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This book is about restoring a 356 Porsche to driver level condition. The focus is not on spending time and money to create the perfect 356. For example, it is often not necessary to search for NOS (new old stock) replacement panels, if a reproduction panel or patch is appropriate. A concours winning restoration is not the goal, but rather a restoration that will be correct, admired and driven.
This book does not contain details on engine or transmission rebuilding. This information is available in a variety of other books. This book will, however, provide a detailed step-by-step approach to restoring a 356 Porsche. The reader should have some mechanical skills, but need not have previously attempted a restoration. There are some cost alternatives offered and a few stories mixed in. Most of the procedures described in this manual are for a coupe.
Table of Contents:
Introduction | Preliminary Steps | Disassembly | Paint and Rust Removal | Metal Work | Paint Preparation | Reassembly | Finding a 356 | Determining the Value of a Project 356 | Sunroof Installation | Nose Replacement | Brakes | Selecting a Painter | Swap Meets | Color Charts | Chassis Number List.
About the Author:
Jim Kellogg, the owner of 356RESTORE, bought his first 356 in 1978. It was a $750 1957 1500GS Carrera right-hand drive sunroof coupe. It did not have the Carrera engine and was in poor shape. He made some fiberglass repairs, installed a fuzzy carpet and got it running. Knowing he did not have the skills for a proper restoration, he traded it for a 1963 sunroof coupe that also needed restorationb. The owner of the 1963 had a restoration shop and would restore the 356 letting Jim assist in the process. For a year Jim visited the shop weekly and learned some restoration techniques. The 1963 was completed and is still Jim's daily driver.
Through his contacts at the restoration shop, Jim learned of a 1962 Roadster for sale. With his newly gained, but limited knowledge, Jim bought the Roadster for a future project. This was delayed until Jim was transferred to the Denver area and had some time available. He found a body man who said he could do the restoration, but things turned ugly when the body man defaulted on a loan to buy equipment. Jim made an appointment to discuss the situation, but the body man never showed.
Since Jim had been given a key to the shop, Jim entered and borrowed the shop MIG welder and plasma cutter. He left a note saying he had borrowed these tools. There was no response and then came word that the shop was being shut down. With the help of friends, the Roadster chassis and parts were rescued. The body man ended in jail.
So now Jim had the Roadster back and the tools to do the metal work, but no weldong skills. Jim enlisted the help of a local welder to show him how to use the tools. With this assistance on evenings and weekends, Jim taught himself how to weld and he finished the restoration of the 1962 twin-grille roadster S/N 89621. It made its debut at the 1991 Registry Holiday in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. It is now the daily driver of his wife, Barbara.
In 1992, Jim took an early retirement from his managerial position in the computer industry. Driving his sunroof coupe to the vintage races at Steamboat Springs, he pondered his future. His career decision was to do what he had enjoyed the most?restore the Porsche 356. He established 356RESTORE expecting to work on one or two 356s a year. In the first 12 years over eighty 356s have been repaired or restored.
- Publisher: Beeman Jorgensen, Inc.
- Author: Jim Kellogg
- Binding: Paperback ? 8? x 11 inches
- Pages: 106 ? Over 150 b&w photos and illustrations.
- ISBN: 0929758234
$18.21
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