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Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2022 7:08 pm
by stichill99
Top quality workmanship on a beautiful car. What colour is it going to be this time?
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2022 12:15 pm
by greg356a
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2022 12:05 pm
by roy mawbey
Greg,
It may only be small but that 'wired' repair you made and welded in was very nice. Never had to do any wing wiring thank goodness I know there is a machine around that does that, saw it once on a google search . So pleased mine are okay!!
Roy
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2022 5:44 am
by greg356a
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2022 1:08 pm
by greg356a
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 11:23 am
by greg356a
So the latest update pics show some final repairs. Areas like the ends of the dash board cover, nearside inner arch area, front offside inner spare tire area, have all been addressed. As before host of before and after shots
May have been cheaper to purchase a replica dash part, but we are trying to keep as much original metal as we can
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Not surprisingly the near side inner arch was quite lacey, given 60 years of muck. We actually used left over parts of other panels - front inner wheel arch. Real shame to have to carpet over the finished result.
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Back in the 1960's the then owner managed to drop the car into a ditch causing quite a lot of frontal damage and bent the steering wheel. Also noticed on his driving license which was left in the car he was convicted for speeding
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Next task is a little bit indulgent. Massive fan of all things Rod Emory so Pete is working on modifying the front (new) and rear (original) bumpers so that there is an even gap matching the body contours. This small change should make for a clean look but you just cant work out why.
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 12:43 pm
by sladey
Nice - I'm also a fan of those subtle changes that make it look better
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Wed Sep 07, 2022 2:14 pm
by roy mawbey
Greg, some super photo's there. That metal guy who started all that time ago on your car must by now feel attached to it? He really has done well with many awkward jobs to do. Really shows what rust can do! But it will look great when finished and you have all the proof of what was corrected.
Roy
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2022 12:42 pm
by greg356a
Hi Roy,
Pete is a freelance metal basher, who is a massive VW fan and took the job in part to work on the 356, and has stuck with it despite the difficulties.
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 8:25 am
by greg356a
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2022 1:17 pm
by hashman
Looking lovely Greg.
How's the engine build going?
Karl
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2022 2:44 pm
by greg356a
Latest picture update.
Still collecting engine parts but items left are all available if a quite expensive
When we originally bought the car there were some parts missing, namely the front seats. Garry at FX Classic has sourced a set of 356B seats but the fixing methods is different and also these are not available via the usual places. I sourced the early 911 rails and 356 runners hoping they would function correctly. Despite approx 10 years difference in the part manufacture and design the 911 rail brackets will work well and look OEM, however, Pete made some inner brackets to support the rail.
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The Talbot mirrors needed some further modification so that the passenger side could be angled to the correct position without leaving a large gap. If you look at the top one the hole is much smaller
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The rear of the car will be carpet only I know very Emory style but I have always liked the look. Again Pete filled in the holes on the rear fire wall which were there for the rear upholstery fixings
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The factory sound proofed the engine fire walls but covered up some fantastic sheet metal engineering. I plan to leave all this on show in body colour. Dynomat or similar should work sufficiently on the inside.
The car gets closer to paint by the week. Its been cleaned inside and out ready for black epoxy before a long period to allow the paint to settle and dry. But its back on the wheels for the first time in months and months
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Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2022 11:47 am
by roy mawbey
Greg,
A lot of work carried out now on your car some of it not easy work at all. Tell me were the rear suspension shock absorber top mountings in sound condition under the rear wings? You had the interior side panels cut out and replaced with new metal what did the mountings look like okay I presume?
Well done on the effort!! and the photo's !!
Roy
Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2022 4:18 pm
by greg356a
More update pictures on progress. Starting to get into the body prep and paint phase. Its now had 3 coats of anti-corrosive primer which will be left to cure over the next few days. Next task is lead loading around the windows and skim polyester filler around body,
Roy - The shock mounts were ok, no signs of tin worm. I actually did them a few years ago.
Fresh air:
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Re: 356A Coupe restro
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2022 12:24 pm
by greg356a
Now at the exciting stage of colours, go the original silver/ red combo, look at period colours that were available, pick a new colour pallet. Maybe not so exciting, more indecision confronted with a whole paint box to choose from. The original paint was long gone many decades ago, so not sure how important originality of the colour really is anymore. Over the years the car has been many colours, silver, blue, red, white, aquamarine, back to silver.
From the 2023 992 sports classic
Sportgraumetallic – M7M Main colour - Modern interpretation of Fashion Grey (61H/modegrau)
Sportgrau-Hell – M7L - wing top triangle racing style stripes
Cognac leather seats, centre pleats black/ white pepita, cognac head rests, oatmeal square weave carpet including whole rear area.
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Colour changes in lighting conditions;
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Really like the period look the colours project, very subtle metallic finish gives a twist to a period colour.