing? Besides, the historic Yo rktown concours site was only 20 seatdressed in striped prison garb. minutes away. Of course, nosooner thanwewere parked it began to rain. Actually, it began to pour. This was notone ofthose "I'll justwipe it down when it stops" rains. For more than an hour, folks justfound shelter and made bets onhowhighthe water would get in Speedsters. Even anal-reten tive types gave upand relaxed. The concours awardsmayhavegone tothe cars with the best wax jobs. When the rain finally stopped, someone snapped a great Registrycover photo (volume 28, number 5). The gauge lookedlower than I expected when I fi red up for the ride backto the hotel. I keptan eye out fo r petrol, but reserve was stilla com forting option. Figuring there was no pointin gettingback to the hotel on fum es, I fi nally left our friends and started wandering around guessing where someone might have put a service station. The residential area I stumbled into wasn'tlookingverypromising, andthen... thatfamiliarhes itation.And again.No matter how reassuringitis toknow you can turnthe lever and feel allfour start firing again, a missing engine alwayskicksmy heartrateupa bit. Sure, lowfuel is easy, butfo r a momentyou're not sure what it is. My problemis I alreadyknow that ifswitching to reserve does When my friends arrived a few minutes later, we diagnosed 40 years n't solve the problem, there's a fair chance poking around a dead engine of rust in the bottom ofthe tank blocking the reserve aperture. The obvi isn't goingto help. ous short-term solution was enough gas to get off reserve. "Officer But this was ouroriginal,professionally maintainedCCoupe, soI just Friendly" refu sed to send us to a service station, however. He insisted on reached under the dash and twisted 90 degrees. The engine kept sputter drivingone ofmyfriendstohis house tostealgas fromhis lawnmower sup ingasI waitedfor the gas to get from the tank tothe carbs. But it didn'tget ply. Meanwhile, wewaited. And waited. We began to imagine sinister twi better; it got worse. My first thoughtwas that I turned the lever the wrong lightzonescenarios.Maybe thisguytookthis vintagestufftoo seriouslyand way. In panic mode, I turned it to the other side, but this was a sucker's had a restored jailin his basement, where myfriend was nowlanguishing. game. Allwas lost, and I started lookingfor a spotto pull off the street.For When the patrol car eventually returned, their explanationwas more once, thi s part was easy. I commandeered the neighborhood bike path in "Car Crazy" than "Twilight Zone." The reason for wanting to get the gas frontof a church, thoughitwas a little late forprayer. from his home supplywas to show off his collectionofDetroitiron. Inaddi As I was sittingthere runningthroughmy feeblediagnosticalgorithm, tion to the period poli ce car, he had three or four restored muscle cars, a bubblegummachine mountedona black andwhitepulledup behind us. includinga cherryPontiac GTO. Ifyou knowwhat I'mtalkingabout,you got yo ur driver's license more than He wouldn 't letme pay for thegas, ofcourse. As wefi redup, hedrove a few years ago. Back in the day, the most prominent feature of marked awayto cruise the suburbsbetween Yo rktown and Shilsons Cornerlooking police carswas a red flashing light the size ofa bowling ballmounted on for stranded motorists, juvenile delinquents turning over trash cans, and the roof. It looked fo r all the world like a bubble gum machine, though anyvintage lawbreaking that mightrequire an officerdrivinga 1963 Ford when it came up behindyou fl ashing it cost a bitmore than a nickel. Galaxie police car on a Saturdayaftern oon. ~ 38 Volume 30, Number 5 .Uarketll.atcb. continued from page 37 around theflaw. IIis a sign ofpoorpaint preparation, althoughthefini sh had a tremendous shine. Fresh-looking leather interior, a modern fat Nardi steer ing wheel (rather than the period Nardi with a thin wood rim), and fake VW wide chrome wheels made this car a typical recent restoration using easily sourced and inexpensive fresh parts rather than period items (not that there is anything wrong with that, just don't tryto get a premium for the "unique" options). IIsold for, in "B-JM" terms, $55,620. Don 't tryto cash this onein anytime soon for real money, because as theysayin theauction trade, it was "verywell sold." As a side note, hefore yo u begin to believe that everything B-J sells is wildly overpriced-a fair enough assumption from reading about these B Coupes-please note that ina laterissue I will report ona veryearlySpeedster, Thanks to Keith Martin and my colleagues at Sports Car Market and indecent, drivingshape, that sold atthis sameAmeliaIsland salefor 55,080. Kirsten Onoday in particular for photos. Correspondence always welcome. There are silly good andsilly bad deals at auctions. Just like the lottery, you Find me on-line for fastest response at: [email protected] gotta playto win, or at 54722 Little Flower Trail, Mishawaka, IN 46545. Whatzits Trevor's Hammerworks Thesearejustsome ofihespli ncd shafts in a3%. I didn'tthink itwas fair toshowpiecesfrom inside the iransmlssion orsteering box; we usuallytl)' to use things that owners actually see from lime to li me. Onlyone of these isnormallyvisi ble, and you have to take off the rear hubcaptosee it. That would be the bottom Phone item, an axleshaft. 440-953-0501 Fax 440-602-9885 The prettyorange bar isa rear to rsion bar and the item in the middleisa steeri ng shaft. Sendyour whatzi ts to the editor! ()O{oon"s Resto/; ~~ ·Speciallzing in 356 and 911 reszoratlon ~i}Q -large inventory ofparts -Complete rust repairs ~ 503.835.2300 -Complete paint and body service -Complete electrical se rvice FAX503.835.4000 r.=O=;r;=El~;"';=;ii ~ lr?ci?rr= 356shop .com Phone: 562.531.4643 Fax: 562.531.4451 [email protected] 16230 Minnesota Avenue, Paramount, CA 90123 13851SE Eola Village Road · McMinnville, OR 97128 est. 1978 January I February 2007 39 Onlywhen he makes it big overseas do the American fil m fo lks decide to take the chance. Lee went on to make a total ofsixmovies in the USand would have probablymade manymore if not for his death at age 32. Dragon tellsthestory butnot the whole story. It ignores manyofBruce's early life details (his fi rst fil m appearance was as an infant in 1941) and leaves the burningquestion ofhowhe died unanswered. Actor jasonScott Lee (un-related to Bruce) does a great jobportraying Bruce Lee. The martial arts sequences are at timemelodramaticbuttheyare on point anda good reflec tion ofLee's own on-screen fighting. Lauren Hollyplays Linda Lee and gives a decent performanceshowcasingthe uphill battle a mixed couple had at that time. In this case, love triumphed. The direction ofRob Cohen W: L~ verygood; he got the most out ofthe actors andwas able to mask Jason Scott Lee's inex perience behind the lense wi th his screenpresence in the fight. Cohen was a strange choice as director - being best knownfor films like The Wiz and The Dragon: The Bruce lee Story Fast and the Furious - but it turned out to be a good call. See Dragon ifyou have ever wanted a good view of Bruce Lee in a 356, Directed by Rob Cohen (1993) something I never thoughtI wo uld see. Most medium-budget biography movies tend to be horrible, but a few things made me K2 Directed by Fra nc Roddam (1992) startto change my mind early on. Fi rst, this W:L~ Part of the Hollywood machine is to knock nota screenplay quicklydonetocoincidewith the out cheap and easy simplistic movies that involve deathofBrandon Lee (son ofBruce). It had been a sport or adventure. They do this everyfive years planned for a long time and was based on the or so. You will always see the following movies, book by widow Linda Lee Caldwell titled Bruce The Surfer Movie, The Baseball Movie, The Lee, Tbe Oil!)' Mall IKnew. The other nugget of Football Movie, The Hockey Movie, and in this info making this film initially interesting was it case the perennial favo riteofmine, The Mountain being hyped as giving some real new info about Climbing Movi e! To cut to the chase, there are a the life ofthe mysterious martialarts master. IIis few things every mountain climbing movi e must widow sharing her experiences and firsthand have. Theyare: accounts was bound to make for a good storyand I. Amachofri endship between two or more in this case, Dragon does notdisappoint. men. The film beginsin Hong Kongwith Bruce as 2. Aclimb to end all climbs. a child. Life is hard and it onlygets harder when 3. The famous dilemma ofone man injured he is forced to flee andreturnto America (where and the other havingto make the decision to leave he was born in 1940). He finds California in the him on the mountain and save himself. early sixties to be stillvery racist toward Asiansso K2 hasallofthisand more. The macho men his prospects are notall that great. begin the movie doing what wecan all relate to; We learn earlyon why Lee became the fi rst they are seen riding in a 356 Cabriolet with two Asian-American film star; it was his force ofwill. laughingwomen. Inthe nextscene oneofthe men He arrives in a place where his onlyplace is with even climbs the side of an apartment building to his own people. He not only defies white society prove his man ly manliness, :L~ if the 356 didn't by not accepting his "place", but goes one step prove that. Whilethis could be consideredthe sig further and thumbs his nose at Asian society too. nature ofa deranged stalker, in K2 it comes off as All ofthisstemsfrom hiswillingness toteach mar heroic and romanticall at the same time. tial arts to anyone who wants to learn, not just The two lead men are different in their per otherAsians. Criticismcomes from bothsides and sonal loves. One is the macho corporate Type-A it seems no one wants what he is doing.No one, jerk who lives hard and loves women (he also that is, except all the people who fill his school drives a 356). Theother is a soft-spoken scientist desiring to learn martialarts. with a wifeand baby. While the two men differ in Lee thrives on his own as martial arts mas corepersonalities, theysharea burning desire to ter. He even buys a car to show his prosperity, a climb the hardest mountains, in this case the infa 356Cabriolet.lie eventually makes his way into a mous Hi malayan rock K2. TV series, The Green Hornet, :L~ the hero's side Their quest to reach the top also foll ows the kick, Kato. Once into the TV world he comes up formula for the mountain clim bingmovie, having with anideafora show about andcalled KungFu. allof the following attributes: The execs love it and use the idea, just without I. They start the expedition too late in the Bruce. Instead they use David Carradine, feeling Jason Lee does a credible job playing the man season, against the dire warnings ofothers. the country was not quite ready foran Asian in a who popularized martial arts movies in 2. There are several arrogant jerkspresent. lead role. Luckily for Bruce, Hong Kong was. He America. Bruce Lee mayor may not have 3.Theymustexplain totheir loved ones why goes there and becomes a film star, the one he owned a red Cabriolet, but in the movie he and theyabsolutelyhave to reach the topofthe moun should have been inAmerica. his blonde wife certainly look good in it. tain, or die trying. 40 Volume 30, Number 5 Forthe finest restoration ofyour Porsche Typ. 356 there is no better number to call but the one seen below. Small jobsto major, body through to interiors and paint- all of it accomplished under oneroof, by highly skilled experts in ONLYPorsche 356. 