DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Hi all,

It's been a while since I posted on here, but now that my car is painted I'm getting back into my restoration. I want to reinstate the hand throttle my car would have originally come with, but would like to confirm the cable length I need. From what I can tell it looks like the 356A used a hand throttle cable of 817mm length. Here's a crazy expensive one from SierraMadre:

https://sierramadrecollection.com/Hand- ... 32229.html

Can anyone confirm is that correct for a RHD A coupe? I'm pretty keen to get the correct one given the cost of these things!

Cheers
James

Hi James.
Is the basic cable the same as a RHD BT6? I appreciate the knob is different on a B to an A.
I’m happy to attempt to measure the one on my car (RHD BT6) if that helps??

Hi Simon,

Thanks for your offer! Unfortunately I think the A cable length is different to the BT6 as the cable SierraMadre lists for the BT6 is only 660mm long.
https://sierramadrecollection.com/Hand- ... 32231.html

Cheers,
James

Have you asked PRS if they have one, and if not what the length may be?

Mike posts on here quite a lot and is very helpful


http://www.prs356.com

Parts manual (you can download a PDF here)

https://www.porsche.com/uk/accessoriesa ... catalogue/

suggests there is not a rhd equiv part (search Accelerator cable). Should have /RL in the remarks column if it's a rhd part

As has been suggested PRS are a rhd authority so worth confirming with them & they may be able to sort you out a sensibly priced original

There is not one, that I am aware of that is specific for RHD

However, if you think about the route that a LHD one takes and the Route that the RHD one takes, from the Dash to the Pedal assembly, I do not believe that a specific one is necessary

With all this said. I can remember that, on one car that I worked on, the cable had been extended under the Foot board with a piece of Hex shaped brass bar fitted with 2 x very small grub screws to clamp the long cable and a short extension cable together.
It looked very much like the piece of brass that is in a house-hold Cable joiner.
I replaced it and it worked (this is when you could not buy the part that you are searching for)

One last thing - Sierra M also offer one with a cable length of 850 mm (695 424 031 00) – that is obviously not much different to the the 817 mm but sometimes an extra inch, is all that you are searching for

Have PRS got one ?
Possibly, but the rule these days is that if it is not on the website- we do not have it.

'sometimes an extra inch, is all that you are searching for'

I think I may use that as the title of my Autobiography

Thanks everyone for your replies. I think I'll go with the 817mm cable and assume that there is no difference between the LHD and RHD versions.

Cheers,
James

When I had the little four banger in my 356 I rigged up a cable for the throttle because I didn't have any of the stock parts when I got the car. I simply used a rear brake cable from a tandem bicycle, I don't know the exact length but it is certainly uber long. Best of luck.

that little brass screwy bit inside a household electrical choc block is an under appreciated item... cut away that insulating plastic and you have yourself a very handy piece of old porsche fixy thing... I know I have them under the back of my 356 and the fact I can't remember why or where means they're still doing whatever job they're there doing (think it was something to do with making the interior heating bits work)