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True Barn Find

My dad was able to unearth some Polaroid photos of the car as originally found. A true barn find. He was a sales rep that drove quite a bit. He was traveling one of his normal routes shortly after a tornado had swept through the area. A couple of 356 that were formerly hidden away …

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Engine Delivered

The engine arrived! The good news is it appears undamaged, and the boxes with the carburetors are still there. The bad news is the flywheel and torque wrench are missing. I can see someone walking off with a torque wrench, but who the hell would want an old rusting flywheel. I will think twice before …

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Kardex

Received the Kardex for our 1960 Porsche 356 T5 Super 90 today. It is reportedly a scan of the origin factory Kardex card, done for the Porsche factory for historical archiving reasons. It did not reveal much that we didn’t already know. Was really hoping for a sunroof mention. It is interesting to see how Porsche …

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Engine Away

I guess you could say this is a classic “before” photo. The engine as it came out of the car. Before I tampered with it. We’ve decided to ship the engine to my house in California. It is small enough that I can get the rebuild going in my garage, without needing to park the …

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