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January I February 2007 41 Dave Seeland published an annotated four cam bibliography inhisFour-CamForum column. 356Registry One of the books he mentions is Sloniger's Porscbe, the 4-Cylindm; 4-Cam Sports and RacingCars. Thisbookis the one with the pho tographof a 904on the cover. Charlie White wrote a fine article on 356 Porsche literature. He mentions the major effort made by Jim Wayman to catalog 356 literature. The Wayman list included many items not in the original Merritt & Millerbook. Fi nally, Pat Ertel assisted Vic Skirmants by giving the cause of certain technical problems 356owners might encounter. Afewofthebest are VoIume:?C, NLlrnber B . -Janus,. as follows: Y/Feor....a,..Y1SS7 Problem Cause Annoying noise in cylinders, andgives good hints. Vic also reported passenger seat Passenger. onhis drive to the 1996 East Coast Holiday, where he had to use manilafo lderpaperfora makeshift Persistent rattling Souvenir rocks oilfilter gasket. 25 Years Ago from below from 1968 vacation Brett Johnson discussed the coatings that Vic Skirmants' technical column in Volume to the Rocky Mountains. are used to obtain the gold-tone fin ish that is 8, Number 2 gave suggestions on jacking up a desired fo r two-piece case enginesaswellasearly Porsche 356. To raise a corner of the fron t end, Oil leakfrom Someidiot drilled a hole VW engines. He discussed Dow's #7 dichromate he suggested jacking under the sway bar clamps. bottomofmuffler in it because his tailpipe coating, concluding that this was a "Don't trythis To raise the back end, hesuggested jackingunder kept blowingoilall over at home" method. Part of his column was an thetransmission cradle. Using these points is even the back ofthe car. excellentarticlebyA. Richard MilleronSpeedster better advice today now that our carsare a quar tops, with detailed information on the variations ter centuryolder!Ron Roland subsequently wrote 10 Years Ago in these tops. in, suggesting a scissors jack On the cover was Ron Roland covered several topics in his should always be in a 356 "trav Harry Burnstine in his column. Of particular value to Speedster owners el kit". Vic's column also includ Carrera alonga highway was his discussion ofhow to fit theSpeedster alu edan article by Charlie Brown on in Florida during the minumside 'spears' thatrun thelengthofthecar. tires andhandling. first GatorFest at Jim Schrager's Market Watch column dis Brett Johnson's Restoration Cypress Gardens. Ri ch cussed the cost ofsellinga car at an auction. In a column covered the luggage com Williams wrote about recent auction,a ConvertibleDhad sold for a sell partment:the fuel tank, thebattery, the eventin thisissue. er's fee of 7% and a buyer's fee of 5% . Also, the the fuse block and the windshield Bruce Sweetman seller paid an additional $900 to get a "prime washer reservoir of 356s. ("The Student") wrote time" slot on Saturday afternoon at the auction. Fortunately, much of the informa an article which When you addin thecostoftravel toandfromthe tion Brett published over the years appeared in Vic event, Jim says, "SuddenlytheRegistry classifieds inhiscolumn isnow consolidated in Skirmants' column seem an awfully efficient way to buy and sell his classic book. -- on rebuilding master cars!" $ :> Factory Direct 1 I Updated & Improved Hand Selected Cocos & Sisal Matting "The Last Thing a Great Car Needs" • The classic original look for your 356 Porsche • Free Swatch samples • 10 colors available I Visit our website at: ,Matt Call: 800-461-3533 WWw.cocomats.com p e Maria 42 Volume 30, Number 5 And now a first: I Haven't actually seen M&M page number designations for the different CharlieWhite's forthcoming 356 Porsche Sales& brochures. However, foryour $129. you not only Technical Literature - but you can get a preview get fu llcolor, butexpanded info rmation including by visiting his website at derWhite.com. tool kits, descriptions and photographs, complete Co mprised of 356 all-color pages, Charlie optionslists, Blaupunkt radios bydate and fakes expands upon the Miller &Merrill Porsche - yes, whichbrochures have been fakedand help Brochures &Sales Literature '48-'65, even to the in avoiding be burned. Clearlya must-have book. In case you did notget what you wanted forChristmas or whatever: my recommendations of the best books and related stuff for the Porsche 356 enthusiast. All C:lI1 be fo und in the back ofthe RegiS/I)' Magazine, >$200 Porsche, Excellence W:l~ Expected, 2nd edition, Ludvigsen $259.95 Technicaland Restarallan Guide • Volume 2 • t must be December, as people are anx $100 Porsche RennsportReunion byJeffZwart $149.95 iously awai ting the New 2008 / Old 356 $200 356 Porschc Sales & Technical Literature, White $129.95 ICalendar. At least I have my review copy. Open Roads and Front Engines, (1950-1962) Wimpff 149.95 There is a brilliant cover shot of a 356C driving WingedSports Cars &EnduringInnovations, (1963-1973) Wi mpffe n 149,95 under an old brick bridge, said to be the Colonial Speedster1)p 540, Heinrichs $115.00. Parkway. Pity, it's the one picture not associated Speedster Celebration of an Icon, Heinrichs $11 5.00 with a month. More than making up is the fabu SpeedsterCelebration ofan Icon , deluxe, numbered, Heinrichs $200.00 lous photo of a 1950 Fish Silver coupe with $75 Joe Leoni's lleadlamp relay(6 or 12v- B-T5 or B-T6/C) $90.00 Schloss Cleebergin thebackground. (My German $100 Leoni's 356A or 356B-T6or 356B/CT5 Electrics (ring bound) $85.00 cousin once told me that the castle was so well 550Spyder Owner's Manual (reproduction) 75.00 preserved because it surrendered to every threat.) And justto make life complete there is an Adria Blue metallic 195IPre-A from the 1978 Holiday. Disappointingly, I find no misidentifica tions. Porsche Moments, Alexander 74.95 Jerry must be mellowing; he typically uses Joe Leoni's Starterrelay (6 or 12\') 40.00 photos of stock cars. This year he has Bill Porsche Prototype Era 64-73, Oursler $49.95 Cooper's black Roadster on 95I forged alloy $25 356 Porsche: Driving in its Purest Form , Conradt $49.95 spare wheels. Silk, aka the fa bulous (now Dr.) $50 Porsche 356Autheuticity rev iii,Johnson $27.95 Freda looked at the February '59 ivory Coupe's 356 RegistryMagazine on DVD $40.00 wheels & hubcaps, and wondered if it had disk Porsche 356 Defin ed,Johnson 34.95 brakes - since the hub caps appeared to be fl at Buying, Driving, Enjoyingthe Porsche 356, Schrager $24.95 (don't miss her Porsche 101 tech session of How < 25 Porsche 356Guide to Do It yo urselfRestoration, Kellogg$24.95 to Identify the Porsche 356 - what every signifi 356 Parts Books updated andannotated, Romano $24.95 cant other should know). I think they look like 356 RegistryTech/Rest Guide, Vol. 2 $24.95 those foundon VW kitcars. Now must bethetime Made by Hand DVD 20.00 to send photographs toJerry, 6 of 13 (including 356 RegistryTech/Rest Guide, Vol. 1 $19.95 cover) were shot byKristina Cilia. Dick Pike's two 2008Porsche 356 New/Old Calendar, $17.00 photographs date from 1978. The New/Old calen 356Wiring Diagram in color, Dombrowski $15.00 dar is a tradition anda definite buyat $17. January I Februa ry 2007 43 Recent items of interest sold through the internet marketplaces Sebastian Gaeta Nice opportunity, but no takers Recently on eBay, a well known 356enthu siast put a "Liebe Zll Ihm" up fo r bid. While that in itselfis not unusual, he was also including the letter from the factoryannouncingthe production of the book. This letter was mailed out to all of Porsche's "friends", but very few ofthem survive today. There are probably more books still around than letters, but no doubt there were more letters mailed than books produced. The booklletter package hada startingbid of $1,100 Glove Box Clock and a "Buyit Now" of $1,130, butthere were no Bids: 1 Sold for $790 takers even though it had the dust jacket and Glove box clocks are quite rare and are a 1st Edition ABC's of 356 and 912 Engines appeared to be in great shape. Perhapsall ofthe nice accessory for an early car.With a "Buy it Bids: 20 Sold for $202.49 serious collectors already had the book and the Now" price of $790, this seller needed only one This one is veryspecial. Not just because it letter, or they already have the book and weren't bidder to make him happy. He had a very nice is a Ist edition ABC's but because it is signed by willing to buy the package just to get the letter. It item for sale and was probably optimistic about the Maestro himself; something that, sadly, cannot reminds me of the guy that pulls up to a swap gettingthe price he wanted. Someone apparently be dupli cated. Sold by an old tim e California meet towing a nice old 356 Bor Cfor sale with neededone in great shape and pressed the but 356er, he knew Harry personally and must have headrestsand a horn ling. It always hasa signthat ton-a match made in heaven! felt it W;L~ timesomeone elseenjoyed it.It was the says the head rests and horn ring WILL NOT be 4th book printed which makes it even more spe sold separately. Sometimes the package sells, and cial. Based on the number of bids, many others sometimes he tows it home. felt the same way. Very Early Porsche Book Bids: 9 Sold for $135.50 356 Radio NOS Chrome Face Plate Bids: 13 Sold for $294.66 I do not recall ever seeing a chrome face plate on anyone's car, but loris Koning wrote in the March/April 2005Registrythat Becker offered Porsche 356 and VW "silver/chrome colored face plates" for their We've seen this one before (Volume 29, Wheel Balancer Adapter Ring radios. OK, fin e, but this one's got me scratching Number 4, NovemberlDecember 2005) so there Bids: 1 Sold for $65 my head. If you look real close at the picture in is some history here. This is the earliest known While this item is of current manufacture the listing you can see a price tag that says "$5 (to me) book specificallyabout the Porsche firm , and can beeasily had, theyhave beensellingquite each". Thisshould have toldprospective bidders published in 195I and written by lIerbert A. well on ellay so I thought I would include it here. that a) don't bid throughthe roofas he bought it Quint. The textis in German andthe sellerclaims Now, I only own disc brake cars, butmany of my for only $5 and b) don't bid through the roof that it was never published in another language. VW and Porsche drum brake car buddies have because he's probably got more than one. Many of the photographs were used ad nauseum lamented for years about the hassles in getting Through my email correspondencewith the sell in future books, but some I have not seen any their wheels balanced. Bob Futterrer of Maincly er I foundhimto be a very nice guy and, well, he where else. The first book did not have the dust Custom By Design has developed this adapter to didn't make the market here, the bidders did. lie jacket, butthis one did.The fi rst onesold fo r $81 work on modern balancing machines to put an told me that the second onehe had soldfor$210 with 4 bids while this one sold for $157.50 with end to their misery. Curiously, as of this writing whilethe third onesold for $180 and he stillhad 17 bids. Was this because of the dust jacket or the adapter lingwas notlisted on Mainely's web one left to sell. Good fo r him, but pay attention because more people were now aware of it? site, so we'll have to go with $65 as the bench people! Perhaps a little ofboth. mark forpricing. 