A literal tornado torn barn find salvaged by my father. I hope to get this 1960 Porsche 356B T5 Super 90 sunroof coupe back on the road one day.
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- Sticker ShockI am painfully familiar with the Porsche tax, but I could not believe the price of spark plugs. They are listed as $47 per plug from the “discount” Porsche Parts dealers. That’s for 1 plug best I can tell. Searching the factory parts catalog numbers for 1970 914-6 with CDI ignition and MARELLI distributor here’s …
- Pull A Trailer
I’ll soon be trailering our 356 chassis to my home garage so that I can work on it in earnest. Our route will be from Missouri to California, mainly along interstate 40. We’ll be stopping at Ollies and California Motorsports (CMS) in Lake Havasu City to drop off our 914-6 engine and transmission. I am very fortunate to have … - Feels Like Starting Over
We found that a starter was still attached to the transaxle. So even though I had purchased a replacement and started rebuilding it, I decided to use the one that had been attached. I took it to O’Reilly who tested it for free. It tested good, and seemed in better shape than the replacement. That … - It’s a RollerThe 356 Super 90 had no tires, and I needed to get it rolling so it can go on a trailer. It won’t be driven any time soon, so I was looking for the cheapest option I could find. The local tire shop Nathan’s found these, and I got all four including mounting for $300. …
- Tune UpEven thought I’m elated that the engine fires up and idles, there is some room for improvement. If I try to increase the revs too quickly, the engine wants to die. Looks like there’s a general 3 step approach. Stoddard has a handy online Tune-up Specifications page for most of the pertinent numbers: Adjust the …