Made it back to California with the starter. Bosch model EED 0.5/6 L44 and date code is “9Q” which I think translates to Sept 1959. So the date isn’t completely out of bounds.
However, looking at the DerWhites Bosch reference There’s no mention of this model starter for a 356. It appears the correct model for our car is actually EED 0.5/6 L 35.
So many original pieces, so many random parts.