44 Volume 30, Number 5 up fo r auction, a Nardi (signedl) wi th the said crest on the horn button. To me the crest is just Bargain icingon the cake as I like 'emall! Corner B/C European Heat Exchangers Bids: I Sold for $380 Put up for sale bya very well respected 356 restorer, these were describedas inverynice con dition, which the photos supported, butnot NOS, This W;L~ in fact the second go-round for these Auto Motor und Sport niceeuro heatexchangers. Theirfirst time upthey As in the ADAC magazi ne below, these were generated 17 bids, butonly got up to $330 which not Porsche specific, buthad Porsche themes on was belowthe reserve. I ext time around the bell thecover. 1like items like these even thoughthey rang at $380 which probably made both buyer won't show up in M&M. There W;L~ somethingfor and sellerquite happy. everyone here: one cover from 1955 showed a fabulou s babe behind the wheel of a pre-A Speedster, the next showed a 4 Cam engine on a stand while the last one sported a little boy play ing with a Distler Porsche. Model collectors everywhere probably cringed at that last one "how can you let that kid play with that valuable model!" Bidding W;L~ notfreneticbuttheydidsell between $24and $29, bargains all! Brumos Plate Frame Bids: 12 Sold for $255 Th ere has been much excitement generated the last few years over the ~asckPo l a k plate fram es, which havesold for ;L~ much as $500, But Peter Gregg's dealership inJacksonville, FL has a terrific early Porsche racing history too, so this wo uld be a greatalternative ifyou fecithe VI' plate fram e has become a bit of a cliche, This is an original metal fram e, not the newer chromed plasti c one, so ifyou've justgotta be different, this one's for you. Nardi and les leston ADAC Motorwelt Promotional Dishes Christophorus #11 Bids: 6 Sold for $20.51 Les Leston Dish: "Buy it ow" of $150 Bids:9 Sold for $135.50 Here's a nice piece fro m 1961 that is not Nardi Dish: "Buy it Now" of $500 Advertised as the 11th Christophorus pro Porsche specifi c, but shows a new 1'-5 Super 90 The Porsche crest makes all of the differ duced, it is actually the 28th overall, but the l lth (it has side spears) on the cover. ADAC is encein the world when it comes to these steeri ng published in English, ;L~ the first 17 were in Germany's auto club and has been aroun d for wheel promotional dishes. Back in the German only. Charlie White's website lists a copy years andtheirclubmagazine's name translates to Novem ber/December 2005 issue we reviewed a of this issue as haling sold on eBay in December "Motor Wo rld". The sellerclaimsthat as far ; L~ he Les Leston dish that had the Porsche crest. It had 2003 for 80, so here is an update for you knows this is the only "Motorweldt" to show a a reserve of $400, and though it is unclear if it Charlie. You don't see early Christophori on the 356on the cover. That'stoughto confi rm, but he actually sold, that is quite a bit more tban the 'Baytoo oftenwhich probablyranthis oneup, but docs live in Germany, so we'll just have to trust basic Lest Leston we have here. But itdoes make hey, theyaren't maklng any more ofthemso they him on that one. sensethat inour hobbythe dish with the Porsche aren't going to go down in value. Like my fri end As always, questions, commentsor criticism crest will sell for more than the one without it. Tim Buko says "you didn 't pay too much for it, is welcomedandencouraged, 1GlI1 be reachedat C;L~e in point W;L~ the second dish this seller had you just bought it too early!" [email protected]. January I February 2007 45 Last issue's overwhelming response (60+ photos from September 17th) was toonderful, but somehow Pete McNulty's contributiongot lost in theshuffle. Pete was on time, sent several crisp, hi-res images andthen was completely gracious when he inquired about why the photos didn 't makethe magazine. With apologies to all, wepresent themhere. GM e are very fortunate to have great weather and great cars here in WSouthern CA. We also have someofthemostPorsche-friendly roads to be fo und anywhere in the country. In Orange County, there is a little city called San Juan Capistrano (yes, the same City of Swallow fame) and there starts the locally famous Ortega Highway, CA. St. Hwy. 74. Its two lanes twist up to about 3500 ft. and after about 30 miles through the Cleveland National Forest,it dropsdown quickly into theCity ofLakeElsinore. Thiswas ourroute that included a stop near the top fora photo and another near the lake for a picnic-style lunch at a local park. Some joined in along the way and peeled off on the way out but wehad a total ofabout 16 carsandtwice as many peo ple.Agreat dayindeed wi th the great people ofthe Porsche 356 Club. Back, I to R: David Kelleway, Kevin Van Heet, Keith Hoffnagle, Michael Baum, Mike Nelson, linda Ford, Pete McNulty. Front: Peter Jordon, Sally Jordon. Paul Cardenas' Ccoupe sports several badges (see page 49) . ~ 7Cinnamon Lane, Ran cho Palos Verdes,CA90275 310-377-0012 *fax 310-377-0912 *mobile310-722-4904 Factor.v"Trained These GT Conversion Expert Repair & Parts Now in Stock! Re1storatiof; of: Steel safe, reinforced exact aluminum • Speedometers GT Racing Seats Te n;) p .~ Price subject tocurrent 6) Gauges DollarI Eu ro exchange rate. GTMirror I) Ta.chom..,., eters Housing I) VDO & Others and Mirror curved to Speed and RPM-Granges 356fender GT Hood Straps Specializing in Hand stitched,special German non-stretch leather, 55 356 Electri.c Tachometer fasteners, exact brasschrome end caps. Tan $125ea. 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They are completely separate from the 3 11 356:\ Coupe 105327 10/24/58 digit VIN num bers stamped on the upper right EE 356:\ Coupe 105553 11 /20/58 corner of the min shield. What do theysignify? At K .356:\ Coupe 105635 11121/58 W 356:\ Coupe 105660 11/ 158 this time, no one seems to know, but they were EE 356:\ Coupe 105937 121 158 surely placed there for somereason. KE 356:\ Coupe 1061 52 01/ 159 Jim Kellogghasdone someresearch on this S 356:\ Coupe 1061 71 01122159 and collected about thirty examples. lie has only D .356,\ Cabriolet 150861 / /59 fo und them on A and T5 B 0 960 and 1961) Y .356,\ Cabriolet 1521 70 / /59 Coupes. lie does not knowtheir meaning. LA 356,\ cabriolet 152270 03/07159 Interestingly,it seemsthat 1959 Convertible Y 356,\ Cabriolet 152463...... / /59 Ds, builthyDrauz, do not have these stampedlet K 356A Co upe I06743 03/ /59 ters, so perhaps this was somethingonly done at G 356,\ Coupe 107835 05/06/59 the Reutter coachwo rks, G 356,\ Coupe 108260 / /59 Data frommy 0\\11 research is shownbelow. KE 356:\ Coupe 108552 / /59 "EE" is the most common, then "W", "KE", and C1' 356:\Coupe .I08829 / /59 "K". If anyone has these markings on their min K 35613 Coupe 111 489...... / /60 shield in this location, please email to me the fol lowing info rmation. Letters or numbers shown, The author's car has the marki ng "EE" stamped 356 model, VIN, productionyear or builddate. in the upper left corner of the rain shield Let's see ifwe can determine a pattern, and behind the grill. 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Escondido, CA 92029 RENNWERKE (760) 737-3565 fax (760) 735-9909 POR SCH E TECHNICIANS www.autosintl.com [email protected] January I February 2007 47 would add a nicetouch to mycars. That was the Venue badges (think Nurburgring) were end ofitfor about 6-7months at whichtime I was availablein kiosks or at the trackgift shop. contacted again by the same party.He had just Club badges were generic (ie; as opposed acquired a collection. Was I interested in a list? to date-specific event badges) and possibly sure,I replied off-handedly. Shortly thereafter, the required club membership, but beyond thatwere scans started to pour into my email inbox. generally available. Ultimately, I would send a large donation to the Most badges showing up on the secondary party's vacation fun d & receive a box with about market today are in mint condition. This makes 80 badges spanningthe mid-S O's to the late '60s. sense; after all, how many can yo u mount on a Frankly 1 didn't have a clue as to the market given car? If yo u did anyamount of drivingthese potential for badges.I almost never sawthem at littlegems were going to pile up in a hurry. Many the showsor swaps. Afew months later at the LA were mounted on small wooden plaques, facili Lit. Meet I had a very good day. Hmm.. . maybe tating easy display and providing the option to there's a market after all? rotate your prizes if you had limited space. One I'llshare someobservationsI've made inthe wonders if these bases were commercially pro By Jerry Haussler courseofhandling upwards of 1,000 badges over duced for just thispurpose. y badge collecting (read; disease) thepast9-10years. There are some 73 German ADAC regional started in the late 1980s. Having a clubs, many of which sponsor events, tours, Mgood dayat a local swap meet 1was General observations shows, etc. and commemorate themwith partici feeling flush. I popped for a 100K badge at what Although auto-relatedbadges may be as old pantbadges. There are, or havebeen, twelve dif was then an exorbitant amount. Some years later as the automobile itself, this article will concern ferent German AutoClub organizations. Fora list after gaining more experience I became suspi itselfprimarily with that part ofhistory associated ing, see www.germancarbadge.de.This site also cious that the piece in question may have been a with the Porsche 3S6. interprets some of the badge terminology, for reproduction, but more on that later. That was the Forthose not familiar withcar badges (both example: Fahrtedrive/rally; Gau- District; Heimat end of my badge collectingfor the next 10 years. of you) they are used to commemorate Tours, =Homeland; Heimetwerttbewerbe llomeland Sometime in 1997 I purchased someitems from a Rallies, Races (Rennen), Hill Climbs (Bergren Competition; Ziele'Iarget or Goal (finish line); party in Germany. As part of the package there nen), Auto shows (Frankfurt In!'1Show), Flower Verband = organization or association; was a handful of late 'SOs automotive event shows, Wine tours, Fox and Hound chases, Night Ehren-Honor; Stadtecity; Ortselocal, etc. badges. Owning a 'S8 & a 'S9 I thought these Orientation runs, Economy runs, Festivals (Oktoberfest), Veteran car shows, Concours de'Elegance events and Treffens (Meets). One of the badges in mycol lection commemorates a Soapbox Derby! Towns locat ed at Al pine summits sell badges with artwork of the local passandlist thealtitude. Auto badges are minia ture works of art usedto dis playyour fi ne taste in howyou spend your free time. The design spans the gamut from How many can you run? rather plain to ornate. The Therewas a mention in a late-'SOs editionof execution runs from simple Cbristopborus regarcling grille-mounted badges. castings to multi-color enam Soas not to restrict air flow to the engine a limit el work. In all instances the ofone badge was specified. Thiswas in the single craftsmanship is "old world" grilledays, soall you twin grillefolkscanrun two, in a manner not often seen although I suspect the factory designation was today. conservative. These days I see manycars running Eu ropean club events in the 1950s and '60s often Event badges, not to be confused with club two badges per grille, hopefully without ill effect. provided their participants with car plaques, badges or venue badges, werenever for sale to the pub Whether to chalk this up to higher quality oil I and trophies in addition to hospitality. Here, atthe lic. They were issued only to the participants of can't say. Badge bars to displayadditional badges 1952 Weisbaden Rally, Ferry Porsche congratulates a that event. Further, certainlyin the case of com on thefront ofyourcar are now available. finisher, champagne at the ready. At right isa badge petitive events,itseems therewere someaddition from the 1954 event, a"Bergrennen und Geschick al badges. These would have been presented to Badges issued outside Germany lichkeitspriifung" orhillclimb and (driving) skill test. the first, second and third place finishers . I've Were badges produced outside Germany ? Early on, the Porsche Factory was directly involved in seen badges with gold, silver or bronze wreaths absolutely. Were there many? Well .. . not as seen amateur events for their customers, but this declined added to the basic badge to indicate place. bythisauthor, although I have it on good author by the 1960s as local and regional clubs took over Sometimes these are in presentation cases and ity thatthroughoutthe years Austria has issued as organizing. Lloyd Meyer photo. not drilled for mounting. many,if not more, than Germany. 