My 356c restoration
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2019 7:46 pm
Ok, so I finally finished the restoration of my original UK supplied RHD 356c . .. well to be honest I finished it last year but didn't get around to posting about it. I bought her way back in 1996, drove it for 7 years then found a tiny bit of rust in the front spare wheel well. The more we peeled back the more we found and in the end it turned into a 15 year project. It was also a trouser wettingly expensive project but I guess most of you on this forum already know about that. Anyway, I'm super please with the final result. She's as near to original as I could get her but made a few minor sacrifices like duel circuit brakes and brake fluid level indicator on the hand brake light. It's a fully matching number car. The engine was built by PRS who made a great job, the gear box by Andy Prill (though I must admit 3rd gear howls like a morris minor which is disappointing considering how much it cost but to be fair I've yet to speak to Andy on this)
So here's a few pics, I do have the hub caps, just like the look of it without showing off the freshly painted wheels and zinced fixings
So here's a few pics, I do have the hub caps, just like the look of it without showing off the freshly painted wheels and zinced fixings
