porsche 356 engine

[buzz]

1958 Porsche 356 motor, bottom end rebuilt last year raw speed in south devon, top end a couple of years prior, zenith carbs refurbed, can be seen/ heard running. Running stock heat exchangers and a modified vintage speed exhaust to fit a bus. this motor has done me proud over the years, but change in direction means this can go... engine number 68947

£7,500

i have a picture i can message and a video... the motor is still in my bus so can be seen running

if you ant more info call 07880948643

[mycar]

I'm looking for engine 83 489.

Is your engine this engine ?

[buzz]

No sorry, it’s an earlier number than the one your after.

[mycar]

Phew !

Edit, my engine will turn up in 8 years time and I'll be wishing it was only 10k.

[Cam Arnott]

I'm looking for 74501...?

[buzz]

Getting warmer... but not sorry, it starts with a 6

[Hendrik Moulds]

Seen as it starts with a 6, I'm looking for 605571.
Any closer?
I know my engine is out there somewhere!

[buzz]

We are talking same era..... 68...

[kvinyl]

I'm looking for 74501...?

What car is this for Cam? I’m looking for 74518 for my own car, a ‘59 A. The numbers are very close

[buzz]

To be honest guys..... rather than looking for a needle in the hay stack!! You could have a period perfect peice, and enjoy the car till the hay stack burns down and reveals the needle...

Just my opinion from a guy who likes driving what he builds....

[Hendrik Moulds]

Very true, I have an engine for my car.
It would just be nice to have the original....

[kvinyl]

Completely agree My ‘replacement’ engine has 1720cc so I’d probably still keep the original on the shelf if I ever found it.

It’s like having date matched wheels, the car doesn’t drive any differently with them, it’s just a satisfying box ticked knowing that you have the car closer to the way it left the factory. At the same time I’m running a Sebring exhaust, different seats, no bumpers, aircraft gauges, etc so that throws that theory out the window

[neilbardsley]

Very true, I have an engine for my car.
It would just be nice to have the original....

You might be headlining at Glastonbury before you find the original engine for your cab

[Hendrik Moulds]

Very true, I have an engine for my car.
It would just be nice to have the original....

You might be headlining at Glastonbury before you find the original engine for your cab

You're not wrong Neil, I'll also probably be dead as it's almost certainly been scrapped!

[Mike Smith]

Hendrik Moulds wrote:

Very true, I have an engine for my car.
It would just be nice to have the original....


You might be headlining at Glastonbury before you find the original engine for your cab

You're not wrong Neil, I'll also probably be dead as it's almost certainly been scrapped!

12/15 years ago Paul and I stood by a pile of Cases, Heads, Wheels and other mixed ephemera that Barry Curtis was scrapping and it just seemed crass to pick through it like a pair of vultures
It was all early stuff for which Barry had `no time` and as he was only building race engines, he considered it clutter
Yes! I should have just taken it all off his hands - but it was all melted
There was about 10 x engines and I often wonder what the numbers were