48 Volume 30, Number 5 Other badges outside Germany include the Italian Autoraduno in Merano and the Dutch Tulip Rallye, There are also the uber-expensive Monte Carloand Li ege-Rome-Liege pieces. eBay So me eBay sellers have gotten clever by appendingPorsche 356, 911etc. to theirauction titl es, but seldom do I see badges froman event that is specifi cally Porsche-related, Needless to say, these clever sellers know who is willing to step up and push the prices. What docs that say about us?Don 't answer that! Fakes Fakes, copies, unauthorized reproductions, call them what you \\; 11 , they're definitely out there.Seldom,ifever, does the seller clearlyiden t i ~' the product as being a reproduction. Badges on eBay listed with a simple dimension and described as being in mint condition are one of the more common ploys. Itis not beyondcertain sellers to show a picture of an original badge, thenship their mediocre repro to the winner, The most common fakes I've seen are the 356club Deutschland, the Swiss Speedster Club and the 356 Registry 25th anniversary badge. Some fakes even carrya bad copy of the makers mark. With someof the prices realized I'm sure other fakes are on the way. Not toolongago there was a Porsche club badge on eBay dating from 1952 thatwas bid up to nearly$1,000. Amonth later the repros were flooding the market. lIey, let's be careful out there. The Holy Grail Is it the first International Porsche Treffen badge from 1955? A "vintage" Nurburgring badge?The fi rst Porsche Ski Treffen badge from 1958?Who knows?There are enough to choose from. Yo u can pick a badge from the year your Porsche Trellens were extremely popular, At Merano, Italy in 1958 car was built or later, onethat complementsyour Huschke von Hanstein started the cars in the acceleration /braking car's color or one that you just like. I've seen competition. l.M. Baker photo. left:A1959 Porsche Treffen badge folks run badges dated bef ore their cars were from the Swiss event. and a1960 version from Germany. built. From myperspective, lIey, it's their car! Top: The Porsche Club Duisburg badge carries the city coat ofarms. The enamelwork can include any color Other badges commemorate events, many ofthem held in conjunction under the rainbowor the badge can be plain with the automobile club ADAC. such as the 1957 Porsche rallye and bronze. Prices for badges in the 356 era are 1959 Porsche "Tournament" in still reasonable for a generic event with the Niedersachsen. The 1953 Wiesbaden late '50sseemingto bringa bit ofa premium. Rally badge is quite simple com Natural ly, if yo u just have to have the 1I0ly Grail pared to the 1954 those numbers can get prettyscary. version (opposite) . Aword of advice on Monte Carlo badges. Compelilors in fhe famous Just as with the highly-sought-after rallye plates Dutch Tulip Rally received from this event, badges were also issued for the badges. same groups: Offi cials, SUPP0l1 (Equipe) and Press, as well as competitors (Concurrent). A badge indi cating that yo u arc a support vehicle Abadge from the grueling from the 1963 Monte probably looks pretty cool liege·Rome-liege rally cap on yo ur 1963 VW Transporter, but maybe less tured the type of roads traversed than cool on your 1963 356 Coupe. switchbacks. January I February 2007 49 Nurburgring The high water mark? year through at least until 1986. The Vel)' first badges from Privately it's anyone's guess what some Porsche specific eventswere club sponsored. The special pieces have changed hands for. Publicly, I recall earliest of these I haveseen dates from 1952. events the F.I.M . Nurburgring Rallye badge bring almost bring $1,000 on eBay several years ago. That was from 100,000 Kilometer badge more the 1964 event ifI recall correctly (a photoof the Possiblythe Holy Grail of Porsche badges, money 1965 badge is here for reference). As with any there's a reason they'vebeen reproduced so many than the auction, numbers can be all over the place and times. The " lOOK" badge I mentioned above I generic oncea big number is realizedsomeare quick to took on fai th as beingoriginal. The makers mark ones sold at think this is the new price. Naturally, nothing is perfect, not that I knewthis at the time, and the the track (left), could be furth er from the truth. I'veseen 356 era price was hefty. Once [ became more fam iliar with although the age International Treffen badges bring $400-600 badges in general I became suspicious of this and condition will while other times they barely make their $I50 badge because of it's "pebble grain" back. After also affect price. reserve. Admittedly these observations are a few doing more research I have come tothefo llowing years old now. opinion. Fritz Reu, who made most of the lOOK Vintage Nurburgring badges consistently badges for the factory as well as the body& dash Below: Some make big numbers. I'm notsure exactly why this scripts, changed production of all of their output events were spon is, but[ suspect the connection toJames Dean is sometime duringthe mid-to-late 1960s. Fromthis sored by the AvO, workinghere. These were sold trackside for sev point forward all badges that [ have seen have Automobilclub von eral marks in the old days and are still available somesort oftexture to the back.Whether this was Deutschland today for about $40. Wi th their variation in the done to hide certain imperfections in the original color of the green, to the detail in the makers castingI can't say, but that idea hasmerit. Maybe mark there doesn't seem to be a good rule of it was just a simple methodto advancethe breed, thumb regardinghowtoidentify the real deal. Itis so to speak. So, now I'm leaning toward the idea generally accepted that the original maker was that my lOOK badge is original, although probably Adam Donner, but recent examples have been notproduced during the 356 era. seen to carry a Donner mark as well. I haveseen I have since seen 3 smooth-back badges. what I believe to be vintage Nurburgring badges One makers mark indicated WAPPEN REU (over) that carrya Carl Poellath mark. I intentionallyuse HEUBACH . The literal translation of 'wappen' the term 'vintage' because this piece has been from Babelfish indicates 'coat of arms'. Maybe Ski trips to Austria produced for at least50 years so the term"origi 'crest' is more appropriate as I seem to recall . , were popular for nal" can be misleading. some early hood handle crests having a crest on »: years, and a nice the back side along with Reu, butI digress. ~~ memento of Have we reached Peak Badges? Another l OOK piece was made by Frank & "\\ the trip was a Over the past few years the markethas got Reif Stutl. -Zuffen hausen and is interestingin that "\'I badge like ten pretty busy. From my perspective this will the color of the border is yellow! Finally, thereis m this from probably taper off sooner rather than later. It a third badge which has a smooth back and the the second seems that a lot of badges are reaching the sec modern Reu logo. (Fritz Reu & CO[over1 event in ondary market from the children and grandchil Heubach!Wurtt.) See oppositepage. 1959. dren ofthe original owners. [ don't think it's too Inthe past couple ofyears there was aneth much of a stretch to think that as many as those er run of lOOK badges and they are of excellent Reference material that do reach the market are thrown away by quality; also, with a pebble grai n back and no Unfortunately there is little in the way of some who simplycouldn't be bothered. Further, makers mark. Thisexample is available fro m the published material on the subject,butthe best of consider the probability that most badges were Goodie Store as well as the usual suspects. what is available would be TH EWORLD OF CAR produced in small batches. Maybe only25-50 for Further, there is now available from the Goodie BADGES BY Jan Sarnesjo, published by Darwin a local or regional event to 100 for a large inter Store a 200,000 KM badge. Books in2003. (ISBN91-974772-0-6) The book, national event. Remember, event badges were inEnglish,details badges from over seventy coun produced for event participants only and not for Interested? tries around the world. Now out of print, it still retail sale. Outofapproximately 1,000 badges I've Ifyo u're ofa mindto checkintothis further, haslimited availability on the secondary market. seen I rarelyseeanother from the same event, so it's easy enough to wade in. Nice looking badges far maybe a dozentotal. fo r or around theyear ofyo ur carcanstillbe had Manufacturers for a reasonable sum but, beware! Like a lot of -Frank& Reif Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Porsche-specific event badges other aspects of thi s wonderful Porsche hobby, -Lehrnann & Wundenberg Hanover The Porsche factorystartedthe International sometimes it's hard to keep the boundary in - E.F. Wi edmann Frankfurt Treffen in 1955 in Merano, Italy and moved the check. It's very easy to get hooked. Ask me how [ -Adam Donner Wuppertal event fromyear to year. The Ski Treffen was start know. - Carl PoellathSchrobenhausen ed in 1958 in Zurs- Arlberg Austriaandcontinued Theauthorwishes togratefullyacknowledge - F. Hoffstetter Bonn -Breiherr Garmisch at the same location until 1967. Startingin 1968 the help and feed back from Hampton Millerand -Boerger & Co. Berlin - Urania Garmisch organizatio n of the Ski Treffen was turnedover to Ed Morris in assembling this article. Questions - Wappen -Reu Heubach one of the various Porsche clubs and from that and comments are encouraged. Contact me at - Fritz Reu & Co. HeubachlWurtt. point forward the location changed from year to [email protected]. ~ 50 Volume 30, Number 5 "For Intelligent and Sensible Driving" he idea ofreceivinganaward fortraveling62,000miles is almost Tlaughable these days, but fifty years ago cars (and companies) -D' .' NO _,, c . • "One- HI l O.- , ...... ,..-.- ...... were different in many ways. Most obvious is the relative fragilityof the Mr. R. T. Rnucher Porsches built during the 1950s and early '60s. Metallurgy of the body 3904 s, Stavely Avenue Apt . lfo .8 Los Ang e los 8 , CaU f orni a panels and rust prevention were crude by today's standards (although U. S.A. from the mid-1970s Porsche became an industry leader in using high quality steel in their bodies). Anyone who has removedearly 356 rocker panels or inn er hody sections can verify that primer was seldom seen there. That's not to sayPorsches weren't builtto a higher standard than KD - G-G1ejet April 10 t h . 1964 ... ~-~ their Detroitcontemporaries, buta heavy Ford or Chevy fram e could keep B lETAl!. ~ " 1 100 000 m Award. rollingeven as the bodypieces fell off. And if the hody held together, changing oil, plugs and points, and Dea r Si r : adjustingvalves every fewthousandmiles was not being obsessive - itwas Than k y ou f or your l etter of Karch 24 t h , 196 4 . We aro g lad to a necessity. From a mechanical standpoint, reaching a hundred thousand no t e tha t you ha ve c ompl e t e d 100 00 0 km wi th y ou r Po r s c he car. miles inany 1950scar was an achievement, and usuallymeantthatone of Enclosed pl ea se find the r eq ue sted f orm for tho 100 000 k.m r e po r t. the nexttrips it made wouldhe to the scrapyard. We would ue k yo u t o f UI 1 t I n , ha ve it c onfl r:llcd by the e o r-kabop APorsche car was huilt andwould usually be maintained to a high usually car r y i nc out t he servlco work a nd r eturn 1 t du l y c ompleted . Upon r e c e i pt of t ho fO rt:1, we sh a ll take pf e uuu r-e in sonding y ou er standard, but there was also a higher standard in customer relations. the ba dg e . As demonstrated in the Treffen storiesand photos in this issue, thecom pany encouraged their customers to usc the cars in a sporting manner Hc e e ve r , e e .isn to point out that we can onl y lot you ha ve tho 'Hro ~O 1t'k'm hb~d;e f'F; r t.ha t cor 1n whI ch you covered the 100 000 10:1 . and wentto great lengths to reward them for doing so. The lOOKbadge, andthe cordial correspondence that accompanies it, is a perfectexample of how Porsche stroveto keep andexpand their customer base, v~r ly yours , Dr . -l . h. c •• • I'or ac;.:... K. -C. tW,Lof Glc occke ~ I '''0 i . e I. ' OUC." . G ,'"-~ . _. ),Ir . Ro be r t T. H.a u e h e r ii_ dio S tati o n S t ud i o Br oadca. t ~n « i n .e r --" ....- .. .. 0- K. L . A.C . Rad io ...... _"'-0. _ ~ HI...... , '00 (:010'0..._ .-. ' ·60_ ~ ' Lo a Anc e h. , Ca J i10rni a --_ .. USA ...... euoooeo-o o "'0" UN" '" Z. CM." La /L aTUT"aA,l:n .ZIJ,.,.e:NHAua."" These letters from theJerryHausslercollection documentthe .- ...... ~..: ~..=, y "-;-t process Bob Rancher went through to receive his badge in 1964, Ca ll pI- t ion of 10 0 OOU IaI probablyncarthe end ofthe program. Mike Rohhins received two badges, forreaching 100,000 and 200,000 miles on his Speedster. His request for a third, around nea r ~ i r , 1970, was answered with a letter statingthe Factoryhad discontin w. _i a b t o ex t e nd to yo u ou r a i De . reat COIiKr a tal a ti o na ued the program. Ifthe badges were still being issued, Mike would o n t h i . t ine ,Ie r t o r . a nc e . be on his eighth. As a matter offact, Mike has modified the original Aa ••••11 toka n ot our a pp r ecia ti o n .ill yo u, p I e •••• badge on his Speedster to reflect the 500,000 plus miles he's driv a cc e p t t h i s medal , espro • • l y eede f or t he Dec ••! oD o f en it. It's now :1II "SOO,OOOkilometer" badge. GM a Uai ni oc I OU 000 IuD and to t hank y o u for intellilent and ..o a t b" dri viDI . I n wh b inc y ou further "drivin& in i t. fine a t forlll" wi th yo ur. ve ry s Laee r-e l y Dr.-lnc . h.c . f. Pou e h lP KG ~1'0 ~ W, auther a , L&Ppe~ ...... oto-'" ' " ' , "1'00 ...... 1070.' ..... -~-....- _ o . _ Summer. 2005: Mike and Judy Robbins with the Speedster that _ ~ u , ." ".,. _ .cheC"._ g .... .". ... , •• _ has gone fa r beyond what the Factory could have imagined, January I February 2007 51 will be lined with strip malls and fast food fran I putit in fi rst gear and turned the key. The Out and Back (barely) chises accessible from cloverleaf interchanges. car crept forward under the starter's power, then For now, it's just a broad swath ofconcretetran the engine fi red up, and I motored across the By Bruce Sweetman secting acres and acres offarmland- except for parkinglot. Th ere was no open lane as I entered In an old Porsche, sniffingoutback roads is that speedway. the roadway so I pulled onto the shoulder - still almost as automatic as pumping the gas pedal Asmall sign indicated that Hwy840 was up rolling. The light ahead was red so I made a before turning the key. And so, one cool ahead. I was presentedwith a choiceofgoingeast rolling right. Then I dida U-turn around a traffic November morning, I eased out of the driveway or west. I was thinking north and south. I guessed island and headed back towards the intersection and pointed my slate grey coupe in the general wrong and found myself heading away from the where I made another rolling right which left directionofthe Nashville SuperSpeedway. speedway. Since I was low on gas I fo llowed the clear road ahead leading to the entranceof 1-40. I had my helmet, racing shoes, gloves and path of least resistance and continued towards 1 I ran it up in first, eased it outof gear, and start sundryitems stowed on the passenger seat floor 40 and the cluster ofservice stations and quickie ed looking fo r second or third fi nallysettling on and I was looking forward to spendingthedayat marts I knew I would fi nd there. I pulled into a fo urth at about 1200 rpm and 20 mph. The old the Minnie Pearl Cancer Foundation Challenge: Shell station and boughtfive gallons ofpremium. car must have wondered what I was doing, lug diggingthe cars and running"hotlaps" with those As I went to pull away from the pump, I ging it like that - but I'm sure all was forgiven willingto payto flyaround a racetrack in an old pushed the clutch pedal and felt an odd crunch onceI got up to80 mph on the interstate. Porsche whileadding to the charity's coffe rs. Am and then very little resistance. I was prettysure I I was plotting the best route homeas I I dreaming?Either pinch me andwake me up or had just broken the clutch cable but I wasn't approachedthe Donelson Pike/Airport exit when pass me the waiver 'cause I'm on myway! about to give up a track daywithout verifyi ng it. I I saw signs indicating a detour ahead. Getting Afte r a short unavoidable stint on 1-40 past retrieveda fewtools fromthe trunk and - kneel caught in a freeway standstill would have been PercyPriest Lake I took the fi rst exitand traversed ingon the concrete- removed the floorboard that death so I pulled off at Donelson!Ai rport and over to the rolling hills and sweeping curves of covers the base ofthe pedal cluster. The cablewas started counting in my head how many lights I Central Pike. Slow moving farm trucks mitigated still connected to the pedal assembly but, if I would have to negotiate to get home. The first any opportunity fo r spirited drivingsoI settled for pushed the cablesideways, I could feel that itwas light - the one at the end of the off ramp was the nice scenery. slack. And pressing on the pedal with my hand green- a good omen. I kept my foot in the throt The Nashville SuperSpeedway is built on merely took up the slack. Somewhere along its tle, got through the lightand ontoDonelson Pike. Hwy 840, a multi-lane bypass built at a circumfer length the cable had definitelygiven up. "So much I onlyhadtocometo a completestop once, ence far enough from Nashville to allow expan for hot laps at the Minnie Challenge," I thought. thoughmydriving style was nota exactly a model sion of the city and encourage development in My challenge would now be to just get the of courtesy as I alternately sped ahead or crept outlyingareas. Maybe in twentyyears the highway Porsche back to its garage. along depending on traffic flowand lighttiming. SHASTA DESIGN New Book! E NGINEERI N G CO . 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Via de los Libros, Scottsdale, Ari zona 85258 USA 20216 Lakeview Dr. Lakehead , CA 96051 Email: derw [email protected] _ 530-238-2198 • Fax 530-238-2846 -=- www.shastadesign.com 52 Volum e 30, Numb er 5 I found that the first to fourth shift could be Keeping your clutch healthy nan ce on the pin/clip, if it has a grooveyou may accomplished at 20 mph and 1200 rpm, while 1 If at all possible, you don't want to experi have to rotate it 180 degrees just to get it out. could nudge it into third at the same speed at ence what Bruce Sweetman relates in his story, Replace the boot where the cable enters the about 1500 - though fi rst to fourth was easier, As especiallyifit happens in San Francisco, as it did Bowden tube, ifit's worn or broken. 1 approached my neighborhood, in my excite to Ron lallow many years ago. 1conferred with Bowden tube rn ent, I rewed it pretty high in fi rst and pulled it Ron about tips for avoiding clutch cable prob Th e Bowden tube should be adjusted for out ofgear with an unpleasant pop. Ouch! Okay, 1 lerns; here arc a few things you can do to ensure length andwell lubricatedinside (secpage 54). If thought. Easy now. Find third. Slowdown ... wait that wh enyou go out, you do make it back. the cable is running through a rustyor damaged for the light. .. okay, get on it- throughthe light, Ron was surprised I had never experienced tube, you can't expect to gct long life or smooth up the hill, rightonto mystreet. Nowwhat?" cable failure (clean living, I'm sure) and said operation from it. 1pulled into my downhill driveway, braked there arc some telltale symptoms to watch fo r. Whcn installing a new clutch cable, the to a stop while still in gear, and plotted my next "Cable failure is typically progressive, beginning Factory shop manual describes pumping the move. In neutral, 1rolledstraight down the drive, wi th the loss of one and then more individual chassis tube full ofgrease while a second person turned hard right, then hard left, to line up with strands. As this happens, the remai ning strands holds his finger on the front ofthe tube inside the the garage bay now directly behind me. In can 'unwind' fro m the 'lay' of the cable and the car. Most mechanics don't feel this amount of reverse, 1 turned the key and the starter motor pedal \~II get softer and take more travel. Also, if grease is necessary; Ron says he just lubricates pulled me up the incline towards the garage bay. the brokenstrandsarc where theycan 'catch', the the cable well andpushes it in. lie also notes that The engine began to cough to life but I stalled it pedal travel will get 'notchy'." If yo u experience it's a messyjob and there's really no wayto avoid with the brake and usedthe starter again to power something like this, check it out right away. the grease (page 54). If, however, your old cable me in. 1did not want to humiliate myselfbyback Before that happens, preventive mainte came out with a lot ofcrudon it, itmightnot hurt ing directlyinto myworkbench! nance mightincludethefo llowing, to fish a wire through, to try and clean it out The next day I delved into the central fl oor Pivots somewhat. As Ron notes, dirt and grease make a tunnel of the car and found where the cable was Make sure the cable is pivoting properly, wonderful wet grindingcompound, just the thing broken - abouta foot back fromthepedal attach front andrear. Up front, the clutch pedal operates to shorten your newclutch cable's life. mcnt. Afewyears ago I hadadded a clutch cable through a long shaft \\;t11 a vertical arm on the The pivot points, front andrear, can be oiled to a parts order thinking that one day I would inboard end. Throughan eye on this arm, a trun or lightlygreased andshould be checked for frcc have a usc for it. Todaywas the day. nion (cylinder) with a hole through which the movementon a regular basts, sayevery year, The back roads arc stillout there. Next time cable passes, pivots. If this assembly binds, Mostofthese parts, includingnewthrowout out all systems will be go and, no matter wh ich instead ofmoving forward and slightly dO\\11, the shaft kits, arc available from Stoddard, NIJ\ and way I turn, all roads \\;11 leadme to the Speedway cable will travel in an arc and the point at which Zims, amongothers.Carryi nga spare clutchcable the strands arc swaged into the cable end will is not a badidea, and althougha road-side repair eventually be weakened. It's the same effect as may not appeal to yo u personall y, ifyo u're a long holding the threadedstub in one hand, the cable way from horne, that little local garage may be in the other :U1d bending it. At some point the able to dothe work butyou knowtheywon't have cablestrandswill fatigueat that point andbegin to the part. fail. The binding also causes the cable to nib at If you haven't hadthe floor boards out in a theentrance tothe tube, andthatbegins wear fail while (or ever), take a fewminutes sometime to ure at that location. clean, check and lubricate the pedal assem bly At the rear, the same can happen, although and clutch connections, You 'll bc surprised how with the earliercars (644 trans) it's less likely.On much dirt and moisture can accumulate there, these, a simple rounded nut moves in the cup And ifyou make sure the whole clutch system is shaped depression on the back of the throw out working properly you might be surprised how bearing pivot arm. Itis possible forthe nut or the pleasant thatcan be. GlIl concave endofthe arm to be worn, rusty, gouged or all of the above, so an occasional check and lube is inorder. AVW alternative AI Zim suggests using a VW-style wing nut with ribs at the rear of a 644-cquippcd car. This would replace the Porsche round-nose nut (see photo at right) and lock nut, making it a onc Early cars use the nut above with a standard hand operation to install and adjust. It requires nut to lock it in place at the rear, grindinga groove into the cup of the arm's end, butthe rib-in-groove \'\V design makes life easier down the road. 716n41transmission cars with a nat-ended throw out shaft arm usc a trunnion pin (A) attached to a clip that secures it to the adjusting The clevis. pin/clip and locknut at the rear end nut. The clevis and pin can rust, seize and very of a B/C cable. Note wear and corrosion on the often, form a groovewhere the pin contacts the used pin/clip. arm. Ron notes that in replacing or doing mainte- January / February 2007 53 Clutch Cable Replacement It's been quite a few years since I replaced a clutch cable, so I called AI Zim for a few tips. Between us I think we've covered the procedure. This description assumes you have time, an appropriate work spaceandwillfollow the normalsafety precautions. It's a straightforward butgreasy job, so be pre pared. This description covers the 716/741 transmission. 644 transmissions have a different Bowden tube, throwoutcrossshaft and rear cable/arm con necting arrangement. Removethe driver's seat, fl oor boards and tunnel cover. With some vice gripson the cable end and a ratcheting wrench fi rst on the lock nut, andthen the long spacer nut, remove the fo rward end of the cable. Yo u will need to keep the adjusting lock nut and spacer nut. At the rear withthe left tire removed, do whatever it takes to remove the pivot pin/clip and clevis (If-shaped bracket - see page 53). You will replace these with new parts.Remove the Bowden tubeand pullthe old cable out. If the swagedfront section ofthe cable catches on the tunneltube, you mayhave to get back inside the car and guide it through. If you haven't already, spread some newspaper over the floors and the other seat in the car. Backat the transmission, holding the coiled clutch cable in yo ur lefthandwith your bucket of grease near your right hand, grease the cable and shove it into the guide tube. If you encounter resistance it may be Don't you wish your pedal assembly was this clean? Spacer nut and lock wise to blow the tube out fro mthe fro ntwith compressed airafter coveringthe nut are removed as shown . transmissionarea with someold rags or towels. Nowclean yo urselfup. Once Back in the car, fi t the end ofthe cable into the pedal pivot trunnion and the clutch cable is through the car you can fi t it through the Bowden tube, installthe spacerandadjustingnut loosely. Be sure this assemblyis lubricat which you have cleaned and checked inside and out (ifyour outer covering is ed andthe area around the pedal is cleaned up. Sand, dirtand crudwill fi nd cracked, get a newone). 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You canthread the cable throughthe clevis butonlya fewthreads canstand proudofthebottom ofthe adjuster (insidethe "U") or itwill bind againstthe release ann, break ing the cable. Install it on the release ann, secure the clipand cover with grease. Ifyou have replaced your Bowden tube, besure thespecialadjustingnut is installed with the beveled side toward the transmission anchor bracket. Withthe Bowden tube in place, first move the 19mmadjusting nuttothe mid dle ofthe threads so it hassomebow in the tube. The Factorymanual says at least three threadsshould extend outside the rear ofthetransmission brack et to give the rubber boot dust cover some footing. Cutting a cheap 17 by 19mm open end wrench into two parts makes the adjustment easy. Now we are readyto adjust the clutch. Back at the pedal assembly, adjust the pedal freeplay to25mm (I inch) by tightening the spacer nut and lock nut. Press the pedal a few times to rem ove anyslack.Adjustment can be made at the rear of the cable also, but it's generallyeasier to do it up front. Put theinsideofthe car back together, includingthe fl oorboards, except for the fl oor mat. You will nowadjust the stop on the pedal. In pushing the pedal, it becomes firm , then becomes soft. Set the stopso itlets yo u get to the soft part. At thatpoint theclutch doesn 't go over-center and break the fi ngers. Another Factory "A" manual illustration showing the adjustment range of Another adj ustment procedure is mentioned in the Factory manual: the clutch stop plate. The adjustment can be made with or without the "a) Hun gearbox until warm. b)Depress the clutch pedal to the stop. In floorboards in place. this position the reversegear must just be able to beengaged silently." Put the floor mats inand you are allset to go. Oh yeah - and cleanyourself up. Again. 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This articleidenti fi es relay whosecoil is wired into the signal bulb cir those connections and, for readers interested in cuit, with the result that the contacts are closed understandingthe details, examinesthe workings and the indicator bulb is litwhen and onlywhen of boththe original and the modified circuits. the leftor rightsignal bulbs are lit. The original design Modifications for later flashers The Pre-Asignalswitch has four screw-post The later thermal flashers have only three terminals, labeled L, R, +, and K. The Hella terminals, typically labeled X, Land P. (Note: the 1912 2b-20 flasheralsohasfour terminals (unlike modern Hella electronic unit shown in Figure I later flashers, which have three), labeled K, 15, has an additional terminal, labeled -31, which 31, and 54. The electrical connections for the should always be connected to ground. Although switch, the flasher and the signal bulbs are illus the discussion that follows describes the function trated in Figure 2 below. Note that the indicator ing of a thermal flasher, the electronic unit will bulb in the switch handle is internally wired to work with the sameconnections to Xand L. ) In switch terminals K(via the metal tubing the lever normal use (as, for example, in a later 356) a is made out 00 and + (via a thin wire that runs fl asher of this type is installed between the turn Jim Hinde through the inside ofthe lever shaft) . signal switch and the signal and indicator bulbs, Internally, the Hella flasher contains two with Xconnectedto the signal switch, Lto the sig uniQue feature of the 1953 to 1955 pairs of contacts, one between terminals 15 and nalbulbs, andPto theindicator bulbonthedash. Pre-A 356 is the location of its turn 54 and the other between terminals Kand 31. When power is suppliedto Xfro m the switch, the Asignal indicator lamp. Instead of being The fi rst pair of contacts is operated by a combi flasher intermittentlydirects ittoLtolightthe sig in thetachometer as on thelater cars, the indica nationofa thermal "hot wire"andan electromag nal bulbsand toPto lighttheindicator bulb. This tor on these carsis mountedinside a transparent netic relay, and it controls the circuit that lights works because all the bulbs are grounded to the red plastic housing at the end ofthe switchlever the signal bulbs. The second pair of contacts is car body. This arrangement canbeapproximated itself. These switcheswere paired with large, fo ur operated by its own electromagnetic relay, and it in a Pre-A356by connectingthe flasher's Xtermi post flasher units, ofwhich the Hella 19122b-20is controlsthe circuit that lights the indicator bulb. nalto fuse #1 (via the yellow and blackwire that representative. The early flashers are rare and The signal bulb circuit runs from the posi went to terminal 15 on the original fl asher) and expensive pieces today,and ifyo u don't have one tive battery terminal through the ignition switch, its Lterminal to switchterminal + (via the yellow thatworks and want your Pre-A's signals to work through fu se #1, to flasher terminal 15, through and black wire that went to terminal 54 on the properly, aneconomical solution isto substitutea the first pair of contacts,through the coil of the original flasher). This is half ofthe solution, and later model fl asher for it, either the famili ar alu relay that controls the indicator bulb circuit, to it will allow the signal light circuit to work as minum-can thermal unit or a modern electronic flasher terminal 54, to switch terminal +, through described above. But untilsomethingis done with unit, available from Al Zim under part number the closed switch contacts to switchterminal Lor the black wire from switchterminal Kthatwentto 644.613.342 .EL. These flashers are shown in R, through the signal bulbs, and fi nally through terminal Kon the original flasher, the indicator Figure1 below. the car bodyand groundstrap to thenegative bat bulb will never light. teryterminal. This circuit is completedwhen the Becauseswitch terminal + is getting voltage hot wire expands sufficiently through heating to when the signal bulbs are lit, it seemsreasonable allowthe normallyopen contactsto close. Asup toexpectthat theindicator bulb willlightifswitch plementaryforce to hold the contacts together is terminal Kis grounded. And sure enough, if the supplied by an electromagnet that is blackwire fromswitchterminal Kisconnectedto energized as soon as the contacts ground, the indicator will blink on and off with close. When the contactsare closed the signallightswhenthe ignition ison and a turn and the circuitis complete, the cur is signaled. But when the turn signal switch is in rent bypasses the hot wire and the open position (thatis, notset to signal a turn), the indicatorwilllight upand remain litaslongas 6 volt turn signal flashers . the ignition is on. This is because whenthe fl ash From left to right: Hella 19/22b er's contacts between the Xand L terminals are 20, typical late model thermal open (and the signal bulbs are off), there is stilla un it, modern electronic flasher. path between those terminals through the flash er's thermal element. 56 Volume 30, Numbe r 5 Hella Flasher circuit is too weak to light the signal bulbs, Figure 2. Schematic diagram of 91/22b·20 To Fuse .1 because it is restricted by the resistance of the factory wiring for turn signals, low-wattage indicator bulb, but it is suffi cient to 1953-55. light the indicator bulb. Asecond path is also there, running from fl asher terminal Xthrough thc flasher's thermal Front Signals element to fl asher terminal Land from there to switch terminal + and the signal bulbs. Current runs through this path :L~ well, restricted by the resistance of the thermal elem ent to an amount too low to light the signal bul bs. This current t Tum Signal Switch causes thc thermal element to heat up and close L the contacts between flasher terminals Xand L. When thc contacts close, a low-resistance path is established to the signal bulbs and enough cur rent fl ows to them to light them up. This low resistance path effectively bypasses-e-und dark R ,J- cns-thc indicator bulb, because it allows cur rcnt to flow directly from flasher terminal X through flasher terminal Lto switch terminal + instead ofgoingthroughswitch terminal Kandthe When the switch is open (and the fl asher Nobodywants to drivearound with the end indicator bulb. It also bypasses the fl asher's ther contacts are also open, as they will be whenever of the tum signal swi tch glowingred all the time, mal element for the samereason, allowingthe lat theswitch is open), the onlypath fromflasher ter and fortun atelythere is a wayto make the indica ter to cool and reopen theflasher contacts. This minal Xtoground is through the thermal element tor work properlywith a late model flas her. It is starts the cycle again, lighting the indicator bulb to fl asher termi nal L to switch terminal + and simpletoset up: justconnect theblack wire from and darkening the signal bulbs, and the process thenthroughthe indicatorbulb andswitch termi switch terminal Kto flasher terminal X, alongwith continues until the swi tch is moved back to thc nal K, and current flows through it, lighting the the yellowandblack wire from fuse #I, as shown open position or the ignition is shut off. indicator bulb. in Figure 3 below. Note that flasher terminal P is Making thewiring changes toaccommodate Whcn the switch is closed, a second path left unconnected and that the original ground a late flasher is a simple job if the original wi ring from switch terminal + to ground becomes avail wire to flasher terminal 31is not used. is intact. The onlyrcal challenge is to id en ti~' each able, through thesignal lamps. Whilc the flas her Under thisarrangement, whenthe switch is of the fo ur wires in thc bundle that went to thc contacts arc open, thc current that can fl owalong open, neitherside ofthe indicator bulb has a path original flasher. The easiest way to do that is to this new path is still limited by the resistance of toground, andthat bulb remains darkeven when use a continuity tester to see which pair of black thc flasher's thermal c1cmcnt, and that small the ignition is on.Whenthe signal switch is closed and yellow-and-black wires is connected through amount of current takes thc path of least resist to indicate a tum, a path to ground is provided the indicator hulb (makingsureto use a bulb that ance' bypassing the indicator bulb and passing tbroughthe signalbulbs. If the ignition ison, cur is not burnedout). Of those two wires, the black through the signal bulbs without lighting them. rentfl ows from flasher terminalXtoswi tch termi and-yellow one should be attached to flasher ter When thc flasher contacts close, theresistance is nal K, through the indicator bulb to switch termi minal L, and the black one, along with thcother effectivelyeliminated, allowing enough current to nal +, through the switch contacts to switch ter black-and-yellow wire, to fl asher terminal X. Use run through both thc indicator bulb and the sig minal Lor R, and from there to ground through female spade connectors for thc wires, nal bulbs to light thcmall. the signal lights. The currentfl owing throughthis When the job is complete, the indicator and tum signals will both work, but not exactly the Thermal Figu re 3. Turn signal wiring Flasher To Fuse.1 same as in the original setup, where the signal modified for use with late bulhs and the indicator wenton and off together, model flasher. Instead, the indicator will go on when thc signal bulbsgo off, and vice versa, Acknowledgements The circuit description presented here is derived from the article "1953-55 Tum Signal Circuit," by Richard Miller, which appeared in 356Registl]', Vol. 5-1 (reprinted in the Registl]' Tecbnical and Restoration Guide Vol. I) and from a review by Ri chard Miller of the fi rst draft of this article, in which he kindlycorrectedsever alerrors andexplained to me the inner workings of the Hella 19!22h-20 Blinkgeber. January I Feb rua ry 2007 57 Goodies to Start the New Year Right! Long Sleeve T-Shirt charcoal grey, Registry logo. $25 356 Registry Cap 3 colors w/Registry logo $20. TO ORDER : Registry ECH '06 Badge $30 831-375-3356 (CAtime) fax 831-375-9356 (24 hrs) . Car Badge cloth patch, $5.00 $30. Stickers, 1-112",2-112" & 3" 356 Registry Logo Items $1.00 each NEW! 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Box 287, Stillwater, MN 55082-0287 If yo ur information has changed since yo u fi rst joined, please update asap. TAN members Name, _ depend on yo u. If you have been on the list a while and would like a free updated list, let me Address, _ know. We nowhave over 900 on the listandmost City, State, Zip, _ of the .S. is reasonably well covered with the exception of the Dakotas/ Montana. Daytime Phone Total issues ordered ___ see Shippi ng at left Thanks in advance to those whowill partic ipate and add more value to the membership of Check/money order enclosed for $, Or charge :_ VISA _ MasterCard the 356 Registry. #_------_ &p- - /- - I W:U1 t to jointhe TAN. Pleasesend the latest list. Signature (required for credit card purchase), _ Name (print) For shipping charges outside the USA, fax inquiry to 651-439-7620 , email [email protected] Phone (h) _ Distributors Remanufactured ~~1ER BODy.. (w) _ Correctly ~ 356-911 Restoration .s: Keep the original appea rance and We offer complete restorations from metal fabrication regain the perform ance lost through the to collision repair. (fax) _ years. All cast-iron distributors (383/9/ 18/22) restored to the highest cosmetic standards Our quality work speaks for itselt, more than 20 years possible . recurved and re-degreed to utilize the fuel experience combined with meticulous German crafts available today. For further informat ion... manship. (cell) _ GEARHEAD CO. References available from many satisfied customers. Address DON MARKS AMITY, OREGON MATT FROEHLICH, Owner Call between 6-9 p.m., Pacific time 706 DWest Park Avenue Edgewater, FL 32 132 Phone: (386) 428-BODY (2639) 503-835-841 0 email @: [email protected] "California" Used 356 Parts City Taiba Sport Mirrors Berlin 300-Chrollle Plated Brass SI.3()fl.BnlShed ,111011111" 111 State Zip _ • Senior - -1.0" Diameter » Junior »3.5" Diameter • SeveralMountingSy.wem.r; • Flator Conl'ex Mirrors Latest time to call for assistance -pm. European Auto Salvage Yard General area (ex:SouthBend: SWMI ,North cen- ~ 4060 Harlan Street tral lN) _ Lighting Systems USA Emeryville, CA 94608 Sendto:John Jenkins,3122 KingsleySt, aardvark international (510) 653-EASY San Diego.CA 92106 PO Box 509, IVhitt/c'r.CA 90608 Fax (510) 653-3178 "","llIlbOlCO.COIII · Ph. 562.fJ99·8887 · Fat 562·699-2288 email: [email protected] [email protected] dealer inquiries invited Ja nuary I Februa ry 2007 59 Member Free Ads Classifiedads are for members' non commercialuse. Items offeredmustbe356cars, partsandserv ices.The righttoeditorrefuse publication is reserved;weare not responsible for errors, omissions or misrepresentation, If you place your ad on-line at 356registry,org you can also have it appear inthe magazine. Ads submitted to the magazine onlydo notappear online, Submit your onlineadat the web site. Conditions 1. Seller will shipitemwithin 7 days of receipt ofpayment.If buyerpayswithpersonal check, sellerwillship with in7daysafter check ishonored.2.11 buyerisnotsatisfiedwith the item, buyer mayreturn itemat buyer's expense.Within 7 days of returnof item in same condition as received by buyer, sellerwill refundtheprice,3. Seller assumesrisk of non-deliverywhen item isshippedtobuyer.Buyer assumesriskof non-deliverywhenitem .59 Coupe - $36,500 is retu rned to seller, 4.Unless otherwise stated, cost of shipping I have ready buyers for quality c ars original engine! will bein addition to itemprice. 5. By placing advertisements in Secure/Private transactions the 356 Registry, seller agreesto these conditions. By ordering, No Lookie-Loos buyer agrees to theseconditions. 6. If the conditionsof sale are not met, advertiser's I purchaser's Registry membership will be Buyer's and Seller's Remorse terminated. Counseling available *';9ACoupe # 10796 1;Eng.74;4 1; orig. blackwi tanin t, date stamped wheels, un-kinked hood, great steering wheel& original button ,hornring. Kardex, NIl registration (transferable). Co mpletew/bumpers, overiders. For resto, will need totalfloor job as is very rusty. Outernose and tail sections arevery straight.Doors rusty, but newbottoms available. Aski ng $9,;00, Tom Miller, tmiller@garden stategraphics.com. 908-693-;723. * Elgin cam, #7208-17, recently re-ground by Elgin, for racing/autocross. $1;0 OBO. One pair Euro. heater boxes,912 mod. for 356,sheet metal repaired, No fittings, clamps,goodcond., $200. ReedTindall,360-943-8460or fan3;[email protected] , *Complete set of356Registry mags from Volume I,#I. All originals-no reprints or duplicates. All exc, or very !!? Mainely VDO goodwi some flaws from mailing. Priceis$2,700 which is Your 356& 911 Instruments $3;0 less than a recent Ebaysale, Also, yellow 1964 [og Custom by Design, Inc. light relay, $9; , VicZeller Westport, MA. Berwick, ME Service & Concours Restoration ;08-636-;379 by IOpm eastern ormzellerwumassd.edu Tel (207) 698-7646 Fax (207) 698-7706 Shop since 1955 'Ex, was Bxptd. Ist ed. Tributetothe Turbo , many early email: [email protected] books,Glasurit orig. display paint cans. Touch-up paint www.mainelycustombydesign.com vials from '60s, Ferry Porsche signed photo portraits. 356/912 Calendar coins '66-'90. '72-'73 Factory posters: 917, OilSump Plate* 911S, Carrera RSR [pgs 99-109] . 3;6 & Spyder postersfinest selection anywhere, Pano 10-11 /19;7; 2 & $79.95 12/19;8; 7,9,11,12119;9; large memorabilia, scale mod Black wrinkle finish els, literature collection. 38-page list by email: additional $10.00 singer3;[email protected] 8316;9 I;; I .-.s29'154.551 , 29'155, 577 NORTH HOLLYWOOD • Made from 6061aluminum billet *Factory calendars ';9,'61, '74-'79, fuch s wheel poster • Precision CNC machined SP OOM TR (Italian), Foster's, Lowenbrau, Quaker State, Footwork • Unique fin design keeps engine oil cooler & CLOCK COMPANY team uniforms.; issues InternationalSpeedstersClubmag • Gaskets, magnetic baffle, studs, and lock nuts ('69), "Li ebe Zu lhrn" book. D. Palm, 303-877-3282. 6111 Lankershim Blvd., North Hollywood, CA 91606 *Wanted: 63Cabriolet,lin#1; 7712 orig.color was 6207 Phone: 818-761-5136 Heron gray, blackleatherint.,Chrome wheels. I HAVE TIlE ORI GI NAL GERMAN KARDEXthat is nolongeravail.callor Fax: 818-761-4857 [email protected] R.Thomas ; 776 SummerwoodCrossing-Galena, 011 43021614-20;-7942, Email: info @nhspeedometer.com *Wanted: Touch up paint #;702 (Ruby Red, 3;6A) , www.nhspeedometer.com Important, unusual vintage posters w/3 ;6and/or Spyder, OVER 50 YEARS OF SER VICE E,A, Singer, 831-659-mlor singer3;[email protected]. AND SATISFACTION • Wan ted: An old, rusted small & large four-pipe Abarth Porsche Engine Stand Adapter Ring Please call or write for our free muffler, Tom Kincaid,WI.262-249-0;77. Easily bolts on to any ·Wanted: Factory vintage enamel sign, calendar coins '00, universal engine stand $155.95 Custom Porsche Instrument catalog '01, '02,'03, Do uglas Palm, 303-877-3282, 60 Volume 30, Number 5 US heater, mellow muffler, close out: $129. KYB Nitrogen shocks, front ommerna en ors $27.40 ea., rear $47.25 ea. Dk brown Bremi dist. caps for cast iron, $1 2.Sorry, nocreditcards.Sales taxin CA. Freight addl.Shop address: 950 356A1B DRUM BRAKE SHOES. 356A1B Drum Brake Shoes: 42sets sold 77th Ave.#1, Oakland, CA 94621 . 510-632-8232. last year - thank you! Set of four professionally relined drum brakeshoes using non-asbestos friction materials...$63.00 exchange, including my TECH INFO: Exploded-View Part Diagrams sets-show all parts: Pre-A 51 USPS Priority Mail Flat Rate Box Serviceto your "lower-48"address. And pgs-$14, 356-A74pgs-$17, 356-B T-5/T-6 118 pgs-$23, 356-B/C 114 pgs yes, I need yourcores before I'll ship your new shoes.With60sets in rota $23. Factory Workshop manuals: Pre-A 250 pgs-$45, 356-A 500pgs-$65, tion, 16 sets are always available. We also provide oversize/ emergency 356 BIC 900 pgs-$85. Factory Parts Books: 53 Pre-A 160+ pgs-$35, 55 brakeshoe services? Just call or click. And of course..your satisfaction is Pre-A 350 pgs-$45, 356-A COMING, 356-B 1,016 pgs-$75, 356-B T-6 guaranteed. Jeff Bown, 575 Dooley Drive, PO Box 839, Basye,VA 22810. Supplements-400+ pages-$45, 356-C Supplements 300+ pages-$40(356 703.409.1244I ugibrakes @aol.com B + 356 B T-6 or 356-B + 356-C together-$99) All are copies in 3-ring binders. Charlie White 480-367-8097. 8639 E.Via de los Libros, NEW BOOKS: 2007356 NewlOld Calendar,15. Porsche Rennsport Reunion, Scottsdale, AZ 85258 Zwart, 125. Porsche Moments, Alexander, 60.24:16 Le Mans 24Hours: 16 Wins [email protected]://members.aol .com/_hCalderwhite/Derwh ites356L with Porsche, Singer, 60.Open Roads and Front Engines,Wimpff, 125.Winged iteraturepage.htm . Sports Cars & Enduring Innovations,Wimpff, 125. Porsche Cayman, 40.Racing in the Rain (917), Horsman, 40. Reflections GoldenEra of Motorsport, Elford, SIMPLIFY YOUR LIFE -Get rid of your points with a Pertronix Ignitor tran 32.STOCKED: EX WAS EX ed. 2 (incl. ship.) 210. Porsche356 Ultimate Portfolio sistorized ignition system, fully contained in the distributor. Sturdy, stable, (BROOKLANDS) 28.Porsche Prototype Era 64-73, 40. Porsche and Mille Miglia 30-month warranty. All cast-iron distributors: 6v • $120, 12v - $1 11. 27. 550 Owner's Manual (repro.), 60. Speedster Typ 540 115.Speedster Aluminum 050, 009, late031: 6v - $84, 12v - $76. Early 031 :6v- $120, 12v Celebration ofan Icon 115. Icon, deluxe wlDVD200.356 Authenticity, rev iii, 28. - $112. Postpaid in U.S. Sorry, no credit cards. CAadd 8.75% tax. Checks 356 Defined, 28. 356A or 356B-T6or 356B/CT5 Electrics (ring bound) 80. to: Sam Sipkins, 624 37th Street, Richmond, CA94805.510-632-8232. Starter relay (6 or 12v) 40. Headlamp relay (6or 12v - B-T5 or B-T6/C) 90. Porsche 356 Carrera, 30. 356 Guide to Do It You rself Rest., 20. Registry Tech/Resto Guide, Vol. 1, 18. Registry Tech/Rest Guide, Vol. 2, 20. Buying, ROADSTERS FOR SALE Driving, Enjoying Porsche 356, 20. Porsche Legends (soft), 20. Birth of the 1962 356b S90 Roadster, Ivorylblue.#89818. Nice older restoration. Beetle-Development of the VW by Ferdinand Porsche, 32. Add $3.00 Recent major upgrades, engine overhaul. Kardex correct. History from postagel shipment . new. $125,000. BLOCKS BOOKS 7295 Coldspring, West Bloomfield, MI48322-421 4. 1962356b Roadster, silver/red. #89828. CA car, major upgrades, pans, 248-535 -1 449 blocklab @aol.com interior in '05-6. SC engine fitted. Kardex says S90. $115,000. Pictures: www.dearbornauto.com.Alex Dearborn. Topsfield. MA 978-887-6644. PREVIOUSLY UNAVAILABLE PARTS: Acrylic green replacement sunvi sors for '51-'57 356.We have doubled thethickness oftheacrylic androut ed the sides and top to fit into the frames, producing a much more rigid product. Rivets, directions included. $78/$5 S&H .Tool for installing springs in seat recliners, $75/$4 S&H. Tom Kincaid, 262-249-0577. N-1545 Linn Pier Rd., Lake Geneva, WI 53147. OPTIMA batteries: Corrosion free/true zero maintenance battery for your Porsche. Totally sealed, no gas or acid can escape. 800 CCA, retains charge in storage. 72-month warranty. Extremely rugged! $155-12vt1$144 6vt, includes UPS. Add $5 west of Miss., "chipped" batt tenders 6 or 12 $45. Master cutoff switch $10. Chatham Motorsports, 225 N. Maple, Vinton, VA 24179Chathamms @aol.com.540/981-0356 LOCKSMITH SERVICES Offering a full line of factory, non-factory and highsecurity keys as well as location services forhard-to-findblanks; keys cut by code; key chart available. Perform ten-point quality restoration of locks and door handles. Electrical repairof ign. switches. Key accessories avail., i.e.bulbs and batteriesforlight keys, fobs and pouches, etc. Tony Euganeo 610-461 -0519. 501 Folcroft Ave. Sharon Hill, PA 19079 WOODEN STEERING WHEEL Restoration and Repair. Complete & cor rect re-wooding, polishing, machine turning (L.L.), and plating available. Manyexoticwoods for custom orders.VDM , Nardi, Les Leston, Derrington, Moto-Lita and others. Also BIC type Carrera wheels. AUTOMOTIVE SCULPTURE by BruceCrawford. 805-528-6240. CA. SAM SIPKINS, MECHANIC Air cooled Porsche specialist. Mechanical, electrical , structural repairs. Custom engine rebuilding. Extensive knowl edge of 356.Oddments: Drumbrake master cyl, $150. BIC exhaust syst. for January I February 2007 61 oWthat the election is over (no, notthat Nelection - the annual club trustee elec list of Advertisers tion), it can be revealed that onlyone candidate 356 Enterprises 23 respondedto the following inquiriesfroma reg 356 Registry Goo di e Store 58 istered PAC (Politial Action Canine) based in 356 Sales 60 Virginia. Mick Michelsen reports on candidate Aardvark International 59 Bruce Baker's responses. GM Ai r Power Raci ng .4I ** * Automotive Sculpture (Bruce Cravford) 61 Autos International 47 In order to make politically correct deci Better Body's 59 sions, could thecandidates please respondtothe following questions that Morgan (the Wonder Big Lake Media 23 dog) is currently Wonderingabout? Block's Books 61 CarQuip .54 1) Do yo u support Faith Based Initiatives, ChathamMotorsports 61 like, Keep the Faith? Taillights Classic& Speed Parts I7 A) I usedtopreach theSeparation ofHobby Coco Mats 42 and Business but have bathed in the light as Inquiring Canine Minds Dearborn, Alex 61 shined so brilliantly by others on the Blessed EASy 59 MastheadandAdvertiser's List that I have convert Want to Know Eugeneo,Tony 61 ed over to their beliefs and will , YES! YES! KEEP EuropeanCollectibles 61 THE FAITHas both enthusiast AND 356business yo u believe in 356s byDr. Frankenstein? ALL 356s ForeignIntrigue 31 man! Hall-effect-loo-ya! are on "life support" now and some have been Gearhead 59 "raised from the dead."ANY viable 356todayis a GK Restoration 41 MIRACLE! (Can I get an A-men?!) (An A, B or C GT Werk 31 men?Oops, strike thatl) Heritage Upholstery .54 International Mercantile 35 4) Do you support liberal elite non-factory J. SchreckerJewelry 54 changes such as Shasta pistons, Mainely sump Jim Gordon Restoratio ns 39 plates, Ab's steering coupler, Joe's HLR, Kincaid, To m 61 Daugherty's shifter, and a whole raft of radical activist 356 stem cell research and engine life Klasse 356 23 products byPrecision Matters? Leland West 13 A) (How didyou getthelist ofmy campaign M& MCreative Group 54 contributors?) Well, I guess I'm a Liberal when it Mainely Custom 60 comes to "upgrades" (especially for safety and New,Old 356 Calendar 17 longevity) but ama Conservative when it comes to NJA Limited .7, 23 , 55 originality. There are a few states (maybe North Hollywood Speedometer.. 60 Mick (he's on the left) and Nevada), where Outlaws can be legal and there Palo Alto Speedometer 46 Morgan th eWonder dog. fore, abhorring"selectiveenforcement,"I support Panelwerks 39 Personal Choicein the 356for allenthusiasts! Parts Obsolete 39 2) Do you support gun control, as in 'gun P.E.P 41 ningyour engine?' 5) But most importantly, Morgan Wonders, Perfo rmance Products 13 A) There is a time and place, maybe season, have you ever referred to a 65-pound Poodle of PersonalizedAutohaus 41 where it is perfectly legal to make noise with a Noble German Hunting Dog ancestry as a French Precisio n Matters 17 356engine...as longasitisintentional! Unnatural Poodle? Rennwerke 47 and untuned noises must be avoided! Leaky muf A) My campaign strategisthas recommend RestorationDesign 55 flers, blown outextractors and pseudo-4-cam sys ed not debating this last trick question about Sam Sipkins 61 tems ona pushrodengine canbe a vexation tothe Poodlesso close to "hump day." As this is a short ShastaDesign 52 week, today would technically bea hump day (as soul ofany 356er (at least on a longtrip, with the Spyder Enterprises 46 top down). However, there is no crime, maybe is most any day to a Poodle, especially a French Spyder Sports 46 extra points, if "gunning" is done in a reflective one), so I will simplythank everyone who votes Stoddard 9 environment, like an underpass, especially while for meand wish everyone a HappyThanksgiving, Stuttgart PerformanceEngineering .42 "backing down " with a Bursch! Remember, it's our last Politically Correct holidayto note for the Trevor's Hammerworks 39 not bad mufflers that kill engines, it's PEOPLE year! who kill engines! Remember, "Vote early, vote often." UGI Brakes 61 White, Charlie 52, 61 3) Do you support right to life of356s like Bruce Baker Willhoit 35 that ofSean Nguyen's in thelastRegistry! 30 year Registry member #154, firmly ynZs 35 A) I'll answer that with a question. Do you believing that a trustee is one who is allowed to Zims Insidebackcover believe in the tooth fairy-like "no rust" 356? 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P[l/tlTl till. 77 0 USPS 100 APPROVED POLY 356 REG MEM »1685 EXPIRES ON 12/31/ 2999 J OE JOHNSON ,J R. 3802 BRIARWOOO AV E HIGH POINT NC 27265-1202 Porsche 356 Registry membership application MAI LTO: Barbara Skirmants, Membership Services Director 356 Registry, 3359 Kings Mill Rd., North Branch, MI 48461 This is a (choose one): If you have not already done so, PLEASEFILL OUT NewMembership. VEHICLEDATABASE INFORM ATI ON BELOW.THANKS. Renewal. Indicate member numberbelow.or photocopyentire page with label. Gi ft giver's name _ Address Change. Photocopyentire page with address label. Fill in newaddress below and mail Address _ oruse"updateaddress" atwww.356Registry.org. Gift. Please send a card inmy name(see right). 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